Author: Slate Podcasts

In the early days of internet search engines, Google set itself apart by providing a simple service. A list of links, inviting you to explore the websites that best matched your query. It was a portal to the rest of the internet. But over the last two decades, that mission has changed.

Does Google search still take you to the best result for your query? Or does it point users back to its own suite of products?

Guest:

Adrianne Jeffries, investigative journalist at The Markup.

 

Host

Celeste Headlee

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Kamala Harris is having an historic moment. What does it mean?

Guest: Jason Johnson, political science professor at Morgan State University. 

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Kamala Harris is having an historic moment. What does it mean?

Guest: Jason Johnson, political science professor at Morgan State University. 

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The pandemic moves quickly. The scientific consensus changes slowly. Did we waste time waiting for data when we could have adopted low-cost safety measures? 

Guest: New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli. 

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The pandemic moves quickly. The scientific consensus changes slowly. Did we waste time waiting for data when we could have adopted low-cost safety measures? 

Guest: New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli. 

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The U.S. Census Bureau has faced setback after setback. And, this year, who makes it into the official population count is going to be a lot more complicated. 

Guest: Hansi Lo Wang covers the 2020 Census for NPR. 

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The U.S. Census Bureau has faced setback after setback. And, this year, who makes it into the official population count is going to be a lot more complicated. 

Guest: Hansi Lo Wang covers the 2020 Census for NPR. 

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This year, the election runs through the Post Office. And we have reasons to be concerned. 

Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent. 

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This year, the election runs through the Post Office. And we have reasons to be concerned. 

Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent. 

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Over the past five months, city blocks have been slipping away. Bars are closed; restaurants are half-empty; retail is shuttered. As the country returns to varying states of lockdown, how long can these blocks hold on?

 

This week: how one commercial strip on Chicago’s South Side is weathering the pandemic. 

 

Guests:

Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative

Brian d'Antignac, The Woodshop

Jaidah Wilson-Turnbow, Frances Cocktail Lounge

Zoie Reams, Brown Sugar Bakery

 

 

Host

Henry Grabar

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