Slate Technology

ICYMI | Our Year of Brain Rot and Tech Dystopia


Listen Later

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by internet culture writer Kat Tenbarge to break down the most important internet moments of 2025. But not just any internet moments—specifically, the moments that fall under the three key themes that emerged in online culture over the past twelve months: brain rot, surveillance, and big tech dystopia. These themes not only defined how we lived life online in 2025, but have set the stage for what to expect in 2026. Were we wrong about the Astronomer CEO debacle? Will TikTok ever get banned? Is 6-7 finally over?

This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay, with help from AC Valdez.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Slate TechnologyBy Slate Podcasts

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

546 ratings


More shows like Slate Technology

View all
Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,790 Listeners

The Gray Area with Sean Illing by Vox

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

10,726 Listeners

Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia by Slate Podcasts

Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia

1,378 Listeners

Slate Money by Slate Podcasts

Slate Money

1,028 Listeners

Slate Debates by Slate Podcasts

Slate Debates

2,841 Listeners

Hang Up and Listen by Slate Podcasts

Hang Up and Listen

999 Listeners

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show by Slate Podcasts

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

1,030 Listeners

Uncanny Valley | WIRED by WIRED

Uncanny Valley | WIRED

511 Listeners

Slate News by Slate Podcasts

Slate News

5,632 Listeners

The Lawfare Podcast by The Lawfare Institute

The Lawfare Podcast

6,303 Listeners

Slate Culture Feed by Slate Podcasts

Slate Culture Feed

1,868 Listeners

The Intercept Briefing by The Intercept

The Intercept Briefing

6,117 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

113,300 Listeners

Slate Health by Slate Podcasts

Slate Health

53 Listeners

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia by Slate Podcasts

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

2,074 Listeners

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future by Slate Podcasts

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

235 Listeners

Slow Burn by Slate Podcasts

Slow Burn

23,883 Listeners

Today, Explained by Vox

Today, Explained

10,337 Listeners

Galaxy Brain by The Atlantic

Galaxy Brain

1,082 Listeners

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

7,255 Listeners

Slate Presents: One Year by Slate Podcasts

Slate Presents: One Year

1,285 Listeners

Post Reports by The Washington Post

Post Reports

5,365 Listeners

One Year by Slate Podcasts

One Year

1,195 Listeners

Culture Gabfest by Slate Podcasts

Culture Gabfest

449 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,600 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,494 Listeners

Hear Me Out by Slate Podcasts

Hear Me Out

60 Listeners

Well, Now by Slate Podcasts

Well, Now

48 Listeners

Navel Gazing by John Dickerson

Navel Gazing

97 Listeners

Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova by Pushkin Industries

Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

276 Listeners

The Law According to Trump by Slate Podcasts

The Law According to Trump

6 Listeners

Standoff: What Happened at Ruby Ridge? by Slate Podcasts

Standoff: What Happened at Ruby Ridge?

131 Listeners

Slate's Audio Book Club by Slate Podcasts

Slate's Audio Book Club

0 Listeners

When We All Get To Heaven by Eureka Street Productions

When We All Get To Heaven

45 Listeners