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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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ICYMI | Who’s Turning on Moo Deng?
Plus, why Brian Jordan Alvarez’s goofy dances are taking over TikTok.
32 min
152
What Next TBD: The Polls Weren’t Wrong
The public just doesn’t understand what they mean.
22 min
153
ICYMI: The Fashion Expert Twitter Loves to Hate
Who is Derek Guy, the occasionally divisive, sometimes political menswear pundit behind @DieWorkwear?
40 min
154
What Next TBD: Elon Wins
Banning Donald Trump from Twitter brought the world’s richest man to his side—and led him back to the White House.
24 min
155
ICYMI: Bodega Cats and Cussing Out Your Boss
Plus, our predictions for this year’s Sexiest Man Alive.
32 min
156
What Next TBD: u up? Go vote.
Why your text messages have gone all politics.
19 min
157
ICYMI: The Internet’s Favorite Fictional Presid...
We’re talking about the most memorable, meme-able, and fanfiction-worthy Oval officers.
41 min
158
What Next TBD: What Elon Wants From Trump
How he’s making Trump’s closing argument—and why.
26 min
159
A Word | Star Man: Merlin’s Tour of the Universe
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on space, politics, and his new book.
37 min
160
ICYMI: The Breakup Reddit Can’t Stop Talking About
Why the internet predicted and celebrated the messy breakup of country singer Zach Bryan and Barstool Sports personality Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.
49 min
161
What Next TBD: Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
19 min
162
ICYMI: How to Thrive as a Party of One
NPR’s Meghan Keane wrote a book about choosing yourself in a world that pressures us to partner. What happened next was the greatest twist of all.
44 min
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What Next TBD: Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
20 min
164
Victoria’s Secret Is Your Grandma’s Fashion Show
From divisive internet reactions to lackluster runway looks, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show should’ve been left in the past.
49 min
165
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
166
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
167
What Next TBD | The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
17 min
168
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
169
What Next: Gambling on Elections, What Could Go...
Polymarket has people putting their money where their political predictions are.
23 min
170
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
171
What Next TBD | 23andMe...And a Looming Data Di...
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
22 min
172
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
173
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
174
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
175
What Next TBD | A.I. Goes Nuclear
Why Microsoft is reopening Three Mile Island.
23 min