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If Then: is a show about technology, society, and power. Each week, Slate‘s April Glaser and Will Oremus take you on a lively tour of the tech news that actually matters, from fake news in y...

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Are Flock Cameras Watching You?

In a world where everyone is carrying smartphones and setting up Ring cameras, you could be forgiven for thinking the war is over and the su...

27:04Aug 14, 2026

Artificial Intelligence, Very Real Debt

Investments in—and among—artificial intelligence companies have pushed the S&P 500 to record highs. It’s also introduced a volatility to the...

32:00Aug 7, 2026

Can We Trust the Jobs Report?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a department for wonks, by wonks. But under the dual pressures of the changing nature of work—like the gro...

32:55Jul 31, 2026

Trump’s Only Friend

Steve Witkoff is a real estate investor, an attorney, and now America’s Special Envoy to the Middle East. It may seem like a weird career sh...

24:16Jul 24, 2026

A.I. Vs. Eh, I’m Walkin’ ‘Ere!

Ah, New York—where it’s hot, loud, and the air is barely breathable. So it’s not especially surprising that Governor Kathy Hochul is opting...

4:46Jul 17, 2026

Game Over for Video Games?

Is Microsoft laying off 3,200 employees from the Xbox division just a new boss coming in and pruning an overgrown asset, or is it a sign tha...

28:31Jul 17, 2026

Should You Take Trump’s Free $1,000?

If you’ve seen ads for Trump Accounts for kids, but also know anything about Donald Trump, you might be wondering “Free $1,000 per baby? Oka...

20:57Jul 10, 2026

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...

32:01Jun 26, 2026

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 compa...

27:55Jun 19, 2026

IPO to the Moon

Is Elon Musk’s SpaceX leading humanity to Mars? Or is that just grandiose window-dressing for an A.I. company leading several other A.I. com...

30:13Jun 12, 2026

Gradu-AI-tion Day

It’s an awkward time to have a Department of Education that seems so disinterested in, uh, education. It’s leaving teachers to grapple with...

26:03Jun 5, 2026

Trump's Disney Shakedown

How the Trump administration has tried to put pressure on Disney for opinions expressed by Jimmy Kimmel and the hosts of The View—and how th...

29:11May 29, 2026

Can Patreon Build a Better Internet?

The promise of an “internet for niche communities” and “the empowered independent creator” has been taking a beating as the web has become l...

34:22May 22, 2026

TBD Tries…Roblox

Under fire for what critics say is inadequate protection of its young user base, Roblox nevertheless remains incredibly popular. Are the com...

34:01May 17, 2026

Trump Visits the First World

Between artificial intelligence, the Iran War, and the future of Taiwan, there’s a lot for the United States and China to hash out—not least...

22:09May 15, 2026

Does Anyone Like A.I.?

Everyone would probably hate A.I. less if we could just see some upside to it. But despite all the investment—into the companies, into infra...

31:44May 10, 2026

Buy Your Flights Now

The not-always-beloved-but-indisputably-useful Spirit Airlines has given up the ghost. What does this mean for the airline industry and your...

21:00May 8, 2026

Big Tech’s Climate Fight…on Pause?

In the early 2020s, Microsoft committed to buying 75 million tons of carbon removal—somewhere between 70 and 90 percent of the entire carbon...

23:13May 3, 2026