Podcast Episodes

From the Fringe Web to Real Life: How Seriously Should We Be Taking Conspiracy Theories?

Back in December, we did an episode about Pyrra, an AI-powered software that tracks sifts through the far corners of the internet – in some places you probably haven’t even heard of – to see what nar…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rümeysa Öztürk is Locked Up for an Op-ed: An Urgent Summit with the Student Newspaper that Published It

Episode 20

Where better to huddle up and discuss what to do about Rümeysa Öztürk and the chilling effect that is happening in journalism than on campus at Tufts University with the student journalists at The Tu…

Published on 5 months ago

Rümeysa Öztürk is Locked Up for an Op-ed: An Urgent Summit with the Student Newspaper that Published It

Where better to huddle up and discuss what to do about Rümeysa Öztürk and the chilling effect that is happening in journalism than on campus at Tufts University with the student journalists at The Tu…

Published on 5 months ago

Pounding Beers in a Shed, and Other Dispatches from the War on Free Speech

Season 1 Episode 19

Last episode we discussed the campaign to overturn the Supreme Court decision that protects reporters’ ability to criticize and investigate people in power.

But even with that decision still in place,…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Pounding Beers in a Shed, and Other Dispatches from the War on Free Speech

Last episode we discussed the campaign to overturn the Supreme Court decision that protects reporters’ ability to criticize and investigate people in power.

But even with that decision still in pla…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Freedom of the press is great, until you're the target

Season 1 Episode 18

For decades, a Supreme Court decision called New York Times vs Sullivan was widely beloved by people across the political spectrum. Hailed as a decision that gives the first amendment teeth and sets …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Freedom of the press is great, until you're the target

For decades, a Supreme Court decision called New York Times vs Sullivan was widely beloved by people across the political spectrum. Hailed as a decision that gave the first amendment teeth and made o…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The masterpiece Prince documentary Netflix won’t let the public see.

Season 1 Episode 18

The best documentary filmmaker in America spent nearly five years of his life making a nine-hour masterpiece for Netflix. 

It will never see the light of day. 

After a nasty estate battle, the series w…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The masterpiece Prince documentary Netflix won’t let the public see.

The best documentary filmmaker in America spent nearly five years of his life making a nine-hour masterpiece for Netflix. 

It will never see the light of day. 

After a nasty estate battle, the se…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

He quit journalism to fight authoritarianism. How’s that going?

Season 1 Episode 17

Last year, we did an episode with Barton Gellman, who talked about the war games he was running with high-level military leaders and government officials to prepare for a second Trump term. 

A bunch o…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago