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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Musk vs. MAGA
Elon Musk and the base discovered their opinions on immigration are actually pretty far apart.
22 min
77
The Cost of Suicide Prevention Software
Is this the best way to address an urgent mental health crisis? The data isn’t there yet.
24 min
78
2024 In Review: Would You Buy Poop On the Inter...
The wild world of peer-to-peer Fecal Microbial Transplants.
20 min
79
Influencer vs. Influencer
When everyone’s aiming for the same target, some convergence seems inevitable.
27 min
80
Drones!??!!!?!!!
Everyone please calm down.
19 min
81
The Surveillance State Trump Is Inheriting
Expanding surveillance under the guise of security is a bipartisan issue. Who will defend our rights?
21 min
82
Elon Musk and Trump’s Shadow Transition Team
Rich tech guys are finally having a say in how the world works.
23 min
83
Spotify Trapped
How to unwrap your musical taste from the algorithm.
23 min
84
The Influencer Administration
Trump is packing his administration with social media stars who are selling products, promoting brands and communicating with the public in unprecedented ways.
25 min
85
When Your Flight’s GPS Gets Spoofed
Drone warfare is commonplace. Commercial planes are collateral damage.
22 min
86
The Post-Election Social Media Wars
Is this the end of having one, shared “digital public square”?
24 min
87
Is Sickle Cell Anemia…Cured?
The new treatment is painful and expensive. It could also be life-saving.
28 min
88
What's Google Without Chrome?
Does the search giant’s break-up begin with its browser?
20 min
89
The X-odus
So long and thanks for all the clicks
22 min
90
The Manosphere That Delivered Trump Back to Power
Deeply retrograde, reactionary politics find life in the new media landscape.
18 min
91
The Polls Weren’t Wrong
The public just doesn’t understand what they mean.
22 min
92
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
93
u up? Go vote.
Why your text messages have gone all politics.
19 min
94
What Elon Wants From Trump
How he’s making Trump’s closing argument—and why.
26 min
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Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
19 min
96
Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
20 min
97
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
98
The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
17 min
99
23andMe...And a Looming Data Disaster
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
22 min
100
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