How to Shake Up Your Echo Chamber
We tend to click on things we agree with already. Social media networks like to feed us the things we'll click on. This week, we talk with two professional Internet readers from BuzzFeed about why tha...
21 Okt 201520min
Can You Have a Whole Relationship Through Texts?
We’re examining moments of closeness — when texting encourages intimacy between us, and when those messages really just create the illusion of deeper connection. Featuring Fusion's Kashmir Hill, autho...
14 Okt 201525min
Sherry Turkle: 'Even a Silent Phone Disconnects Us'
A bonus episode of Note to Self featuring Sherry Turkle, acclaimed psychologist, researcher, and author of "Reclaiming Conversation."
13 Okt 201514min
WiFi, Cancer, and Paranoia
Science says you really don't need to worry about carcinogens and WiFi. We sort through all of the research with Only Human's Mary Harris.
7 Okt 201514min
Why Google 'Thought' This Black Woman Was a Gorilla
A story of racism and deep learning, otherwise known as "the best, best reason for diversity in tech."
30 Sep 201518min
The Ad Blocker's Dilemma: Sell Your Soul or Destroy the Internet
With the latest iOS update, you can start using ad blockers on your phone. But should you? Meet the ethical quandary at the heart of the Internet as we know it.
23 Sep 201523min
Why Texts From Your Ex Is a Thing
A conversation with Elan Gale, creator of "Texts From Your Ex." Because reading through hundreds of thousands of other people's emotionally loaded conversations gives you some pretty profound insight ...
16 Sep 201520min
Why Online Shoppers See Different Prices for the Same Item
"Price discrimination differentiation is, simply put, trying to charge different people, different prices for the same item, based on their willingness to pay."A question about the complicated ethics ...
9 Sep 201510min
