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Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer. She sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss why Americans thinks “mindfulness” will make them happy, whether smoking bans are a form of condescension towards the working-class, and the problems with Oprah’s very real ideology. Email: ask@slate.comTwitter: @IHaveToAskPod Podcast production by Max Jacobs.

Jayson De Leon has two things to start your day – from the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru to a discovery of new lines in the sand 250 miles south of the event.

On The Gist, Zuckerberg’s hearings got crowded out by bigger news. Too bad.Facts are facts, even in the greatly polarized year that is 2018. Holmes Lybrand writes the Weekly Standard’s “Fact Check” series, and even though it isn’t all about Trump’s latest tweets and utterances, it sometimes gets readers angry.In the Spiel, the president’s saber rattling over Syria is classic Trump: The man lies about his past statements.

Will Congress let Mark Zuckerberg get away with under-sharing? On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus break down the Facebook chief’s trip to Washington to testify before Congress on the Cambridge Analytica scandal. They review the most amusing and revealing moments from his 10-hour testimony. The hosts also analyze Zuckerberg’s evasion strategy and discuss whether members of Congress were buying it. And they look ahead to what regulation might be brewing that could affect Facebook and other Internet companies. Finally, Don’t Close My Tabs: their picks for the best stories and Twitter threads on the Web this week. Don't Close My TabsBloomberg: Tesla Workers Claim Racial Bias and Abuse at Electric Car FactoryTwitter: @Max_FisherPodcast production by Max Jacobs.If Then plugs: You can get updates about what’s coming up next by following us on Twitter @ifthenpod. You can follow Will @WillOremus and April @Aprilaser. If you have a question or comment, you can email us at ifthen@slate.com.If Then is presented by Slate and Future Tense, a collaboration among Arizona State University, New America, and Slate. Future Tense explores the ways emerging technologies affect society, policy, and culture. To read more, follow us on Twitter and sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss whether Donald Trump should be panicking about the raid on Michael Cohen’s office, what Paul Ryan’s retirement portends, and Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus.Twitter: @SlateGabfestFacebook: facebook.com/GabfestEmail: gabfest@slate.comShow notes at slate.com/gabfest

An oral history of The Noid. It was a lighthearted Domino’s campaign, with claymation by the same designers who made the California Raisins — but it drove one man over the edge. Plus, Kurt Andersen talks with TV and magazine writer Nell Scovell about her memoir, “Just the Funny Parts.” And Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie talks to Kurt about how, after his wife Geneviève Castrée died, he couldn’t write songs about anything else, and he performs a couple in our studio.

Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace discuss reluctant playdates, college manipulation, digital loss in the iCloud, how to have a familial relationship with your step-son, kids noticing violence on TV, and much more. 

Tres periodistas latinos discuten las últimas “bombas noticiosas” de la semana: el allanamiento de la oficina del abogado privado de Donald Trump, la política y retórica que se arma contra el gobierno en Siria, y el anuncio de Paul Ryan que se retira de su puesto en el Congreso. Muchos Republicanos se encuentran bajo la lupa, incluyendo a los conservadores latinos de la Iniciativa LIBRE. Su vocero Wadi Gaitan habla con el panel sobre cuales principios conservadores defienden y como a veces les complica su misión la política de Trump. En los broches de oro: donas, cerezos, ceviche y mucho más.

June Thomas talks with showrunners Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields about Episode 603 of The Americans, "Urban Transport Planning." She then chats with actor Noah Emmerich, who plays Stan Beeman, about how Stan is doing in 1987 and what it has been like to tackle a multi-season role for the first time. Finally, editor Katie Ennis, who has been responsible for many of the "previously on" teasers that precede each episode, explains how they're made.Note: This podcast contains spoilers and is meant to be enjoyed after you watch the episode. New episodes air Wednesdays at 10pm on FX. 

Enjoy listening to our panel of Latino journalists cover a topic – in English! This week, the panel discusses President Trump's cancellation of his visit to the Summit of the Americas in Peru, and debates the motives and significance of the move. Listen to the full conversation about this topic and more, including the delicious food Trump is missing by skipping South America, on El Gabfest en Español!

Mary Wilson has today’s three things: Everyone is dumping on retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan, South Korea puts the kibosh on a joint intel operation, and we remember comedy godmother Mitzi Shore.

On The Gist, Paul Ryan cared about just one thing: cutting taxes.Word choice is not always the most stimulating place to start an interview with an author, but it works when you’re talking to Sloane Crosley. The essayist defends metaphors like “Holocaust bunk bed” and the related analogy, “as if the Brady Bunch were filmed in Nazi Germany.” Crosley’s latest book—a collection of essays—is Look Alive Out There.In the Spiel, Congress failed to pin Mark Zuckerberg down.

Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Willa Paskin discuss the return of ABC's Roseanne, Kacey Musgraves' album Golden Hour with Slate's Carl Wilson, and Molly Ringwald's essay in the New Yorker: "What About 'The Breakfast Club'?"

Mary Wilson has today's rundown: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg testifies in Congress and one study identifies the key "window" for having babies while closing the gender pay gap.