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Slate Debates

ICYMI | Twitter Is Dead (Really, We Mean It)

Slate Debates

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News, Society & Culture

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by The Atlantic staff writer and host of the Galaxy Brain podcast, Charlie Warzel. Charlie has been following the demise of Twitter, now called X, since Elon Musk took over in 2022. While many of Musk’s decisions have prompted people to declare the end of the app, the introduction of a new location feature undermines almost all of what was left of its relevance. Can we finally call it? Is this Twitter’s official time of death? This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right, that's it. Come on, lights out. You've got a test tomorrow. Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level. It's going off now. Yeah, whatever. Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is. What? How? Oh, no, you're out. Better look next time. Mom! It's game over for late nights on school nights. EE Wi-Fi controls help you get them off the Wi-Fi and into bed.

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0:58.2

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1:00.1

Hey guys, it's Kate.

1:01.5

As you can probably hear, I'm at the airport,

1:03.5

but I wanted to hop on before today's episode

1:05.4

to quickly note that we recorded this episode

1:08.6

before the recent developments

1:10.3

where Elon Musk, Rock, AI AI generated sexual images of children.

1:15.1

We will talk more about this at a later day.

1:17.3

And if you don't know what I'm talking about, good for you.

1:19.6

Please enjoy the last days of your holiday.

1:21.6

But that news makes this episode's core idea even more apt.

1:25.8

So please enjoy and happy new year.

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