What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

Is Privacy A Right?

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the latest data spill in Silicon Valley: It’s Google this time. And it’s time to ta...

Is Privacy A Right?

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the latest data spill in Silicon Valley: It’s Google this time. And it’s time to ta...

Fact And Fiction on Wikipedia

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the announcement that Amazon would raise the minimum wage for its US workers to 15 d...

Fact And Fiction on Wikipedia

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the announcement that Amazon would raise the minimum wage for its US workers to 15 d...

Reshuffling the Podcasting Deck

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the recent announcement that Instagram’s founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, ...

Reshuffling the Podcasting Deck

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the recent announcement that Instagram’s founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, ...

Tech Barons Are the New Media Barons

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a literal moonshot. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced the first private customer wh...

Tech Barons Are the New Media Barons

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a literal moonshot. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced the first private customer wh...

If Then Presents: The Secret History of The Future

16 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Technology continues to change the way we live and work. Which is why The Secret History of The Future—the new technology show from Slate and The Ec...

If Then Presents: The Secret History of The Future

16 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Technology continues to change the way we live and work. Which is why The Secret History of The Future—the new technology show from Slate and The Ec...

Special Report: Apple’s New (Old) Gizmos

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We have a special bonus If Then! On Wednesday afternoon Apple held its big annual event full of new and expensive gadgets. We wanted to help you make ...

Special Report: Apple’s New (Old) Gizmos

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We have a special bonus If Then! On Wednesday afternoon Apple held its big annual event full of new and expensive gadgets. We wanted to help you make ...

Google’s Real Biases

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss California’s landmark decision to eliminate cash bail for defendants in criminal case...

Google’s Real Biases

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss California’s landmark decision to eliminate cash bail for defendants in criminal case...

How The Future Of Music Streaming Will Sound

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser are joined once again by their Slate colleague Mark Joseph Stern to make sense of a what a Kava...

How The Future Of Music Streaming Will Sound

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser are joined once again by their Slate colleague Mark Joseph Stern to make sense of a what a Kava...

Twitter Without the Nazis

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss reports that big tech companies are lobbying in favor of a national privacy law. They’...

Twitter Without the Nazis

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss reports that big tech companies are lobbying in favor of a national privacy law. They’...

Google’s Secret Censorship Project

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a new Russian hacking report--this time, targeting conservatives. And it’s been a ...

Google’s Secret Censorship Project

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a new Russian hacking report--this time, targeting conservatives. And it’s been a ...

Making Sense of Elon Musk

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about how Google has been tracking and storing your location—even after you’ve asked i...

Making Sense of Elon Musk

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about how Google has been tracking and storing your location—even after you’ve asked i...

Embracing Deplorable Status

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss why a bunch of the big tech platforms—Facebook, YouTube, Apple—are suddenly banning...

Embracing Deplorable Status

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss why a bunch of the big tech platforms—Facebook, YouTube, Apple—are suddenly banning...

Flying Cars Are Only A Few Years Away

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk talk about a new study that suggests the internet might not have played the crucial role i...

Flying Cars Are Only A Few Years Away

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk talk about a new study that suggests the internet might not have played the crucial role i...

This Is How Fake News Spreads

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about what’s happening new with the proposed $3.9 billion dollar merger between Sinclair...

This Is How Fake News Spreads

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about what’s happening new with the proposed $3.9 billion dollar merger between Sinclair...

How a Top Twitter Exec Tackles Trolls

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus is joined by guest co-host Maya Kosoff from Vanity Fair. They discuss the latest Congressional dog and pony show...

How a Top Twitter Exec Tackles Trolls

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus is joined by guest co-host Maya Kosoff from Vanity Fair. They discuss the latest Congressional dog and pony show...

The Surveillance State's Eyes at the U.S. Border

11 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk to Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor of political science and policy at George Mas...

The Surveillance State's Eyes at the U.S. Border

11 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk to Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor of political science and policy at George Mas...

