Can Walmart+ Beat Amazon Prime?
Amazon has become the dominant retailer online in large part due its Prime program. Now, Walmart is deploying the same strategy with Walmart+, a membership service the company hopes can win back custo...
14 Sep 20207min
Call of Duty
The military has a history of using video games to recruit. So why was there a backlash when its soldier-gamers started playing online? Featuring Matthew Gault (@mjgault) Corey Mead (@coreydmead) Li...
14 Aug 202026min
Apple's Lisa Jackson on racial justice
A special interview with the Apple exec on her definition of racial justice and how she plans to merge her background in environmental sustainability with the company’s Racial Equity and Justice Initi...
12 Aug 202027min
The one sport that’s doing it right
What does it actually take to play sports during a pandemic? Why we all should take a page out of roller derby’s reopening playbook. Featuring Zach Binney (@zbinney_NFLinj) Erica Vanstone (@EricaIsBu...
7 Aug 202027min
Why QAnon is here to stay
QAnon was born and perpetuated on the internet. What is it and why is it dangerous? Featuring: AdrienneLaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) Links: Adrienne's piece for The Atlantic Case...
31 Jul 202023min
Can the government ban TikTok?
How the Trump administration could ban the popular social media app and the consequences for its users. Featuring: Palmer Haasch (@haasch_palmer) Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy) Links: TikTok creator...
24 Jul 202020min
TikTok in prison
What ‘prison TikTok’ tells us about the lives of incarcerated people. Featuring: Louise Matsakis -- Staff Writer at WIRED (@lmatsakis) Nazgol Ghandnoosh -- Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing P...
17 Jul 202025min
Facebook's fact-check 'loophole'
How an "opinion loophole" is enabling the spread of climate change misinformation. Links to resources discussed: Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers Washington Examiner op-e...
10 Jul 202026min
