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What Next TBD: Will A.I. Close Off the Internet?
As A.I. companies are sucking up as much data as they can to train their systems, social platforms are starting to put their most valuable resource behind a paywall.
22 min
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ICYMI: How the Internet Broke Netflix’s “Love i...
47 min
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Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep4: Succession!
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by graphic designer Michael Bierut to recap the fourth episode of the last season of HBO’s Succession.
58 min
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What Next TBD: Will Banning Social Media Help K...
What the science says about Utah’s social media ban for teens.
29 min
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Slate Money: The China Problem
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers go over China’s expanding role in the international debt market.
49 min
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ICYMI: Meet the Internet’s Princess
40 min
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What Next TBD: How Gamers Leaked Classified Pen...
How highly classified documents from the Pentagon ended up in a small Discord server.
30 min
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ICYMI: The Free Trial Period of Social Media Is...
40 min
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Digital Future of Grief
Saving Your Loved Ones with AI
52 min
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Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep3: Logan F---s Off
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Slate’s Lizzie O’Leary to go over the shocking third episode of the last season of HBO’s Succession.
58 min
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What Next TBD: Why Flying Is So Bad Now
A series of near misses, antiquated tech and a shortage of airline employees are exposing the cracks in our air travel system.
28 min
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ICYMI: Blac Chyna and the New Plastic Surgery Era
43 min
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Slate Money: How to Win at Roulette
Slate Money hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the podcasting economy and if the bubble has burst—or if it will soon.
41 min
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What Next TBD: Wait, TikTok Has a Sister App?
While TikTok is in Washington’s crosshairs, Bytedance has been quietly pushing out Lemon8, a new social media app that promises to marry Instagram and Pinterest. Will it stick?
24 min
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Hi-Phi Nation: Ethics and the Future - Trailer
Ethics, Philosophy, and the Future
1 min
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ICYMI: Buying Concert Tickets Online is Still a...
Does it have to be?
40 min
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How To Succeed at Social Media
Suzy Wagner on making social media work for you.
35 min
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Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep2: F---ing Pirates
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by The New Yorker’s Clare Malone to recap the latest episode of HBO’s Succession.
58 min
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What Next TBD: Seeking Asylum Via App
CBP’s glitchy smartphone app leaves desperate people searching for instructions, wifi and even phones to use it.
33 min
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ICYMI: Succession’s Kendall Roy is the Internet...
39 min
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Slate Money: The Layoff Dopamine Hit
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Kevin Delaney, co-founder of Charter.
53 min
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What Next TBD: When A.I. Denies Your Health Care
A predictive algorithm tucked into Medicare Advantage plans is routinely denying coverage for patients, leaving them with little recourse.
26 min
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ICYMI: Live from Copenhagen
We’re international!
43 min
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How To!: Bounce Back From a Layoff
Career coach Susan Peppercorn on how workers (and companies) can do better.
33 min
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Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep1: High-Calorie In...
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by author and journalist Jim Stewart to recap episode one, season four of HBO’s Succession.
54 min