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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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A.I. Goes Nuclear
Why Microsoft is reopening Three Mile Island.
23 min
102
Helene Proves Nowhere is Safe
Why Americans keep moving into disaster zones.
21 min
103
American Life is a Highway
Another lane isn’t going to unsnarl the traffic.
20 min
104
Big Tech Fears Her
A conversation with Europe's top antitrust regulator.
28 min
105
Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answered.
How a rightwing provocateur entered the chat, right into the former president’s inner circle.
22 min
106
Can Instagram Really Keep Kids Safe?
Is a safer social media just a few settings away?
27 min
107
Is Boeing Lost in Space?
How the Starliner derailed Boeing’s space ambitions.
21 min
108
TikTok Goes to Court
The law has been signed, but lawmakers are still on the app.
22 min
109
The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes
21st century mosquitoes need 21st century solutions.
20 min
110
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
111
Telegram's CEO Just Got Arrested. Huh?
Why you should be paying attention to Pavel Durov’s arrest.
25 min
112
Back To School… Without Phones
Are smartphones really a detriment to learning—or a scapegoat?
26 min
113
Who’s Going to Regulate AI?
A.I. companies don’t like SB1047—not too surprising—but what’s Nancy Pelosi’s problem with it?
19 min
114
Crypto Courts the 2024 Vote
No, the industry’s not dead. It’s rich.
22 min
115
The Rise of Off-Brand Ozempic
Compounding pharmacies are shoring up the Ozempic and Wegovy shortage, often via telehealth—but there’s a catch.
19 min
116
Elon Musk’s Bully Pulpit
Remade in its owner’s image, X is rife with hate-speech, misinformation and fear-mongering.
21 min
117
Tesla’s Out of Juice. But Are EVs?
Tesla isn’t the whole story. Cars aren’t even the whole story.
23 min
118
Google’s a Monopoly. What About The Rest?
The Department of Justice proves it can take on Big Tech and win.
20 min
119
If They Can Get Sydney Sweeney They Can Get You
Why telecom networks are terrible at holding our sensitive data.
22 min
120
Why Are More Young People Getting Cancer?
Can a new colon cancer test help?
22 min
121
The Panopticon Olympics
Even the most advanced surveillance network couldn’t stop an attack on the Games’ first day.
25 min
122
Is Silicon Valley Trump-Vance Country?
Or will a Californian on top of the Democratic ticket win back tech’s votes?
20 min
123
The Conspiracy Theory Election
Misinformation from all sides is dominating this election, making it impossible to tell what’s real and what’s fake.
20 min
124
America’s Tech Trustbuster
AAG Jonathan Kanter talks A.I., rent-pricing software, and how he envisions fair competition.
29 min
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The New World of DIY Medical Tests
Does the medical community have only itself to blame?
19 min