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What Next TBD | The Influencer Administration
Trump is packing his administration with social media stars who are selling products, promoting brands and communicating with the public in unprecedented ways.
25 min
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ICYMI: Should I Block My Boyfriend’s Aunt on In...
We ask internet culture writer Steffi Cao how to navigate your best (and worst) behaviors online this holiday season.
41 min
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What Next: TBD | When Your Flight’s GPS Gets Sp...
Drone warfare is commonplace. Commercial planes are collateral damage.
22 min
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ICYMI: Max Read on Gawker, “Sculder” Fanfiction...
How Substack writer Max Read decides what to drop in the group chat, and what backlash he received after his eponymous post about the “Zynternet.”
37 min
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What Next TBD | The Post-Election Social Media ...
Is this the end of having one, shared “digital public square”?
24 min
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ICYMI: Our 2024 ICYMI Friendsgiving Spectacular
From the cursed Glasgow Willy Wonka experience to the domination of ClubChalamet, we give thanks to our favorite internet moments this year.
43 min
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What Next: TBD | Is Sickle Cell Anemia…Cured?
The new treatment is painful and expensive. It could also be life-saving.
28 min
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Slate Money: Is Bluesky the New Old Twitter?
Bluesky is flying high, Adani is busted for fraud, and being “anti-woke” is now a business strategy.
39 min
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ICYMI: Should I Buy A Purse Kindle?
How the e-reader became popular (again) thanks to #KindleTok, gooseneck stands, and the Jeff Bezos of it all.
35 min
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What Next TBD: What's Google Without Chrome?
Does the search giant’s break-up begin with its browser?
20 min
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Care & Feeding | Are Your Kids Safe on Roblox?
Slate’s parenting podcast on being online.
37 min
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ICYMI: Princess Treatment, the 4B Movement, and...
Vox’s Rebecca Jennings helps us decipher whether we’re in the midst of an online gender war.
40 min
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What Next TBD: The X-odus
So long and thanks for all the clicks
22 min
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Slate Money: What the D.O.G.E?
Elon Musk is so unserious, crypto is surging, and AI clones are dating and applying for jobs for us now.
41 min
240
ICYMI: Is ChatGPT Your Therapist?
Dazed’s Laura Pitcher on the daily users of ChatGPT who confided in the chatbot as their friend, life organizer, and sometimes, therapist.
36 min
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What Next TBD: The Manosphere That Delivered Tr...
Deeply retrograde, reactionary politics find life in the new media landscape.
18 min
242
ICYMI | Who’s Turning on Moo Deng?
Plus, why Brian Jordan Alvarez’s goofy dances are taking over TikTok.
32 min
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What Next TBD: The Polls Weren’t Wrong
The public just doesn’t understand what they mean.
22 min
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ICYMI: The Fashion Expert Twitter Loves to Hate
Who is Derek Guy, the occasionally divisive, sometimes political menswear pundit behind @DieWorkwear?
40 min
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What Next TBD: Elon Wins
Banning Donald Trump from Twitter brought the world’s richest man to his side—and led him back to the White House.
24 min
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ICYMI: Bodega Cats and Cussing Out Your Boss
Plus, our predictions for this year’s Sexiest Man Alive.
32 min
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What Next TBD: u up? Go vote.
Why your text messages have gone all politics.
19 min
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ICYMI: The Internet’s Favorite Fictional Presid...
We’re talking about the most memorable, meme-able, and fanfiction-worthy Oval officers.
41 min
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A Word | Star Man: Merlin’s Tour of the Universe
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on space, politics, and his new book.
37 min
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What Next TBD: What Elon Wants From Trump
How he’s making Trump’s closing argument—and why.
26 min