What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How Safe is the Metaverse?
Facebook’s first crack at the metaverse has a problem: kids. Underage users seem to be flooding Horizon Worlds, potentially putting themselves at risk. Is Meta doomed to repeat Facebook’s mistakes?Gue...
11 Helmi 202222min
Political Gabfest - Legitimate Political Discourse
Emily, John and David dig into SCOTUS's failure to enforce the Voting Rights Act, the GOP's embrace of January 6th rioters, and protests in Canada.Here are some notes and references from this week’s s...
10 Helmi 202251min
What Next - What You Don’t See At The Olympics
As the Winter Olympics unfold in Beijing, a darker reality remains: China’s abuses against the Uyghurs, an ethnic minority in the country’s Xinjiang region. While much of the world remains glued to th...
10 Helmi 202227min
What Next - The Canadian Trucker Revolt
The Ottawa truckers protest is neither exclusive to Ottawa nor strictly composed of truckers. And its supporters are hoping to head to a city near you. Guest: Jesse Brown, editor-in-chief of Canadalan...
9 Helmi 202223min
What Next - When Planned Parenthood Burns Down
With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, abortion access is under fire in states around the country. At Planned Parenthood’s Knoxville location, the clinic faced that literally when an arson attack bur...
8 Helmi 202225min
What Next - The NFL’s Race Problem
Until last month, Brian Flores was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, and one of only three Black head coaches among the NFL’s 32 teams. That number has since dropped to one. On Tuesday, Flores ann...
7 Helmi 202227min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Code That Runs Your Life
Banks, healthcare providers, and retailers around the world still rely on COBOL, a programming language originally developed in the 1960s. By all accounts the code is powerful, practical, and very rar...
6 Helmi 202217min
Slate Money - Something Something Metaverse
This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by management consultant and sports fan Robin Timothy of to talk about Facebook’s sudden loss of users and revenue, why the Olympics are both problema...
5 Helmi 202249min
