Your mom hears you calling in distress, but it’s not really you.
22 min
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ICYMI: Pedro Pascal Is the Internet’s Daddy
Fans cannot get enough of his charm, or the way he says, “Baby girl.”
39 min
603
Slate Money: Normal Bank Failure
Slate Money talks about the latest SVB fallout, the Credit Suisse drama, and the relationship between banks and government.
51 min
604
Gabfest Reads: How Do You Solve a Problem Like ...
The pending economic catastrophe is about more than the pandemic, author Chris Miller explains in his new book, Chip War.
33 min
605
Future Tense Fiction: Coming March 25
A monthly science fiction fix from Slate, Arizona State and New America.
2 min
606
What Next TBD: Where Is Silicon Valley Going to...
The easiest money is gone for the industry.
25 min
607
ICYMI: Dear Prudence: Sister Wants Me to Be Her...
My sister is in desperate need of a surrogate, but I can’t help her.
35 min
608
What Next: Why Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed
There’s plenty of blame to go around—and Congress should get its share.
26 min
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What Next TBD: Would You Let A.I. Date For You?
Would your personal profile benefit from an impersonal touch?
26 min
610
ICYMI: Vanderpump Rules’ War of the Roses
The reality TV story that refuses to leave our timelines.
39 min
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Slate Money: The Banks Special
Slate Money talks retail bank products, neobanks, and the Wells Fargo scandal.
42 min
612
What Next TBD: When Meta Tells Law Enforcement ...
What does Big Tech need to do to protect users in Post-Roe America?
22 min
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ICYMI: The Internet Should Be Fun
You just have to know where to look.
36 min
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What Next TBD: The Hollywood Weight Loss Wonder...
Are diabetics competing with celebs for Ozempic?
28 min
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ICYMI: The Internet Hates Hogwarts Legacy
A new video game set in the Harry Potter universe lays bare the mediocrity of Rowling’s world.
38 min
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Slate Money: Microchips and Child Care
Slate Money talks child care in the CHIPS Act, ESG investing, and mortgages.
42 min
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What Next TBD: What Would Convince a Lab Leak S...
Why one virologist doesn’t find the Department of Energy’s assessment convincing.
29 min
618
ICYMI: Selena Gomez Loves Logging Off
But she never stays offline for long.
37 min
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What Next TBD: Is a 25-Year-Old’s Brain Mature?
How the new science of brain development isn’t just changing policy, but how we live.
21 min
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ICYMI: North West Is TikTok’s New Queen
Is deploying her mother’s business savvy or just enjoying being a kid?
33 min
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Amicus: SCOTUS on the Internet: “It’s Complicated”
Two big tech cases before the US Supreme Court this week promised justices tackling the thorny issues of content moderation, liability, and internet platforms, but instead delivered confusion and dodges.
50 min
622
What Next TBD: Why A.I. Says the Darndest Things
Microsoft is working out the kinks of their chatbot in real time, and we're the guinea pigs.
25 min
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ICYMI: Tumblr Revived the Welcome to Night Vale...
A poll to find the top “Tumblr Sexyman” reminded users how much they loved narrator Cecil Palmer.
36 min
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What Next TBD: The Baby-Sleep Industrial Complex
Is the Snoo a life-saving necessity, or $1700 luxury item for bougie babies?