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Techtonic Season 1 Episode 7: Meredith Broussard, Author of "More than a Glitch"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches, argues Meredith Broussard in her new book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Ge...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 4: Douglas Rushkoff, Author of "Survival of the Richest"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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A few years ago, Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to a group of billionaires. Rather than asking about current tech trends, the billionaires w...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 3: Kelly Weill, Author of "Off the Edge"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The Flat Earth conspiracy got a huge boost from Facebook and YouTube, as Kelly Weill explains in her book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy ...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 1: Carolyn Chen, Author of "Work Pray Code"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Many tech employees in Silicon Valley are pressured into joining a new religion, worshiping work and taking spiritual direction from their companie...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 5: Carissa Véliz, Author of "Privacy is Power" and Jon Fasman, Author of "We See It All"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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"Tech companies have abused their power and it is time to resist them." Oxford professor Carissa Véliz describes why privacy is so important, and h...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 6: Cory Doctorow, Author of "Chokepoint Capitalism"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Amazon took over books, Spotify and Google took over music, and musicians and authors are struggling as a result. Cory Doctorow talks about what we...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 2: Alec MacGillis, Author of "Fulfillment"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America" – about how Amazon has had drastic effects on the economy,...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 8: Nita Farahany, Author of "The Battle for Your Brain"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The tech industry is launching new brain-surveillance devices intended to monitor your mental state and, yes, even read your thoughts. Nita Farahan...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 9: Internet Addiction and the ITAA: Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Internet addiction is a growing problem, thanks to the intentional design of Silicon Valley platforms to "hook" users. The ITAA can help: Internet ...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Suspected Senders Identified in AI-Generated Robo Calls Faking Joe Biden’s Voice Before New Hampshire’s Presidential Primary
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Suspected Senders Identified in AI-Generated Robo Calls Faking Joe Biden’s Voice Before New Hampshire’s Presidential Primary

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
AI in News Reporting
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly advanced and is now capable of with minimal human intervention. This technology is transforming the way ne...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 06:50
Is Social Media Bad For Kids' Mental Health?
From: Open to Debate
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Recently, the US Surgeon General released an advisory stating with social media, there’s a risk of harm to children and adolescents' mental health....

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
11-18: When Truth is Dangerous: The Power of Independent Media, 6/14/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Monika Bauerlein
Today, there’s a renaissance of independent journalism dedicated to holding power accountable. Political pressures are mounting to break up media m...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
From: Open to Debate
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These days, the bird’s the word. Since shelling out $44 billion for Twitter, critics say Elon Musk is knocking the social media giant off its perch...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted 08/23/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: With Artemis about to launch, we need to ask ourselves an important question: What do we actually want for our moon?

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
World in Progress 05/26/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Under surveillance - Does facial recognition really make our lives safer? And what about our right to privacy? In the US,...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
AMOS 22.85: How Technology Created the Mid-Atlantic Accent, 4/29/2022
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Technology Created the Mid-Atlantic Accent

  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 03/09/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Do Germans have a good case for wanting things to reopen? Or it based more on psychological fatigue and social isolation? A...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Información zombi
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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Twitter, Facebook, TikTok. ¡Estamos inundados de diferentes redes sociales! Es imposible escapar de las noticias. Nos sigue A TODAS PARTES. Están e...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Blind Date with Dividends: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith on Polarizing Algorithms
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
Diversity and Perseverance in Business
From: KNVC Carson City Community Radio
Series: Business Therapy
Caption: Business Therapy, Credit: Diane Dye Hansen
This week Christine interviews Michael Grecco. Michael is a celebrity photographer and TV personality. He has a number of tales including unexpecte...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 24:56
Take Back the App!
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This week, Laura talks with coders, activists and tech entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of the platform cooperative movement. If we take the ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 109: Homewrecker
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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It’s one thing to get into an argument with a stranger on Facebook. It’s another thing to try to ruin that stranger’s life. In 2015, Re/Max realtor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:08
The Original Nintendo Entertainment System [NES]
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Nintendo Console Retrospective
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This piece is dedicated to Nintendo's first home console

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:02
Spectrum 04/02/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Who on earth would pay 29 euros to take photos in front of blindingly pink backdrops? Instagrammers would. Join us at Germa...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 30:00