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Why Facebook Can’t Just Create a Currency

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Aaron Mak looks into Facebook’s plan to create a global cryptocurrency called Libra. For an expert opinion, he turns to Chris Brumme...

Prime Day Comes but Once a Year

17 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shannon Palus talks about the journalistic ethics of Amazon affiliate links with Jacqui Cheng, former Editor-in-Chief of Wirecutter a...

Prime Day Comes but Once a Year

17 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shannon Palus talks about the journalistic ethics of Amazon affiliate links with Jacqui Cheng, former Editor-in-Chief of Wirecutter a...

ICE’s Reckless Use of Facial Recognition Tech

10 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Aaron Mak talks about federal law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology with Jake Laperruque. He’s Senior Counsel at T...

ICE’s Reckless Use of Facial Recognition Tech

10 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Aaron Mak talks about federal law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology with Jake Laperruque. He’s Senior Counsel at T...

Healthcare via Video Chat

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shannon Palus explores the growing telehealth industry, where doctors and patients connect via video chat or sometimes just a secure ...

Healthcare via Video Chat

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shannon Palus explores the growing telehealth industry, where doctors and patients connect via video chat or sometimes just a secure ...

When Tech Journalism Took A Critical Turn

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, April Glaser catches up with her former co-host Will Oremus. Then the two of them are joined by Future Tense editor Torie Bosch and N...

When Tech Journalism Took A Critical Turn

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, April Glaser catches up with her former co-host Will Oremus. Then the two of them are joined by Future Tense editor Torie Bosch and N...

When a Scooter Makes More Sense Than a Car

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, guest host Henry Grabar looks at how Zillow is trying to disrupt the real estate business—and why it might work in some cities but ...

When a Scooter Makes More Sense Than a Car

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, guest host Henry Grabar looks at how Zillow is trying to disrupt the real estate business—and why it might work in some cities but ...

How Driverless Cars Will Actually Work

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser talks to Chris Urmson, CEO of Aurora, a company that builds the technology for self-driving cars. Urmson offers a timelin...

How Driverless Cars Will Actually Work

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser talks to Chris Urmson, CEO of Aurora, a company that builds the technology for self-driving cars. Urmson offers a timelin...

Re-Up: Senator Mark Warner

05 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, April Glaser revisits an interview with Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who released a pol...

Re-Up: Senator Mark Warner

05 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, April Glaser revisits an interview with Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who released a pol...

Luxury Bunkers for the End of the World

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by Max Read, an editor and writer at New York Magazine who writes the column Life in Pixels. First, April and M...

Luxury Bunkers for the End of the World

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by Max Read, an editor and writer at New York Magazine who writes the column Life in Pixels.First, April and Ma...

Why It’s So Hard to Live in California

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by co-host Kim-Mai Cutler, a partner at Initialized Capital, an early-stage venture firm. She’s also a former...

Why It’s So Hard to Live in California

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by co-host Kim-Mai Cutler, a partner at Initialized Capital, an early-stage venture firm. She’s also a former...

Designing a Better Facebook

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, April Glaser is joined by guest co-host Max Read, an editor at New York magazine who covers technology and the internet. First, April...

Designing a Better Facebook

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, April Glaser is joined by guest co-host Max Read, an editor at New York magazine who covers technology and the internet.First, April ...

Cyberspace Didn’t Stay Free

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined once again by guest co-host Meredith Broussard, a data journalism professor at NYU and author of Artificial Uni...

Cyberspace Didn’t Stay Free

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined once again by guest co-host Meredith Broussard, a data journalism professor at NYU and author of Artificial Uni...

Public Education, Facebook-Style

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by co-host Meredith Broussard, a data journalism professor at NYU and author of Artificial Unintelligence: How ...

Public Education, Facebook-Style

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by co-host Meredith Broussard, a data journalism professor at NYU and author of Artificial Unintelligence: How ...

Unmasking The Russians Who Hacked The DNC

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined once again by co-host Siva Vaidhyanathan, director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of...

Unmasking The Russians Who Hacked The DNC

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined once again by co-host Siva Vaidhyanathan, director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of...

What Happened To WikiLeaks

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by guest host Siva Vaidhyanathan, director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virgini...

What Happened To WikiLeaks

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode April Glaser is joined by guest host Siva Vaidhyanathan, director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virgini...

Fake Meat Designed for Carnivores

10 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

April Glaser is joined by Gizmodo investigative reporter, Kashmir Hill, to talk about an ambitious British proposal to regulate content on social medi...

