Podcast Episodes

What Dr. Sanjay Gupta Learned From Being the Target of a Deepfake Health Ad

As a practicing neurosurgeon and CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta can spot false health claims from a mile away. Still, he recently became the unwitting subject of an AI disinforma…

Published on 9 hours ago

Back to School - With Help From AI

Kids are heading back to school. One thing students, teachers and parents can expect to encounter this year is artificial intelligence, which has raised all kinds of questions, both positive and nega…

Published on 1 week ago

How to Keep Your Private Messages Truly Private

DMs and text messages can feel like private forms of communication — but it’s not always that simple. There are scenarios where third parties might be able to access your messaging data, whether it's…

Published on 2 weeks ago

From VPNs to Cookies: Staying Secure Online

Episode 42

Should you trust public WiFi? How do you choose the right VPN? And what should you do when yet another website asks you to allow cookies? On today’s episode, ethical hacker and SocialProof Security C…

Published on 3 weeks ago

How Your Memories Can Live On After You Die

Episode 41

When Lucy Simic was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2018, she wondered how to spend the time she had left — and what kind of legacy she’d leave behind. In the years since, she’s collaborated with Re…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Keeping a Language Alive With a Robot

Episode 40

Many Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing. 24-year-old inventor Danielle Boyer is on a mission to change that. She designed SkoBot, an interactive robot that teaches children her own nati…

Published on 1 month ago

How AI Generated Police Reports Could Affect You

AI is being used right now by police officers across the United States to draft their reports — and it also has ramifications for prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and community members. Could t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Meet the Police Officers Using AI to Draft Police Reports

For the last year, officers in Fort Collins, Colorado, have used AI to draft police reports. In part one of this special two-episode deep dive, host Clare Duffy visits Fort Collins to meet the office…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Writing a Sequel to ‘Contagion’...With AI

Episode 37

The 2011 medical thriller Contagion had a big resurgence in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Scott Z. Burns, the screenwriter behind the film, started getting questions about a possible seque…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

How Will You Benefit From Commercial Space Travel?

Episode 36

In the past few years, the commercial spaceflight industry has taken off — literally. But is the industry just turning space into a playground for the ultrawealthy, or do these flights have benefits …

Published on 2 months ago