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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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ICYMI: Princess Treatment, the 4B Movement, and...
Vox’s Rebecca Jennings helps us decipher whether we’re in the midst of an online gender war.
40 min
177
What Next TBD: The X-odus
So long and thanks for all the clicks
22 min
178
Slate Money: What the D.O.G.E?
Elon Musk is so unserious, crypto is surging, and AI clones are dating and applying for jobs for us now.
41 min
179
ICYMI: 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
180
What Next TBD: The Manosphere That Delivered Tr...
Deeply retrograde, reactionary politics find life in the new media landscape.
18 min
181
ICYMI | Who’s Turning on Moo Deng?
Plus, why Brian Jordan Alvarez’s goofy dances are taking over TikTok.
32 min
182
What Next TBD: The Polls Weren’t Wrong
The public just doesn’t understand what they mean.
22 min
183
ICYMI: The Fashion Expert Twitter Loves to Hate
Who is Derek Guy, the occasionally divisive, sometimes political menswear pundit behind @DieWorkwear?
40 min
184
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
185
ICYMI: Bodega Cats and Cussing Out Your Boss
Plus, our predictions for this year’s Sexiest Man Alive.
32 min
186
What Next TBD: u up? Go vote.
Why your text messages have gone all politics.
19 min
187
ICYMI: The Internet’s Favorite Fictional Presid...
We’re talking about the most memorable, meme-able, and fanfiction-worthy Oval officers.
41 min
188
What Next TBD: What Elon Wants From Trump
How he’s making Trump’s closing argument—and why.
26 min
189
A Word | Star Man: Merlin’s Tour of the Universe
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on space, politics, and his new book.
37 min
190
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
191
What Next TBD: Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
19 min
192
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
193
What Next TBD: Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
20 min
194
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
195
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
196
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
197
What Next TBD | The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
17 min
198
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
199
What Next: Gambling on Elections, What Could Go...
Polymarket has people putting their money where their political predictions are.
23 min
200
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