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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
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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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ICYMI: Inside the Nexus of Wellness Culture
36 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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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
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Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep6: Living+
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Ed Lee of the New York Times for a spoilery recap of episode six of the final season of HBO’s Succession.
53 min
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What Next TBD: Is Your Uber Drivers' Pay Rigged?
Same ride. Same route. Different pay.
21 min
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Slate Money: “Traffic”: Ben Smith and the Death...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith to discuss his new book.
45 min