The Supreme Court in the Cyber Age

04 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the Facebook privacy scandal that won’t go away. They’ll also touch on some new ...

The Supreme Court in the Cyber Age

04 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the Facebook privacy scandal that won’t go away. They’ll also touch on some new ...

Tech Workers Fight Back

27 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the midterm elections coming up in November -- and whether Silicon Valley companies ...

Tech Workers Fight Back

27 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the midterm elections coming up in November -- and whether Silicon Valley companies ...

Should Tech Companies Take a Stand Against Family Separation?

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the horrifying story that’s on everyone’s minds this week: the Trump Administration...

Should Tech Companies Take a Stand Against Family Separation?

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the horrifying story that’s on everyone’s minds this week: the Trump Administration...

The Failed Promise of the Gig Economy

13 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus is joined by guest co-host Maya Kosoff from Vanity Fair. They discuss the electric scooters that are suddenly wr...

The Failed Promise of the Gig Economy

13 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus is joined by guest co-host Maya Kosoff from Vanity Fair. They discuss the electric scooters that are suddenly wr...

Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism in Puerto Rico.

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about how Microsoft is buying GitHub, Google is ending its Pentagon contract, and all the ...

Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism in Puerto Rico.

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about how Microsoft is buying GitHub, Google is ending its Pentagon contract, and all the ...

Bloody Money and Blind Investors

30 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about GDPR, Europe’s sweeping new online privacy legislation that took effect last Frida...

Bloody Money and Blind Investors

30 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about GDPR, Europe’s sweeping new online privacy legislation that took effect last Frida...

Google’s Chokehold on the Web

23 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about a privacy invasion that’s arguably scarier than Cambridge Analytica, and why...

Google’s Chokehold on the Web

23 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about a privacy invasion that’s arguably scarier than Cambridge Analytica, and why...

Welcome to the Swamp

16 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about an unexpected move by President Trump that could save the Chinese electronics ...

Welcome to the Swamp

16 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about an unexpected move by President Trump that could save the Chinese electronics ...

Baby, You Can Self-Drive My Car

09 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the hedge fund that’s gutting the newsrooms of local newspapers across the country...

Baby, You Can Self-Drive My Car

09 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the hedge fund that’s gutting the newsrooms of local newspapers across the country...

Why an E-Waste Recycler Is Going to Prison

02 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about Facebook’s big privacy changes and its foray into online dating, as Glaser reports...

Why an E-Waste Recycler Is Going to Prison

02 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about Facebook’s big privacy changes and its foray into online dating, as Glaser reports...

The Cost of Online Immunity

25 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a somewhat surprising speech from the antitrust chief of Trump’s DOJ. Th...

The Cost of Online Immunity

25 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a somewhat surprising speech from the antitrust chief of Trump’s DOJ. Th...

What If Facebook Used Data For Black Lives?

18 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about trouble at Tesla: the company has suspended production of the Model 3, the...

What If Facebook Used Data For Black Lives?

18 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about trouble at Tesla: the company has suspended production of the Model 3, the...

What Mark Zuckerberg Didn’t Share

12 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Will Congress let Mark Zuckerberg get away with under-sharing? On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus break down the Faceboo...

What Mark Zuckerberg Didn’t Share

12 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Will Congress let Mark Zuckerberg get away with under-sharing? On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus break down the Faceboo...

Congress Called. They Want Our Data Back.

10 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus bring us an early-week show in anticipation of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testi...

Congress Called. They Want Our Data Back.

10 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus bring us an early-week show in anticipation of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testi...

Alexa, How Do You Really Work?

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the outrage at the largest television station owner in the country—Sinclair...

Alexa, How Do You Really Work?

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the outrage at the largest television station owner in the country—Sinclair...

Facebook’s Deepwater Horizon

28 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dissect the latest fallout from the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal, wherein the...

Facebook’s Deepwater Horizon

28 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dissect the latest fallout from the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal, wherein the...

The Tech That Draws Your District

21 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus take a deep look into gerrymandering and the highly specialized mapping technology th...

