Is France About to Elect a Far-Right President?

Is France About to Elect a Far-Right President?

In the French presidential election five years ago, Marine Le Pen lost badly to Emmanuel Macron. Now, Le Pen is back for a rematch—and this time, polls are pretty tight.

Guest: Henry Grabar, staff writer at Slate.

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How The Future Of Music Streaming Will Sound

How The Future Of Music Streaming Will Sound

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser are joined once again by their Slate colleague Mark Joseph Stern to make sense of a what a Kavanaugh-court might mean for the internet going forwar...

5 Sep 201840min

Twitter Without the Nazis

Twitter Without the Nazis

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss reports that big tech companies are lobbying in favor of a national privacy law. They’ll talk about what their motivations are. (Hint: It’s...

29 Aug 201838min

Google’s Secret Censorship Project

Google’s Secret Censorship Project

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a new Russian hacking report--this time, targeting conservatives. And it’s been a busy news week (as always) for Facebook, with reports ...

22 Aug 201846min

Making Sense of Elon Musk

Making Sense of Elon Musk

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about how Google has been tracking and storing your location—even after you’ve asked it not to. Then they review some of the disturbing securi...

15 Aug 201843min

Embracing Deplorable Status

Embracing Deplorable Status

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss why a bunch of the big tech platforms—Facebook, YouTube, Apple—are suddenly banning the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his me...

8 Aug 201843min

Flying Cars Are Only A Few Years Away

Flying Cars Are Only A Few Years Away

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk talk about a new study that suggests the internet might not have played the crucial role in Trump’s election victory that we tend to assume. A...

1 Aug 201837min

This Is How Fake News Spreads

This Is How Fake News Spreads

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about what’s happening new with the proposed $3.9 billion dollar merger between Sinclair, the largest television station owner in the country ...

25 Jul 201838min

How a Top Twitter Exec Tackles Trolls

How a Top Twitter Exec Tackles Trolls

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus is joined by guest co-host Maya Kosoff from Vanity Fair. They discuss the latest Congressional dog and pony show involving the big social media platforms. They’ll g...

18 Jul 201846min

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