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What Next TBD: What Made the Balloon Drama Pop ...
Blown cover or just blown off course?
32 min
477
ICYMI: The Internet’s Black Emo Renaissance
Paramore is for Black people.
37 min
478
What Next TBD: Contraband Tech Behind Bars
Why prisoners risk the consequences to have a cell phone.
28 min
479
ICYMI: Is Weight Lifting a Diet Culture Escape ...
Writer Casey Johnston on how gym weights broke her out of diet and fitness hell.
39 min
480
Slate Money: Will A.I. Kill the Internet?
Slate Money talks A.I. search engines, oil profits, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
48 min
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What Next TBD: Why Ban TikTok?
If the U.S. wants to protect users, there are better options.
24 min
482
ICYMI: How a 9-Year-Old Took Over TikTok
Plus, drama in the TikTok food world.
35 min
483
What Next TBD: Did a Twentysomething Con Americ...
How the start-up “Frank” went from a shiny new acquisition to “a huge mistake” for JP Morgan Chase.
29 min
484
ICYMI: The Anal Bead Cheating Scandal That Rock...
Plus, Mittens the cat is a viscous chess bot.
35 min
485
What Next TBD: How COVID Changes Our Immune Sys...
The data doesn't tell the whole story.
25 min
486
ICYMI: Has the Internet Made Parenting Easier?
Or has it just created new problems for parents to grapple with?
36 min
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What Next TBD: Did A.I. Write This Headline?
No, but Silicon Valley thinks it can.
31 min
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Slate Money: Chip War
Chris Miller joins Slate Money to talk about microchips.
43 min
489
ICYMI: TikTok Isn’t For Creators Anymore
Social media companies have the content spigots in a chokehold.
34 min
490
What Next TBD: Will Google Get Broken Up?
The tech giant's online ad business has printed money for more than a decade. The Justice Department is coming for it.
24 min
491
ICYMI: American Girl’s Addy Is More Than a Slave
It seems like every six months another person brings this discourse back online.
35 min
492
What Next TBD: Does Meta Even Care When Its Use...
The surest way to get your Instagram account back is to know somebody who works there.
26 min
493
ICYMI: The Internet Won’t Let Austin Butler For...
Plus, why is everybody melting down over Kerrygold butter?
34 min
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Slate Money: It’s Not TV
Felix Gillette joins to talk about his new book on HBO.
51 min
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What Next TBD: An Antivax Dog Whistle Goes Viral
A data scientist and epidemiologist is just answering questions.
26 min
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ICYMI: MrBeast Dethroned a Child to Become the ...
One bland man has figured out how to optimize everything about his YouTube channel.
34 min
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What Next TBD: Tesla’s No Good, Very Bad Year
Elon Musk promised an “epic end of year” to Tesla investors in 2022. But the stock crashed instead. What happened?
28 min
498
ICYMI: RuPaul’s Drag Race Has Finally Logged On
The season 15 premiere sets up the dynamic between the online and IRL queens like never before.
34 min
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What Next TBD: Why the Feds Want to Kill Noncom...
How the proliferation of noncompete clauses hurts workers and costs the economy billions.
19 min
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ICYMI: Who Is Alix Earle And Why Are People Mad...
Plus, an attempt to explain corecore.
32 min