Podcast Episodes

Inside an AI-Powered School

This week we start with Emanuel’s wild story about Alpha School, a very hyped AI-powered school. Emanuel got leaked documents and spoke to former emp…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

What It’s Like to Be a Data Labeler Training AI

I recently traveled to Kenya for a journalism and AI conference. While I was there, I really wanted to meet with Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ring Is Back and Scarier Than Ever

We start this week with exciting news: we bought a Super Bowl ad! For… $2,550. We explain how. After the break, Jason tells us about Ring’s recently …

5 months ago

The Screen Time Panic Sets Parents Up to Fail

Patrick Klepek on the reality of parenting in the age of Roblox and YouTube.

I listened to hours of podcasts about how screen time affects kids of a…

5 months ago

The Latest Epstein Dump is a Disaster

We start this week with Sam and Emanuel’s article about the latest Epstein dump, and how it’s really a disaster in a lot of ways. After the break, Ma…

5 months, 1 week ago

How Identity Literally Changes What You See (with Samuel Bagg)

This week Joseph talks to Samuel Bagg, assistant professor of political science at the University of South Carolina. Bagg recently wrote a fascinatin…

5 months, 1 week ago

Creators Worry Porn Platform Is Falling Into ‘AI Psychosis’

We start this week with Sam’s piece about ManyVids, and how some creators believe its CEO, and the person who controls their livelihood, may be exper…

5 months, 1 week ago

Exposing the People Behind Deepfake Porn Sites with Bellingcat Investigator Kolina Koltai

This week, Sam is in conversation with Kolina Koltai. Kolina is an investigator, senior researcher and trainer at Bellingcat. Her investigations focu…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Here’s What Palantir Is Really Building

We start this week with Joseph’s article about ELITE, a tool Palantir is working on for ICE. After the break, Emanuel tells us how AI influencers are…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

How Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia’s CTO Selena Deckelmann)

The Wikimedia Foundation’s chief technology and product officer explains how she helps manage one of the most visited sites in the world in the age o…

5 months, 3 weeks ago