What Next | Shutting Down and Finding Out

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Isn’t a government shutdown supposed to be a crisis? The Republicans, in control of the White House, Congress and Supreme Court haven’t taken steps to end it on their own, and the ship may have already sailed on the only real ask from the Democrats. So what now? Guest: Jonathan V. Last, editor at The Bulwark. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	300 sensors.
0:03.0	Over a million data points per second.
0:06.0	How does F1 update their fans with every stat in real time?
0:10.0	AWS is how.
0:13.0	From fastest laps to strategy calls,
0:15.0	AWS puts fans in the pit.
0:19.0	It's not just racing, it's data-driven innovation at 200 miles per hour.
0:24.6	AWS is how leading businesses power next level innovation.
0:29.6	Ever wondered what power is.
0:31.6	Power is transforming the sun into your own energy source.
0:36.6	Power is getting energy companies to pay you.
0:40.0	Power is enjoying your morning coffee, knowing you created the energy to make it.
0:46.2	Well, you and the colossal ball of fire in the sky.
0:49.3	Because with solar panels from Hive, the sun works for you.
0:53.1	Hive, know your power. May not cover all electricity
0:56.2	usage roof and weather dependent paid for surplus requires eligible SEC tariff. Quick note here at the top,
1:01.3	there's some brief, strong language in this conversation. All right, as you were.
1:10.5	Over the last few days, I've been trying to puzzle out how the current government shutdown
1:16.6	ends. Because this shutdown, it is now the second longest in U.S. history.
1:24.6	The path ahead seems fuzzy, right?
1:28.1	Like we're in some kind of suspended animation?
1:31.5	These things always conclude, of course, one way or another.
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