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Hi-Phi Nation: The Problem with Gig Work
Can gig workers beat the algorithm?
51 min
602
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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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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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
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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
610
Hi-Phi Nation: Love in the Time of Replika
People in love with their AI chatbots
50 min
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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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ICYMI: Has TikTok Ruined Live Music?
40 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
615
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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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
620
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
622
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
625
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