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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 900
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
What Next TBD | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta-Morphosis
Misinformation, disinformation, politics—Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is not going to shield users from those anymore. What’s behind the abrupt change in direction?
Guest: Sheera Frenkel, New York Times t…
00:26:53 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
ICYMI: We Have Some News
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined for the first time by ICYMI’s new co-host. Tune in to hear about their relationship to MuggleNet, Shrimp Jesus, and their most deeply held, but least provabl…
00:47:47 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Why Tech Is Bending the Knee
How the FCC and its incoming head, Brenden Carr, could enact Trump’s top policy goal: punishing anyone who says mean stuff about Trump.
Guest: Drew FitzGerald, telecom reporter for the Wall Street J…
00:26:29 |
Sun 12 Jan 2025
ICYMI: Scaachi Koul on Terrible Emails, Moo Deng, and Orlando Bloom Fanfiction
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Scaachi Koul, the host of Scamfluencers and the author of the upcoming book Sucker Punch (coming out this March). Today, they’re diving into Scaachi’s in…
00:45:47 |
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Amicus | TikTok Is Cooked, Trump Is Sentenced
While Donald J Trump was virtually fuming at his sentencing hearing in Judge Juan Merchan’s New York City courtroom on Friday morning, the nine justices of the US Supreme Court were taking their seat…
00:59:46 |
Sat 11 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Will the Supreme Court Save TikTok?
Will a First Amendment defense keep TikTok running in America?
Guest: Emily Baker White, tech reporter for Forbes.
Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to th…
00:28:50 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
ICYMI: Should I Join Bluesky?
Candice Lim is joined by Slate business and tech writer Nitish Pahwa and internet culture writer Steffi Cao to debate, defend, and decide how they’re going to face the internet this year. Each brough…
00:46:59 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Bitcoin Takes the White House
Cryptocurrency spent generously on this last election cycle, and now they’ve got their top pick in the White House, and wins across Congress. Where is the industry looking to go with these favorable,…
00:23:52 |
Sun 05 Jan 2025
ICYMI: An Influencer Hates To See This Subreddit Coming
Candice Lim is joined by media scholars Dr. Jess Maddox and Dr. Jess Rauchberg to discuss the subreddit r/NYCInfluencerSnark: In the early 2020s, influencer snark pages began as a way to contain a gr…
00:46:57 |
Sat 04 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Musk vs. MAGA
On Christmas Eve a fracas erupted on X, when Elon Musk posted in favor of H1-B visas for specialized and high-skill workers and was met with anger from the MAGA base who view the visas as a way for i…
00:26:02 |
Fri 03 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | The Cost of Suicide Prevention Software
Between a third and half of American schoolchildren have a form of “mental health monitoring” software on their school devices, which scans for and flags certain keywords.
While intuitively appeali…
00:27:58 |
Sun 29 Dec 2024
ICYMI: Goodbye to All That 2024 Internet
From grammatical grievances to dating app screenshots, the internet has been rife with trends to get mad about. On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Teen Vogue’s Aiyana Ishmael and culture re…
00:50:09 |
Sat 28 Dec 2024
ICYMI Encore: Who TF Did Reesa Teesa Marry?
Rachelle and Candice dive deep into the scammer story currently scratching the internet’s itch: Reesa Teesa’s 52-part “Who TF Did I Marry?” TikTok series. On February 14, @ReesaMTeesa detailed the ve…
00:53:42 |
Wed 25 Dec 2024
Slate Money | From Behind the Money: Why Northvolt Failed to Become Europe’s Battery Champion
This week, we’re bringing you an episode from the FT’s Behind the Money podcast: Battery maker Northvolt was supposed to be Europe's best hope for staying competitive during the green transition. But…
00:29:20 |
Mon 23 Dec 2024
What Next TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer
One influencer working for Amazon sued another influencer who works for Amazon for creating content that looks too similar to theirs. But with how the algorithms work and reward, was this an inevitab…
00:30:53 |
Sun 22 Dec 2024
ICYMI: Our Top Internet Moments of 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to count down their top internet moments of the year. Did Eric Adams make the list? What about Jack Schlossberg’s thirst-trapping, political…
00:52:11 |
Sat 21 Dec 2024
What Next TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!
Reports of flocks of drones, flying overhead nightly, are coming in from New Jersey down to Maryland. Are they UFOs? Nefarious foreign powers? Something even more pernicious? Something even more bana…
00:22:42 |
Fri 20 Dec 2024
ICYMI: The 2024 ICYMI Fancam Awards
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to host the inaugural ICYMI Fancam Awards, where they recognize their favorite fan edits and fancam editors of the year. But first, they’re …
00:51:29 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
What Next TBD | The Surveillance State Trump Is Inheriting
Our lives, and our communication in particular, are increasingly conducted over the internet. This means we are increasingly able to be hacked and monitored, by governments, by the police, and more a…
00:25:27 |
Sun 15 Dec 2024
Slate Money: Why Netflix is Reducing Parental Leave
This week: Crypto companies are being debanked but they’re not the only ones. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers break down the conspiracy theory that debanking is a government attack on …
00:47:21 |
Sat 14 Dec 2024
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