What Next: TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Trillion Bucks
Tesla shareholders just approved a trillion dollar (with a t!) pay package for Elon Musk. Is it enough incentive to keep him around the company and away from verbal spats with government officials? Because the whole Musk empire is still reeling from that dalliance.
Guest: Faiz Siddiqui, tech reporter at The Washington Post and author of Hubris Maximus: the Shattering of Elon Musk.
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ICYMI: The Internet Has A Gambling Problem
On todayās episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by Manny Fidel, culture writer and cohost of the No Such Thing podcast, to explain how gambling took over the internet. A recent betting scandal not only exposed the chokehold that gambling has on the sports industry, but opened up a larger conversation about how everything on the internet is influenced by gambling. People are betting political candidates and arbitrary fashion choices, all while putting themselves further and further into financial precarity. How did this happen and, most importantly, can anything be done to fix it?
This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Benjamin Frisch, and Kate Lindsay.
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What Next: TBD | The Nick Fuentes Problem
Nick Fuentesāan openly antisemitic, openly racist, openly sexist type who once was persona non grata in all but the unseemliest of online spacesāsat down with former Fox News star Tucker Carlson this week, setting off a debate between the āwhoa whoa whoa, weāre not Nazis over hereā branch of conservatives and the āwell now, hold on a minuteā wing.
Guest: Ali Breland, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of āThe Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling.āĀ
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ICYMI | The Alarm Clock That Woke Up #DemonTok
On todayās episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by Slate contributing editor Angelina Mazza to explain why Christian creators are throwing away their Hatch alarm clocks. The companyās Halloween commercial was so spooky that it was accused of having ādemonic ties,ā and now people are claiming they hear voices coming out of the device. The question is not, āIs the devil really hiding inside of a $200 alarm clock?ā But rather, āWhy do Christians keep thinking the devil is in their technology in the first place?ā
This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Kate Lindsay.
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ICYMI: Can The Internet Save Animation?
On todayās episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by producer Vic Whitley-Berry, whose favorite animated shows like Hazbin Hotel have been funded by the internetānot big studios. In fact, as major studios consolidate and cut resources for animation, platforms like Patreon and YouTube are keeping the genre afloat. If we donāt continue to support independent artists, then crude animated musicals about religious trauma and pegging wonāt get the audience they deserve!
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