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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

Every Friday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide... Read more

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The Cost of Online Immunity

The Cost of Online Immunity

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a somewhat surprising speech from the antitrust ... Read more

25 Apr 2018

52mins

Ranked #2

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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—e... Read more

15 Aug 2018

46mins

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If Then Presents: The Secret History of The Future

If Then Presents: The Secret History of The Future

Technology continues to change the way we live and work. Which is why The Secret History of The Future—the new technolog... Read more

16 Sep 2018

44mins

Ranked #4

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Hack Friday

Hack Friday

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about changes to net neutrality that were announced th... Read more

22 Nov 2017

42mins

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How Russian Trolls Went Local

How Russian Trolls Went Local

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dig into special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s recent indictm... Read more

21 Feb 2018

38mins

Ranked #6

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What Keeps Facebook Up at Night

What Keeps Facebook Up at Night

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss Elon Musk’s plan to… colonize Mars? They explain ho... Read more

14 Mar 2018

42mins

Ranked #7

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Inside Facebook's Political Ad Mess

Inside Facebook's Political Ad Mess

Over the last week, Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have been under fire for declining to fact-check political ads. But a f... Read more

25 Oct 2019

21mins

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What Mark Zuckerberg Didn’t Share

What Mark Zuckerberg Didn’t Share

Will Congress let Mark Zuckerberg get away with under-sharing? On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Ore... Read more

12 Apr 2018

32mins

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How To Trust A VPN

How To Trust A VPN

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus take a look at an increasingly popular online privacy tool--that has... Read more

6 Mar 2019

31mins

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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 doll... Read more

25 Jul 2018

42mins

Ranked #11

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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, Ap... Read more

8 Aug 2018

45mins

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Why an E-Waste Recycler Is Going to Prison

Why an E-Waste Recycler Is Going to Prison

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about Facebook’s big privacy changes and its foray into online... Read more

2 May 2018

47mins

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“Like” Is Too Simple an Emotion

“Like” Is Too Simple an Emotion

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus lamentthe anticlimactic end to Waymo and Uber’s court drama... Read more

14 Feb 2018

45mins

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Can Palantir Be Used For Good?

Can Palantir Be Used For Good?

On today’s show, host Will Oremus looks at the fallout from Amazon’s announcement last week that they’re abandoning plan... Read more

20 Feb 2019

32mins

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Google’s Chokehold on the Web

Google’s Chokehold on the Web

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about a privacy invasion that’s arguably scarier than Ca... Read more

23 May 2018

41mins

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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 conse... Read more

22 Aug 2018

48mins

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The Failed Promise of the Gig Economy

The Failed Promise of the Gig Economy

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus is joined by guest co-host Maya Kosoff from Vanity Fair. They discuss the electric s... Read more

13 Jun 2018

38mins

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The Problem With Facebook Is Facebook

The Problem With Facebook Is Facebook

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about the Senate’s stand on net neutrality and why Con... Read more

17 Jan 2018

36mins

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You Can’t Hardcode Community

You Can’t Hardcode Community

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the news that YouTube has been showing disturbing v... Read more

8 Nov 2017

38mins

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Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat?

Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat?

TikTok now has over 1.5 billion downloads, putting it in the company of social media giants like Instagram, Facebook, an... Read more

22 Nov 2019

22mins

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