The podcast about how we make our technology.

And how our technology makes us. 

 

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Episode #29: Devilish Deals

Are we selling our souls to tech companies for a little convenience? Darien and Toby are joined by Dr. David Young, professor in digital communications to discuss the agreements we sign when we use technology.

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Episode #28: Apocapod!

How apocalyptic is the apocalypse? Darien and Dr. Tobias Wilson-Bates are joined by Marlee Jane Ward, host of the podcast Catastropod to break down the stories of things breaking down.

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Episode #27: A Podcast of Death Foretold

Can social media help us predict and prevent suicide without creating issues in the process? Dr. John P. Ackerman, Suicide Prevention Coordinator at National Children’s Hospital joins to discuss.

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Episode #26: Robot Eunuchs

What does the trend in semi-gendered robot assistants mean for the future of gender in humans? Author Tucker Lieberman explains and explores.

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Episode #25: Broken News

Can artificially intelligent TV anchors improve the news, or just do it badly faster?

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Darien + Tobias

One of us is a Ph.D. in literature and studies how the technologies we use and the stories we tell ourselves relate. The other one is an entrepreneur who works on making advanced data systems available to everyone. If you can't figure out which is which, you're not listening very closely. Read about us. 

 

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

— Arthur C. Clarke

 
 

Apocalypse or Utopia?

Is our technology leading us towards ever greater human achievement and happiness, or are we on the slippery slope towards a digital hellscape? It's pretty hard to say, frankly. However, we try answer that question at the end of each episode with all the rigor you can expect from two fathers who are trying to fit in a podcast between their full-time jobs and their families.