Will You Do a Snapchat Streak With Me?
A little yellow ghost has joined Manoush’s home screen. This week, Note to Self takes the plunge into Snapchat. Where we find lots of opportunities for passive aggression, obligation, and shade. And t...
8 Mar 201718min
Zapping Your Brain To Bliss
Can brain stimulation tech replace your glass of wine? Or your joint? We strap a digital potato chip to our heads, and zap our brains with electricity, in the name of science. And we accidentally over...
1 Mar 201719min
Can Your Phone Make You Better In Bed?
No, not by watching porn. By sharing with your partner what turns you on, and weirds you out. Through an app. Kaitlin Prest of The Heart podcast recruits two couples to test drive the Pls Pls Me app. ...
22 Feb 201723min
Privacy, Data Survivalism and a New Tech Ethics
Technologist Anil Dash on mistakes he’s made, and the new ethics of tech. Journalist Julia Angwin on why we’re all losing, and her strategies as a privacy prepper. Much laughter ensues. Note to Self n...
21 Feb 201728min
Privacy Paradox: Results Show
Tens of thousands of people did the Privacy Paradox challenge. And the results are in. Seven percent of you said you want to give up. (Sorry. Don’t!) Seventy percent of you want to push for big change...
15 Feb 201731min
Day 5: Your Personal Terms of Service
The last day of the Privacy Paradox challenge. We'll draw some conclusions from this week—and some boundaries for the future. With Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented a little something called the World...
10 Feb 201712min
Day 4: Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity
It's day four of the Privacy Paradox challenge. We talk to Elan Gale, executive producer of The Bachelor, about how we perform for social media, and how we change when we know we’re being watched. Als...
9 Feb 201711min
Day 3: Something To Hide
It's day three of Note to Self's Privacy Paradox challenge. There are the things you know you share online: selfies, emails, Facebook posts. But there is so. much. more. Marketers are mining the words...
8 Feb 201711min
