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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.

Episodes (692)

Did AirBnB Need to Go?

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Sep 22, 202321:19pending

Can Politicians Keep Kids Safe Online?

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Sep 16, 202327:41pending

Google Makes Its Case

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Sep 15, 202329:59pending

Bad Air, Worse Vibes

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Sep 9, 202317:57pending

Tech Disrupts the School Bus

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Sep 8, 202324:40pending

Social Media’s Pivot from News

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Sep 3, 202325:35pending

Is LinkedIn...Cool Now?

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Sep 1, 202323:03pending

The Cost of "Sustainable" Pet Food

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Aug 27, 202324:09pending

TikTok's Shady Deal with the U.S.

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Aug 25, 202324:22pending

Digital Life After Death

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Aug 20, 202323:46pending

How Crypto Fails Sex Workers

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Aug 18, 202322:59pending

Tech's Mask Off Moment

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Aug 13, 202326:59pending

Can Smart Guns Save Lives?

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Aug 11, 202326:18pending

Another Summer of COVID

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Aug 6, 202325:27pending

Tesla's Big Lie

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Aug 4, 202326:33pending

America’s Downtown Ghost Towns

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Jul 30, 202329:52pending

Washington vs. A.I.

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Jul 28, 202324:00pending

Why Tech Lays Women Off First

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Jul 23, 202327:18pending

America’s $5 Trillion Grid Problem

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Jul 21, 202324:05pending

America’s Killer Car Problem

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Jul 16, 202332:15pending

Will UPS Workers Join "Hot Strike Summer?"

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Jul 14, 202329:53pending

Is Your Son Watching Andrew Tate?

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Jul 9, 202333:54pending

Threads vs. Twitter

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Jul 7, 202324:23pending

Turning Your Face Into Your Ticket

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Jul 2, 202320:44pending

The Never-Ending Cancer Drug Shortage

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Jun 30, 202331:26pending

Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?

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Jun 25, 202326:50pending

The U.S. vs Amazon Prime

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Jun 23, 202322:48pending

The George Soros Succession

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Jun 18, 202324:50pending

Reddit’s Rolling Blackouts

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Jun 16, 202323:38pending

Are You Ready For A.I. Generated Actors?

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Jun 11, 202329:19pending

Is Crypto Toast?

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Jun 9, 202330:54pending

Tech’s Newest Trillion Dollar Company

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Jun 4, 202320:44pending

When Your Childhood Was Their Content

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Jun 2, 202324:42pending

The Trouble With TikTok Songs

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May 28, 202318:54pending

Tweetering on the Glass Cliff

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May 26, 202320:32pending

A Tipping Point for Digital Tipping

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May 21, 202328:54pending

Why Sports Are All in on Betting

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May 19, 202324:38pending

Space After NASA

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May 14, 202330:04pending

Who’s Afraid of A.I.?

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May 12, 202329:26pending

What's Going on at Meta?

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May 7, 202329:05pending

What the Writers' Strike Is Really About

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May 5, 202327:13pending

Is Your Uber Drivers' Pay Rigged?

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Apr 30, 202321:42pending

Stephen King Is Just as Confused About Blue Checks as You Are

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Apr 28, 202330:06pending

"Crap Apps": Why Weather Apps Suck

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Apr 23, 202321:22pending

Will A.I. Close Off the Internet?

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Apr 21, 202322:27pending

Will Banning Social Media Help Kids?

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Apr 16, 202329:58pending

How Gamers Leaked Classified Pentagon Docs

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Apr 14, 202330:28pending

Why Flying Is So Bad Now

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Apr 9, 202328:52pending

Wait, TikTok Has a Sister App?

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Apr 7, 202324:18pending

Seeking Asylum Via App

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Apr 2, 202333:38pending
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