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On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: all aren’t welcome. 
 Pride Month festivities have a complicated legacy. On the one hand, being out, proud and supportive in public has been a game-changing force for the LGBTQ+ community; on the other hand, pride began as a protest, and the movement has been, and is, at odds with the status quo and acceptability politics. 
 So, should uniformed cops be welcome at Pride? Should politicians like Jill Biden be invited, or encouraged, to make Pride a campaign stop? 
 Jessie Sage, a Pittsburgh-based columnist and sex worker, joins us to argue: no.  
 If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com 
 Podcast production by Maura Currie. 
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Hear Me Out: Pride Is For Everyone (Except Cops and Politicians)

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: base instincts. 
 Democratic strategists are reportedly freaking out about Joe Biden. Despite his opponent’s felony convictions, Biden remains unpopular and isn’t polling well in swing states. Young voters are mad about his handling of the war in Gaza; many Americans remain convinced that the economy is bad and the president is to blame for it. 
 So if strategists’ worst fears come to pass… how much of this wound is self-inflicted? 
 Hayes Brown of MSNBC joins Hear Me Out to argue that Biden is falling into a classic triangulation trap… and that it probably won’t be worth it. 
 If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com 
 Podcast production by Maura Currie. 
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Hear Me Out: Biden Is Courting Voters Who Don’t Exist

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: placing bets. 
 Betting on the results of elections is illegal in the United States – though that hasn’t stopped sportsbooks overseas from cashing in. And that doesn’t mean that Americans haven’t placed bets on election results in the U.S., either; that’s a tradition that dates back centuries. 
 There’s a push now to make elections betting legal on American soil — and for American companies to run online casinos. Futures markets are complicated, and it might feel gross, or even dangerous, to gamble on democracy… but of all the types of gambling we do allow, what if this one is actually the biggest good to society? 
 Eric Zitzewitz of Dartmouth joins us to bet on the value of election betting. 
 If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com 
 Podcast production by Maura Currie. 
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Hear Me Out: Election Betting Should Be Legal

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: self-limiting. 
 Congress is historically unpopular; it’s one of the few things that people on both sides of the aisle can agree on. But what could be done to actually fix our legislature? 
 Term limits are often posed as a good potential start. But there are those who argue that that’s not the best way to fix our legislature — and the pool of people who feel that way isn’t exclusively career politicians, either. 
 Charlie Hunt, a professor at Boise State University, joins us to argue against term limits. 
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 Podcast production by Maura Currie. 
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Hear Me Out: Term Limits Could Ruin Congress

Youth mental health has hit a crisis point.  Just last year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an advisory connecting young people’s use of social media with adverse mental health outcomes.  But Murthy and other public health leaders are fighting back, including New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. He’s leading the charge against social media platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube through litigation and legislation. On this week’s episode of Well, Now – holding social media companies accountable for the youth mental health crisis. If you liked this episode, check out: Is it Burnout? Or, Do You Have a Busy Brain? Well, Now is hosted by Kavita Patel, MD and Maya Feller, RD. Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry with editorial oversight by Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to wellnow@slate.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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