Podcast Episodes

The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods

We start this week with Joseph’s article about Webloc, a tool ICE bought that can monitor phones in entire neighborhoods. After the break, Emanuel an…

3 hours ago

How Benn Jordan Discovered Flock's Cameras Were Left Streaming to the Internet

This week, Jason is talking to YouTuber Benn Jordan, who has done some of our favorite reporting on Flock, the automated license plate reader surveil…

2 days, 3 hours ago

The People Tracking America's AI Data Centers

We start this week with Matthew’s story about an organization tracking the location of AI data centers around the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. Af…

1 week ago

REPLAY: Pornhub Exec Alexzandra Kekesi Discusses Pulling Out of the South, Trad Wives, and Feet Pics

On this special guest episode of the 404 Media Podcast, Sam talks to Alexzandra Kekesi, VP of Brand and Community at Pornhub. Kekesi started in her c…

1 week, 2 days ago

REPLAY: Signal's Meredith Whittaker on Backdoors and AI

This is a special interview episode with Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation. I'm sure you all know, and maybe even use, the S…

2 weeks ago

The Shifting World of OSINT (with Craig Silverman)

Joseph speaks to Craig Silverman, one of the co-founders of Indicator. Indicator is a new, independent media company that Craig runs with Alexios Man…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

We Tracked Ourselves with Exposed Flock Cameras

We start this week with Jason’s story about Flock exposing a bunch of AI-powered cameras. These cameras zoom in on people as they walk by, sometimes …

3 weeks ago

Landing Big Scoops as an Indie Journalist (with Marisa Kabas)

Marisa Kabas is the founder of The Handbasket, an independent newsletter and website that has been breaking stories left and right about government w…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Is Wiping a Phone a Crime?

Joseph had to use a different mic this week, that will be fixed next time! We start this week talking about a very unusual case: someone is being cha…

4 weeks ago

Why Are We Obsessed With Aliens? (With Becky Ferreira)

Humanity has talked about aliens throughout recorded history, and obsession that has changed science, faith, and media. 

The past few years have bee…

4 weeks, 2 days ago