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A.I. Enshittifies Everything
Jun 26, 2026
Unknown duration
Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice?
Jun 19, 2026
Unknown duration
IPO to the Moon
Jun 12, 2026
30m 13s
Gradu-AI-tion Day
Jun 5, 2026
26m 03s
Trump's Disney Shakedown
May 29, 2026
29m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/26/26 |  A.I. Enshittifies Everything | Through stealing your job or simply tanking the stock market—whichever comes first—the rise of artificial intelligence (companies) is a very futuristic sounding problem. It may have some very old-fashioned sounding solutions however.Guest: Cory Doctorow, sci-fi author, journalist, blogger and author of “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI.”Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice? | People are asking artificial intelligence large language models how to do everything—even how to harm themselves and others. And while companies claim there are guardrails in place for those situations, we’ve already seen real-world instances of an LLM’s advice being used to plan a mass shooting.Guest: Mark Follman, national affairs editor at Mother Jones and author of “Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America.”Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  IPO to the Moon✨ | SpaceXElon Musk+4 | Max Chafkin | Bloomberg BusinessweekSlate Podcasts+1 | — | SpaceXElon Musk+4 | — | 30m 13s | |
| 6/5/26 |  Gradu-AI-tion Day✨ | artificial intelligenceeducation+4 | Randi Weingarten | Department of EducationAmerican Federation of Teachers+2 | — | artificial intelligenceeducation+4 | — | 26m 03s | |
| 5/29/26 |  Trump's Disney Shakedown✨ | Trump administrationDisney+4 | Anna M. Gomez | DisneyFederal Communications Commission+2 | — | TrumpDisney+5 | — | 29m 11s | |
| 5/22/26 |  Can Patreon Build a Better Internet?✨ | internetniche communities+3 | Jack Conte | PatreonSlate Podcasts | — | Patreoninternet+4 | — | 34m 22s | |
| 5/17/26 |  TBD Tries…Roblox✨ | Robloxchild safety+3 | Cecilia D'Anastasio | BloombergSlate Plus+1 | — | Robloxchild safety+3 | — | 34m 01s | |
| 5/15/26 |  Trump Visits the First World✨ | US-China relationsartificial intelligence+3 | Josh Chin | Wall Street Journal | United StatesChina+1 | Trumpgeopolitics+5 | — | 22m 09s | |
| 5/10/26 |  Does Anyone Like A.I.?✨ | artificial intelligencetechnology+4 | Nilay Patel | The VergeSlate Podcasts | — | A.I.artificial intelligence+4 | — | 31m 44s | |
| 5/8/26 |  Buy Your Flights Now✨ | airline industrytravel plans+3 | Will Guisbond | Spirit AirlinesThe Air Current+4 | — | Spirit Airlinesairline industry+3 | — | 21m 00s | |
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| 5/3/26 |  Big Tech’s Climate Fight…on Pause?✨ | climate changecarbon removal+3 | Robinson Meyer | MicrosoftHeatmap News | — | Microsoftcarbon removal+3 | — | 23m 13s | |
| 5/1/26 |  Musk v. Altman✨ | AI industrylegal trial+4 | Gerrit De Vynck | Washington Post | — | Elon MuskSam Altman+4 | — | 24m 08s | |
| 4/26/26 |  How Mark Zuckerberg Finds Your Perfect Pair of Shoes✨ | advertisingcookies+3 | Sara Fisher | AxiosCNN+2 | — | adscookies+3 | — | 22m 31s | |
| 4/24/26 |  MAGA's A.I. Schism✨ | artificial intelligenceMAGA+3 | Kiera Butler | Mother JonesSlate Podcasts+1 | — | MAGAartificial intelligence+5 | — | 25m 41s | |
| 4/19/26 |  Iran's Memes Are Winning✨ | Iranmemes+4 | Ali Breland | Slate PodcastsAtlantic+1 | — | Iranmemes+5 | — | 26m 37s | |
| 4/17/26 |  Everyone Is Lying to You For Money✨ | cryptocurrencypandemic+3 | Ben McKenzie | Slate PodcastsEveryone Is Lying to You for Money+1 | — | cryptocurrencyBen McKenzie+5 | — | 34m 45s | |
| 4/12/26 |  Who is Sam Altman Anyway?✨ | artificial intelligencetechnology+3 | Andrew Marantz | New YorkerSlate Podcasts+1 | — | Sam Altmanartificial intelligence+3 | — | 31m 25s | |
| 4/10/26 |  Why OpenAI Bought a Talk Show✨ | OpenAIIPO+4 | Mike Isaac | OpenAINew York Times+2 | — | OpenAIIPO+5 | — | 20m 47s | |
| 4/5/26 |  TBD Tries... Vibe Coding✨ | artificial intelligencecoding+3 | Greg LavaleeClive Thompson | SlateNew York Times+2 | — | artificial intelligencecoding+3 | — | 31m 16s | |
| 4/3/26 |  Why Everyone Is Freaking Out About Private Credit✨ | private creditshadow banking+4 | Tracy Alloway | BloombergSlate Podcasts+1 | — | private creditshadow banking+5 | — | 29m 49s | |
| 3/29/26 |  How to Rein in ICE and A.I.✨ | artificial intelligencelaw enforcement+3 | Summer Lee | Slate PodcastsAcast | Pennsylvania | artificial intelligenceICE+3 | — | 30m 42s | |
| 3/27/26 |  Social Media’s Big Tobacco Moment✨ | social mediaaddiction+4 | Ryan Mac | New York TimesYouTube+3 | — | social mediaaddiction trial+4 | — | 23m 31s | |
| 3/22/26 |  War Dot Com | Why Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp views working with Western militaries not just as a business opportunity, but as a higher calling.Guest: Jacob Silverman, journalist and author of “Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley.”Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/20/26 |  Hank Green Still Believes | Hank Green recently pulled a “reverse OpenAI” - he took his education platform Complexly and made it a nonprofit. In a world where outrage, A.I. slop and “brain rot” are all heavily incentivized by platforms, Hank explains why he’d rather make content that leans into the complexity of our world. Guest: Hank Green, YouTuber, half of Vlogbrothers, host of Crash Course and SciShow and founder of VidCon and Complexly.Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/15/26 |  Why He Sued Roblox | A half dozen state attorneys general have sued the online gaming platform Roblox after multiple investigations found child predators on the site and more than 20 people were arrested for abducting or abusing children they had met via Roblox. Guest: Mike Hilgers, Nebraska Attorney General.Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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