What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future
Slate's Tech Show
Slate Podcasts
Show overview
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 677 episodes. That works out to roughly 290 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 21 min and 29 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 43 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 107 episodes published. Published by Slate Podcasts.
From the publisher
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.