{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6961268923ce58f14615840d/6ae4bfe92abed8b01fb48d7c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Surge: Can We Trust The Polls?","description":"<p>It’s the last Friday before the midterms and Democrats have every reason to finally stop panicking and start….merely fretting. This episode originally aired as a Slate Live on YouTube, produced in collaboration with Slate’s politics newsletter The Surge.</p><p>There’s going to be another one of these just for Slate Plus listeners next Wednesday (11/4) at 12P ET! To register, click <u><a href=\"https://slate.com/briefing/2026/10/midterms-making-sense-what-next-surge.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></u>.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><u><a href=\"https://slate.com/author/jim-newell\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Newell</a></u>, Slate’s senior politics writer.</p><p><u><a href=\"https://slate.com/author/patrick-reis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Reis</a></u>, Slate’s politics editor</p><p><u><a href=\"https://slate.com/author/lizzie-oleary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzie O’Leary</a></u>, What Next: TBD host</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is member-exclusive. Listen to it now by subscribing to Slate Plus. By joining, not only will you unlock exclusive episodes of What Next —you’ll also access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on <u><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis/id1438906889\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a></u> and <u><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7IT5Yn1zGDH1cYXh38dned\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a></u>. Or, visit <u><a href=\"https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=plus_pod&amp;utm_content=What_Next&amp;utm_source=episode_summary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">slate.com/whatnextplus</a></u> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.</p><p><br></p><p>Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.</p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}