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What Next - Florida’s Fight for COVID Data Dec 16, 2020

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All year, we’ve seen how COVID-19 surges can persuade state officials to take the pandemic seriously. But the resistance in Florida is something special: There, Governor Ron DeSantis has been particularly opposed to sharing case data or imposing measures to minimize viral spread.

Guest: Mary Ellen Klas, reporter for the Miami Herald.

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What Next - TBD | Was This Google Ethicist Fired for Doing Her Job? Dec 15, 2020

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Recently, one of the world’s leading AI ethics researchers, Timnit Gebru, left Google. Google says she resigned. Timnit says she was fired. In the days since, Timnit’s departure has turned into a public relations crisis for the search giant, prompting its CEO to issue a public apology.

What happened behind the scenes at Google that led to Timnit’s dismissal?

Guest: Timnit Gebru, AI ethics researcher, and the co-founder of Black in AI.

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Lizzie O’Leary

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Was This Google Ethicist Fired for Doing Her Job? Dec 15, 2020

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What happened behind the scenes at Google that led to Timnit’s dismissal?

Guest: Timnit Gebru, AI ethics researcher, and the co-founder of Black in AI.

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

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What Next - Who Gets the Vaccine First? Dec 14, 2020

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After months of anticipation, the first FDA-authorized coronavirus vaccine has begun distribution. But even with an effective vaccine in hand, big questions remain. How are vaccines being distributed? And with so many lives on the line, who gets it first?

Guest: Sarah Owermohle, reporter for Politico and the Prescription Pulse newsletter.

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Slate Money - IPOpalooza Dec 12, 2020

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Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Anna Szymanski discuss the DoorDash and Airbnb IPOs, the massive antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, and vaccine ethics.

In the Slate Plus segment: Should we just take away Zuck’s special shares?

Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

Twitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck

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What Next - TBD | Everybody Sues Facebook Dec 11, 2020

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This week, the FTC and more than 40 state attorneys general brought antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. And they’re not pulling their punches. They are calling for Facebook to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp into independent companies. In other words, breakup.

The lawsuits represent some of the most significant antitrust action in the United States in the last 40 years. Will they get results?

Guest:

Tony Romm, tech policy reporter at the Washington Post

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Lizzie O’Leary

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Everybody Sues Facebook Dec 11, 2020

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The lawsuits represent some of the most significant antitrust action in the United States in the last 40 years. Will they get results?

Guest:

Tony Romm, tech policy reporter at the Washington Post

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

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Political Gabfest - Breaking Up Facebook Dec 10, 2020

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Emily, John and David talk about the coup attempt, Facebook’s legal troubles, and which presidential norms to restore or discard, with guest Tim Wu.

It's conundrum season! Pass along your most pressing conundrums here: www.slate.com/conundrum. Our annual Conundrum show is coming soon.

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Tim Wu for the New York Times: “What Really Saved the Republic From Trump?”

Zeynep Tufekci for the Atlantic: “ ‘This Must Be Your First’ ”

They Might Be Giants

Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:

John: Dalya Alberge for the Guardian: “ ‘Sistine Chapel of the Ancients' Rock Art Discovered in Remote Amazon Forest”

David: Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield

Emily: Esmé E. Deprez for Bloomberg Businessweek: “How Medela Lost Moms”

Listener chatter from Charlotte Hope, @charlottehope: Elizabeth Yuko for Architectural Digest: “How Previous Epidemics Impacted Home Design”

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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, and John consider a question from listener Daniela Koontz about ideal road trips.

You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)

The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)

Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.

Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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What Next - What if the U.S. Just Didn’t? Dec 10, 2020

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As Joe Biden assembles his cabinet, he has an opportunity to remake America’s image on the global stage. What if the US was seen as a cooperative partner rather than a big-footed global leader?

Guest: Peter Beinart, contributing opinion writer to the New York Times and editor-at-large for Jewish Currents.

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What Next - What Does the Teachers Union Want? Dec 09, 2020

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Teachers unions are catching flack for obstructing a return to in-person school. The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, says teachers want to be in school. The question still is, can it be done safely?

Guest: Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers.

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