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
Is Elon Musk Any Good at Business?
Some call him revolutionary. Others call him a hack. Is his success warranted?
Guest: Ashlee Vance
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:27:12 |
Sun 05 Jun 2022
Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?
Schools have spent millions to detect threats online. It mostly doesn’t work.
Guest: Arijit Sen
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:23:43 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World
What can current surveillance infrastructure tell us about online privacy after the fall of Roe?
Guest: Lily Hay Newman
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:20:42 |
Sun 29 May 2022
Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?
Is El Salvador heading for default after going all in on crypto?
Guest: Anna-Cat Brigida
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:22:30 |
Fri 27 May 2022
North Korea's Hacking Army
They’ve stolen billions of dollars. Is the U.S. ready to crack down?
Guest: Jason Bartlett, research associate in the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Securit…
00:23:21 |
Sun 22 May 2022
How Buffalo Could Transform Social Media
The shooting in Buffalo raises questions about the effectiveness of content moderation. Is the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism the answer to how social media can moderate extremist content…
00:21:19 |
Fri 20 May 2022
Inside Trump’s Twitter Clone
Trump's Truth Social network was supposed to be the right's answer to Twitter. What happens to the company if Elon takes over?
Guest: Drew Harwell, reporter for the Washington Post
Host: Lizzie O'L…
00:20:39 |
Sun 15 May 2022
Can A.I. Know What You're Feeling?
Companies are developing and selling A.I. products intended to tell your boss or your teacher how you're feeling.
Guest: Kate Kaye, reporter for Protocol
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:19:06 |
Fri 13 May 2022
Is Free Speech Online Just a Myth?
A conversation with one of the smartest First Amendment lawyers in the country.
Guest: Jameel Jaffer
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:25:32 |
Sun 08 May 2022
Can the Internet Rescue Abortion Access?
The pandemic changed the way abortion care could be provided online. So what happens now?
Guest: Dr. Mai Fleming, family medicine physician and Fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health.
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00:19:06 |
Fri 06 May 2022
The Fantasy of Internet for All
Can Starlink ever fulfill its promise of connecting the world, especially places left behind by traditional internet? Or will it be just another toy for the rich?
Guest: Meaghan Tobin, reporter at …
00:18:06 |
Sun 01 May 2022
What Elon Wants With Twitter
Twitter is the platform of choice for politicians, journalists, academics, and many other agenda-setters. Twitter influences conversations that take place in newsrooms and statehouses. What happens i…
00:21:33 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
A New High-Tech Weapon in Ukraine
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is uncovering new wartime applications for facial recognition technology.
Guest: Aric Toler, director of research and training at Bellingcat
Host: Lizzie O'Le…
00:21:20 |
Sun 24 Apr 2022
The COVID Data Disaster
Are we facing down yet another COVID wave right now? Does it matter?
Guest: Katherine Wu, staff writer for The Atlantic
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:24:30 |
Fri 22 Apr 2022
How TurboTax Tricks Taxpayers
How did Intuit build its TurboTax empire?
Guest: Justin Elliott, reporter for ProPublica
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:21:36 |
Sun 17 Apr 2022
Elonnnnnnnnnnnnn!
Is Musk's bid to take Twitter private a genuine attempt to mold the social network in his image? Or is he just going to have some fun, make some money, and walk away?
Guest: Felix Salmon, host of Sl…
00:19:49 |
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Uber Makes Nice With Cabs
The rideshare company's founder once called taxis “evil.” Now, Uber might need them to survive.
Guest: Preetika Rana
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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00:21:43 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
Elon Trolls the SEC
With 9.1% ownership of Twitter—and a board seat—Elon Musk is the new master of Twitter's future. Why did the wealthiest man in the world just take over the world's most influential platform?
Guest: …
00:22:29 |
Fri 08 Apr 2022
A Conversation With Europe's Top Tech Cop
For nearly a decade, Margrethe Vestager has led Europe's efforts to rein in big tech. One newspaper article described Vestager as putting the fear of God into Silicon Valley. How is she thinking abou…
00:20:47 |
Sun 03 Apr 2022
The White House's Favorite Tech Billionaire
Why did Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt spend over a decade building relationships with the most powerful Democrats in America?
Guest: Alex Thompson, reporter at Politico
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00:22:36 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
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