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What Next TBD: How Secure Is Our Election?
Why you can be confident in America’s electoral integrity, even as confidence in American democracy is plummeting.
29 min
102
How a K-Pop Star’s Comeback Was Canceled
Plus, High Speed Downloads on a controversial Bath & Body Works candle and the TikTok resurgence of Broad City.
41 min
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What Next TBD | The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
17 min
104
ICYMI: 24 Hours of the Strangest Online Fad Diet
A writer attempts a food fast made popular by a YouTuber, with unexpected results.
31 min
105
What Next: Gambling on Elections, What Could Go...
Polymarket has people putting their money where their political predictions are.
23 min
106
What Next: An Extremely Online Hurricane Season
After the storms came the flood of rumors, A.I. images, and straight-up B.S.
25 min
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What Next TBD | 23andMe...And a Looming Data Di...
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
22 min
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ICYMI: Hoda Kotb and the Joy of No Context Soci...
A morning talk show legend is retiring, but a no context social media account will keep her funniest moments in our feeds.
40 min
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What Next TBD: Trump’s Crypto Gurus
How two shady guys with a history of lawsuits, debts and prison time ended up running the new Trump family crypto venture.
19 min
110
ICYMI: The Most Famous Rug in Ohio
How a broken laptop, a haunted house, and a buried rug became TikTok’s latest true crime show.
43 min
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What Next TBD | A.I. Goes Nuclear
Why Microsoft is reopening Three Mile Island.
23 min
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ICYMI: How Reddit Turned HBO’s Industry Into Ap...
40 min
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What Next TBD: Helene Proves Nowhere is Safe
Why Americans keep moving into disaster zones.
21 min
114
ICYMI: Revisiting the Internet’s Hottest—and Me...
Let's remember how Katt Williams helped kick off this controversial year with a viral appearance on Club Shay Shay.
47 min
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What Next TBD: American Life is a Highway
Another lane isn’t going to unsnarl the traffic.
20 min
116
ICYMI: How ShxtsNGigs Let Their Audience Down
We explain the controversy, comments, and reactions surrounding James and Fuhad, the hosts of the British-based ShxtsNGigs podcast.
40 min
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What Next TBD: Big Tech Fears Her
A conversation with Europe's top antitrust regulator.
28 min
118
ICYMI: Moo Deng Is The New Grumpy Cat
How an adorable two-month-old pygmy hippo in Thailand became the biggest meme of the year.
36 min
119
How To!: Grow Your Podcast
Lauren Passell on finding your audience.
41 min
120
What Next: What Was The Point of Israel’s Pager...
Was this the opening salvo of open war with Hezbollah? An attack on communication in Lebanon? A terrorizing taunt?
26 min
121
What Next TBD: Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answe...
How a rightwing provocateur entered the chat, right into the former president’s inner circle.
22 min
122
ICYMI: “Celebrity Number Six” Was Found, But No...
How a four-year-old Reddit mystery involving a curtain, celebrities and artificial intelligence was solved this month.
30 min
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What Next TBD: Can Instagram Really Keep Kids S...
Is a safer social media just a few settings away?
27 min
124
ICYMI: Shannon Sharpe, Henry Danger, and Crashi...
Plus, High Speed Downloads on the possible love triangle involving Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Mendes, and Camila Cabello.
34 min
125
How To!: Rethink Screen Time
Richard Culatta on tech guidelines that actually work for your family.
40 min