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- 2018 - 2025
What Next TBD: What the Writers' Strike Is Really About
When television and screenwriters went on strike in 2007, Netflix had just started offering the option to stream content. This week, the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike to update pay structu…
00:30:13 |
Fri 05 May 2023
ICYMI: Should Influencers Unionize?
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Wailin Wong, Darian Woods and Adrian Ma, the hosts of NPR’s daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money. They discuss The Indicator’s recent five-pa…
00:40:29 |
Wed 03 May 2023
Hi-Phi Nation: The Problem with Gig Work
Willy and Heidi were both gig workers for Shipt, the fast-delivery app for groceries or same-day shopping. In 2020, they both realised: the pay algorithm had changed. Now, they couldn’t tell what a j…
00:54:30 |
Tue 02 May 2023
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep6: Living+
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Ed Lee of the New York Times for a spoilery recap of episode six of the final season of HBO’s Succession. They talk about Waystar’s investo…
00:57:26 |
Mon 01 May 2023
What Next TBD: Is Your Uber Drivers' Pay Rigged?
Two gig workers standing side-by-side can be offered the very same job and get offered two different wages. Set by an algorithm and based on calculations that are never explained to the workers thems…
00:24:42 |
Sun 30 Apr 2023
Future Tense Fiction: Live. Love. Die. Repeat?
On this month’s episode of Future Tense Fiction, host Maddie Stone talks to David Iserson about “This, but Again.” The story follows Marcus, who is forced to relive his life over and over again in a …
00:54:31 |
Sat 29 Apr 2023
Slate Money: “Traffic”: Ben Smith and the Death of the Social Web
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith to discuss his new book. They also break down Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News and the end of Buz…
00:48:30 |
Sat 29 Apr 2023
ICYMI: Should We All Be Pirating More?
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Sarah Marshall, writer, critic and host of the You’re Wrong About and You Are Good podcasts. The two discuss Marshall’s recent You’re Wrong About episode abo…
00:40:27 |
Sat 29 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: Stephen King Is Just as Confused About Blue Checks as You Are
Twitter’s “blue check” verification went from something you applied for, to something you could pay for, to something you had to pay for…to something that many celebrities wouldn’t even accept for fr…
00:33:06 |
Fri 28 Apr 2023
ICYMI: We’ve Learned Nothing From West Elm Caleb
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Slate staff writer Nitish Pahwa for a mailbag episode. The two answer questions about Jojo Siwa’s rumored pregnancy, the fate of the music industry after an AI-…
00:41:57 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
How To!: Face the A.I. Revolution
If you haven’t heard of ChatGPT, chances are you will soon. Maybe you’ve tried casually playing with the artificial intelligent chatbot. Maybe you’ve tried avoiding it. Or maybe ChatGPT is the new ho…
00:40:48 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Hi-Phi Nation: Love in the Time of Replika
We explore the lives of people who are in love with their AI chatbots. Replika is a chatbot designed to adapt to the emotional needs of its users. It is a good enough surrogate for human interaction …
00:53:40 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep5: Bleed The Swede
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Peter Kafka of Vox. They discuss episode five of the final season of HBO’s Succession, including a drug-fueled party, a very normal trip t…
00:47:48 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: "Crap Apps": Why Weather Apps Suck
Weather apps can be frustrating. And with how much we rely on them to know if we should wear pants or shorts, they'll still leave you in the rain. But as the climate gets wilder, the questions of how…
00:24:22 |
Sun 23 Apr 2023
Amicus: Justice Roberts’ Unfunny Cyber Stalking Jokes
As laughter ricocheted around the Supreme Court chamber Wednesday, Professor Mary Anne Franks wondered if she could quite believe her ears. The matter of some hilarity, it seems, were messages sent b…
01:01:56 |
Sat 22 Apr 2023
ICYMI: Has TikTok Ruined Live Music?
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Alex Sujong Laughlin, a supervising producer and co-owner of Defector Media where she makes the podcast, Normal Gossip. Alex and Rachelle dive deep into the …
00:43:27 |
Sat 22 Apr 2023
Slate Money: Elon’s Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the biggest business, tech and finance stories of the week. This week, Fox News settles with Dominion, Elon’s rocketship blows up, and Apple has…
00:55:24 |
Sat 22 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: Will A.I. Close Off the Internet?
Reddit announced it will start charging companies to use its huge, ever-growing trove of text to train A.I. chatbots. It’s another expense for the fledgling tech and another knock against the “open i…
00:25:27 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
ICYMI: How the Internet Broke Netflix’s “Love is Blind”
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Jonquilyn Hill, reporter and host of Vox’s politics and policy show The Weeds. The two take a deep dive into the most recent season of the Netflix reality datin…
00:50:44 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep4: Succession!
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by graphic designer Michael Bierut to recap the fourth episode of the last season of HBO’s Succession. The family attends Logan’s wake where …
01:02:00 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
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