269 episodes
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future Slate Podcasts
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4.4 • 200 Ratings
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Every Friday, 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.
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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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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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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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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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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 change. Now scientists are trying to answer: is this the new normal?
Guest: Daniel Swain, climate scientist at UCLA
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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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Customer Reviews
Good listen
This podcast is about the ethics of technology and the discussions are absolutely necessary if not mandatory.
My respect for April Glaser (?sp) has risen exponentially in the past 1-2 years ago. She has a superior intellect and the guts to challenge the filthy rich “titans of tech”. I was sad when Will Oremus (?) left. He provided a mellow balance to April’s intensity. I hope the program can find someone equally smart and relaxed.
I do think they should rethink the title :-)
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Biased.
The Google piece seemed unduly biased. Odd for a tech/news podcast. I want news and insight, not biased commentary.