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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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What Next: TBD | Down the Text-Scam Rabbit Hole
Ever wondered what happens if you accept one of those SPAM-text job offers?
29 min
77
ICYMI | The Great Girlboss Comeback
Just a few years after their cancellations, some girlbosses are starting their second acts.
48 min
78
What Next TBD | Trump Dips into NVIDIA’s Chips
Trump takes a page from China’s book of “state capitalism” with a dubiously legal export fee.
23 min
79
ICYMI | Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatri...
How a TikTok series became more like a ‘Black Mirror’ episode.
41 min
80
What Next: TBD | Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
No singer, no songwriter, all slop…but paid equally.
26 min
81
ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Cl...
Two podcast hosts versus one Slate writer…
47 min
82
What Next: TBD | What Happened After Meta Fired...
The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well.
25 min
83
ICYMI | Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction
Why is fanfiction going mainstream, and did someone leave their Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave?
42 min
84
Slate Money | Money Travels: The Eternal Baggag...
14 min
85
What Next: TBD | The A.I. Data Center Push That...
The Trump administration touted Stargate as a 500 billion dollar investment in American data centers. So far, it hasn't panned out.
24 min
86
ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
The Tea app betrayed the women it was supposed to keep safe.
40 min
87
What Next: TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper...
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
88
ICYMI | Astronomer Updates, Jessie Murph, and D...
What’s going on with Astronomer? Why is the internet mad at singer Jessie Murph? And what’s up with this fake TikTok cult?
40 min
89
What Next: TBD | Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
29 min
90
ICYMI | Calico Critters Are Beefing Thanks To T...
Fans are enraged by a lawsuit targeting the popular satirical account SlyvanianDrama.
39 min
91
What Next: TBD | A Colbert Report
How Trump didn’t (and did) get Stephen Colbert cancelled.
21 min
92
ICYMI | The Astronomer CEO Coldplay Cheating Sc...
We break down how an office affair, Chris Martin, and the internet created one of 2025’s best monocultural moments of the year.
40 min
93
What Next: TBD | When Bots Go Nazi
Grok’s antisemitic posting spree was a glimpse of an unregulated AI future.
25 min
94
ICYMI: The Internet History of Jojo Siwa
The chronically online former children’s entertainer is rebranding (again)
58 min
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What Next: TBD | How The Epstein Files Blew Up ...
Live by the conspiracy, die by the conspiracy.
25 min
96
ICYMI | “Gen-Z Stare” and the Log-In Epidemic
Why tech companies force us to log in, download apps, and give our data to access our own services.
46 min
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What Next: TBD | When A.I. is Sycophantic
Chatbots want to please - but it’s pushing some into dark places.
19 min
98
ICYMI | Love Island’s Toxic Relationship With S...
How Love Island USA can learn from the UK franchise’s mistakes.
38 min
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What Next: TBD | Hot Measles Summer
Why the next few months are crucial for containing the outbreak.
23 min
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ICYMI | Encore: Is ChatGPT Your Therapist?
Dazed’s Laura Pitcher on the daily users of ChatGPT who confided in the chatbot as their friend, life organizer, and sometimes, therapist.
36 min