Why would Elon Musk attempt to replace Wikipediaāwhich is already quite futuristic, utopian and accurateāwith a faulty, hallucinatory A.I.-powered āGrokipediaā? Well, see, he called it āWokepediaā¦ā
Guest: Stephen Harrison, writer, tech lawyer, author of āWhy Editing Wikipedia Is Becoming More Dangerousā for Slate and The Editors, a novel about Wikipedia.
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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.
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ICYMI | Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?
On todayās episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by Yahoo News senior entertainment writer, Kelsey Weekman, to answer the question on everyoneās lips: Who is Alex Warren and why is every store playing his music? The Hype House OG is nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys, and is part of a growing wave of musicians making āsecular praise music.ā Where did Alex Warren come from, and how did he pull off a musical career pivot when so many other TikTokkers failed?Ā
This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Kate Lindsay.
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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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