Podcast Episodes

TBD | Instagram’s Pedophile Problem

As the debate around child safety online rages on, an investigation by The New York Times found a seedy world of pedophiles interacting with child influencer accounts, often run by their parents, on …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

TBD | Why TikTok Went Silent

Thousands of songs have disappeared from TikTok in recent months as music giant Universal Music Group, or UMG, has pulled its catalog from the app. UMG claims that TikTok is a music platform, and tha…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

TBD | Why TikTok Went Silent

Thousands of songs have disappeared from TikTok in recent months as music giant Universal Music Group, or UMG, has pulled its catalog from the app. UMG claims that TikTok is a music platform, and tha…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Rep Jayapal Says the Biden Coalition is 'Fractured'

With Biden trailing Trump in the polls and thousands of Democrats casting votes for “uncommitted” in the primaries, can the president make his case for a second term to frustrated progressives at the…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Can Gaza Survive on Airdropped Aid?

Airdropping aid, food, and supplies is expensive, inexact, and inefficient and usually only a last resort when your enemies have left you no other options. So why is the United States airdropping aid…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Why Adam Schiff Is Running Ads for a Republican

Nancy Pelosi is no longer in charge of the House Democrats, and Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat is now up for grabs. Will a new generation of progressives step up in deep blue California? It’s not so …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Florida's Anti-Vaxxers Won. Then the Measles Surged.

Measles happens, but this outbreak in Florida is unfolding in a post-pandemic world where mistrust in public health officials and vaccinations is practically the party line. 

Guest: Lauren Weber, Wash…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

TBD | Google’s Scam Obituary Problem

Why scam obituaries are edging out earnest ones, with the help of artificial intelligence and an adept Google game.

Guest: Mia Sato, reporter for The Verge.

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Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

TBD | The Supreme Court Takes on Content Moderation

Is it censorship for social media platforms to moderate their content, or is censorship when the state tells social media platforms how to moderate their content? 

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate writ…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Biden’s Commitment Problem

With Biden losing thousands of votes to “uncommitted” and Trump unable to pull incumbent numbers, the Michigan primaries seemed to show that the electorate isn’t exactly enthusiastic about either can…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago