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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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What Next TBD: America Needs More Power
How building our renewable energy future domestically is keeping old power plants running.
26 min
152
Slate Money: EVs Need a Charge-Up
The Money team discusses a slowing electric vehicle market, the news outlet that is also a hedge fund, and why wine sales went sour.
36 min
153
What Next TBD: Truth Social’s Rocky Week
Trump Media’s IPO may not be the blockbuster Trump was hoping for.
23 min
154
ICYMI: Rebecca Jennings on NYT Connections and ...
Vox’s senior correspondent explains why she only scrolls TikTok on her treadmill.
34 min
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Slate Money: How to Escape the Invisible Factory
Author Cal Newport explains how we ended up in Slack hell — and how to free ourselves.
36 min
156
What Next TBD: The Psychological Toll of Mars
We know how to get to space. But what happens to our minds when we’re there?
21 min
157
ICYMI: To Ban or Not to Ban TikTok
We break down the questions and concerns circling the overwhelmingly House-passed TikTok bill
46 min
158
What Next TBD: Can Boeing Pull Out of This Tail...
What needs to change at the company to restore public trust?
27 min
159
ICYMI: Is Nara Smith Actually a Tradwife?
The model-turned-influencer is turning the internet upside down.
39 min
160
What Next TBD: The Next Round of the Union Fight
Post-pandemic labor movements were losing momentum, but wins in the auto and film industries have put wind back in the sails.
17 min
161
ICYMI: Fybrefest, Fake Deaths and Acrylic vs. Wool
Internet culture reporter Morgan Sung takes us through the five messiest scandals of the online knitting and crocheting communities
35 min
162
Slate Money: Is Apple’s Monopoly Good for Us?
The Money squad discusses Apple’s new DOJ antitrust suit, Reddit’s massive IPO, and a bum deal for real estate agents.
49 min
163
What Next TBD: Reddit’s IPO Gamble
Will the public upvote it?
24 min
164
ICYMI: Anatomy of a Vasectomy
Plus, why Gypsy Rose Blanchard exited social media and called it the “doorway to hell”
40 min
165
What Next TBD: When Private Equity Gets in to H...
What’s something expensive that people have no choice but to buy?
26 min
166
ICYMI: Reddit is the Real Host of “Love is Blind”
The sixth season of Netflix’s megahit reality tv dating series takes its best cues from Reddit.
40 min
167
Slate Money: Work is Mid 🤷♀️
The Money crew discusses America’s growing disinterest in work, the rise of Liquid Death water, and the fate of TikTok in Congress.
44 min
168
Amicus: Who Gets to Lie Online?
On Monday, the Supreme Court hears a case about the government’s ability to combat online misinformation about COVID and elections.
41 min
169
What Next TBD: Is TikTok Cooked This Time?
Why does this issue snap a dysfunctional Congress into bipartisan agreement?
22 min
170
ICYMI: An ICYMI Birthday Spectacular
We’re turning three!
37 min
171
Death, Sex & Money: Who's Driving Your Uber?
Rideshare drivers in the Bay Area tell stories about their lives and their work.
29 min
172
What Next TBD: Instagram’s Pedophile Problem
Pedophiles are flooding the accounts of child influencers on Instagram. Who is to blame — and who can make them stop?
30 min
173
Slate Money: Are Wallets Obsolete?
The Money team explains Mnuchin’s NYCB bailout, that e-wallet lyfe 🤘, and the new carbon reporting rules for public companies.
40 min
174
ICYMI: Protecting Child Influencers From Their ...
Why a pivotal Illinois child influencer law is inspiring more states to recognize family vlogging as child labor
37 min
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What Next TBD: Why TikTok Went Silent
As TikTok and UMG argue over whether TikTok is a music platform or not, artists are left in the dark.
19 min