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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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ICYMI: Unladylike’s Cristen Conger on Conspirac...
The host of Unladylike and Conspiracy, She Wrote takes us through her scrolling habits and favorite memes.
27 min
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What Next TBD: Elon Musk’s Bully Pulpit
Remade in its owner’s image, X is rife with hate-speech, misinformation and fear-mongering.
21 min
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ICYMI: Justin Baldoni Is Not Very Demure
Plus: High Speed Downloads on Jordan Chiles and the iconic Queen of Melrose.
38 min
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What Next: How Boeing Stranded Two Astronauts
Eight days in space is now looking like eight months.
21 min
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What Next TBD: Tesla’s Out of Juice. But Are EVs?
Tesla isn’t the whole story. Cars aren’t even the whole story.
23 min
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ICYMI: Should I Stop Sharing My Location? Why D...
We ask internet culture writer Steffi Cao how to navigate your best (and worst) behaviors online
36 min
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What Next TBD: Google’s a Monopoly. What About ...
The Department of Justice proves it can take on Big Tech and win.
20 min
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ICYMI: Encore: Why YouTube Loves Video Essays
How longform, academic-leaning rants are finding success in a shortform digital landscape
30 min
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What Next TBD: If They Can Get Sydney Sweeney T...
Why telecom networks are terrible at holding our sensitive data.
22 min
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What Next TBD: Why Are More Young People Gettin...
Can a new colon cancer test help?
22 min
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ICYMI: Cody Ko Has Become the Misogyny He Mocks
What the Cody Ko allegations tell us about victim-blaming, credibility, and YouTube’s history of silent misogyny
45 min
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What Next TBD: The Panopticon Olympics
Even the most advanced surveillance network couldn’t stop an attack on the Games’ first day.
25 min
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ICYMI: The Boys Are Not All Right
What the “Zynternet” tells us about sports betting, post-grad frat culture and their internet politics.
35 min
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What Next TBD: Is Silicon Valley Trump-Vance Co...
Or will a Californian on top of the Democratic ticket win back tech’s votes?
20 min
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ICYMI: The Day MTV News Went Down
Former MTV News editor Patrick Hosken on watching his work disappear from the internet without warning
34 min
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What Next TBD: The Conspiracy Theory Election
Misinformation from all sides is dominating this election, making it impossible to tell what’s real and what’s fake.
20 min
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ICYMI: What Next: TBD: The Blu-Ray-naissance Is...
An episode of What Next: TBD about the renaissance of physical media and the downsides of the streaming era.
20 min
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Slate Money: Did Y2K Finally Happen?
The Money gang discusses the global tech disruption, why Silicon Valley likes Trump, and the decline of DEI.
55 min
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What Next TBD: America’s Tech Trustbuster
AAG Jonathan Kanter talks A.I., rent-pricing software, and how he envisions fair competition.
29 min
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Hear Me Out: AI’s Threat to Democracy Flopped
For now, the robots have left us unscathed.
31 min
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What Next TBD: The New World of DIY Medical Tests
Does the medical community have only itself to blame?
19 min
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ICYMI: The “Hawk Tuah Girl” Is the New Scott Di...
Plus, High Speed Downloads on everyone’s favorite TikTok love triangle and the United Airlines cheater.
32 min
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What Next TBD: Boeing Pleads Guilty
Felony charges, half a billion in fines, and stranded astronauts—surely this must be rock bottom.
21 min
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ICYMI: Baggu’s Horse Bag Controversy
Plus, why an A.I.-generated Toys R Us commercial gained more critics than customers.
36 min
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What Next TBD: The Blu-Ray-naissance Is Here. S...
Tired of movies slipping off streaming sites right when you want to watch them? There’s an obvious, off-the-shelf solution…
19 min