What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How Buffalo Could Transform Social Media
The shooting in Buffalo raises questions about the effectiveness of content moderation. Is the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism the answer to how social media can moderate extremist content?...
20 Maj 202219min
Political Gabfest - More Fetterman!
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Thomas B. Edsall for The New York Times: “Status Anxiety Is Blowing Wind Into Trump’s Sails”Karn Yourish and Nicholas Confessore for The New Yo...
19 Maj 202247min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The "Pooping Problem" Edition
On this episode: Jamilah, Elizabeth, and Zak talk about the baby formula shortage. Then they are joined by Dr. Christine Stephenson, pediatric physical therapist and author of The Constipation Game Pl...
19 Maj 202222min
What Next - China’s Zero-COVID Policy
When China first instituted its zero-COVID policy, it was a success: as other countries struggled with soaring infection rates and overburdened hospitals, life for many Chinese citizens began to look ...
19 Maj 202223min
Death, Sex & Money - Maria Hinojosa on Partying, Partnership, and Her New Pulitzer
In honor of her Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting, I revisit my conversation with journalist Maria Hinojosa about building up her confidence in the world of media, and reaching a breaking point in her...
18 Maj 202228min
What Next - No Lone Wolves
A shooting Saturday at a supermarket in a predominantly-Black neighborhood in Buffalo left at least 10 people dead and three more injured. The suspected shooter left a manifesto riddled with racist id...
18 Maj 202225min
Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - Prisons in Queer History and Pop Culture
This month Bryan, Christina, and Jules explore the intersection of queer life and incarceration. How has America’s prison-loving penal system shaped our history and present, and how does that experien...
18 Maj 20221h 23min
ICYMI - Encore: Tumblr’s “This Is White Privilege” Stays Ahead of Its Time
In this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher speak with Dion Beary, a writer and online community builder who founded the Tumblr blog This Is White Privilege. They talk with Beary abou...
18 Maj 202222min
