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The Democrats basically got their best-case scenario to play out in the midterms. But that was only the election—so what’s the plan for governing here? A gaggle of Slatesters convenes to discuss live.

Guests:

Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics writer and author of The Surge newsletter.

Aymann Ismail, Slate senior writer who spent election night at the Abdul El-Sayed watch party in Michigan.

Luke Winkie, Slate staff writer who spent election night with Hasan Piker in West Hollywood.

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.

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Now we know how effective Trump’s reflecting pool-related closing pitch was.

And join Mary Harris and a team of Slatesters covering the election on Wednesday (11/4) at noon eastern time by signing up here.

Guest: David Faris, professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It’s Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics.

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.

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Even factoring in late-breaking stories in Alaska and Michigan and a reflexive distrust—on both sides—of any polls that look good for Democrats, all signs are pointing to a big day for the opposition party. What’s at stake today—and how worried should everyone actually be?

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Guests:

G. Elliott Morris, pollster, journalist, author of Strength in Numbers substack.

Alan Elrod, president & CEO of the Pulaski Institution, columnist and Contributing Editor at Liberal Currents

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.

Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.

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The hit movie of the fall is…a three-hour documentary about investor fraud? Technically yes, but there’s more to it than that.

Guest: Thomas Flight, media critic.

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.

Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.

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It’s the last Friday before the midterms and Democrats have every reason to finally stop panicking and start….merely fretting. This episode originally aired as a Slate Live on YouTube, produced in collaboration with Slate’s politics newsletter The Surge.

There’s going to be another one of these just for Slate Plus listeners next Wednesday (11/4) at 12P ET! To register, click here.

Guests:

Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics writer.

Patrick Reis, Slate’s politics editor

Lizzie O’Leary, What Next: TBD host

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.

Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.