How Are the Midterms Affecting Social Media?

ICYMI

Slate Podcasts

Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On today’s episode, Daisy is sitting in the host chair and she’s joined by Slate’s own Nitish Pahwa, who covers business and tech for the site, and has written a lot about these upcoming elections. They’ll be talking about which candidates are and aren’t using TikTok well, how easy it is to encounter election misinformation, Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, and the state of right wing social media platforms. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:04.8	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.
0:12.5	Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.
0:17.5	From startups to scaleups, online, in person, and on the go.
0:22.0	Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you.
0:24.5	Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.
0:30.8	I can't edit TikToks by myself yet, so things in my campaign office that just make sense.
0:40.9	Green New Deal posters. Union hats.
0:49.6	Hi, I'm Daisy Rosario. And I'm Natish Powah. You're listening to I see YMai. In case you missed it.
0:56.0	Slate's podcast about internet culture. Hi, Natish. Welcome to the show. Thanks, Daisy. Thanks for having me. Oh, I'm so happy that you're here. As you can already tell, Rachel is out today.
1:00.0	Feel better, Rachel. She's sick, guys. Don't worry, though. It's not COVID.
1:05.0	But not to worry in general, because we have got a great show in store.
1:09.0	One of our incredible Sl slate colleagues is here.
1:11.9	Natish is here.
1:13.1	Natish is an associate writer for business and tech,
1:16.2	so he has a very different job here than I do.
1:25.1	Natish, what's it been like for you
1:27.2	experiencing this election online as someone who's spending their days covering it?
1:32.2	It is like, you know what it's like going down a rabbit hole that you know is a bad idea?
1:39.8	Yes.
1:40.1	And that, you know, we'll suck you in for hours on end.
1:43.5	And it just, like, the information keeps
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.