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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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What Next: What Was The Point of Israel’s Pager...
Was this the opening salvo of open war with Hezbollah? An attack on communication in Lebanon? A terrorizing taunt?
26 min
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What Next TBD: Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answe...
How a rightwing provocateur entered the chat, right into the former president’s inner circle.
22 min
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ICYMI: “Celebrity Number Six” Was Found, But No...
How a four-year-old Reddit mystery involving a curtain, celebrities and artificial intelligence was solved this month.
30 min
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What Next TBD: Can Instagram Really Keep Kids S...
Is a safer social media just a few settings away?
27 min
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ICYMI: Shannon Sharpe, Henry Danger, and Crashi...
Plus, High Speed Downloads on the possible love triangle involving Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Mendes, and Camila Cabello.
34 min
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How To!: Rethink Screen Time
Richard Culatta on tech guidelines that actually work for your family.
40 min
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What Next TBD: Is Boeing Lost in Space?
How the Starliner derailed Boeing’s space ambitions.
21 min
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ICYMI: The Costco Guys Bring the Boom
How a father-son duo in Florida went from food review TikToks to one of Costco’s greatest advocates.
30 min
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Slate Money | Fasten Your Seatbelt, Boeing
The Money team discusses the Boeing strike, America’s snack fixation, and the Fed’s Basel Endgame walkback.
48 min
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What Next TBD | TikTok Goes to Court
The law has been signed, but lawmakers are still on the app.
22 min
286
ICYMI: We May Have A New Bad Art Friend
Why BookTok sleuths are accusing a debut novelist of crossing a line by “plagiarizing” her ex-best friend’s childhood.
51 min
287
Hear Me Out: Podcasting Is Dead
At least, podcasting as we knew it.
41 min
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TBD | The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes
21st century mosquitoes need 21st century solutions.
20 min
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ICYMI: Land Ho: Our Top Moments from the Ultima...
Before the “best TikTok reality show” anchors in Miami this month, we’re looking back at the highs and lows of the viral 9-month cruise.
44 min
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What Next TBD: US v. Google… Again
The Justice Department won its case against Google’s search monopoly. Now it turns its focus to Google ads.
20 min
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ICYMI: The Internet History of Charli XCX
How MySpace, “Vroom Vroom,” and a quarantine album led Charli XCX to the critical success of Brat Summer.
49 min
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What Next: Why Shein and Temu Are At War
It’s tough out here for fashion brands—and for Chinese tech companies with American customer bases. It’s even tougher being both.
23 min
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What Next TBD: Telegram's CEO Just Got Arrested...
Why you should be paying attention to Pavel Durov’s arrest.
25 min
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ICYMI: Skibidi Toilet Is An iPad Kid’s Fever Dream
How Gen Alpha’s first viral meme marks the beginning of an intergenerational culture war.
33 min
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What Next TBD: Back To School… Without Phones
Are smartphones really a detriment to learning—or a scapegoat?
26 min
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ICYMI: The Internet History of Kamala Harris
How the meme-able presidential candidate went from California’s “top cop” to brat-in-chief.
41 min
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What Next TBD: Who’s Going to Regulate AI?
A.I. companies don’t like SB1047—not too surprising—but what’s Nancy Pelosi’s problem with it?
19 min
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ICYMI | Is Ballerina Farm A Victim?
Why Hannah Neeleman, a Julliard-trained ballerina-turned-tradwife, might be the final girlboss of this controversial movement.
33 min
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What Next TBD: Crypto Courts the 2024 Vote
No, the industry’s not dead. It’s rich.
22 min
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ICYMI: Allison Raskin on Leaving Buzzfeed and F...
The writer, podcaster, and co-host of Just Between Us takes us through her internet diaries.
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