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ICYMI: Nostalgia is the Internet’s Favorite Cur...
The hosts of In Retrospect take us through their online history.
41 min
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What Next TBD: Inside Crypto's House of Cards
This week, Sam Bankman-Fried goes on trial. The entire crypto industry will be watching.
31 min
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ICYMI: Where Did Bobbi Althoff Come From?
And how has the momfluencer-turned-podcast-host landed interviews with Offset and Drake?
43 min
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What Next TBD: Who Will Pay For A COVID Vaccine?
The government is no longer footing the bill for the COVID vaccine. What does that mean for access?
27 min
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What Next TBD: Is Amazon a Monopoly?
How the FTC’s case against the e-commerce giant could change everything about how you shop.
25 min
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ICYMI: The Summer of Suits
How a cable TV law procedural became the internet’s favorite show
37 min
432
Slate Money: AI Facial Recognition's Creepy Evo...
Facial recognition is coming for us all, and society probably isn’t ready for it.
52 min
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What Next TBD: What Instacart’s IPO Means for Tech
After years of post-pandemic turmoil, Instacart managed to do something rare in the gig economy - turn a profit.
23 min
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ICYMI: Is “Algospeak” D@ngerous?
What experts call linguistic self-censorship has not only taken over TikTok, but spread onto other platforms.
37 min
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What Next TBD: Did AirBnB Need to Go?
Short-term rentals are getting blamed for a lack of affordable housing. Is that fair?
21 min
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ICYMI: Inside the MLM to Life Coach Pipeline
Spoiler alert: it’s a straight line.
38 min
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Slate Money | Criminals: TheraNOPE
Elizabeth Holmes went from optimistic founder, to convicted criminal.
38 min
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What Next TBD: Can Politicians Keep Kids Safe O...
At a time when lawmakers operate from wildly different standards of children’s “safety”, who can be trusted to regulate the internet?
27 min
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ICYMI: AI-Generated Books are Tarnishing Author...
And—surprise, surprise—Amazon isn’t doing nearly enough about it.
46 min
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What Next TBD: Google Makes Its Case
The U.S. claims that Google monopolized search. Google claims that competition is just “a click away.”
29 min
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Mom & Dad: If You’re Tracking Your Kids, Should...
Slate’s parenting podcast on helping kids grow up in public.
37 min
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ICYMI: The Orwellian World of Vintage Fast-Food...
Burger patties with earrings. Michael Jordan. And so much rapping.
38 min
443
Slate Money: Optimal Illusions
Coco Krumme joins Slate Money to discuss the false promise of optimization.
37 min
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ICYMI: Are Green Powders a Pyramid Scheme?
How wellness brands like Bloom are making green powders go viral on TikTok
49 min
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What Next TBD: Bad Air, Worse Vibes
Between COVID and now wildfire smoke, the case for improving school ventilation makes itself. So what’s the hold-up?
17 min
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What Next TBD: Tech Disrupts the School Bus
A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students.
24 min
447
The Waves: The Bama Rush to Trad Wife Pipeline
Bama Rush Tok has blow up, but there’s something very familiar about these girls…and what they’re promoting.
38 min
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ICYMI: The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee...
Tory Lanez was sentenced for shooting Megan, but he’s not the only “Toronto Mans” to do her dirty.
45 min
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Slate Money | Criminals Series: The $5 Billion ...
Jho Low stole billions and funded a Leonardo DiCaprio movie.
38 min
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What Next TBD: Social Media’s Pivot from News
When it comes to natural disasters, getting the latest news via Twitter or Facebook is, well, disastrous.
25 min