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What Next TBD: Google’s a Monopoly. What About ...
The Department of Justice proves it can take on Big Tech and win.
20 min
77
ICYMI: Encore: Why YouTube Loves Video Essays
How longform, academic-leaning rants are finding success in a shortform digital landscape
30 min
78
What Next TBD: If They Can Get Sydney Sweeney T...
Why telecom networks are terrible at holding our sensitive data.
22 min
79
What Next TBD: Why Are More Young People Gettin...
Can a new colon cancer test help?
22 min
80
ICYMI: Cody Ko Has Become the Misogyny He Mocks
What the Cody Ko allegations tell us about victim-blaming, credibility, and YouTube’s history of silent misogyny
45 min
81
What Next TBD: The Panopticon Olympics
Even the most advanced surveillance network couldn’t stop an attack on the Games’ first day.
25 min
82
ICYMI: The Boys Are Not All Right
What the “Zynternet” tells us about sports betting, post-grad frat culture and their internet politics.
35 min
83
What Next TBD: Is Silicon Valley Trump-Vance Co...
Or will a Californian on top of the Democratic ticket win back tech’s votes?
20 min
84
ICYMI: The Day MTV News Went Down
Former MTV News editor Patrick Hosken on watching his work disappear from the internet without warning
34 min
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What Next TBD: The Conspiracy Theory Election
Misinformation from all sides is dominating this election, making it impossible to tell what’s real and what’s fake.
20 min
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ICYMI: What Next: TBD: The Blu-Ray-naissance Is...
An episode of What Next: TBD about the renaissance of physical media and the downsides of the streaming era.
20 min
87
Slate Money: Did Y2K Finally Happen?
The Money gang discusses the global tech disruption, why Silicon Valley likes Trump, and the decline of DEI.
55 min
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What Next TBD: America’s Tech Trustbuster
AAG Jonathan Kanter talks A.I., rent-pricing software, and how he envisions fair competition.
29 min
89
Hear Me Out: AI’s Threat to Democracy Flopped
For now, the robots have left us unscathed.
31 min
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What Next TBD: The New World of DIY Medical Tests
Does the medical community have only itself to blame?
19 min
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ICYMI: The “Hawk Tuah Girl” Is the New Scott Di...
Plus, High Speed Downloads on everyone’s favorite TikTok love triangle and the United Airlines cheater.
32 min
92
What Next TBD: Boeing Pleads Guilty
Felony charges, half a billion in fines, and stranded astronauts—surely this must be rock bottom.
21 min
93
ICYMI: Baggu’s Horse Bag Controversy
Plus, why an A.I.-generated Toys R Us commercial gained more critics than customers.
36 min
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What Next TBD: The Blu-Ray-naissance Is Here. S...
Tired of movies slipping off streaming sites right when you want to watch them? There’s an obvious, off-the-shelf solution…
19 min
95
ICYMI: How “Bye Sister” Changed Internet Cultur...
We look back at YouTuber Tati Westbrook’s iconic takedown of James Charles, which redefined drama and the moral battles of influencer culture
36 min
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What Next TBD: Elon Says Have More Babies
Billions of anything is just never enough for this guy.
19 min
97
ICYMI: The Internet History of Ayo Edebiri
We break down “The Bear” star’s greatest hits online, from her hilarious Letterboxd reviews to the origin of her digital Irish citizenship.
42 min
98
What Next TBD: Why Are IUDs Still a Mystery?
From a murky, painful start to a symbol of reproductive freedom.
22 min
99
ICYMI: Rachelle Hampton Logs Off
ICYMI says goodbye to its founding co-host with an episode of games, surprises and swan songs.
33 min
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What Next TBD: Why Extreme Weather Keeps Surpri...
Scientists are trying to determine when a hot summer is climate change, or just the weather.
27 min