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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Get every episode summarized
Each time What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Episodes (692)
Meta Settled. Is it a "Reckoning?"
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
A.I. Enshittifies Everything (Still)
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Can the Midterms Withstand Prediction Markets?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Are Flock Cameras Watching You?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Artificial Intelligence, Very Real Debt
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Can We Trust the Jobs Report?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Off-the-Record: Wait, You Ran THAT Boston Marathon?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Trump’s Only Friend
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
A.I. Vs. Eh, I’m Walkin’ ‘Ere!
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Game Over for Video Games?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Should You Take Trump’s Free $1,000?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Diving In | How Food Delivery Killed Competition (And Took Your Budget With It)
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
A.I. Enshittifies Everything
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
IPO to the Moon
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Gradu-AI-tion Day
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Trump's Disney Shakedown
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Can Patreon Build a Better Internet?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
TBD Tries…Roblox
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Trump Visits the First World
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Does Anyone Like A.I.?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Buy Your Flights Now
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Big Tech’s Climate Fight…on Pause?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Musk v. Altman
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
How Mark Zuckerberg Finds Your Perfect Pair of Shoes
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
MAGA's A.I. Schism
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Iran's Memes Are Winning
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Everyone Is Lying to You For Money
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Who is Sam Altman Anyway?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Why OpenAI Bought a Talk Show
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
TBD Tries... Vibe Coding
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Why Everyone Is Freaking Out About Private Credit
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
How to Rein in ICE and A.I.
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Social Media’s Big Tobacco Moment
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
War Dot Com
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Hank Green Still Believes
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Why He Sued Roblox
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Are We Ready for A.I. Warfare?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Why Hollywood Is Afraid of the Paramount-WBD Deal
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
War in Iran, Shockwaves in Markets
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
TBD Tries… Wearables
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Anthropic vs. the Pentagon
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
The Future of Retail is A.I.
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
The A.I. Disruption Is Here
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
The Senator Going After Data Centers
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Markiplier Goes to Hollywood
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Escape from a Scam Compound
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Elon 3.0
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Why Dictators Take Out the Internet
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Can Cell Phones Stop ICE?
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future