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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

How Donald Trump is attempting to shape the arts to his own liking, from installing himself as head of the Kennedy Center to canceling grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, throwing organizations and projects of all sizes into uncertainty and chaos. Guests: Alisa Solomon, director of the Arts & Culture concentration at the Columbia Journalism School Katy Waldman, staff writer for the New Yorker. 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 Ethan Oberman, Isabel Angell, 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	I'm making a robot head with an Amazon box.
0:03.0	I've painted it silver and Daddy helped me make it.
0:05.0	At Amazon, we're actually using paper bags for more of our deliveries.
0:09.0	And now I'm making a paper hot air balloon and I even made a little brown basket
0:13.0	and I'm making a dog that looks just like Monty.
0:16.0	Just one of the ways we've reduced the weight of our packaging by more than 40% since 2015,
0:20.0	which is still good for playtime.
0:22.6	Mom, where's the scissors?
0:25.7	To learn more, visit aboutamason.com.com.com.
0:28.1	Sustainability.
0:30.1	It's the cinematic event of the year.
0:32.5	Critics say incredible, jaw-dropping, action-packed with savings.
0:37.0	You're talking about Thunderbolts?
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0:43.1	So?
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0:48.0	Woo-hoo! I'll get the popcorn.
0:49.7	Get two-for-one cinema tickets every Tuesday or Wednesday with Compares the Market.
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0:59.3	One membership per year, participating cinemas, two standard tickets only cheap as free.
1:00.1	T's and C's apply.
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