#174: Web3 is the future... or is it? (feat. Molly White)
Molly White is the software engineer, Wikipedia editor, and independent researcher behind Web3 Is Going Just Great, a project that chronicles the not-so-fabulous drumbeat of disasters related to crypt...
27 Sep 202234min
#173: Tim Pool hates mainstream media but his operation depends on it (feat. Robert Silverman)
Robert Silverman is a reporter who has published some of the most definitive reporting on pro-Trump social media personality Tim Pool to date. As much as Tim Pool may sell his offerings as better alte...
12 Sep 202253min
Election denialist roadshows touring the country and inspiring action — Trapezoid of Discovery (8/29/22)
Trapezoid of Discovery is the pseudonym used by an information security engineer who has cataloged and refuted claims from election deniers as they’ve toured around the country, drawing crowds and ins...
29 Aug 202233min
More like Mar-a-Lame-o if you ask me — Emmi Conley (8/15/22)
Emmi Conley is an extremism researcher who joins the show to talk about the far-right’s reaction to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, the revelation that the cringe @BasedMikeLee Twitter account does in f...
15 Aug 202234min
Your January 6th Hearing Questions, Answered — Kristen Doerer (7/16/22)
Kristen Doerer is the managing editor of Right Wing Watch, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to cataloguing the goings-on of the American far-right. (Jared used to work there, and Kristen was his boss!) ...
16 Jul 202244min
A QAnon crypto scheme wrecked investors — Nick Backovic & Ernie Piper (6/27/22)
Nick Backovic and Ernie Piper are writers at Logically who produce investigative journalism related to online disinformation and conspiracy theories. They join the podcast this week to discuss an inve...
27 Jun 202228min
Echo chambers and doom cycles — Ali Breland (6/14/22)
Ali Breland is a reporter at Mother Jones who covers online disinformation. He joins the podcast this week to talk about two of his recent essays that confront the flaws and shortcomings of conversati...
14 Jun 202234min
Online privacy at the impending death of Roe v. Wade — India McKinney (5/30/22)
India McKinney is the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s director of federal affairs. She joins the podcast this week to talk about privacy and data protection at a time when many anticipate the Supreme...
30 Mai 202236min
