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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 903
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
What Next TBD: Will Banning Social Media Help Kids?
A new law in Utah that goes into effect next year states that anyone under 18 needs parental permission to use social media. Is it a necessary step to protect children from harms associated with soci…
00:32:58 |
Sun 16 Apr 2023
ICYMI: Meet the Internet’s Princess
For the third installment of Internet Diaries, Rachelle is joined by 21-year-old cultural critic and internet essayist Rayne Fisher-Quann, who has amassed a devoted following on TikTok, Substack, Ins…
00:44:15 |
Sat 15 Apr 2023
Slate Money: The China Problem
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers go over China’s expanding role in the international debt market. They discuss a new problem with the American mortgage system, and dive into the wild wo…
00:52:32 |
Sat 15 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: How Gamers Leaked Classified Pentagon Docs
Discord is a place to share a community online. Most often, it's for gaming. So why did classified intelligence from the Pentagon end up on a small server whose main interests seem to be video games,…
00:33:28 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
ICYMI: The Free Trial Period of Social Media Is Over
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Alex Kantrowitz, the writer behind the Big Technology newsletter and podcast. The two discuss the recent changes to Twitter Blue and how paying for Twitter m…
00:43:52 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Hi-Phi Nation: The Digital Future of Grief
When Justin’s mom was diagnosed with cancer, he knew he wanted to keep talking to her after she died. So together they made an AI version of her, training it on her speech patterns and memories. Now …
00:55:57 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep3: Logan F---s Off
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Slate’s Lizzie O’Leary to go over the shocking third episode of the last season of HBO’s Succession. Are Tom and Shiv going to get back to…
01:01:38 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: Why Flying Is So Bad Now
U.S. air travel is being strained on all sides—travel demand is back to 2019 levels, but the number of pilots and planes and ground crew hasn’t caught back up, and a rash of close calls are raising s…
00:31:52 |
Sun 09 Apr 2023
Slate Money: How to Win at Roulette
Slate Money hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the podcasting economy and if the bubble has burst—or if it will soon. They also talk about Anthony Scaramucci’s hedge fund …
00:45:25 |
Sat 08 Apr 2023
ICYMI: Blac Chyna and the New Plastic Surgery Era
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by Terry Nguyen, a culture writer and critic and staff writer for the digital culture newsletter Dirt. The two discuss Angela White, better known as Bla…
00:46:35 |
Sat 08 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: Wait, TikTok Has a Sister App?
While TikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, is fighting to keep its flagship app from being banned in the United States, it’s also pushing a new app into the marketplace—Lemon8. One part Pinterest, one…
00:27:18 |
Fri 07 Apr 2023
Hi-Phi Nation: Ethics and the Future - Trailer
Coming April 11, 2023, Season 6 of Hi-Phi Nation will look at the future; of work, of love and sex, life and death, our relationship with animals, creativity in music, and philanthropy. Stories inclu…
00:01:55 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
ICYMI: Buying Concert Tickets Online is Still a Hellscape
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by Justin Richmond, co-host of the music podcast Broken Record and host of the new podcast Started From the Bottom. The two discuss what, if anything, h…
00:43:29 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
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…
00:38:40 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep2: F---ing Pirates
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by The New Yorker’s Clare Malone to recap the latest episode of HBO’s Succession. Will Kerry get on ATN? Will the Kids squash the GoJo deal? I…
01:01:50 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: Seeking Asylum Via App
CBP One, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's app that is supposed to make crossing the border more efficient, is littered with bugs. But even a perfectly functional smartphone app would pose problem…
00:36:38 |
Sun 02 Apr 2023
Slate Money: The Layoff Dopamine Hit
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Kevin Delaney, co-founder of Charter. They discuss the layoffs that have swept across multiple industries, and if letting worke…
00:57:06 |
Sat 01 Apr 2023
ICYMI: Succession’s Kendall Roy is the Internet’s Girlboss
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined once again by BuzzFeed internet culture report Kelsey Weekman. The two discuss the fandom surrounding Succession’s Kendall Roy, the second son of billio…
00:42:00 |
Sat 01 Apr 2023
What Next TBD: When A.I. Denies Your Health Care
As Medicare Advantage plans have increased their reliance on software to determine what their customers require—and, therefore, receive—elderly patients are being denied coverage for care they need. …
00:29:08 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
ICYMI: Live from Copenhagen
On today’s episode, ICYMI goes international! Rachelle Hampton is joined by Lucia Odoom of Poptillægget, a Danish podcast about pop culture. On stage at CPH:DOX, the two discuss growing up online as …
00:46:31 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
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