# Ed Bennett

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The Algorithm Owns How We Think We Think

In this episode of Surprise - It’s Not a Toaster, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the growing frustration around algorithms. Not just how often they change, but how little control users actually have over what they’re being shown. From TikTok and Meta to Google and YouTube, personalization has b…

Someone Updated Your Book While You Were Reading It

The book you downloaded is not the book the author wrote. It might have been quietly sensitivity-edited. It might now contain brand references the author never put there. Or, in the case of Pretty Little Liars, it just started mentioning TikTok in a scene from 2006. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer dig …

Hard to Swallow News (and the Market That Broke It)

Getting real news shouldn’t feel like decoding a puzzle designed by someone who doesn’t want you to solve it. This week, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the modern news machine - from broadcast consolidation and partisan drift to the clickbait headline race and the increasingly buried links tha…

Prediction: The House Always Wins

Every decade, the same behavioral design gets a new name and a fresh regulatory fight. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer trace the structural lineage connecting online gambling, gamified stock trading, and prediction markets — three industries that borrowed the same dopamine playbook from the same design…

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

A meme is the most efficient way to move an idea. It is also the least accountable. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer trace what memes actually do: compress complicated thinking, strip the citations, outrun every fact check. From the Marilyn Monroe line she never said to the Einstein insanity quote he ne…

We’re Running Out of Letters

You're not bad at remembering drug names. You're listening in on a conversation you were never the audience for. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the engineered weirdness of prescription drug names, inspired by a recent 99% Invisible episode on the topic. The visual silhouettes, the syllable str…

Si Paton (Experimental Music)

Punkast is a weekly podcast exploring punk in the historical present through critical conversations, inquiry, and collaboration. >>> Follow the show to stay tapped in. New episodes every Friday. In this episode: Experimental composer, improviser, and educator Si Paton joins Jessica Schwartz for a l…

Sloptimized

For 25 years Google organized the web so you could find the page you needed. Now it answers for you, buries the links, and sells a spot inside the answer. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on Google going AI-first in search, from AI Overviews shoving the blue links to the bottom to ads that pay thei…

Dr. Ed Bennett - Part 1: "Hawkeye State of Mind"

Dr. Ed Bennett was principal at Omaha Central from 2013 until 2021. In this 2-part podcast, we explore the life and career journey of one of Central's most memorable leaders. He was inducted into the Central Hall of Fame in 2026. Part One discusses Ed's Newton, IA upbringing and influences, fro…

Dr. Ed Bennett - Part 2: "Papa Eagle"

Dr. Ed Bennett was principal at Omaha Central from 2013 until 2021. In this 2-part podcast, we explore Ed's life and career journey. He was inducted into the Central Hall of Fame in Oct. 2026. Part Two picks up Ed's career as he becomes principal of Buffett MS and then returns to lead Central Hi…