Podcast Episodes

ICYMI: Inside the Online Life of a Health & Wellness Reporter

We all spend so much of our lives online these days, and so we figured we’d start interviewing people about theirs. On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by health and wellness journalist Julia Craven …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Slate Money: Memelord Takeover

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Matt Levine to talk about his Bloomberg Businessweek article The Crypto Story. They also discuss El…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

What Next TBD: Twitter Is Dead; Long Live Twitter

Twitter has been a lot of things—where you posted your lunch, where you met your people, where you were subjected to a harassment campaign. Now, as Elon Musk prepares to take the reins, where is it h…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

ICYMI: How a Lesbian Emu Influencer Got Milkshake Ducked

One TikTok famous emu was allegedly struggling with avian flu last week, but the story is a bit more complicated when it comes to public health. On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined again by Daisy …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

What Next TBD: Can We Make an Alzheimer’s Drug That Works?

Alzheimer’s treatment hasn’t changed much in the past two decades, and the way researchers have been thinking about and approaching the disease may be to blame. 

Guest: Damian Garde, reporter for Stat…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

ICYMI: What’s It Like Being a Twitch Streamer?

A lot has been happening around Twitch, a platform that really seems to live in its own world on the internet. On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Gita Jackson who explains exactly why Twitch can …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

What Next TBD: When An Algorithm Raises Your Rent

One company’s software is helping set prices for apartments across the country. But when does an algorithm telling landlords how much to charge—by drawing on property data—cross the line from “handy …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

ICYMI: What’s the Deal With Broadway’s 1776?

On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined again by Daisy Rosario to discuss what’s been happening online. First they scrape heaps of butter off their cutting boards, and then Daisy explains all the dram…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

What Next TBD: Are You Ready to Be Composted When You Die?

The idea of composting a human body may seem unsettling—or even gross—and it runs counter to the normal American funeral rites of embalming and internment, which preserve the body. But advocates say …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

ICYMI: What Makes Online Advice Good?

On the show today, Rachelle is joined by Slate’s Dear Prudence, Jenée Desmond-Harris to talk all about online advice. They discuss what her online life was like before she took over as Dear Prudence,…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago