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ICYMI: Decoder Ring: The Truth About #TheDress
An episode from Slate’s Decoder Ring about the dress whose color the internet couldn’t agree on.
34 min
527
Political Gabfest: What If Twitter Dies?
The future of Twitter, a ghoulish World Cup, and Justice Alito is accused of a pre-Dobbs leak.
57 min
528
ICYMI: An ICYMI Friendsgiving with Normal Gossip
What funny, memorable, and horny internet moments are we thankful for this year?
33 min
529
What Next TBD: The End of the Tech Boom
After decades of growth, tech companies are now focusing on profits.
27 min
530
ICYMI: What's Going to Happen to Twitter?
And all your other questions about Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform, answered.
37 min
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What Next TBD: The Case Against Climate Reparat...
There’s a great moral argument. Practically, it falls apart.
29 min
532
ICYMI: Who’s Invited to the Cookout?
36 min
533
Decoder Ring: The Truth About #TheDress
An unassuming photo of a party dress showed how seeing is believing.
32 min
534
What Next TBD: Is This The Cryptocalypse?
How will the demise of the second-largest crypto exchange affect the industry?
28 min
535
ICYMI: The Internet Wouldn’t Exist Without Sex
41 min
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What Next TBD: Senator Chris Murphy on Elon's A...
Why he asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review Saudi Arabia's considerable stake in Twitter.
17 min
537
ICYMI: A Man Ate Rotisserie Chicken for 40 Days...
38 min
538
What Next TBD: Why Are So Many Little Kids Sick...
Those born under pandemic restrictions are getting their first “normal” autumn, replete with all the sniffles that entails.
21 min
539
ICYMI: How Are the Midterms Affecting Social Me...
Some politicians really understand how to be online, but most don’t.
33 min
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What Next TBD: So How’s It Going, Elon?
From canning executives to a plan to charge for blue checks, Twitter has entered the Musk Era.
25 min
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ICYMI: Did Deplatforming Andrew Tate Work?
BuzzFeed’s Ikran Dahir discusses Tate’s wealth, misogyny, and the community he’s built around himself.
34 min
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What Next TBD: Big Brother, Big Tech and China
COVID may be an inflection point in the relationship between the surveillance state and the surveilled.
38 min
543
ICYMI: Inside the Online Life of a Health & Wel...
Opening up journalist Julia Craven’s internet diary.
33 min
544
Slate Money: Memelord Takeover
Matt Levine joins Slate Money to talk about all things crypto
49 min
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What Next TBD: Twitter Is Dead; Long Live Twitter
No matter what Elon Musk does, Twitter will never be the same
36 min
546
ICYMI: How a Lesbian Emu Influencer Got Milksha...
The owner of Emmanuel the emu posted online last week about her sick bird, but then the story took a turn.
34 min
547
What Next TBD: Can We Make an Alzheimer’s Drug ...
Advances towards an effective drug therapy have been uneven and unclear, but there are promising developments.
30 min
548
ICYMI: What’s It Like Being a Twitch Streamer?
It’s a lot of fun as long as it’s just a hobby.
35 min
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What Next TBD: When An Algorithm Raises Your Rent
If it draws on data from landlords and tells them what others are charging, when does it become price-fixing?
29 min
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ICYMI: What’s the Deal With Broadway’s 1776?
One of the show’s stars raised quite a few issues with the production in a recent interview.
33 min