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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
327
ICYMI: How “Bye Sister” Changed Internet Cultur...
We look back at YouTuber Tati Westbrook’s iconic takedown of James Charles, which redefined drama and the moral battles of influencer culture
36 min
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What Next TBD: Elon Says Have More Babies
Billions of anything is just never enough for this guy.
19 min
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ICYMI: The Internet History of Ayo Edebiri
We break down “The Bear” star’s greatest hits online, from her hilarious Letterboxd reviews to the origin of her digital Irish citizenship.
42 min
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What Next TBD: Why Are IUDs Still a Mystery?
From a murky, painful start to a symbol of reproductive freedom.
22 min
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ICYMI: Rachelle Hampton Logs Off
ICYMI says goodbye to its founding co-host with an episode of games, surprises and swan songs.
33 min
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What Next TBD: Why Extreme Weather Keeps Surpri...
Scientists are trying to determine when a hot summer is climate change, or just the weather.
27 min
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ICYMI: Finding Queer Friendship Online
We hear from listeners who found pivotal connections on Yahoo Groups and Instagram.
27 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Kara Swisher and Orna Gural...
Anna interviews a psychoanalyst and a tech journalist, both known for asking tough questions, about how to get people to open up.
71 min
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What Next TBD: Is Your Phone Tracking Your Driv...
The business of collecting driving data is lucrative. Most drivers aren’t aware it exists.
21 min
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ICYMI: John Green, Tall Love and the Star Wars ...
We’re bringing back High Speed Downloads to explain some internet hijinks.
24 min
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What Next TBD: Amazon Wants Your Handprint
Biometric payment methods are coming to Whole Foods and beyond. Should we be worried?
19 min
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What Next TBD: The FBI Made a Phone Network. It...
Anom was used by thousands of criminals. It was run by the FBI.
29 min
339
ICYMI: The Icarian Journey of Ashley Madison
A recent Netflix docuseries highlights the rapid rise and even more rapid decline of the now-infamous dating website.
38 min
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Slate Money: Is Tesla Even a Good Car Company?
The Money crew discusses Tesla’s big shareholder vote, the return of GameStop’s stock influencer, and the death of NYC’s congestion pricing scheme.
41 min
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What Next TBD: Apple Goes Intelligent
The giant Silicon Valley holdout joins the AI race. But is the demand real or artificial?
21 min
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ICYMI: Netflix’s TikTok Dance Cult Documentary ...
The director’s choice to film Dancing For The Devil in real time may have done the material a disservice.
54 min
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What Next TBD: Fee’d Up: A Musician’s Take on T...
Look what you made Merrick Garland do
19 min
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ICYMI: Inside the Unsolved 2014 Attack on a Fur...
A new podcast hopes to finally close a decade-old cold case.
33 min
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What Next TBD: The Secret Semiconductor War
The race is on and America is trailing. Why is it important to catch up?
19 min
346
ICYMI: TikTok’s Current Main Character is a Fam...
Fannita Legett’s videos taking white influencers to task poured fuel on a fire that’s now raged beyond her control.
50 min
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What Next TBD: Would You Buy Poop On the Internet?
The wild world of peer-to-peer Fecal Microbial Transplants.
20 min
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ICYMI: Anna Sale on Internet Sabbaticals, iPod ...
How the host of Death, Sex & Money spends her time online
37 min
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Slate Money: Nobody’s Gonna Stop Nvidia
Alex Kantrowitz of the Big Tech podcast joins the Money squad to discuss Nvidia, Sam Altman, and WhatsApp.
51 min
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What Next TBD: He’s Suing Big Tech Over Uvalde
The lawsuit includes the gunmaker, Meta, and Activision, the company behind Call of Duty.
23 min