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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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Future Tense Fiction: Live. Love. Die. Repeat?
In the April episode of Future Tense Fiction, David Iserson discusses his short story “This, but Again.”
51 min
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ICYMI: Should We All Be Pirating More?
37 min
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What Next TBD: Stephen King Is Just as Confused...
A meltdown over its subscription service reveals Twitter’s wheels coming off.
30 min
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ICYMI: We’ve Learned Nothing From West Elm Caleb
38 min
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How To!: Face the A.I. Revolution
Kevin Roose on using A.I. chatbots intelligently.
37 min
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Hi-Phi Nation: Love in the Time of Replika
People in love with their AI chatbots
50 min
557
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep5: Bleed The Swede
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Peter Kafka of Vox to discuss episode five of the final season of HBO’s Succession,
44 min
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What Next TBD: "Crap Apps": Why Weather Apps Suck
Why our smartphone forecasts are so mercurial.
21 min
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Slate Money: Elon’s Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the biggest business, tech and finance stories of the week.
50 min
560
Amicus: Justice Roberts’ Unfunny Cyber Stalking...
A cyber-stalking case highlights whose safety matters to SCOTUS when it comes to free speech
58 min
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ICYMI: Has TikTok Ruined Live Music?
40 min
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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
563
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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ICYMI: Meet the Internet’s Princess
40 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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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
570
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
573
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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ICYMI: Blac Chyna and the New Plastic Surgery Era
43 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