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What Next TBD: Can FEMA Keep Up With Climate Ch...
Does the agency need to rethink disaster aid?
24 min
752
ICYMI: How a Social Justice Instagram Weaponize...
The No White Saviors account was not what it claimed to be.
24 min
753
What Next TBD: The Good Hackers
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act gets updated guidelines from the DOJ.
21 min
754
ICYMI: Daily Harvest Is Crumbling
Customers have reported a number of medical issues after consuming the company’s French Lentil + Leek Crumbles.
27 min
755
What Next TBD: TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers
Inside the world of mental health content creation
26 min
756
ICYMI: This Episode Will Not Bum You Out
We all need to take a break for a little bit of internet joy.
26 min
757
What Next TBD: Does Crypto Investment Need to B...
Is crypto too risky an asset?
18 min
758
ICYMI: There Are No New Jokes On the Internet
Everybody is just stealing and reposting each other’s content.
27 min
759
What Next TBD: Can the Law Keep Up With the Int...
How Reno v. ACLU shaped the internet as we know it.
21 min
760
ICYMI: Why Can’t Lesbians Escape Men on Dating ...
Maybe it’s men with bad intentions, or maybe it’s just bad app design.
30 min
761
What Next TBD: From the Vault: It's Hot. It's F...
A climate scientist on why it’s not too late to turn things around.
20 min
762
ICYMI: American Girl Just Outed One of Their Do...
Plus, Lizzo nails the Notes app apology for the lyrics in her new song “GRRRLS”
28 min
763
What Next TBD: The Culture War Over Electric Cars
When will electric cars go mainstream?
19 min
764
ICYMI: Did One Direction Create the Internet?
The band’s fans were an unstoppable force online.
27 min
765
What Next TBD: Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Le...
How will Meta's former second-in-command be remembered?
25 min
766
A Word: Black Crypto Boom
African Americans are heavily investing in cryptocurrency. Will it pay off?
30 min
767
What Next TBD: Bots! What Are They Good For?
How serious is Twitter's bot problem?
22 min
768
ICYMI: The Musician TikTok Hostage Crisis
Record labels are demanding their talent go viral on TikTok to release new music.
24 min
769
What Next TBD: Is Elon Musk Any Good at Business?
A look at the richest man's business acumen.
25 min
770
ICYMI: Are the Mormon TikTok Moms Really Swingers?
Plus, One Direction drama, and a Youtube channel about 19th century American living.
24 min
771
A Word: Black to the Future Online
Podcaster Bridget Todd is ensuring that Black and LGBTQ online activists and creators get their flowers now.
22 min
772
What Next TBD: Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?
Social media surveillance technology used in schools has been largely ineffective.
21 min
773
ICYMI: How Depp v. Heard Broke the Internet
The trial was inescapable on social media, but how many people even knew what they were talking about?
27 min
774
What Next TBD: Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World
How to minimize your digital footprint
17 min
775
ICYMI: The Real Story Behind The Viral Makeup A...
Turns out the Jones Road ‘s virality might not have been entirely organic.
26 min