ICYMI - Surveillance Glasses For Girls!

ICYMI - Surveillance Glasses For Girls!

Kylie Jenner and Mark Zuckerberg are trying to rebrand Meta Glasses as some kind of girlboss fashion accessory, even though women are the ones most likely to be the victims of their invasive technology. While Meta plows forward with this new collaboration, the glasses continue to be abused by users taking advantage of its covert filming capabilities, often by filming women without their knowledge and posting it online. On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by A Bit Fruity [https://www.instagram.com/abitfruitypod/?hl=en] host Matt Bernstein [https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv/?hl=en] to discuss why sinister companies keep giving themselves girlboss makeovers—but also why it’s not working.  This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay. Get tickets to our live show here [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slate-presents-the-creator-revolution-a-live-podcast-show-tickets-1992600595019?aff=oddtdtcreator]! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Death, Sex & Money - How Much Should You Spend on a Wedding?

This week, listeners share what it’s like to plan a dream wedding when money and family relationships lead to conflict and compromise. We hear from couples with vastly different ideas of what they wanted to spend, about opinionated parents and in-laws, and tips from people who managed to spend less. This episode first ran in 2023 and includes new updates from some of the happy couples.  Podcast production by Zoe Azulay with help from Cameron Drews. Get more Death, Sex & Money with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of DSM and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Death, Sex & Money show page on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-sex-money/id870688022] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0yKEWqaqfaAKlSjYnDuisy]. Or, visit slate.com/dsmplus [https://slate.com/death-sex-money-plus?utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=Death_Sex_Money&utm_source=episode_summary] to get access wherever you listen. If you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/deathsexmoney/?hl=en] and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is deathsexmoney@slate.com. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

ICYMI - AI Is Changing How We Have Sex

As sex becomes more online, not only does it become more solitary, but also more surveilled. For instance: Back in December, OpenAI announced that they’d allow adult users to have erotic conversations with ChatGPT. On today’s encore episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by porn historian Noelle Perdue [https://www.instagram.com/all_day_breakfast_/?hl=en], author of the Porn World [https://noelleperdue.substack.com/] newsletter. While advances in AI and sex surveillance are intended to divide us, Noelle is confident that AI’s attempted sex-takeover will fail.  This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay, with help today from Kevin Bendis.  Get tickets to our live show here [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slate-presents-the-creator-revolution-a-live-podcast-show-tickets-1992600595019?aff=oddtdtcreator]! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Culture Gabfest - So Long, and Thanks for All the Granola Edition

A eulogistic weepfest? A “valediction forbidding mourning”? A conscious unthroupling? All of the above? Believe it or not, the time has come for Steve, Dana, and Julia to convene the Culture Gabfest panel for the very last time.  Before saying goodbye, they look back at the very first piece of culture they ever gabbed about on their inaugural episode in February 2008: the film Juno. Does the indie darling written by Diablo Cody, directed by Jason Reitman, and starring Elliot Page as a sardonic, pregnant teenager hold up after 18 years? And, what does rewatching it in 2026 reveal about how culture has changed? They discuss. Next, the panel welcomes on the grand poobah of SFOPs June Thomas to counsel them through the inevitable change in one’s cultural habits that comes after a big life transition. They get into why June stopped watching TV and the truly wild mix of things in her YouTube algorithm.   Finally, we hear from you our dear, dear listeners. Steve, Dana, and Julia respond to some of your many beautiful emails and voice memos.   In our bonus episode for Slate Plus subscribers, past Gabfest producers spill the beans on what it was like to make this show over the years. And, as always, thank you so much for being a listener. Endorsements Dana: The forthcoming book about translating ancient texts by beloved past Gabfest guest Emily Wilson, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature [https://bookshop.org/p/books/crossing-the-wine-dark-sea-journeys-through-ancient-literature-emily-wilson/7ac46e1380472f69?ean=9781324099406&next=t]. June: The podcast Drafting the Past [https://draftingthepast.com/] hosted by Kate Carpenter about the craft of writing history. Julia: Manhattan Beach's indie bookstore Pages [https://pagesabookstore.com/] and On the Calculation of Volume (Book 1) [https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-the-calculation-of-volume-book-i-shortlisted-for-the-2025-international-booker-prize-solvej-balle/39837e132ef254c6?ean=9780811237253] by Solvej Balle (definitely the first 30 pages and maybe the whole five book series). Steve: In addition to the music of Red Garland [https://open.spotify.com/artist/35iymrFS4VnsKn35ebHKX9?si=4cF4GtENSMq0ZPBPbGbjEg], I Capture the Castle [https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-capture-the-castle-deluxe-edition-dodie-smith/b29e25c3ab2fa759?ean=9781250146694&next=t] by Dodie Smith, and the poem “The Writer [https://poets.org/poem/writer]” by Richard Wilbur, Sparrowbush Bakery [https://sparrowbushbakery.com/], a tiny, rustic bakery in Livingston, New York that is only open Fridays and Saturdays and serves the best bread made from fresh stoneground flour from locally grown grains you’ll ever taste. Where in the World to Find the Culture Gabfest Dana: Writing film reviews on [https://slate.com/author/dana-stevens]Slate.com [http://slate.com] and kicking around a book idea that is still in the early stages. You can find updates and commentary on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/thehighsign.bsky.social].  Steve: In the wind, to the sands... and also working on a new book about, among many other things, the 1980s. Julia: Editing L.A. Material [https://lamaterial.com/] and soon appearing weekly on L.A. Material's about-to-launch podcast L.A. World [https://lamaterial.com/podcast]. Also, on Twitter/X [https://x.com/juliaturner?lang=en], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/msjuliaturner/], and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/juliaturner.bsky.social]. June: At her newsletter Where Are All the Emails [https://buttondown.com/WhereAre]? For the time being, listeners can also still reach the panel by emailing culturefest@slate.com. And to keep tabs on the Gabfesters, subscribe to their brand-new newsletter, the Culture Gabletter [https://culture-gabletter.beehiiv.com/], to receive occasional updates, endorsements and more.  -- Podcast production by the immensely talented Benjamin Frisch. Production assistance by the brilliant Daniel Hirsch. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

ICYMI - Influencers Are Hitting Retirement

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, creator of The Trend Report [https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/], to talk about how so many of our favorite influencers have started to retire. Glitter and Lazers deleted her entire digital footprint [https://www.instagram.com/p/DYnbfSwkeTf/?img_index=1], and longtime vlogger Zoella has not posted since January, and parasocial fans are having to reckon with the fact that anyone they love online could just disappear. What do these creators owe their fans, if anything? And how can we prepare for this to keep happening? This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay, with help from Kevin Bendis. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.