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Ever wonder where the internet stops and IRL begins? Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor. From internet trends to AI slop to the politics of memes, Close All Tabs covers it all.

How will AI change our jobs and lives? Is the government watching what I post? Is there life beyond TikTok? Host Morgan Sung pulls from experts, the audience, and history to add context to the trends and depth to the memes. And she’ll wrestle with as many browser tabs as it takes to explain the cultural moment we’re all collectively living.
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An overhead image of an AI data center, which is a gray building made of two long sections running parallel to each other, connected by a smaller structure in the middle — forming an “H” shape as a whole. Between the two longer sections and immediately surrounding the building are stretches of concrete sidewalk and patches of grass. Behind the main building, in the top right corner of the image, is a smaller elongated building and a large reservoir of water to its right. Both buildings are lit up by several lights and the whole data center is surrounded by a forest. The bottom three-quarters of the image are slightly warped and have an ombre, urine-colored yellow tint. The text "Close All Tabs" appears in white text in the lower left corner.
Can We Cool Data Centers With… Pee?
Can We Cool Data Centers With… Pee?
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Image of a female robot, AI-Da, standing behind a black table scattered with art supplies: white paper with a half-finished painting of flowers, sitting on top of a clear acrylic stand; ten pots of paint, also on top of a clear acrylic stand; a stack of three books; a finished portrait of a face inside a clear protective sleeve; a stack of pamphlets, the top one reading, “AI-Da Robot.” AI-Da has a blank expression with her mouth slightly ajar, black, chin-length hair, and visible robotic parts that make up her arms. She’s wearing a teal sleeveless shirt and dark grey denim overalls. Her elbow rests on the stack of books as she dips a paintbrush into a pot of blue paint in front of her. Behind AI-Da is a clothesline, with four of her artworks hanging on it, inside clear protective sleeves. The artwork is glitchy-looking — to the left of the image is what seems to be a self-portrait and towards the center is a tree. All of this is inside of a wooden shed-like structure. AI-Da and the shed are tinted blue.
AI, Artists, and the Future of Creative Work from Life, Automated | Close All Tabs Presents
AI, Artists, and the Future of Creative Work from Life, Automated | Close All Tabs Presents
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In front of a swirly, metallic, blue and pink background, black-and-white digitized hands enter the image holding smartphones. Top row, from left to right: a screen with a tiny computer in a seashell with mint green insides, atop a pink, motherboard-like background; a screen with the OpenAI logo atop a blue, pink, and yellow ombre lightbulb; a screen with an anonymous San Francisco 49ers player taking his helmet off, with a warning sign and text under saying “SCAM ALERT,” atop a pink background. Bottom row, from left to right: a screen interspersed with large speakers, blue and purple AI star logos, and static-y glitches, atop a gridded green background; a screen with a birds-eye view of a person tending to a garden plot, overlapped with a play video icon and Instagram like icons. The text "Close All Tabs" appears in white text in the upper right corner.
Save or Scroll: Fake NFL Players, Girly Coding, AI Music Scams and Community Garden Drama
Save or Scroll: Fake NFL Players, Girly Coding, AI Music Scams and Community Garden Drama
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A chest-height image of an anonymous man holding up his arm as if to check the time — he’s looking down at a black watch that’s projecting health metrics. A bright white light also radiates from the watch, illuminating the projection. The man is also wearing a black shirt. Glitches are scattered throughout the image. The text "Close All Tabs" appears in white text in the lower right corner.
What Happened to the Quantified Self Movement?
What Happened to the Quantified Self Movement?
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An icon of a red fist, reminiscent of old-school, socialist workers union symbolism, dominates the center of a black background that blends into a pale yellow center. A 4-point star floats to the top left of the fist. The fist and star are highlighted by yellow, but are mostly solid red along with a dotted red pattern throughout some parts. The center of the background is glitchy, and the whole image is surrounded by an ombre of pale yellow dots shooting outwards. The text "Close All Tabs" appears in white text in the lower left corner, in a red box that has a pale yellow shadow.
AI Agents Are Turning Marxist Under Stress
AI Agents Are Turning Marxist Under Stress
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From left to right — taking up the left two-thirds of the composite — images of conservative AI-generated influencer Emily Hart, who has long blonde hair and blue eyes: Hart wearing sunglasses and a red hat; Hart wearing blue scrubs and a stethoscope; Hart in a white crop top and jeans; Hart in an American flag bikini taking a photo of herself in a mirror. These images overlap each other and are interrupted by several glitches. A person’s hand holding their phone, tinged in blue, takes up the bottom right corner of the composite. The background is a blue, red, and purple ombre. The text "Close All Tabs" appears in white text in the upper right corner.
The Emily Hart Saga, Part 2: The AI Thirst Trap Grift
The Emily Hart Saga, Part 2: The AI Thirst Trap Grift
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Close All Tabs Team

Morgan Sung
Morgan Sung

Host

Morgan Sung is a tech journalist whose work covers the range of absurdity and brilliance that is the internet. Her beat has evolved into an exploration of social platforms and how they shape real-world culture. She has written for TechCrunch, NBC News, Mashable, BuzzFeed News and more. Morgan Sung is represented by SAG-AFTRA.
Maya Cueva
Maya Cueva

Producer

Maya is the Producer for Close All Tabs, as well as an award winning director from Berkeley. She specializes in documentary, radio, and audio production. She was a Netflix Nonfiction Director and Producer fellow was also listed on DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 Filmmakers, co-presented by HBO Documentary Films. Maya’s work has been featured on The New Yorker, NPR’s All Things Considered, Latino USA, The Atlantic, Teen Vogue, and National Geographic. She received a student Emmy for her short film, The Provider, and her feature film, On the Divide, premiered in the documentary competition at Tribeca Film Festival in 2021 and was broadcast on POV on PBS in Spring 2022. Maya Cueva is represented by SAG-AFTRA.
Chris Egusa
Chris Egusa

Senior Editor

Chris Egusa is the Senior Editor for Close All Tabs, as well as composer and sound designer. His reporting on disability and healthcare inequities has earned accolades from the Public Media Journalists Association, the Society of Professional Journalists NorCal, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Webby Awards, and more. Chris’ background includes audio documentary production, filmmaking, and nonprofit strategy. He holds degrees from SJSU and Northwestern University’s Medill School. Chris is more online than he cares to admit, appreciates a good clicky mechanical keyboard, and definitely owns too many pairs of hi-fi headphones.
Chris Hambrick
Chris Hambrick

Editor

Chris is an editor for KQED Podcasts and loves holding the big picture vision for shows. Previously they were a producer for Spooked Podcast from Snap Judgment Studios, host for The Tracklist on KGPC, as well as White Rabbit Story Hour podcast. They have contributed to KALW, KQED’s Bay Curious, and facilitated for national oral history project, StoryCorps. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you can catch her telling stories on the Mortified, SFLitCrawl or Moth stages.
Jen Chien
Jen Chien

Director of Podcasts

Jen Chien is Director of Podcasts at KQED and co-founder of the Editors Collective and Edit Mode. Previously, she was Executive Editor for LWC Studios, Senior Radio Editor at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and Managing Editor for Crosscurrents and KALW News. Awards recognitions include Third Coast, Peabody, Gracies, ONA/OJA, and SPJ Sigma Delta Chi. She holds a BA in American Studies from Smith College, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Performance from New College of California.
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