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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Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
19 min
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Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
20 min
128
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
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23andMe...And a Looming Data Disaster
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
22 min
131
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
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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
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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
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Can Instagram Really Keep Kids Safe?
Is a safer social media just a few settings away?
27 min
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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
140
The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes
21st century mosquitoes need 21st century solutions.
20 min
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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
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Back To School… Without Phones
Are smartphones really a detriment to learning—or a scapegoat?
26 min
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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
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Crypto Courts the 2024 Vote
No, the industry’s not dead. It’s rich.
22 min
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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
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Elon Musk’s Bully Pulpit
Remade in its owner’s image, X is rife with hate-speech, misinformation and fear-mongering.
21 min
148
Tesla’s Out of Juice. But Are EVs?
Tesla isn’t the whole story. Cars aren’t even the whole story.
23 min
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Google’s a Monopoly. What About The Rest?
The Department of Justice proves it can take on Big Tech and win.
20 min
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If They Can Get Sydney Sweeney They Can Get You
Why telecom networks are terrible at holding our sensitive data.
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