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ICYMI | Is $55K Enough To Work At Your Favorite...
Why a fashion podcast got into hot water for posting, then deleting, a job that asked too much for too little.
39 min
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What Next: TBD | A24 Meets A.I.
Risk alienating your “auteurs”—or risk being left behind?
22 min
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Slate Money | Sycophantic Suck-Up Machines
52 min
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ICYMI | Gavin Newsom’s Sh*tposting
The California governor is now tweeting like Trump.
42 min
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What Next: TBD | The Great Celebrity Spotify Pl...
What the “Panama Playlists” revealed, other than JD Vance’s taste.
23 min
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What Next | Could Artificial Blood Save Lives?
The hunt for a shelf-stable, life-saving substitute for human blood.
23 min
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What Next: TBD | Trump Vs. Cancer Research
Wait, it’s ‘Vs. Cancer,’ right? No? Wow.
26 min
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ICYMI | ChatGPT Has Ruined the Em Dash
Artificial intelligence has drawn enemy lines along the em dash, and it’s making our writing worse.
36 min
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What Next: TBD | The CDC Under Fire
A widespread suspicion of public health—something HHS head RFK Jr. does nothing to tamp down—has metastasized into something much more dangerous.
21 min
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ICYMI | Ethel Cain, Lana Del Rey, and the Lorax...
Plus, a surprising update on the Sylvanian Drama lawsuit.
43 min
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How To! | Declutter Your Digital Life
Wirecutter’s Caitlin McGarry on building healthier habits in your digital life.
33 min
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What Next: TBD | Down the Text-Scam Rabbit Hole
Ever wondered what happens if you accept one of those SPAM-text job offers?
29 min
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ICYMI | The Great Girlboss Comeback
Just a few years after their cancellations, some girlbosses are starting their second acts.
48 min
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What Next TBD | Trump Dips into NVIDIA’s Chips
Trump takes a page from China’s book of “state capitalism” with a dubiously legal export fee.
23 min
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ICYMI | Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatri...
How a TikTok series became more like a ‘Black Mirror’ episode.
41 min
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What Next: TBD | Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
No singer, no songwriter, all slop…but paid equally.
26 min
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ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Cl...
Two podcast hosts versus one Slate writer…
47 min
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What Next: TBD | What Happened After Meta Fired...
The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well.
25 min
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ICYMI | Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction
Why is fanfiction going mainstream, and did someone leave their Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave?
42 min
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Slate Money | Money Travels: The Eternal Baggag...
14 min
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What Next: TBD | The A.I. Data Center Push That...
The Trump administration touted Stargate as a 500 billion dollar investment in American data centers. So far, it hasn't panned out.
24 min
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ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
The Tea app betrayed the women it was supposed to keep safe.
40 min
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What Next: TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper...
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
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ICYMI | Astronomer Updates, Jessie Murph, and D...
What’s going on with Astronomer? Why is the internet mad at singer Jessie Murph? And what’s up with this fake TikTok cult?
40 min
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What Next: TBD | Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
29 min
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