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We know that many Slate podcast listeners were at work during Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 27, so we're going to bring it to you in podcast form. First we present Cohen's opening testimony--and the wrangling that preceded it. When the hearings are over, check back for the entire day's proceedings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan dissects Michael Cohen in court with four-time Trumpcast visitor Elie Honig, CNN legal analyst and former prosecutor for the Southern District of New York. Plus, Steve Waltien and writer John Glynn depict a conversation between the truth-teller Michael Cohen of 2019 and the reporter-threatening Michael Cohen of 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan welcomes back Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slate podcast Amicus, for a deep journey into the health of the judicial branch in Trump times, the leanings of justices John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch, the 25th amendment, Corey Robin’s New York Magazine thesis that Trump is “weak,” and whether we should still rely on our institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk talks to Dr. Ted Johnson, senior fellow at the Brennan Center, about where black and white conservatives differ on racial issues and beyond, including economic policy and what they want in a 2020 presidential candidate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Danny Cevallos, criminal defense attorney and legal analyst for MSNBC, about Paul Manafort and the theory that Trump is not the top of the Mueller investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Plus preview, Leon Krauze talks to Vox’s German Lopez about the severe state of the opioid crisis, drug smuggling, a response ot the State of the Union, and how to effectively stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy our live show, recorded Feb. 7 at the Ace Hotel Theater in downtown Los Angeles and featuring a conversation with Virginia Heffernan, Leon Krauze, and Jamelle Bouie.  Special guests: Comedians Andy Kindler and Jake Johannsen, and our very own Trump impersonator John Di Domenico.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Anthony Cormier from BuzzFeed News about the chain of bombshell news stories his team has published this month and the Mueller team’s response to his reporting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inaugurations are ethically dubious in the best of times. So why is the Trump inaugural committee under investigation? Consider the scale of the swindle.Guest: Ilya Marritz, co-host of Trump Inc., a podcast produced by WNYC and ProPublica. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to whatnext@slate.com. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Subscribe to What Next via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, Overcast, Google Play, or iHeart. Or search for the show in your favorite podcast app. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan talks to Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) about why he’s called on Jared Kushner’s top-secret security clearance to be revoked, the process of gaining high-level security clearance, how Kushner’s access reflects on the administration, and what’s to come in the next few months.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices