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1876
Working: A Poet Demystifies Her Process
45 min
1877
ICYMI: How Are the Midterms Affecting Social Me...
Some politicians really understand how to be online, but most don’t.
33 min
1878
What Next TBD: So How’s It Going, Elon?
From canning executives to a plan to charge for blue checks, Twitter has entered the Musk Era.
25 min
1879
A Word: Gang Bangers with Badges
The podcast, A Tradition of Violence, probes charges of deputy gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
25 min
1880
The Waves: Why Sarah Palin Won’t Go Away
The MAGA celebrity is back in politics and we all have questions.
29 min
1881
Working: Giving Constructive Feedback
25 min
1882
ICYMI: Did Deplatforming Andrew Tate Work?
BuzzFeed’s Ikran Dahir discusses Tate’s wealth, misogyny, and the community he’s built around himself.
34 min
1883
Culture Gabfest: Will Elon Musk Ruin Twitter?
55 min
1884
Hang Up: Goodbye Kyrie
68 min
1885
Working: How a Songwriter Gets in the Zone
45 min
1886
What Next TBD: Big Brother, Big Tech and China
COVID may be an inflection point in the relationship between the surveillance state and the surveilled.
38 min
1887
ICYMI: Inside the Online Life of a Health & Wel...
Opening up journalist Julia Craven’s internet diary.
33 min
1888
Hit Parade: Give Up the Funk Edition Part 2
48 min
1889
What Next TBD: Twitter Is Dead; Long Live Twitter
No matter what Elon Musk does, Twitter will never be the same
36 min
1890
A Word: Jim Crow’s Killers
By Hands Now Known: Resurrecting stories of segregation’s brutality.
22 min
1891
Spoiler Specials: House of the Dragon
Fire, blood, and the Real Housewives of Westeros.
22 min
1892
The Waves: Hocus Pocus Has No Focus
The Sanderson Sisters are back, but our reaction to witches has evolved.
30 min
1893
ICYMI: How a Lesbian Emu Influencer Got Milksha...
The owner of Emmanuel the emu posted online last week about her sick bird, but then the story took a turn.
34 min
1894
Culture Gabfest: Two Severed Thumbs Up
56 min
1895
Hang Up: What Happened to Russell Wilson?
73 min
1896
1986: The Man From Fifth Avenue
The stranger-than-fiction story of a mysterious American who starred in a Soviet propaganda film.
53 min
1897
Working: How an Abbott Elementary Episode is Born
50 min
1898
What Next TBD: Can We Make an Alzheimer’s Drug ...
Advances towards an effective drug therapy have been uneven and unclear, but there are promising developments.
30 min
1899
ICYMI: What’s It Like Being a Twitch Streamer?
It’s a lot of fun as long as it’s just a hobby.
35 min
1900
Gabfest Reads: Tracy Flick Returns
The original ambitious woman returns in author Tom Perrotta’s new novel, Tracy Flick Can’t Win
26 min