What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future podcast

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.

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.

 

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This Is Your Brain On Ketamine

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Yesterday

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Yesterday


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We Made a Memecoin

Memecoins are a niche type of cryptocurrency with no intrinsic value. But they remain a po... more

28 Mar 2025

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28 Mar 2025


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Bezos 2.0

During his first term, President Trump and Jeff Bezos openly sparred with each other. Duri... more

23 Mar 2025

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23 Mar 2025


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Trump's War on Scientific Research

The National Institutes of Health is the primary engine of biomedical research around the ... more

21 Mar 2025

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21 Mar 2025


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How Trump Is Trying to Kill Press Freedom

With a Trump-friendly Supreme Court and a contentious relationship with the press, could D... more

16 Mar 2025

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16 Mar 2025


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Will Tesla Survive Elon Musk?

The public’s anger towards Elon Musk and DOGE has found an outlet in the form of Musk’s ca... more

14 Mar 2025

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14 Mar 2025


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Zuckerberg and the Post-Factcheck Era

After the election, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was doing away with Facebook’s fact-... more

09 Mar 2025

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09 Mar 2025


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From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE

To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture... more

07 Mar 2025

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07 Mar 2025


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Cracking the Egg Crisis

Everyone’s talking about the price of eggs—so why are they so expensive? And when can we e... more

02 Mar 2025

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02 Mar 2025


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The DOGE Resistance

Federal workers in the U.S. Digital Service resigned in protest over what they viewed as i... more

28 Feb 2025

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28 Feb 2025


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$Trump

The crypto industry threw its weight and money behind Donald Trump, in hopes of legitimizi... more

23 Feb 2025

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23 Feb 2025


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Elon's Endgame

As someone whose companies receive billions of dollars from the government, it’s worth ask... more

21 Feb 2025

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21 Feb 2025


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Can You Pay Attention, Please?

The infinite scroll has no purpose other than keeping your attention. But that doesn’t mea... more

16 Feb 2025

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16 Feb 2025


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Is Elon Actually Trying to Buy OpenAI?

Is Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion offer to buy OpenAI genuine—or an irresistible opportunity to... more

14 Feb 2025

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14 Feb 2025


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Why Trump’s Data Purge is a Digital Book Burning

Using Github, you can watch as government websites are brought into compliance with Donald... more

09 Feb 2025

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09 Feb 2025