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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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- 903
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
ICYMI: How First-Gen Kids Are Healing Online
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim are joined by Amy S. Choi, co-host of The Mash-Up Americans podcast. They talk about the burgeoning phenomenon of immigrant mom TikToks, videos an…
00:49:53 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
What Next: How to Catch an Insurrectionist
The FBI was overwhelmed trying to ID people who stormed the Capitol on January 6th. An online group picked up the slack and helped catch hundreds of rioters.
Guest: Ryan Reilly, Justice reporter at…
00:25:48 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
ICYMI: How DJ Envy Got Got
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim walk through DJ Envy’s latest legal troubles, which include seminars, flipping houses and a Ponzi-like scheme. Then, they’re joined by legal affai…
00:44:43 |
Sat 28 Oct 2023
What Next TBD: SBF Takes the Stand
The man at the center of it all takes the stand in his own defense—but what’s left to say?
Guest: Nitish Pahwa, associate business and tech writer covering the trial for Slate.
If you enjoy this sh…
00:25:19 |
Sat 28 Oct 2023
Slate Money: Why Dimes Shouldn’t Exist
Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers and Emily Peck talk about the latest GDP numbers and why people still feel bad about the economy. They also break down two big fossil fuel mergers, and Felix explains w…
00:49:29 |
Sat 28 Oct 2023
What Next TBD: Self-Driving Cars Crash Into Reality
In August, California regulators voted to allow self-driving car companies like Cruise and Waymo to expand their operations and start offering robotaxi services. After a litany of questionable behavi…
00:29:21 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
ICYMI: A Former School Shooter is a TikTok Star. Should He Even Be Allowed Online?
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim dive into the saga of Jon Romano. At the age of 16, Romano walked into his high school with a shotgun in an attempt, he says, to commit law-enforc…
00:49:23 |
Wed 25 Oct 2023
How To!: Let Go of Kid Clutter
Kids generate so…much…stuff. A lot of it is memorable. Videos of their first words? So cute. Colorful drawings that progressively get better? Masterpieces. Trophies, stuffies, books? All valuable. Th…
00:38:12 |
Tue 24 Oct 2023
Slate Money | Movies: BlackBerry
In this episode of the Movies series, the Slate Money gang talks with BNN Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang about “BlackBerry”. Are there really vampires in Waterloo, Ontario? Why are all movie business guys j…
00:39:50 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
What Next TBD: Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Takeover
Since Microsoft announced its bid to buy Activision Blizzard last year, regulators around the world sounded the alarm that the merger would suppress competition in the industry.
Now that the deal h…
00:27:28 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
ICYMI: Why Bella Hadid Said This Editor “Slayed”
On today’s show, Rachelle and Candice hang out with Teen Vogue associate editor Aiyana Ishmael. They dive into Aiyana’s internet diary, which includes an early Timothée Chalamet fandom, her Dance Mom…
00:46:11 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
Political Gabfest Reads: How to Survive Working for Amazon
David Plotz talks with author and 12-year Amazon senior employee, Kristi Coulter about her new memoir, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career. They discuss the good, the bad, and t…
00:31:04 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
What Next TBD: Inside Hamas' Social Media Strategy
Since war broke out, Hamas has been efficient in getting its message out on social media - both in providing crucial information to refugees fleeing the area, and in waging psychological warfare. How…
00:27:42 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
ICYMI: How a Pesto Recipe Devolved Into Delightful Chaos
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice answer a question from a listener about a viral pesto recipe. Susi Vidal, a 25-year-old food influencer, posted a simple recipe for pesto on September 1st. Si…
00:40:52 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
ICYMI: Live, Laugh, LinkedIn
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim dive into the decades-long transformation of LinkedIn from a website for digital resumes to a social networking platform whose devotees have earne…
00:47:13 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
What Next TBD: The $30,000 Zelle Scam
Zelle has exploded in popularity as a fast, convenient way to send and receive money. But the story of a couple who was scammed out of a pool shows there are problems with safety on the platform.
G…
00:25:47 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
Slate Money: SBF (Sweaters, Birkenstock, FTX)
Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers and Emily Peck talk about the latest in the Sam Bankman-Fried trial. They also discuss the (maybe bad???) Birkenstock IPO, and why your sweaters are getting worse.
If …
00:55:55 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
What Next TBD: The Israel-Hamas War Instantly Broke X
When the Arab Spring was unfolding, Twitter was hailed as a way for on-the-ground reporting to reach the public. But when fighting between Hamas and Israel broke out over the weekend, X became floode…
00:33:28 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
ICYMI: How a Substack Revived the Dracula Fandom
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim talk to writer Cyrena Touros about Dracula Daily, a newsletter that emails bite-sized passages from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel to more than 235,000 …
00:34:57 |
Wed 11 Oct 2023
ICYMI: Stop Snitching on Main
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice discuss if movies should be posted on TikTok, why eavesdroppers are turning brunch into an unsafe space, and how a scamming minister almost got away with alle…
00:51:20 |
Sat 07 Oct 2023
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