"You Deserve to Die" and Other Fun Conversation Starters
People say mean things to Dylan Marron online. He takes that as an invitation to call them up and make friends. This week, the benefits of talking to our haters, and why it’s good for the country as w...
6 Dec 201728min
Let’s Check The Tape
An incomplete list of the objects listening to us: Siri. Alexa. Google Home. With so many recordings, the transcribed life isn’t far off. For better or for worse. This week, one intrepid woman record...
29 Nov 201727min
The Lawsuit that Could Shine a Light on Cambridge Analytica
How a single American’s quest for his own digital marketing profile may show us all how our data travels the world. And may even end up in the hands of foreign governments. ------- Subscribe to our We...
22 Nov 201726min
Revisiting Cambridge Analytica’s Role in the Presidential Election
From March, the first chapter in our look at Cambridge Analytica. We asked the controversial digital marketing firm what services they provided for Trump. And experimented with our own psychometric pr...
22 Nov 201726min
It’s Not Over Nyet
More spy terms explained, reasonable/sensible coping strategies for when democracy is under threat, and nyet more puns. This week: how to spot a botnet. How psychometrics sells sneakers - and worldvie...
15 Nov 201717min
Spy Terms of the Internyet
Russian spy tactics have gotten an upgrade since the Cold War. This week how they work now: bad actors, active measures, advanced persistent threats. Cyberwar has its own vocabulary. So we got ourselv...
8 Nov 201714min
Nyet Just a Conspiracy Theory?
If talking about democracy getting hacked feels like old news, it’s time to take a fresh look. This week, we separate fear from facts with Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman of the Daily Beast. Good...
1 Nov 201721min
Where Do I Go Now?
There was a time humans were guided by stars, not satellite. Now you can beam into robots, or turn on GPS. But when we put ourselves on autopilot we may lose our minds. This week, Manoush outsources h...
25 Okt 201718min
