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From Russia with Likes (Part 2) — with Renée DiResta


Episode 6


In the second part of our interview with Renée DiResta, disinformation expert, Mozilla fellow, and co-author of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation, she explains how social media…


Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

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From Russia with Likes (Part 1) — with Renée DiResta


Episode 5


Today’s online propaganda has evolved in unforeseeable and seemingly absurd ways; by laughing at or spreading a Kermit the Frog meme, you may be unwittingly advancing the Russian agenda. These campai…


Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

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Down the Rabbit Hole by Design — with Guillaume Chaslot


Episode 4


When we press play on a YouTube video, we set in motion an algorithm that taps all available data to find the next video that keeps us glued to the screen. Because of its advertising-based business m…


Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

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With Great Power Comes... No Responsibility? — with Yaёl Eisenstat


Episode 3


Aza sits down with Yael Eisenstat, a former CIA officer and a former advisor at the White House. When Yael noticed that Americans were having a harder and harder time finding common ground, she shift…


Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

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Should've Stayed in Vegas — with Natasha Dow Schüll


Episode 2


In part two of our interview with cultural anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll, author of Addiction by Design, we learn what gamblers are really after a lot of the time — it’s not money. And it’s the s…


Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

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What Happened in Vegas — with Natasha Dow Schüll


Episode 1


Natasha Dow Schüll, author of Addiction by Design, has spent years studying how slot machines hold gamblers spellbound, in an endless loop of play. She never imagined the addictive designs which she …


Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

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Launching June 10: Your Undivided Attention



Technology has shredded our attention. We can do better.


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Published on 6 years, 6 months ago





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