What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 601
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Big Pharma’s Bet on Psychedelics
The psychedelic renaissance is here. But not everyone’s on board.
Guest: John Semley
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:25:30 |
Sun 14 Aug 2022
Crypto Could Leave Texas in the Dark
Crypto mining is booming in Texas. Will the power grid be able to handle it?
Guest: Russell Gold
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:25:58 |
Fri 12 Aug 2022
The Monkeypox Vaccine Monopoly
It makes intuitive sense for companies that develop a technology to hold its intellectual property rights. But in the case of vaccines and medical treatments, IP laws slow down manufacturing and dist…
00:27:45 |
Sun 07 Aug 2022
The Homes We Forgot to Build a Decade Ago
The US has been in a housing shortage for decades. Can it ever be fixed?
Guest: Conor Dougherty
Host: Emily Peck
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00:27:33 |
Fri 05 Aug 2022
The Dark Web of Online Spider Sales
Researchers have untangled a world of illicit trade that threatens ecosystems and endangers species.
Guest: Dr. Alice Hughes, Richard Stewart
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:21:40 |
Sun 31 Jul 2022
Paging Dr. Bezos
In buying One Medical, Amazon is primed to be your doctor. Are they disrupting health care, or just collecting more data?
Guest: Rebecca Pifer
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:29:36 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Smart City: Dumb Idea?
Toronto’s Quayside project is a telling example of how smart cities have failed. Could it also show how to make them better?
Guest: Ben Green, Jennifer Keesmaat
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:28:19 |
Sun 24 Jul 2022
Europe Is Burning
The continent's deadly heat wave is only the tip of the melting iceberg.
Guest: Henry Grabar
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:07 |
Fri 22 Jul 2022
Silicon Valley's Hidden Discrimination
Thenmozhi Soundararajan was scheduled to give a talk at Google for Dalit History Month. It led to vicious attacks against her from some of its employees.
Guest: Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Host: Lizzie O…
00:24:15 |
Sun 17 Jul 2022
Can Twitter Sue Elon Musk Into Submission?
Dysfunction is nothing new to Twitter. But Elon Musk pulling his offer to buy the company adds a new layer of chaos.
Guest: Alex Kantrowitz
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:28:33 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Paxlovid's Mysteries
There's still a lot unknown about COVID's new wonder drug.
Guest: Rachel Gutman-Wei
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:25:26 |
Sun 10 Jul 2022
Can FEMA Keep Up With Climate Change?
Climate change is causing unprecedented severe weather. Is the agency prepared for it to get worse?
Guest: Craig Fugate and Ashley Nerbovig
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:48 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
The Good Hackers
According to the Justice Department, there’s a right way — and a wrong way — to be a hacker.
Guest: Josephine Wolff
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:24:37 |
Sun 03 Jul 2022
TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers
Social media makes mental health information accessible. But it's not a perfect solution.
Guest: Lindsay Lee Wallace
Host: Mary C. Curtis
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00:29:14 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
Does Crypto Investment Need to Be Regulated?
Fidelity made headlines when they announced you could invest your retirement savings in Bitcoin. Then the crypto market crashed.
Guest: Anthony Lee Zhang
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:21:11 |
Sun 26 Jun 2022
Can the Law Keep Up With the Internet?
The openness of the internet is its greatest strength. Or a glaring weakness, depending on who you ask. Does something need to change?
Guest: Jared Schroeder
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:23:31 |
Fri 24 Jun 2022
From the Vault: It's Hot. It's Flooding. Is This the New Normal?
This episode originally aired in July 2021.
Last year, North Americans saw record-breaking heat, droughts, wildfires, and floods. The science is clear: we are living through the effects of climate c…
00:23:07 |
Sun 19 Jun 2022
The Culture War Over Electric Cars
One state wants to stop people from buying one. But can electric vehicles be stopped?
Guest: Ryan Cornell
Host: Sonari Glinton
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00:23:19 |
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
She wanted to be an icon for working women. What went wrong?
Guest: Sheera Frenkel
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:28:31 |
Sun 12 Jun 2022
Bots! What Are They Good For?
Elon Musk isn't wrong that Twitter has a bot problem. But he's kind of missing the point.
Guest: Samuel Woolley
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:24:54 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
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