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- 2018 - 2025
ICYMI: The Only People Who Made Money From Tumblr
On today’s show, Rachelle and Candice are joined by Slate staff writer Luke Winkie. The three go back in time to 2010 when a lucky few creators of Tumblr blogs like Hipster Puppies, This is Why You’r…
00:34:20 |
Wed 31 May 2023
What Next: TBD | The Trouble With TikTok Songs
How the music streaming business opened the door to billions of dollars in fraud.
Guest: Ashley Carman, Bloomberg News reporter covering the podcasting, music, and audio beat.
If you enjoy this sho…
00:21:54 |
Sun 28 May 2023
ICYMI -- How To: Succeed at Social Media
Emily is a successful career and executive coach in Ohio, who has done well finding clients through word-of-mouth. But in order to expand her business she knows she has to up her online marketing gam…
00:38:47 |
Sat 27 May 2023
Future Tense Fiction: When Robots Go to War
On this month’s episode of Future Tense Fiction, host Maddie Stone talks to Justina Ireland about her short story “Collateral Damage.”
The story follows a group of soldiers deployed alongside TED, th…
01:01:37 |
Sat 27 May 2023
What Next: TBD | Tweetering on the Glass Cliff
How Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino finds herself on the edge of “the glass cliff”: when a woman is sent in to fix a big mess.
Guest: Vittoria Elliot, reporter for Wired, covering platforms and po…
00:23:32 |
Fri 26 May 2023
ICYMI: Is Ice Spice an Industry Plant?
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim speak to Sidney Madden, the host of NPR’s music podcast Louder Than a Riot. The three discuss the meteoric rise of 23-year-old Bronx rapper Ice Sp…
00:41:16 |
Wed 24 May 2023
What Next: TBD | A Tipping Point for Digital Tipping
From the coffee shop to the salon to the grocery store, Americans feel like they’re being prompted and prodded for tips more than ever—and they’re starting to resent it.
Guest: Kelly Phillips Erb, t…
00:31:54 |
Sun 21 May 2023
ICYMI: The Internet’s Biggest Secret
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined for the first time by ICYMI’s new co-host. Tune in to hear their first internet memory, what four subreddits they visit every single day and the time they got c…
00:36:40 |
Sat 20 May 2023
What Next TBD: Why Sports Are All in on Betting
Out of the smoky backrooms, Vegas and clandestine dens, and straight to your phone—how did gambling on sports go from forbidden to inescapable seemingly overnight?
Guest: John Holden, associate pro…
00:27:38 |
Fri 19 May 2023
ICYMI: Quiet Luxury is TikTok’s Latest Nonsensical Fashion Trend
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined again by Nadira Goffe for a sequel to their August 2022 episode “What is A Clean Girl?” The two dive deep into TikTok’s latest favorite fashion trend: quiet lux…
00:37:57 |
Wed 17 May 2023
Hi-Phi Nation: Rise of the Music Machines
On this show we explore three different AI and machine-generated music technologies; vocal emulators that allow you to deep fake a singer or rapper’s voice, AI-generated compositions and text-to-musi…
00:53:06 |
Tue 16 May 2023
What Next TBD: Space After NASA
Space might seem to be heading from the domain of big government programs to a playground for billionaires. But just below the surface, a world of start-ups are getting ready to launch.
Guest:
Ash…
00:33:04 |
Sun 14 May 2023
ICYMI: Why Tarte Cosmetics is Being Accused of Racism (Again)
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by ICYMI favorite, Nadira Goffe to talk about the makeup meltdown that’s taken over TikTok. The two dissect a Miami F1 brand trip sponsored by Tarte Cosmetics that…
00:47:44 |
Sat 13 May 2023
What Next TBD: Who’s Afraid of A.I.?
Artificial intelligence—as it already exists today—is drawing from huge troves of surveillance data and is rife with the biases built into the algorithm, in service of the huge corporations that deve…
00:32:26 |
Fri 12 May 2023
ICYMI: We’re Sorry
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by the co-host of NPR’s Throughline podcast, Ramtin Arablouei, who recently did an episode about the history of public contrition from the Salem witch trials to…
00:40:38 |
Wed 10 May 2023
Hi-Phi Nation: Effective Altruism and its Critics
Curtis is setting aside a large chunk of money to donate to charity, and it is up to us to persuade him where he should donate it. Luckily, philosophers, economists, and the nonprofit world has been …
01:01:24 |
Tue 09 May 2023
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep7: Two Indias (And Two Episode Directors)
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined this week by a star-studded lineup to discuss episode seven of HBO’s Succession. Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner, plus Shari Springer Berman and…
01:08:12 |
Mon 08 May 2023
What Next TBD: What's Going on at Meta?
Meta’s reached a sort of mid-life crisis. Between the layoffs, the stagnant metaverse and Facebook’s dwindling profile, does Zuckerberg have a plan here?
Guests:
Naomi Nix, Washington Post reporter…
00:32:05 |
Sun 07 May 2023
ICYMI: Inside the Nexus of Wellness Culture
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Hannah Jackson, the culture writer and reporter behind the recent Cut article “Meet the People Working Three Jobs to Afford Erewhon.” The two discuss how Erewho…
00:40:24 |
Sat 06 May 2023
Slate Money: Why The First Republic Failure Is Different
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the failure of First Republic Bank, the (maybe) end of interest rate hikes, and how the shopping app Temu is shaking up e-commerce. Also, a m…
00:49:38 |
Sat 06 May 2023
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