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  • 42 minutes 41 seconds
    Well, Now: The Future of Wellness

    After a year of nuanced conversations on wellness, we say goodbye by reflecting on how these discussions expanded what it means to live a full, well-balanced life. 

    We’re also joined again by longevity expert Dr. Darshan Shah to discuss what needs to change to make wellness more accessible for everyone.

    Well, Now is hosted by registered dietitian nutritionist Maya Feller and Dr. Kavita Patel.

    Editing and podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry with editorial oversight by Alicia Montgomery.

    The Well, Now team is grateful to every listener who’s sent us a note. We’re not sure how long the address will work, but if the show mattered to you, we’d love to read your emails: [email protected] 

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    22 December 2024, 10:10 am
  • 34 minutes 2 seconds
    What Next TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer

    One influencer working for Amazon sued another influencer who works for Amazon for creating content that looks too similar to theirs. But with how the algorithms work and reward, was this an inevitability? What does this mean for the economics of the influencer position?


    Guest: Mia Sato, reporter covering platforms and communities for The Verge.


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    22 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 58 minutes 22 seconds
    Slate Money | Who Elected Elon?

    This week: Elon Musk posted enough misinformation on social media to get a bill blocked and necessitate a government shutdown. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Anna Szymanski discuss the multi-billionaire’s tweetstorm that convinced congress not to pass a bi-partisan spending bill and how he has been able to so blatantly buy that power. Then, Anna helps break down the economic crisis that is unfolding in Brazil and gets wonkish on the latest Fed rate cut and trade deficit. And finally, Amazon and Starbucks workers across the country have gone on strike. Emily explains the subtleties of the disputes.


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    Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth.

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    21 December 2024, 10:00 am
  • 48 minutes 46 seconds
    Amicus | Defamation Stations!

    It wasn’t a great week for speaking truth to power. ABC’s decision to settle Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit to the tune of $16 million at the behest of parent company Disney sent shockwaves through newsrooms around the country. Coupled with Trump’s lawsuits pending against publishers, journalism prize organizations, CBS, and this week’s news that the President-elect is suing an Iowa pollster and the newspaper that published her poll for “election interference”, rising fears about the freedom of the press are pretty understandable. On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by storied media columnist Margaret Sullivan and First Amendment scholar Sonja R West to understand the protections in place and the pinch points for a free press under Trump. 


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    21 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 25 minutes 42 seconds
    What Next TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!

    Reports of flocks of drones, flying overhead nightly, are coming in from New Jersey down to Maryland. Are they UFOs? Nefarious foreign powers? Something even more pernicious? Something even more banal?


    Guest: Jon Ostrower, editor-in-chief of The Air Current.

    Ben Mathis-Lilly, Slate senior writer


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    20 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Political Gabfest | The Shutdown and the Great Capitulation

    This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the capitulation of American media and corporations to President-Elect Donald Trump; the government shutdown and surrender of House Republicans to Elon Musk; and the appeal of TikTok to the Supreme Court. 

    For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the drones over New Jersey.

     

    In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with Stephanie Gorton about her new book, The Icon & the Idealist: Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America

     

    Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)

     

    Podcast production by Cheyna Roth

     

    Research by Julie Huygen

     

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    19 December 2024, 10:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 21 seconds
    What Next | Can More Grocery Stores Fix Food Deserts?

    How do you keep a grocery store open in a small or low-income community? The answer might involve regulating big box stores like Walmart and Kroger.


    Guest: Molly Parker, investigative reporter for Capitol News Illinois and a Local Reporting Network fellow at ProPublica.


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    Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.

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    19 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 32 minutes 28 seconds
    What Next | How Trump Got ABC to Pay Up

    What ABC’s huge defamation settlement with Donald Trump says about the state of the media, heading into Trump’s second term. 


    Guest: David Folkenflik, media correspondent for NPR.


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    Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.

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    18 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 31 minutes 1 second
    What Next | How Shaboozey Broke the Mold

    After a tepid embrace of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and a back-and-forth over Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” country music fans are all in on Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” How has this hip-hop-inflected country hit perched atop the charts for a record-tying 19 weeks? 


    Guest: Chris Molanphy, chart analyst, pop critic, host of the Hit Parade podcast, and author of Slate's “Why Is This Song No. 1?” series and the book Old Town Road.


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    Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.


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    17 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 30 minutes 45 seconds
    What Next | Make Hollywood Great Again

    The highest grossing documentary in 2024 was “Am I Racist?” from The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, and it’s not the only avowedly right-wing movie that’s enjoyed success at the box office this year. Is Hollywood going the way of the White House?


    Guest: Barry Hertz, Deputy Arts Editor and Film Editor for The Globe and Mail


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    Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Rob Gunther and Ethan Oberman.


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    16 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 37 minutes 5 seconds
    Well, Now: Is Longer Life Really Possible?

    For eons, humans have been trying to find ways to live longer. 

    It’s a quest that’s inspired legends and myths across cultures and continues to fuel controversy in the health and wellness industry today. 

    On this week’s episode of Well, Now we speak with Dr. Darshan Shah to better understand longevity science and hear about his journey from performing surgery to creating the longevity clinic Next Health.

    Well, Now is hosted by registered dietitian nutritionist Maya Feller and Dr. Kavita Patel.

    Editing and podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry with editorial oversight by Alicia Montgomery.

    Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to [email protected].

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    15 December 2024, 10:10 am
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