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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Best of 2018 Jan 02, 2019

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On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus introduce some of their favorite interviews from 2018. We have highlights from our conversations with journalist Taylor Lorenz about teen YouTube stars, former head of Facebook’s Newsfeed Adam Mosseri about real-world violence in places like Myanmar, the founder of Data for Black Lives Yeshimabeit Milner on how tech companies might share their data for social justice efforts, author Naomi Klein on cryptocurrency in Puerto Rico following the deadly Hurricane Maria, Senator Mark Warner on how the government might actually regulate the big tech companies, and Paige Panter, a volunteer with the Tech Workers Coalition on how a broad coalition of tech workers are fighting for change.

1:21 - Interview with Taylor Lorenz

7:57 - Interview with Yeshimabeit Milner

15:49 - Interview with Adam Mosseri

24:09 - Interview with Naomi Klein

30:27 - Interview with Senator Mark Warner

38:30 - Interview with Paige Panter

Podcast production by Max Jacobs

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Slate Money - The Valley of Genius Edition Dec 29, 2018

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Slate Money talks (and listens to) an oral history of Silicon Valley - from outrageous VC funding and juvenile bros to society-altering tech and billion dollar business decisions - with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, Emily Peck, and Adam Fisher.

In the Slate Plus segment, Felix, Anna, Emily, and Adam discuss how Steve Jobs got the Apple engineers to understand what the iPhone really was about.

Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter:@felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck, @AdamcFisher

Production by Max Jacobs.

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Political Gabfest - The “2018 Conundrum” Edition Dec 27, 2018

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Emily, John, and David close out the year considering listeners’ most confounding conundrums with special guest Simon Doonan.

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Aftermath of a Data Breach Dec 26, 2018

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On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus will talk reader mail! The hosts take a look at some of your questions and comments from the year, in particular about how your relationship to technology and social media has changed in a year that has been tumultuous for tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

Then, they’ll talk about cybersecurity, hacks, and the sometimes bizarre legal battles that ensue after a big data theft. They’re be joined by Josephine Wolff, a professor of public policy at Rochester Institute of Technology and the author of “You'll see this message when it is too late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches.” They’ll talk to her about some of the most significant breaches in the last decade, how those companies holding that information have been held accountable, and what it means for the everyday user who just wants to shop at Target.

Podcast production by Max Jacobs

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Incrementalist RBG Dec 22, 2018

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Before news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s lung surgery broke, Dahlia Lithwick sat down for a revealing conversation with the screenwriter Daniel Stiepelman about the RBG biopic he penned, On The Basis of Sex. Stiepelman also happens to be Justice Ginsburg’s nephew, and this episode offers an insider’s view of the most well-known, but not always fully understood, justice on the court.

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Podcast production by Sara Burningham.

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Slate Money - The Panic Edition Dec 22, 2018

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Slate Money on a new documentary about the financial crisis, the state of business and finance news, and a look at the duopoly with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, Emily Peck, and Josh Tyrangiel.

In the Slate Plus segment, Felix, Anna, Emily, and Josh discuss their favorite business books of the year.

Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter:@felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck, @Tyrangiel

Production by Max Jacobs.

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Political Gabfest - The “A Liberal is a Conservative Who’s Been to Jail” Edition Dec 20, 2018

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, Michael Flynn’s legal troubles, and new revelations about Russian trolling and Facebook’s privacy violations.

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Information World War Dec 19, 2018

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On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus will talk about how Taylor Swift used face recognition to surveil the crowd at a recent concert, and whether that’s smart, scary, or both.

Then they’ll welcome Renée DiResta, an expert on cybersecurity and online misinformation. DiResta is the lead author of a new report to the Senate Intelligence Committee on exactly how Russian operatives weaponized social media in the 2016 election, and why it may be just the beginning of a new era of global information warfare.

6:45 - Interview with Renée DiResta26:09 - Don’t Close My Tabs

Don’t Close My Tabs:

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The Pudding: Population Mountains

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Slate Money - The Liquid Assets Edition Dec 15, 2018

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Huawei and the trade war, ride-share companies and IPOs, and Harvard stocking up on water with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Emily Peck.

In the Slate Plus segment, Felix, Anna, and Emily discuss corporate governance for public companies (in particular at CBS).

Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter:@felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck

Production by Max Jacobs.

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Political Gabfest - The “Tinkle Contest With a Skunk” Edition Dec 13, 2018

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss Michael Cohen’s sentencing, the search for America’s next White House chief of staff, and Trump’s threat to shut down the government over border wall funding.

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