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

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Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

Episodes (654)

Sunday Why Hollywood Is Afraid of the Paramount-WBD Deal
Friday War in Iran, Shockwaves in Markets
Sun Mar 1st TBD Tries… Wearables

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

Mar 8, 2026
26¼ minutes
60 MB

How does Paramount, an old-guard studio and media institution, buying Warner Bros., another of the same, change the landscape in Hollywood, on cable, and in news? Guest: Julia Alexander, media correspondent for Puck News. 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 E...

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

Why Hollywood Is Afraid of the Paramount-WBD Deal

Slate Podcasts

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