I Have to Ask

Deep conversations with Isaac Chotiner.

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About the Show

As Slate’s resident interrogator, Isaac Chotiner has tangled with Newt Gingrich and gotten personal with novelist Jonathan Franzen. Now he brings his pointed and smart interview style to I Have to Ask.

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I Have to Ask: The Nate Cohn Edition

The New York Times election guru on what happened Tuesday night, and what it signals about 2020.

I Have to Ask: The Slow Burn Edition

The team behind Slate’s Slow Burn podcast explains how the series was made.

I Have to Ask: The Zeynep Tufekci Edition

The social media expert on why right-wing media is proliferating on Facebook.

I Have to Ask: The Lynsey Addario Edition

The Pulitzer Prize winner on her life as a photographer in war zones.

I Have to Ask: The Coral Davenport Edition

The New York Times environmental reporter on how to understand the terrifying new report on climate change.

I Have to Ask: The Nate Silver Edition

The editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight.com on the state of the midterm elections.

I Have to Ask: The Jason Zengerle Edition

Why the Trump administration has worked more closely with the Federalist Society than any conservative president.

I Have to Ask: The Jonathan Haidt Edition

Are America’s colleges poisoning our political debate?

I Have to Ask: The Shane Bauer Edition

A reporter’s undercover journey into an American prison.

I Have to Ask: The Dara Lind Edition

The Vox immigration-policy expert on how a changing Democratic Party will confront the issue.

I Have to Ask: The Anand Giridharadas Edition

Are philanthropic do-gooding elites making America … worse?

I Have to Ask: The Michelle Goldberg Edition

The New York Times columnist on what recent primaries tell us about the future of the Democratic Party.

I Have to Ask: The David D. Kirkpatrick Edition  

The New York Times international correspondent on how the Obama administration helped undermine the Arab Spring.

I Have to Ask: The Martha Nussbaum Edition

The moral philosopher explains how anger took over American politics.

I Have to Ask: The Ottessa Moshfegh Edition

The author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation on the conflation of politics and entertainment with art.

I Have to Ask: The Annie Lowrey Edition

The author of Give People Money on whether America needs a universal basic income.

I Have to Ask: The Chris Hayes Edition

The MSNBC host on the state of America after 18 months of Trump.

I Have to Ask: The Porochista Khakpour Edition

The author of Sick on illness memoirs and the internet’s role in fostering community.

I Have to Ask: The Quinta Jurecic Edition

The managing editor of Lawfare on Kennedy’s retirement and Trump vs. the courts.

I Have to Ask: The James Wood Edition

The New Yorker literary critic on writing novels and reading bad men.