Videos

Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld talked about their book, The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America, in which they argue that the most s…

Slate political writers talked about the 2012 presidential election and other current events in a version of the online magazine’s podcast “Political Gabfest.” Among the topics they addresse…

Panelists talked about the use of robotic technology in the military. Among the topics they addressed were the size and sophistication of new technologies being adopted for military use, pea…

George Poste gave the keynote address at a forum on military technology and robotics. Afterward, panelists talked about emerging technologies developed for and used by the military and the p…

David Plotz talked about his book The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank, published by Random House. The Repository for Germinal Choice, nicknamed the Nobel Pr…

David Plotz, Washington Bureau Chief for Slate.com, and Hanna Rosin, Religion Reporter for The Washington Post, commented on President George W. Bush’s faith-based initiatives. The guests, w…

Mr. Plotz talked about headline news stories and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail.

David Plotz and Adam Wolfson talked about current news stories of interest to them and responded to audience calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

C-SPAN showed interview and Senate clips to examine the District of Columbia appropriations bill. The Senate has failed twice to invoke cloture on the bill.