Best of 2018

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus introduce some of their favorite interviews from 2018. We have highlights from our conversations with journalist Taylor Lorenz about teen YouTube stars, former head of Facebook’s Newsfeed Adam Mosseri about real-world violence in places like Myanmar, the founder of Data for Black Lives Yeshimabeit Milner on how tech companies might share their data for social justice efforts, author Naomi Klein on cryptocurrency in Puerto Rico following the deadly Hurricane Maria, Senator Mark Warner on how the government might actually regulate the big tech companies, and Paige Panter, a volunteer with the Tech Workers Coalition on how a broad coalition of tech workers are fighting for change.

1:21 - Interview with Taylor Lorenz

7:57 - Interview with Yeshimabeit Milner

15:49 - Interview with Adam Mosseri

24:09 - Interview with Naomi Klein

30:27 - Interview with Senator Mark Warner

38:30 - Interview with Paige Panter

Podcast production by Max Jacobs

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