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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
127
How To!: Rethink Screen Time
Richard Culatta on tech guidelines that actually work for your family.
40 min
128
What Next TBD: Is Boeing Lost in Space?
How the Starliner derailed Boeing’s space ambitions.
21 min
129
ICYMI: The Costco Guys Bring the Boom
How a father-son duo in Florida went from food review TikToks to one of Costco’s greatest advocates.
30 min
130
Slate Money | Fasten Your Seatbelt, Boeing
The Money team discusses the Boeing strike, America’s snack fixation, and the Fed’s Basel Endgame walkback.
48 min
131
What Next TBD | TikTok Goes to Court
The law has been signed, but lawmakers are still on the app.
22 min
132
ICYMI: We May Have A New Bad Art Friend
Why BookTok sleuths are accusing a debut novelist of crossing a line by “plagiarizing” her ex-best friend’s childhood.
51 min
133
Hear Me Out: Podcasting Is Dead
At least, podcasting as we knew it.
41 min
134
TBD | The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes
21st century mosquitoes need 21st century solutions.
20 min
135
ICYMI: Land Ho: Our Top Moments from the Ultima...
Before the “best TikTok reality show” anchors in Miami this month, we’re looking back at the highs and lows of the viral 9-month cruise.
44 min
136
What Next TBD: US v. Google… Again
The Justice Department won its case against Google’s search monopoly. Now it turns its focus to Google ads.
20 min
137
ICYMI: The Internet History of Charli XCX
How MySpace, “Vroom Vroom,” and a quarantine album led Charli XCX to the critical success of Brat Summer.
49 min
138
What Next: Why Shein and Temu Are At War
It’s tough out here for fashion brands—and for Chinese tech companies with American customer bases. It’s even tougher being both.
23 min
139
What Next TBD: Telegram's CEO Just Got Arrested...
Why you should be paying attention to Pavel Durov’s arrest.
25 min
140
ICYMI: Skibidi Toilet Is An iPad Kid’s Fever Dream
How Gen Alpha’s first viral meme marks the beginning of an intergenerational culture war.
33 min
141
What Next TBD: Back To School… Without Phones
Are smartphones really a detriment to learning—or a scapegoat?
26 min
142
ICYMI: The Internet History of Kamala Harris
How the meme-able presidential candidate went from California’s “top cop” to brat-in-chief.
41 min
143
What Next TBD: Who’s Going to Regulate AI?
A.I. companies don’t like SB1047—not too surprising—but what’s Nancy Pelosi’s problem with it?
19 min
144
ICYMI | Is Ballerina Farm A Victim?
Why Hannah Neeleman, a Julliard-trained ballerina-turned-tradwife, might be the final girlboss of this controversial movement.
33 min
145
What Next TBD: Crypto Courts the 2024 Vote
No, the industry’s not dead. It’s rich.
22 min
146
ICYMI: Allison Raskin on Leaving Buzzfeed and F...
The writer, podcaster, and co-host of Just Between Us takes us through her internet diaries.
36 min
147
What Next TBD: The Rise of Off-Brand Ozempic
Compounding pharmacies are shoring up the Ozempic and Wegovy shortage, often via telehealth—but there’s a catch.
19 min
148
ICYMI: Unladylike’s Cristen Conger on Conspirac...
The host of Unladylike and Conspiracy, She Wrote takes us through her scrolling habits and favorite memes.
27 min
149
What Next TBD: Elon Musk’s Bully Pulpit
Remade in its owner’s image, X is rife with hate-speech, misinformation and fear-mongering.
21 min
150
ICYMI: Justin Baldoni Is Not Very Demure
Plus: High Speed Downloads on Jordan Chiles and the iconic Queen of Melrose.
38 min