What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Why Are Bots Buying Sneakers?
The bots aren’t just buying cool sneakers. They’re buying concert tickets. Tickets to basketball games and Broadway shows. At the beginning of the pandemic, they were buying hand sanitizer and face ma...
29 Okt 202122min
What Next - TBD | Why Are Bots Buying Sneakers?
The bots aren’t just buying cool sneakers. They’re buying concert tickets. Tickets to basketball games and Broadway shows. At the beginning of the pandemic, they were buying hand sanitizer and face ma...
29 Okt 202122min
Political Gabfest - Is Facebook Evil?
Emily, John and David talk about the Facebook Papers; Building Back (somewhat) Better; and are joined by author Pamela Paul to talk about the trivial and serious sides of her new book: 100 Things We'v...
28 Okt 20211h 1min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The “Temperamental Toddler” Edition
On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak debate if a distracted toddler deserves to be pulled out of their gymnastics class. Next, they advise a mother who is nervous about a long flight wi...
28 Okt 202139min
What Next - Why I Quit Advising Kyrsten Sinema
Last week, five members of Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s Veterans Advisory Council publicly stepped down. In their resignation letter, they claimed that they were just “window dressing for her image” and c...
28 Okt 202126min
Death, Sex & Money - Order Up, Tapped Out: Life After Restaurant Burnout
Five current and former food service workers reflect on their career changes and the future of their industry since the start of the pandemic.For more from Cara, Lesely, and on navigating child care i...
27 Okt 202137min
What Next - Is Bill Gates to Blame for Lagging Vaccinations?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds many, if not most, of the world’s global health initiatives, so much so that the Foundation has become one of the most influential deciders of global health...
27 Okt 202122min
Culture Gabfest - Maid in Arrakis
This week, Steve and Dana are joined by Slate senior editor Allegra Frank. First, senior producer of Slate’s Decoder Ring podcast, Benjamin Frisch, chimes in to review the sci-fi megafilm Dune. Next, ...
27 Okt 202155min
