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every 21 days
Average audio length:
29 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
48 episodes
since Jan. 9, 2024
episodic

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Journalist Kat Tenbarge and I discuss Ozzy Osbourne's son falsely accusing her of AI-generated writing, Survivor Stories Deserve Better, anti-Big Tech initiatives being funded by Big Tech, the poor handling of celebrity eating disorders, Meta glasses, and more. Keep up with Kat's work here: https:…

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We discuss "ugly laws", shadow bans, influencer snark (especially r/illnessfakers), influencers using sick kids for clout, child agency, state hopping by family content creators, the history of influencers , consumption and identity formation, “infotainment”, "Can we have an intellec…
Social media was once sold to us as "fun"—years later, the Big Tech leaders who sold us on it flaunt their authoritarian alignments. Gil Durán and I discuss his new book, "⁠The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy"⁠. We speak about what "technofascis…
We discuss connection bloat, unfollowing, the 'timeline acquaintance', unread messages, ambient copresence, Instagram Close Friends, cultural obsession with quantification, the realm of the facial hyperreal, AI looksmaxxing apps, online checkpoints, shock of alteration/deletion, digital memory, and…
How is AI affecting our relationships? Our problem-solving capabilities? Our confidence? Steve Rathje and I chat about some of his recent research on AI sycophancy to explore these questions and more.  A preview: people HATE disagreeable chatbots; humans are influenced by flattery even if we know i…
I speak with content creator Bella Dane about how to cultivate a learning lifestyle... we cover topics like the importance of curiosity, how to rethink your relationship with learning, the role consistency and systems play in our everyday lives, and more. Follow Bella on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube…
We discuss the science behind analog hobbies, decluttering digital and physical lives, and more. Kerry Hurlbut, DNP, CPNP-PC is the founder of Pointed Positivity, a needlepoint wellness brand. She is also a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Philadelphia.
Shira Lazar is the Co-Founder of What's Trending and the Founder of Creators 4 Mental Health. Creators 4 Mental Health brings mental well-being tools to the creator economy through individual support, community connection, and collective advocacy. Shira recently won a Shorty award for Creator Advo…
Adam and I chat about the commodification of identity, language trends for 2026, how language shapes our shared realities, technology's effect on conversation, the analog movement, the return of vibes, Dutch conveyor belts, and more.  You can keep up with Adam on: Instagram TikTok YouTube Substack…
From founding BossBabe at 21 and coining the term “millennial pink” to a career in tech philosophy spanning companies like Snap and LVMH... Alex Wolf has spent years at the intersection of community, culture, and technology. In this episode, we discuss all things tech: her four qualifiers of human-…
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