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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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Is Sickle Cell Anemia…Cured?
The new treatment is painful and expensive. It could also be life-saving.
28 min
52
What's Google Without Chrome?
Does the search giant’s break-up begin with its browser?
20 min
53
The X-odus
So long and thanks for all the clicks
22 min
54
The Manosphere That Delivered Trump Back to Power
Deeply retrograde, reactionary politics find life in the new media landscape.
18 min
55
The Polls Weren’t Wrong
The public just doesn’t understand what they mean.
22 min
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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
57
u up? Go vote.
Why your text messages have gone all politics.
19 min
58
What Elon Wants From Trump
How he’s making Trump’s closing argument—and why.
26 min
59
Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
19 min
60
Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
20 min
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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
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The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
17 min
63
23andMe...And a Looming Data Disaster
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
22 min
64
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
65
A.I. Goes Nuclear
Why Microsoft is reopening Three Mile Island.
23 min
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Helene Proves Nowhere is Safe
Why Americans keep moving into disaster zones.
21 min
67
American Life is a Highway
Another lane isn’t going to unsnarl the traffic.
20 min
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Big Tech Fears Her
A conversation with Europe's top antitrust regulator.
28 min
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Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answered.
How a rightwing provocateur entered the chat, right into the former president’s inner circle.
22 min
70
Can Instagram Really Keep Kids Safe?
Is a safer social media just a few settings away?
27 min
71
Is Boeing Lost in Space?
How the Starliner derailed Boeing’s space ambitions.
21 min
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TikTok Goes to Court
The law has been signed, but lawmakers are still on the app.
22 min
73
The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes
21st century mosquitoes need 21st century solutions.
20 min
74
US v. Google… Again
The Justice Department won its case against Google’s search monopoly. Now it turns its focus to Google ads.
20 min
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Telegram's CEO Just Got Arrested. Huh?
Why you should be paying attention to Pavel Durov’s arrest.
25 min