What Next | The Group Chat Heard ‘Round the World

Slate News

Slate Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How former congressman and Air Force veteran, Adam Kinzinger interprets the leaked Signal chat of top Trump administration officials discussing a military strike on Houthi targets. Guest: Adam Kinzinger, former Republican Congressman for Illinois’s 11th and 16th districts who served on the January 6th select committee, and author of Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Vanta.
0:03.5	Stressing over cybersecurity, whether you're a startup, growing fast, or already established.
0:08.6	Vanta can help you get ISO-27,01 certified and more.
0:13.5	Plus, it allows your company to centralize security workflows,
0:17.6	complete questionnaires up to five times faster,
0:19.7	and proactively manage vendor risk to
0:22.2	help your team stay compliant. Head to vanta.com slash Spotify to learn more.
0:28.5	So, you want to be a marketer. It's easy. You just have to score a ton of leads and figure out a way
0:34.8	to turn them all into customers. Plus manage a dozen channels,
0:37.9	write a million blogs and launch 100 campaigns all at once. When that's done, simply make your
0:42.6	socials go viral and bring in record profits. No sweat. Okay, fine. It's a lot of sweat. But with HubSpot's
0:49.9	AI-powered marketing tools, launching benchmark-breaking campaigns is easier than ever.
0:55.3	Get started at HubSpot.com slash marketers.
1:04.1	So, Adam, on a daily today, I'm wondering, do you kind of miss your old job?
1:09.9	No.
1:10.8	No. No.
1:11.6	No.
1:18.0	Adam Kinsinger used to serve in Congress.
1:19.9	Maybe you remember him.
1:24.2	He's a Republican from Illinois, served on the January 6th committee.
1:28.6	Nope, I don't miss it because it's just out of control now.
1:30.1	And I did 12 years, good enough.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -5 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.