What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 10 | #147 | #147 |
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The Making of Elon Musk
October 9, 2026 · 39 minAn exchange of insults on X was all that director Alex Gibney got directly from the main character of his new documentary, “Musk.” But by interviewing his business partners, father, wives and girlfriends—and using a bit of movie…
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ChatGPT Doesn't Love You
October 2, 2026 · 31 minA.I. large language models are prompt, attentive, positive and frictionless—in short, much easier to deal with than humans with their own needs, wants, and moods. But, as long as humans aren’t social creatures by nature, this should be…
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Is the A.I. Race Real?
September 25, 2026 · 28 minArtificial intelligence is pitched as a potential economic powerhouse—and also a potential bringer of the apocalypse. Can two economic and military rivals cooperate enough to fulfill the former (and former only)? Guest: Scott Singer…
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But HOW Might A.I. Kill Us All?
September 18, 2026 · 30 minWhy did the “Hugging Face Incident” scare A.I. researchers so much? And if they are so confident artificial intelligence needs to be slowed down, why aren’t they slowing it down? Guest: Nate Soares, President of the Machine Intelligence…
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A.I-pocalypse Now?
September 11, 2026 · 28 minAfter OpenAI agents hacked a rival company this summer, the word from Silicon Valley was “That’s it! They’re almost ready to kill us all!” But…are they? Really? Guest: Paul Ford, co-founder of the AI start-up Aboard, technology…
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Meta Settled. Is it a "Reckoning?"
September 4, 2026 · 28 minDoes Meta’s $17 billion (give or take) settlement address people’s concerns about social media and its impact on teenagers… or is it already too late? Guest: Paresh Dave, senior writer for WIRED. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate…
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A.I. Enshittifies Everything (Still)
August 28, 2026 · 33 minThrough 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…
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Can the Midterms Withstand Prediction Markets?
August 21, 2026 · 34 minHundreds of millions of dollars, desperation for insider info, fury and accusations of conspiracy when it doesn’t go your way—is this gambling or elections? Through the magic of prediction markets, it’s both! Guest: David Gilbert…