What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How Spyware Mercenaries Hack Your Phone
This week, Amnesty International and a French journalism nonprofit named Forbidden Stories revealed that technology from a spyware firm called NSO Group is being deployed on a massive scale. The spywa...
23 Jul 202127min
Political Gabfest - Actually It Is ‘Infrastructure Week'
Emily, John and David discuss the Delta variant and the vaccination decline, the bipartisan infrastructure plan living another day, and the pandemic Olympics.Here are some notes and references from th...
22 Jul 202148min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Are These Books Age-Appropriate? Edition
On this week’s episode: Elizabeth and Dan answer a letter from a mother who worries that her 8-year-old daughter may be reading books that aren’t age-appropriate.Then, they share some tips with a list...
22 Jul 202142min
Slow Burn - Decoder Ring: The Sign Painter
Decoder Ring is Slate's show about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, host Willa Paskin takes a cultural question, object, or habit, examines its history, and tries to figure out what it me...
22 Jul 20211h 2min
What Next - The Rise of Kristi Noem
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has a problem. She’s ready to get beamed up to national political stardom, but she’s polling near the bottom among 2024 GOP presidential hopefuls. What issues can she...
22 Jul 202123min
What Next - Punishing the Capitol Rioters
Six months after the Capitol riot, plea deals from cases against the rioters have begun to trickle in. Will the courts be able to do what Congress couldn’t, and insist on a shared version of events on...
21 Jul 202123min
Culture Gabfest - Deepfake
This week, Steve and Dana are joined by Isaac Butler, co-host of Slate’s Working podcast. First, the panel discusses the documentary Roadrunner about Anthony Bourdain. Next, they talk about the Apple ...
21 Jul 202158min
ICYMI - Is BYU Virginity Club Real? An ICYMI Investigation.
Instagram has seen a recent influx of college “virginity club” accounts featuring sharp, funny memes about remaining chaste. On today’s episode, Madison and Rachelle put these accounts under the micro...
21 Jul 202133min