The Tech That Draws Your District

21 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus take a deep look into gerrymandering and the highly specialized mapping technology th...

What Keeps Facebook Up at Night

14 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss Elon Musk’s plan to… colonize Mars? They explain how sanctuary cities may...

What Keeps Facebook Up at Night

14 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss Elon Musk’s plan to… colonize Mars? They explain how sanctuary cities may...

Nietzsche with a 3D Printer

07 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus try to make sense of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s rare honest assessment of his compan...

Nietzsche with a 3D Printer

07 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus try to make sense of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s rare honest assessment of his compan...

“You Have to Be Heard”

28 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus take a look at Vero, the new social network that has people fleeing Instagram and Fac...

“You Have to Be Heard”

28 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus take a look at Vero, the new social network that has people fleeing Instagram and Fac...

How Russian Trolls Went Local

21 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dig into special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russian nation...

How Russian Trolls Went Local

21 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dig into special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russian nation...

“Like” Is Too Simple an Emotion

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus lamentthe anticlimactic end to Waymo and Uber’s court drama, explain why teens are ...

“Like” Is Too Simple an Emotion

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus lamentthe anticlimactic end to Waymo and Uber’s court drama, explain why teens are ...

FISA and Fury

07 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a new anti-tech lobbying group formed by ex-employees of Facebook and Goog...

FISA and Fury

07 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a new anti-tech lobbying group formed by ex-employees of Facebook and Goog...

Through The Revolving Door Between Facebook and Democrats

31 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about about a clever effort to restore net neutrality in Montana and New York. T...

Through The Revolving Door Between Facebook and Democrats

31 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about about a clever effort to restore net neutrality in Montana and New York. T...

Dudebros Everyday

24 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about Facebook’s fraught plan to rate the media and the cool yet creepy Amazon...

Dudebros Everyday

24 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about Facebook’s fraught plan to rate the media and the cool yet creepy Amazon...

The Problem With Facebook Is Facebook

17 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about the Senate’s stand on net neutrality and why Congress is set to renew a ...

The Problem With Facebook Is Facebook

17 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about the Senate’s stand on net neutrality and why Congress is set to renew a ...

Live from CES: Our Dumb "Smart" Future

10 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus are at CES, the huge trade show put on by the Consumer Technology Association in Las ...

Live from CES: Our Dumb "Smart" Future

10 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus are at CES, the huge trade show put on by the Consumer Technology Association in Las ...

Science Fiction by ABBA

03 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a key detail in the new tax plan that could have a huge effect on gig work...

Science Fiction by ABBA

03 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a key detail in the new tax plan that could have a huge effect on gig work...

What’s a Firefox?

20 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk with the executive director of Mozilla about how Firefox competes with Chrome an...

What’s a Firefox?

20 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk with the executive director of Mozilla about how Firefox competes with Chrome an...

Beanie Babies for Geeks

13 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk a little about why everyone is freaking out about Bitcoin. And in the run up to ...

Beanie Babies for Geeks

13 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk a little about why everyone is freaking out about Bitcoin. And in the run up to ...

The Ellen Pao Effect

06 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser talks with Ellen Pao about sexism in Silicon Valley and why the tech industry hasn’t experienced th...

The Ellen Pao Effect

06 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser talks with Ellen Pao about sexism in Silicon Valley and why the tech industry hasn’t experienced th...

Antitrust Superstar

29 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss how bots messed up the net neutrality comment process and whether that gives ...

Antitrust Superstar

29 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss how bots messed up the net neutrality comment process and whether that gives ...

Hack Friday

22 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about changes to net neutrality that were announced this week. They also talk a ...

Hack Friday

22 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about changes to net neutrality that were announced this week. They also talk a ...

Leaving Zen on the Table

15 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss some recent tech news, like the head-scratching revelation that WikiLeaks act...

Leaving Zen on the Table

15 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss some recent tech news, like the head-scratching revelation that WikiLeaks act...