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Understood Introduces: “The Human Cost of AI: Money, Sex, and Tools” from No Small Endeavor
Season 7 Episode 5
Today, we are sharing a special episode from No Small Endeavor, the Signal Award-winning podcast that explores what it means to live a good life thro…
6 months ago
Deepfake Porn Empire | E4: The Fake Porn Pharmacist
Season 7 Episode 4
Almost a year after Ida Herskind started her investigation in Copenhagen, the digital chase is over. The team have identified the person allegedly be…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Deepfake Porn Empire | E3: The Notorious D.P.F.K.S.
Season 7 Episode 3
Journalist Ida Herskind is working at a Danish newspaper when she comes across a story that stops her cold: it’s about a porn video that looks real —…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Deepfake Porn Empire | E2: So You’ve Been Deepfaked
Season 7 Episode 2
When “Taylor” found out she’d been deepfaked in 2020, she also learned she wasn’t alone. She teams up with another target, and together they start co…
8 months ago
Deepfake Porn Empire | E1: The Dawn of Fake Porn
Season 7 Episode 1
When a streamer who goes by QTCinderella starts trending on Twitter, she isn’t expecting to see her face on a porn site — her face, doing things she …
8 months, 1 week ago
Introducing Understood: Deepfake Porn Empire
Season 7
Non-consensual deepfake porn is becoming increasingly pervasive, and it didn’t just come out of nowhere. These deepfakes were created and curated by …
8 months, 1 week ago
The Making of Elon Musk | E4: The Great Trek
Season 6 Episode 4
Finally, we launch into Musk’s ultimate quest — his desire to colonize Mars — and how he went from wanting to save earth to wanting to escape it. We …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The Making of Elon Musk | E3: The Legion
Season 6 Episode 3
What does Musk, father of 14, expect from his “legion” of children? We unravel his quest for genetic optimization, including alleged embryo screening…
1 year ago
The Making of Elon Musk | E2: Technocracy, Inc.
Season 6 Episode 2
Could Musk’s authoritarian streak trace back to his Canadian grandfather? Before Joshua Haldeman brought his family to South Africa, he made waves as…
1 year ago
The Making of Elon Musk | E1: Escape from Pretoria
Season 6 Episode 1
Where did Elon Musk’s epic ambitions begin? In search of clues we return to his sheltered youth in apartheid South Africa, a world engineered for whi…
1 year ago