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Money: The Economic Tale of the Writers Strike
How the ongoing Writers Guild strike affects the entertainment economy
51 min
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What Next TBD: When Your Childhood Was Their Co...
The first generation to grow up with their entire childhood documented on social media is coming of age—and wondering how to get some privacy.
24 min
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ICYMI: The Only People Who Made Money From Tumblr
How an Obama-era publishing trend led to it’s own book genre.
31 min
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What Next: TBD | The Trouble With TikTok Songs
Sped-up versions of songs are siphoning off already-paltry streaming revenues
18 min
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ICYMI -- How To: Succeed at Social Media
Suzy Wagner on making social media work for you.
36 min
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Future Tense Fiction: When Robots Go to War
In the May episode of Future Tense Fiction, Justina Ireland discusses her short story “Collateral Damage.”
58 min
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What Next: TBD | Tweetering on the Glass Cliff
Is Elon Musk’s CEO pick set up to fail?
20 min
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ICYMI: Is Ice Spice an Industry Plant?
38 min
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What Next: TBD | A Tipping Point for Digital Ti...
Why exactly are self-service checkouts asking us to pay more?
28 min
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ICYMI: The Internet’s Biggest Secret
33 min
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What Next TBD: Why Sports Are All in on Betting
The tech that turned sports gambling from an illegal vice to an inescapable cash cow.
24 min
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ICYMI: Quiet Luxury is TikTok’s Latest Nonsensi...
34 min
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Hi-Phi Nation: Rise of the Music Machines
AI Music and the Future of Creativity
50 min
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What Next TBD: Space After NASA
The passionate weirdos and hedge funds that want to boldly go where only governments have gone before.
30 min
490
ICYMI: Why Tarte Cosmetics is Being Accused of ...
44 min
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What Next TBD: Who’s Afraid of A.I.?
Real harm from A.I. doesn’t have to look like Skynet—it’s already happening.
29 min
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ICYMI: We’re Sorry
37 min
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Hi-Phi Nation: Effective Altruism and its Critics
How to Give to Charity Ethically
58 min
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Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep7: Two Indias (And...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined this week by a star-studded lineup to discuss episode seven of HBO’s Succession.
64 min
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What Next TBD: What's Going on at Meta?
Market instability, bad bets and low morale are putting Silicon Valley's poster child in uncharted territory. Can it claw its way back?
29 min
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Slate Money: Why The First Republic Failure Is ...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the failure of First Republic Bank.
46 min
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ICYMI: Inside the Nexus of Wellness Culture
36 min
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What Next TBD: What the Writers' Strike Is Real...
The WGA is fighting to get ahead of A.I.—and finally catch up with the streaming era.
27 min
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ICYMI: Should Influencers Unionize?
36 min
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Problem with Gig Work
Can gig workers beat the algorithm?
51 min