The Kids Are Online: Are Social Media Bans the Answer? w/ Cori Crider and Pamela Wisniewski
Almost everyone studying kids’ safety online agrees that a blanket social media ban won't work. And nearly every government moving on the issue is passing one anyway. This week, a researcher and a pol...
25 Sep 52min
When Kids Can’t Consent: The Case Against Tech in the Classroom w/ Andrew Liddell
No tech that your kid uses in the classroom was designed for their benefit. Not the tablet, not the "learning app," not the AI chatbot helping with homework. It was designed to benefit the company tha...
18 Sep 49min
The Battle for Power Inside Big Tech: Against Tech Oligarchy w/ JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine
Over the last decade, tech workers have staged walkouts, signed open letters by the tens of thousands, and built more than a dozen new unions across the industry. And yet, over that same decade, tech ...
15 Sep 56min
Meet the Mom Winning Against AI in Schools w/ Ifeoma Ozoma
Imagine dropping your kid off at school, assuming they’ll spend the day being taught by… teachers, of course. But then you find out that part of their day is actually spent talking and reading out lou...
11 Sep 53min
The Digital Delusion: The False Promise of Ed Tech w/ Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath
A screen is built to do one thing well: split your attention across as many things as possible, as fast as possible. A developing brain needs the opposite— sustained, undivided focus— to learn anythin...
4 Sep 42min
Meet the Guy (Actually) Passing Tech Laws
You've likely heard of the National Sexual Assault Hotline. What you might not know is that it's operated by RAINN, an organization that has become one of the more unlikely players in tech policy. Sin...
28 Aug 54min
How Anduril Tried to Kill Democracy in Ohio (& How Farmers Fought Back)
In Madison Township, Ohio, families have farmed the same land for generations. Then a commercial real estate company started buying up their neighbors' fields under the code name "Project Thor." They ...
21 Aug 51min
