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What Next TBD: The Carbon Capture Fantasy
The IPCC says we may need to pull carbon out of the atmosphere to keep the planet from overheating. That won’t be easy.
23 min
777
What Next TBD: Who Online Justice Leaves Behind
The courts’ arrival in the modern era came with some unexpected tradeoffs.
15 min
778
What Next TBD: Did @jack Ruin Twitter?
In the post-Dorsey era, Twitter will try to grow as large as its competitors. Is that a good thing?
14 min
779
What Next TBD: Best of 2021 | Inside the Subred...
How an irreverent band of Reddit investors cost Wall Street millions.
20 min
780
What Next TBD: Space Junk! (And Space Wars?)
Is space a battlefront, a garbage dump, or both?
19 min
781
What Next TBD: The Kid-Vaccine Holdouts
Many vaccinated parents aren’t ready to take their younger children in for a COVID shot. What’s holding them back?
21 min
782
What Next TBD: How Schools Surveil Your Kids
A startup named GoGuardian is changing the way teachers monitor their students online.
18 min
783
What Next TBD: Why Are Bots Buying Sneakers?
When algorithms start buying up products, there’s something wrong with the system.
22 min
784
What Next TBD: Honey, I Sold the House to Zillow
Why are tech companies flipping houses?
16 min
785
What Next TBD: The Return of Hacktivism
Massive data dumps from inside Twitch and Epik may signal a new era in the world of moralistic hacking.
19 min
786
What Next TBD: Will the Facebook Whistleblower ...
Frances Haugen thinks we’re talking about Facebook all wrong.
21 min
787
What Next TBD: What Instagram Does to Teens
A leaked internal report concludes, “we make body issues worse for one in three teen girls.”
19 min
788
What Next TBD: Are We Getting COVID Testing All...
It may be time to reimagine how we use tests in the U.S.
25 min
789
What Next TBD: China vs. Video Games
Why is Beijing restricting young people’s gaming to three hours a week?
14 min
790
What Next: TBD: Will Booster Shots Make a Diffe...
Globally, what’s the best use of the next available dose?
21 min
791
Introducing: Thrilling Tales of Modern Capitalism
21 min
792
Introducing Cautionary Tales
37 min
793
Introducing What Next: TBD
22 min
794
S2E10: New Media, Old Story
38 min
795
S2E9: A Brief History Of Timekeeping
33 min
796
S2E8: Salvation In The Air
33 min
797
S2E7: A Bug In The System
32 min
798
S2E6: Dots, Dashes, and Dating Apps
33 min
799
S2E5: Mars on Earth
34 min
800
S2E4: Meat and Potatoes
36 min