Is Wiping a Phone a Crime?
Joseph had to use a different mic this week, that will be fixed next time! We start this week talking about a very unusual case: someone is being charged for allegedly wiping a phone before CBP could ...
17 Dec 202547min
Why Are We Obsessed With Aliens? (With Becky Ferreira)
Humanity has talked about aliens throughout recorded history, and obsession that has changed science, faith, and media. The past few years have been very exciting for those who want to believe. Th...
15 Dec 20251h 5min
Zines Are Back
We start this week with news of our zine! We’re printing it very soon, and walk you through the process. Independent media is turning back to physical zines as a way to subvert algorithms. After the b...
10 Dec 202541min
How AI Porn Isolates Us with Noelle Perdue
This week Sam is in conversation with Noelle Perdue. Noelle is a writer, producer, and internet porn historian whose works has been published in Wired, the Washington Post, Slate, and more, and you’re...
8 Dec 202556min
This Podcast Will Hack You
We start this week with Joseph’s very weird story about Apple Podcasts. The app is opening by itself, playing random spirituality podcasts, and in one case directing listeners to a potentially malicio...
3 Dec 202541min
Inside the Biggest Sting Operation Ever (with Michael Bobbitt)
Joseph speaks to Michael Bobbitt, a former FBI official who worked directly on Operation Trojan Shield. In this operation the FBI secretly ran its own encrypted phone company for organized crime, back...
1 Dec 202551min
A Massive Breach Reveals the Truth Behind 'Secret Desires AI'
We start this week with Sam's piece about a massive leak of an AI chatbot, and how it showed that people were taking ordinary women’s yearbook photos and using them to make AI porn. After the break, J...
26 Nov 202555min
Luxury Surveillance (With Chris Gilliard)
Jason talks to Chris Gilliard, the author of the upcoming book Luxury Surveillance. Gilliard has studied the rise of companies like Ring and Flock, as well as the dynamics that lead people to surveil ...
24 Nov 20251h 2min
