Podcasts

Global Connectivity Unplugged (with Brian Barritt and Michael Cheng)

Global Connectivity Unplugged (with Brian Barritt and Michael Cheng)

While internet access has spread rapidly across the globe during the past several decades, around three billion people still lack ...

April 11, 2024 | By Julia Torres


Tony Mills on the Failures of Experts During COVID

Tony Mills on the Failures of Experts During COVID

Tony Mills joins Robert to talk about what policymakers and scientific experts got right and wrong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

March 26, 2024 | By Owen O'Brien


What Has Been Done to Address Online Lag? (with Jason Livingood)

What Has Been Done to Address Online Lag? (with Jason Livingood)

While the internet has improved monumentally since its early days of bandwidth restrictions and dial-up, customers are more demanding of ...

March 13, 2024 | By Julia Torres


What Do the EU’s Tech Regulations Mean for the US? (With James Lewis)

What Do the EU’s Tech Regulations Mean for the US? (With James Lewis)

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an ambitious attempt to constrain the immense power of Big Tech. But ...

February 29, 2024 | By Julia Torres


Inside the Challenge Against Phone Spam (with Dave Stewart)

Inside the Challenge Against Phone Spam (with Dave Stewart)

Unwanted calls and messages have become a major nuisance in the digital age. Regulators have scrambled to address rising complaints ...

February 14, 2024 | By Julia Torres


Making Sense of Music Streaming (with Michael Huppe)

Making Sense of Music Streaming (with Michael Huppe)

When Taylor Swift pulled her music from Spotify in 2014, she shone a spotlight on an issue that persists in ...

January 31, 2024 | By Julia Torres


Beyond Bitcoin (with Yuval Rooz)

Beyond Bitcoin (with Yuval Rooz)

Cryptocurrency is transforming finance before our eyes, using technology to put control over money and transactions back into the hands ...

January 18, 2024 | By Julia Torres