Fake Meat Designed for Carnivores

10 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

April Glaser is joined by Gizmodo investigative reporter, Kashmir Hill, to talk about an ambitious British proposal to regulate content on social medi...

Local News Brought to You by Big Tech

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss a recent report in Bloomberg that says executives at YouTube ignored employees who raised concerns about the spre...

Local News Brought to You by Big Tech

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss a recent report in Bloomberg that says executives at YouTube ignored employees who raised concerns about the spre...

Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aprill Glaser and Will Oremus kick off the episode by talking about Apple’s plan to be the ultimate middleman--with new offerings announced this wee...

Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aprill Glaser and Will Oremus kick off the episode by talking about Apple’s plan to be the ultimate middleman--with new offerings announced this wee...

Livestreaming A Massacre

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, April Glaser and Will Oremus first talk to two researchers who’ve uncovered new information about the way the U.S. government tra...

Livestreaming A Massacre

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, April Glaser and Will Oremus first talk to two researchers who’ve uncovered new information about the way the U.S. government tra...

Your Social Media Photos Are Helping to Build the Surveillance State

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, April Glaser kicks things off by talking about Facebook’s long-overdue crackdown on anti-vaccination groups. The social media pla...

Your Social Media Photos Are Helping to Build the Surveillance State

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, April Glaser kicks things off by talking about Facebook’s long-overdue crackdown on anti-vaccination groups. The social media pla...

How To Trust A VPN

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus take a look at an increasingly popular online privacy tool--that has some serious trust issues o...

How To Trust A VPN

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus take a look at an increasingly popular online privacy tool--that has some serious trust issues o...

Empathy at Scale

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host April Glaser looks at the continuing battle between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commision. Earlier thi...

Empathy at Scale

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host April Glaser looks at the continuing battle between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commision. Earlier thi...

Can Palantir Be Used For Good?

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host Will Oremus looks at the fallout from Amazon’s announcement last week that they’re abandoning plans for a new headquarters...

Can Palantir Be Used For Good?

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host Will Oremus looks at the fallout from Amazon’s announcement last week that they’re abandoning plans for a new headquarters...

Jeff Bezos’s Privacy Complexifier

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about the implications from last week’s bizarre, but also serious, showdown between Amazo...

Jeff Bezos’s Privacy Complexifier

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about the implications from last week’s bizarre, but also serious, showdown between Amazo...

The Court-Records Paywall Scam

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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The Court-Records Paywall Scam

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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Media Layoffs Are Trending

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss a rather terrifying security flaw from Apple, a company that prides itself on keeping in...

Media Layoffs Are Trending

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss a rather terrifying security flaw from Apple, a company that prides itself on keeping in...

Juul Heist

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss news news that the french government has fined Google close to $57 million for violating...

Juul Heist

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss news news that the french government has fined Google close to $57 million for violating...

Social Media's Weird Future

16 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss news that PG&E, California’s main power provider, plans to file for bankruptcy due to ...

Social Media's Weird Future

16 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss news that PG&E, California’s main power provider, plans to file for bankruptcy due...

At CES: Tech After Smartphones

09 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss startling new revelations about some of the major phone carriers. The story broke this w...

At CES: Tech After Smartphones

09 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss startling new revelations about some of the major phone carriers. The story broke this w...

Best of 2018

02 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus introduce some of their favorite interviews from 2018. We have highlights from our conversations...

Best of 2018

02 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus introduce some of their favorite interviews from 2018. We have highlights from our conversations...

Aftermath of a Data Breach

26 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus will talk reader mail! The hosts  take a look at some of your questions and comments from the y...

Aftermath of a Data Breach

26 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus will talk reader mail! The hosts  take a look at some of your questions and comments from the y...

The Information World War

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus will talk about how Taylor Swift used face recognition to surveil the crowd at a recent concert,...

The Information World War

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus will talk about how Taylor Swift used face recognition to surveil the crowd at a recent concert,...

Warehouse Workers Bring Amazon To The Table

12 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the latest round of “Tech CEO Goes to Washington.” On Tuesday morning, that CEO was ...

Warehouse Workers Bring Amazon To The Table

12 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the latest round of “Tech CEO Goes to Washington.” On Tuesday morning, that CEO was ...

The Civil Rights Group Targeted By Facebook

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the news that Tumblr will soon be banning all adult content on its site -- this in respo...

