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Potential needs discipline
Turning technical potential into dependable systems takes choices about products, capital and control.
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Technology
Machine Gods
Who gets to inspect the machine?
The interview argues for independent access and clear rules; the hosts test tech promises against practical value.
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Business
Marketplace
Strong signals, uneven exposure
The episode separates strong aggregate signals from who bears the risk.
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News Commentary
Pivot
Power, incentives and accountability
The episode asks how concentrated attention, capital and control shape business and public life.
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Business
Planet Money
Surveillance, then scrutiny
The episode traces surveillance that expanded before its costs, uses and safeguards became publicly visible.
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Technology
Search Engine
When a hire hides a system
The episode traces a chain from remote hiring and local helpers to coerced workers, stolen identities and lasting harm.
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The AI Daily Brief
Signals, not slogans
Bubble warnings mean more when tied to paid demand and a path for losses to spread.
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Daily News
The Daily
Rules, boundaries, participation
Voting power depends on rules, boundaries and participation, not turnout alone.
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Society & Culture
The Ezra Klein Show
Promises meet lived experience
Longwell’s argument: voters judge whether leaders are working for them, not just which side they represent.
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Technology
The Vergecast
New tech, old trade-offs
New technology does not erase old trade-offs in usefulness, control and trust.
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All-In
AI gets faster. Institutions lag.
AI gets faster. Institutions lag.
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Society & Culture
Freakonomics Radio
AI & Human Creativity
AI expands creative capacity while shifting human value toward expertise and taste. Whether it complements or displaces people remains contested.
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Entrepreneurship
Habits and Hustle
When convenience becomes companionship
frictionless attention can meet immediate needs while changing expectations of connection. Cohen and Watt explore the trade-offs between disclosure, validation and reciprocal relationships.
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Technology
The Builders
Who gets to shape the future?
this companion discussion asks listeners to examine tech leaders’ incentives and power, rather than mistake their charisma or grand ambitions for public accountability.
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Society & Culture
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Campaign theater, then a homecoming
the episode contrasts political spectacle and manufactured ignorance with Jimmy O. Yang’s more personal story of cultural reconnection.
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Technology
All-In
Who controls the AI stack?
Enterprise AI value may accrue less to raw intelligence than to secure, economical, integrated delivery.
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Comedy
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Comedy when the mask slips
Berlant finds comedy in the gap between the person we perform and the feelings that escape.
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True Crime
Crime Junkie
Clues are not conclusions
Nori Amaya’s case turns on gaps between physical evidence, remembered accounts and untested explanations.
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Business
Acquired
Seinfeld: the long-tail machine
Seinfeld’s durability comes from distinctive creative craft paired with ownership and distribution that let its creators monetize repeat viewing for decades.
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