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What Next TBD: Inside OpenAI's Implosion
Sam Altman is out—or is he?—oh yeah, he is. Wait or..?
28 min
327
Slate Money: Movies | Dumb Money
Hold this episode until it gets up to the moon
45 min
328
What Next TBD: Bedbugs Are Back, Baby!
How do you feel about Thanksgiving travel now?
22 min
329
Slate Money: How Salt Built America
Author Ed Conway discusses the seemingly mundane materials that gave rise to civilizations
59 min
330
ICYMI: The Year in Celebrity Memoirs
From Prince Harry to Britney Spears, we look back at the biggest bombshells that hit the shelves this year
44 min
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What Next TBD: How Deepfake Porn Infected a School
Once an image is on the internet, it’s out of your control—just ask the girls at Westfield High.
21 min
332
Decoder Ring: The Forgotten Video Game About Sl...
In 1992, the company behind The Oregon Trail tried to simulate Black history. It did not go well.
43 min
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ICYMI: The Internet Used to be a Haven for Peop...
What happens when weird edges of the internet get sanded down to pave the way for monetized “content.’
41 min
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Slate Money: Travel | Jet-setting Like A Journ...
Being a foreign correspondent has its share of exciting moments
30 min
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What Next TBD: Will A.I. Take My Job?
A newsroom finds itself wondering if these mysterious new contributors are even real people.
18 min
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ICYMI: Restaurant Wars: Keith Lee vs. Atlanta
How a traveling food critic riled up the city of Atlanta (and Cardi B)
50 min
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What Next TBD: Tesla vs. the Swedes
The “move fast and break stuff” mentality has hit an organized labor stronghold.
23 min
338
ICYMI: Endless Thread: The expanding universe o...
An episode of WBUR’s Endless Thread on a well-known 24/7 lo-fi hip-hop livestream on YouTube.
38 min
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Slate Money: Movies | The Insider
Blowing the whistle on Big Tobacco
49 min
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Slate Money: The Crypto Crimes of Sam Bankman-F...
SBF is guilty. Does he deserve 110 years in prison?
56 min
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ICYMI: Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths” Are Ad...
Where’s the line between comedic license and deception?
48 min
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What Next TBD: Sam Bankman-Fraud
The disgraced crypto mogul faces up to 110 years behind bars. Will the industry ever recover?
27 min
343
What Next TBD: Biden Goes After AI
What the new executive orders on artificial intelligence will—and won’t—address.
28 min
344
ICYMI: How First-Gen Kids Are Healing Online
Why the internet loves immigrant mom content
46 min
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What Next: How to Catch an Insurrectionist
The online community helping—and in some ways surpassing—the FBI.
22 min
346
ICYMI: How DJ Envy Got Got
Plus Meghann Cuniff on DJ Envy, Tory Lanez and Black Twitter
41 min
347
Slate Money: Why Dimes Shouldn’t Exist
Slate Money is a cashless podcast now
45 min
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What Next TBD: SBF Takes the Stand
It’s a high risk move, but he’s running out of options.
22 min
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What Next TBD: Self-Driving Cars Crash Into Rea...
If autonomous vehicles aren’t safe in California, where ARE they safe?
26 min
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ICYMI: A Former School Shooter is a TikTok Star...
Jon Romano’s platform raises thorny questions about online life after prison.
46 min