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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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Future Tense Fiction: Could a Robot Be Your Dog...
In the July episode of Future Tense Fiction, Andrew Silverman discusses his short story “Furgen.”
63 min
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ICYMI: The Girls Are Not All Right
Why PinkyDoll, Trad Wives and Girl Dinners are blowing up online
44 min
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What Next TBD: Washington vs. A.I.
The government's starting to focus on regulating A.I. But have they learned from previous efforts to keep an eye on the tech industry?
24 min
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ICYMI: The Curious Case of Carlee Russell
Russell’s disappearance took social media by storm. But something about it felt fishy.
44 min
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What Next TBD: Why Tech Lays Women Off First
Rounds of layoffs have disproportionately affected women in tech—including those on maternity leave.
27 min
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ICYMI: The Day AO3 Went Down
How a cyberattack threatened the future of fanfiction
35 min
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What Next TBD: America’s $5 Trillion Grid Problem
The electric grid is the only thing making parts of America habitable this summer. It desperately needs a makeover.
24 min
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ICYMI: Take a Tour in the Shein Propaganda Factory
Controversy over (another) ill-fated influencer trip sparked off discussion around sustainability and hyper-consumption.
45 min
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What Next: How Hollywood Shot Itself in the Foot
The paltry wages of the streaming economy made these strikes inevitable.
29 min
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What Next TBD: America’s Killer Car Problem
U.S. infrastructure doesn't prioritize the lives of pedestrians. Why?
32 min
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ICYMI: Did Fancams Determine This Year’s Emmy N...
And what the simultaneous strikes mean for the awards.
42 min
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Slate Money: Trouble in the House of Mouse
Bob Iger, two worker strikes, and the challenges of streaming
59 min
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What Next TBD: Will UPS Workers Join "Hot Strik...
It's not just Hollywood—UPS workers may soon be striking too.
29 min
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ICYMI: Has Black Twitter Found A New Home?
Plus the two actors riling up relationship Twitter
48 min
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How To!: Hack Any Bureaucracy
Marina Nitze on busting through government red tape.
42 min
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What Next TBD: Is Your Son Watching Andrew Tate?
How one of the biggest misogynists on the internet infected the mindset of a generation of teenage boys.
33 min
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ICYMI: How Reddit Turned On Its Creator
The 48-hour protest that forced Redditors to re-examine their loyalty
35 min
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Slate Money: Can Threads Take Down Twitter?
Meta launched a new competitor to Twitter. Will it be the next big thing?
50 min
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What Next TBD: Threads vs. Twitter
If your rate limit has been exceeded one too many times, Mark Zuckerberg is here with an alternative.
24 min
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ICYMI: What Next: TBD: The Trouble With TikTok...
An episode of Slate’s What Next: TBD on sped-up versions of songs are siphoning off already-paltry streaming revenues.
19 min
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What Next TBD: Turning Your Face Into Your Ticket
Facial recognition tech at the airport is being sold as an opt-in convenience—for now.
20 min
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ICYMI: The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Compla...
How Bath & Body Works fans fostered a safe haven on Reddit
41 min
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What Next TBD: The Never-Ending Cancer Drug Sho...
This problem isn't new—and it's completely preventable.
31 min
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ICYMI: Finding Queer Love Online
We hear from listeners who found love in Minecraft rose gardens and Craigslist missed connections.
33 min
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What Next TBD: Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?
Some patients claim it "quiets their brain." Researchers have been studying its effect on addiction for years. Does it actually work?
26 min