Mic Drop: Frank McCourt wants TikTok to help him reinvent the internet
Billionaire Frank McCourt doesn’t want to buy TikTok for its algorithm and addictive videos. He wants its 170 million American users to help him fundamentally change the Internet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
14 Mars 10min
The TikTok ban, China, and national security
Click Here host Dina Temple-Raston speaks with 1A's Jenn White about the latest on the TikTok ban, what’s next in the possible sale of its American arm, and whether the app is really a threat to national security. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
11 Mars 35min
Mic Drop: Aidan Raney's secret mission.
Aidan Raney does threat analysis for Farnsworth Intelligence, a company he founded. When one of his clients got caught up in a North Korean IT worker scheme, Aidan set out on a little mission: to infiltrate one of these operations and understand how it worked. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
7 Mars 13min
Meet the “Kyles” — North Korea’s secret IT warriors
North Korea has a secret army of workers applying for remote IT jobs around the world. They collect paychecks, sometimes steal company data, and answer to a boss who isn’t at company headquarters, he’s sitting in Pyongyang. We hear about one named Kyle. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
4 Mars 24min
Mic Drop: Anne Neuberger on AI: ‘We have to challenge ourselves to be first’
We sat down with former deputy national security advisor Anne Neuberger on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to talk about everything from Chinese AI startups like DeepSeek to the competition for the future world order. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
28 Feb 13min
Ron Deibert: ‘We’re living in a Philip K. Dick novel.’
As his new book “Chasing Shadows” hits bookstores this month, Ron Deibert tells us about how he and his team of digital sleuths at The Citizen Lab have been holding purveyors of high-tech surveillance to account. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
25 Feb 24min
Mic Drop: Mark Zaid’s ‘red badge of courage’
Earlier this month, Mark Zaid heard that the Trump administration had revoked his security clearances. Mark, best known for being the go-to lawyer for whistleblowers in the intelligence community, now appears to be part of a growing list of people President Trump perceives as disloyal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
21 Feb 11min
Could AI help ER doctors and medics make better decisions?
A mass shooting in Las Vegas a few years ago helped pave the way for a new DARPA program that is asking a very thorny question: Could doctors and medics make better life-and-death decisions with a little help from AI? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
18 Feb 27min
