Have Algorithms Ruined Our Culture?
How much of our lives—our tastes, preferences and choices—have been fed to us through an interlocking, impersonal network of algorithms? Guest: Kyle Chayka, staff writer at the New Yorker and author o...
21 Jan 202432min
The Great British Library Hack
When a cyberattack knocked the British Library out of commission in October of last year, a nation's researchers, scholars, students, and bookworms were left high and dry. Months later, the library is...
19 Jan 202424min
And God Gave Us Trump
How American white evangelical Christianity has reshaped itself in the image of Donald Trump.Guest: Rev. Angela Denker, Lutheran pastor and author of Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christi...
18 Jan 202419min
Is Israel Committing Genocide?
South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide before the International Court of Justice and is asking the United Nations to intervene and order the Israeli government to cease military operat...
17 Jan 202423min
Trump Just Won Iowa. Where’s Biden?
Biden’s poll numbers have been bad pretty much his whole presidency, but going into an election year, he looks especially weak where his party is usually strongest: young voters, Black voters, and Lat...
16 Jan 202420min
One Year: 1990: Mandrake the Magician
It’s a holiday weekend, so the What Next team is taking a little break from the news, and dropping you one of our favorite other Slate podcasts. This time around, we’re listening to One Year: 1990. We...
15 Jan 202447min
Is Your Car Tracking You?
Covered in cameras, full of microphones, and always eager to use location data, our vehicles are “smartphones on wheels”—and privacy nightmares.Guest: Kashmir Hill, technology and privacy reporter for...
14 Jan 202419min
Boeing’s Max Mess
Shortly after take off from Portland, OR, the plug exit on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet blew out – causing an uncontrolled decompression of the plane. Now, accident investigators are hard at work, trying to...
12 Jan 202431min
