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"Iron Lung" is a self-financed movie without a big studio behind it. It's also one of the biggest movies in America right now—and it was made by one guy. His real name is Mark Fischbach, but he’s better known by his YouTube name, ‪@markiplier‬​. On a recent episode of What Next: TBD, host Lizzie O’Leary spoke with Markiplier about his breakout success.

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Slate Money asks: Is the Disney and OpenAI deal about AI? Or is it about you?

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New Political Gabfest out now: Is the Supreme Court About to Doom the FTC and EPA?

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Don't miss Anna's talk with Dr. Orna Guralnik, the psychoanalyst from Showtime’s Couples Therapy, and then Kara Swisher, the pugnacious tech journalist and podcast host, about the art of the interview, and how they get people to open up to them.

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A nationwide moral panic, a California legislator who rode the anti-gay wave, and the LGBTQ+ people who stepped up and came out to try and stop him. ✊🌈

🎧 Listen to Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs, hosted by Christina Cauterucci. Out now!

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ICYMI Fans: The show has moved and now has its own home: youtube.com/@icymi-podcast Not only that, but it will be dropping video episodes weekly! Be sure to subscribe now to make sure you get the latest scoop on what's happening in the deep internet abyss.

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Watch Dahlia Lithwick & Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern analyze SCOTUS’ decision to wipe out affirmative action in college admissions. They find Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion has some curious carve-outs that will keep lawyers busy, and college admissions tutors and applicants… baffled.

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ICYMI the real thing, check out this live episode of Political Gabfest in Washington D.C. with Governor Wes Moore.

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What if Anita Hill hadn't been the only woman to testify against Clarence Thomas? Three other women were prepared to appear and tell their stories, but that didn't happen. Hear them now on the final episode of Slow Burn.

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Is the rule of law finally coming in for the win, or has it made itself irrelevant? Slate's #Opinionpalooza continues with a bonus episode of Amicus as the former President of the United States, Donald J Trump, is arraigned in federal court in Miami on 37 counts, entering a plea of not guilty. Listen now.

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