What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the...
Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in.
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Big Pharma’s Bet on Psychedelics
Psychedelic drug research is increasingly being funded by pharmaceutical companies.
22 min
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Crypto Could Leave Texas in the Dark
How crypto mining is taxing the Texas power grid.
22 min
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The Monkeypox Vaccine Monopoly
How intellectual property laws make health crises worse.
24 min
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The Homes We Forgot to Build a Decade Ago
Is there a way to fix the never-ending housing crisis in the US?
24 min
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The Dark Web of Online Spider Sales
How the pandemic and social media turbocharged the online spider trade.
18 min
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Paging Dr. Bezos
Amazon's latest push into health care raises questions about data privacy.
26 min
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Smart City: Dumb Idea?
Is the promise of the smart city over?
25 min
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Europe Is Burning
How will Europe deal with climate change?
24 min
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Silicon Valley's Hidden Discrimination
How a DEI talk about caste bias exposed discrimination in tech.
21 min
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Can Twitter Sue Elon Musk Into Submission?
A look at Twitter's internal operations as they take Elon Musk to court.
25 min
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Paxlovid's Mysteries
Is Paxlovid really a miracle drug?
22 min
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Can FEMA Keep Up With Climate Change?
Does the agency need to rethink disaster aid?
24 min
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The Good Hackers
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act gets updated guidelines from the DOJ.
21 min
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TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers
Inside the world of mental health content creation
26 min
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Does Crypto Investment Need to Be Regulated?
Is crypto too risky an asset?
18 min
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Can the Law Keep Up With the Internet?
How Reno v. ACLU shaped the internet as we know it.
21 min
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From the Vault: It's Hot. It's Flooding. Is Thi...
A climate scientist on why it’s not too late to turn things around.
20 min
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The Culture War Over Electric Cars
When will electric cars go mainstream?
19 min
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Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
How will Meta's former second-in-command be remembered?
25 min
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Bots! What Are They Good For?
How serious is Twitter's bot problem?
22 min
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Is Elon Musk Any Good at Business?
A look at the richest man's business acumen.
25 min
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Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?
Social media surveillance technology used in schools has been largely ineffective.
21 min
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Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World
How to minimize your digital footprint
17 min
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Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?
How the country's Bitcoin gamble is unraveling.
20 min
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North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
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