The Civil Rights Group Targeted By Facebook

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the news that Tumblr will soon be banning all adult content on its site -- this in respo...

Tomorrow's Children, Edited.

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the ongoing fallout at Facebook over the company’s decision to hire a conservative PR ...

Tomorrow's Children, Edited.

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, hosts April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the ongoing fallout at Facebook over the company’s decision to hire a conservative PR ...

Facebook's Former Security Chief on What Went Wrong

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host Will Oremus will discuss the fallout from last week’s New York Times expose about Facebook with the company’s former Secur...

Facebook's Former Security Chief on What Went Wrong

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host Will Oremus will discuss the fallout from last week’s New York Times expose about Facebook with the company’s former Secur...

Amazon's Prime Real Estate

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host Will Oremus will talk about the employee uprising at Google, and the changes that it and other tech companies have made to the...

Amazon's Prime Real Estate

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, host Will Oremus will talk about the employee uprising at Google, and the changes that it and other tech companies have made to the...

The Meme Midterms

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Will Oremus and April Glaser are bringing you a special episode of If Then, all about the midterm elections and the role of Silicon Valley and online ...

The Meme Midterms

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Will Oremus and April Glaser are bringing you a special episode of If Then, all about the midterm elections and the role of Silicon Valley and online ...

The Internet of Hate

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser look further into the presidential election in Brazil and how tech has played a role. On Sunday...

The Internet of Hate

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser look further into the presidential election in Brazil and how tech has played a role. On Sunday...

Who Owns Your DNA Data?

24 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss Elon Musk’s other, other project with their Slate colleague Henry Grabar. Not space t...

Who Owns Your DNA Data?

24 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss Elon Musk’s other, other project with their Slate colleague Henry Grabar. Not space t...

How Senator Mark Warner Wants to Crack Down on Tech

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the continuing saga that is Facebook’s effort to fix itself--ideally, without breakin...

How Senator Mark Warner Wants to Crack Down on Tech

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the continuing saga that is Facebook’s effort to fix itself--ideally, without breakin...

Is Privacy A Right?

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the latest data spill in Silicon Valley: It’s Google this time. And it’s time to ta...

Is Privacy A Right?

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the latest data spill in Silicon Valley: It’s Google this time. And it’s time to ta...

Fact And Fiction on Wikipedia

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the announcement that Amazon would raise the minimum wage for its US workers to 15 d...

Fact And Fiction on Wikipedia

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the announcement that Amazon would raise the minimum wage for its US workers to 15 d...

Reshuffling the Podcasting Deck

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the recent announcement that Instagram’s founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, ...

Reshuffling the Podcasting Deck

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the recent announcement that Instagram’s founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, ...

Tech Barons Are the New Media Barons

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a literal moonshot. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced the first private customer wh...

Tech Barons Are the New Media Barons

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a literal moonshot. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced the first private customer wh...

If Then Presents: The Secret History of The Future

16 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Technology continues to change the way we live and work. Which is why The Secret History of The Future—the new technology show from Slate and The Ec...

If Then Presents: The Secret History of The Future

16 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Technology continues to change the way we live and work. Which is why The Secret History of The Future—the new technology show from Slate and The Ec...

Special Report: Apple’s New (Old) Gizmos

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We have a special bonus If Then! On Wednesday afternoon Apple held its big annual event full of new and expensive gadgets. We wanted to help you make ...

Special Report: Apple’s New (Old) Gizmos

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We have a special bonus If Then! On Wednesday afternoon Apple held its big annual event full of new and expensive gadgets. We wanted to help you make ...

Google’s Real Biases

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss California’s landmark decision to eliminate cash bail for defendants in criminal case...

Google’s Real Biases

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss California’s landmark decision to eliminate cash bail for defendants in criminal case...

How The Future Of Music Streaming Will Sound

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser are joined once again by their Slate colleague Mark Joseph Stern to make sense of a what a Kava...

How The Future Of Music Streaming Will Sound

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser are joined once again by their Slate colleague Mark Joseph Stern to make sense of a what a Kava...

Twitter Without the Nazis

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss reports that big tech companies are lobbying in favor of a national privacy law. They’...

Twitter Without the Nazis

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss reports that big tech companies are lobbying in favor of a national privacy law. They’...

Google’s Secret Censorship Project

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about a new Russian hacking report--this time, targeting conservatives. And it’s been a ...