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What Next TBD: Are You Ready For Lab-Grown Meat?
Many of the issues with lab-grown meat directly contradict what makes enthusiasts excited in the first place.
28 min
602
ICYMI: Who Gets to Complain About Their Job Onl...
People love to watch videos of workers complaining about customers, but it can easily cross the line.
37 min
603
Slate Money: Should You Care About the Dot Plot?
Slate Money talks about the Fed’s dot plot, Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of Activision, and SBF’s arrest.
47 min
604
What Next TBD: SBF's Worst Week Yet
Legal action against the former head of FTX and hearings on Capitol Hill expose just how bad things are at the once-dominant crypto exchange.
33 min
605
ICYMI: Why Did NBC’s Internet Culture Reporter ...
Peeking into journalist Morgan Sung’s internet diary.
35 min
606
What Next TBD: San Francisco’s Self-Driving Mess
Self-driving cars are here. And there. And on the sidewalk. Oh boy.
25 min
607
ICYMI: Goodbye to All That 2022 Internet
A roundtable on everything online that shouldn’t return in the new year.
35 min
608
Slate Money: The NYT Strike: End of the Wordle ...
Slate Money talks ChatGPT, Trump tax fraud and The New York Times strike.
45 min
609
What Next TBD: Let’s Talk, Chatbots
ChatGPT is better than any chatbot that came before it.
28 min
610
ICYMI:What Is a Kevsexual?
TikTok doesn’t understand the female gaze.
34 min
611
What Next TBD: Big Tech’s Boogeymen In Washington
Is the most aggressive antitrust team in decades capable of reining in Silicon Valley?
34 min
612
ICYMI: Online for the Holidays
What we love and hate about the internet during the holiday season.
33 min
613
A Word: Bot Battling in the Age of Elon
Has Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover boosted disinformation, or just fear?
22 min
614
What Next TBD: Twitter's Vulnerabilities, Exposed
Elon's Twitter had its first test against bad actors from a foreign country. It didn't go well.
26 min
615
ICYMI: Goncharov, Tumblr’s Fake Scorsese Film
Tumblr users are always the most committed to the bit.
35 min
616
What Next TBD: The Trap of Buy Now, Pay Later
They're billed as a safe alternative to credit cards. But only if you use it responsibly.
30 min
617
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
618
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
619
ICYMI: An ICYMI Friendsgiving with Normal Gossip
What funny, memorable, and horny internet moments are we thankful for this year?
33 min
620
What Next TBD: The End of the Tech Boom
After decades of growth, tech companies are now focusing on profits.
27 min
621
ICYMI: What's Going to Happen to Twitter?
And all your other questions about Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform, answered.
37 min
622
What Next TBD: The Case Against Climate Reparat...
There’s a great moral argument. Practically, it falls apart.
29 min
623
ICYMI: Who’s Invited to the Cookout?
36 min
624
Decoder Ring: The Truth About #TheDress
An unassuming photo of a party dress showed how seeing is believing.
32 min
625
What Next TBD: Is This The Cryptocalypse?
How will the demise of the second-largest crypto exchange affect the industry?
28 min