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Bonus ‘The Paul Wells Show’: Election Week 4 - It's a Jungle Online
Episode 28
We have a really exciting episode coming out on Tuesday: an interview with former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie about the fight for Canada’s economic sove…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Changing Face of Election Interference
Episode 27
We’re a few weeks into a federal election that is currently too close to call. And while most Canadians are wondering who our next Prime Minister wil…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Do You Report the News in a Post-Truth World?
Episode 26
If you’re having a conversation about the state of journalism, it’s bound to get a little depressing.
Since 2008, more than 250 local news outlets ha…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Chinese Company Upended OpenAI. We May Be Looking at the Story All Wrong.
Episode 25
When the American company OpenAI released ChatGPT, it was the first time that a lot of people had ever interacted with Generative AI. ChatGPT has bec…
1 year, 2 months ago
Big Tech Hijacked Our Attention. Chris Hayes Wants To Win It Back.
Episode 24
Do I have your attention right now? I’m guessing probably not. Or, at least, not all of it. In all likelihood, you’re listening to this on your morni…
1 year, 3 months ago
New Spyware Has Made Your Phone Less Secure Than You Might Think
Episode 23
It’s become pretty easy to spot phishing scams: UPS orders you never made, banking alerts from companies you don’t bank with, phone calls from unfami…
1 year, 3 months ago
A Computer Scientist Answers Your Questions About AI
Episode 22
We’ve spent a lot of time on this show talking about AI: how it’s changing war, how your doctor might be using it, and whether or not chatbots are cu…
1 year, 4 months ago
Questions About AI? We Want to Hear Them
Episode 21
We spend a lot of time talking about AI on this show: how we should govern it, the ideologies of the people making it, and the ways it's reshaping ou…
1 year, 4 months ago
This Mother Says a Chatbot Led to Her Son’s Death
Episode 20
In February, 2024, Megan Garcia’s 14-year-old son Sewell took his own life.
As she tried to make sense of what happened, Megan discovered that Sewell …
1 year, 4 months ago
Bonus ‘The Decibel’: How an algorithm missed a deadly listeria outbreak
Episode 19
In July, there was a recall on two brands of plant-based milks, Silk and Great Value, after a listeria outbreak that led to at least 20 illnesses and…
1 year, 5 months ago