Note to Self
Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios
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Right from wrong. We teach our kids what this means in the classroom and at home. But whatabout online? The next generation00:20:16 14/10/2019 -
Computer scientist and cult-blogger, Cal Newport, wants you to take 30 dates off from all your personal tech. A month off, he claims,00:31:07 07/10/2019
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In 2018, Andria Zafirakou was named Global Teacher of the Year and given $1m in prize money. Why?00:25:58 30/09/2019
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The tech show about being human returns with an all new season. Host Manoush Zomorodi kicks things off with the latest on the battle between00:36:18 23/04/2019
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Note to Self helps you navigate the digital age by making sense of its most undervalued component: humans! With all new episodes coming every00:01:34 22/04/2019
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This week we’re discussing government censorship in China, #metoo and cryptocurrency. Endless Thread is hosted00:26:14 22/02/2019
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Long-distance friends Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec spent a year tracking the little things in life. Thanks yous, coffees, complaints,00:26:08 25/06/2018
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With former Google designer Tristan Harris, who explains how far Silicon Valley will go to capture and control your eyeballs. And Snapchat00:17:40 20/06/2018
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We asked you guys to send us photos. Then we gave them to Andreas Weigend, veteran of Xerox Parc, former chief scientist at Amazon, to see00:20:23 07/06/2018
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Generic usernames, no photos, no tweets. This week, we investigate the dozens of mysterious accounts following Manoush on Twitter. Plus, what00:19:48 16/05/2018
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This week, the Supreme Court cases that defined privacy for the digital age. Because the founding fathers didn’t write the Bill of Rights00:22:34 02/05/2018
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We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, the link between online drug00:26:58 18/04/2018
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Today, listener stories and tips: we wrap up our No Filter series of conversations about how women live online. From YouTube megastar00:19:08 04/04/2018
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The woman behind some of your favorite gifs takes us to the future. See what being a woman on the web may look like. We couldn’t close00:18:52 03/04/2018
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The iconic artist talks to Manoush about our curated selfies, owning a font, and why we all need likes. Plus, The Cut’s editor in chief00:28:32 30/03/2018
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The CNN anchor talks to Manoush about sex, wearing a “uniform,” and staying profesh on air and online. Plus, Call Your Girlfriend co-host00:27:12 29/03/2018
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Her portrait of Michelle Obama went viral. Painter Amy Sherald dismisses the haters. “Some people want their poetry to rhyme.” Plus,00:27:43 28/03/2018
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The Transparent star talks to Manoush about the political nude selfie, her #metoo moment, and constructing her self online and IRL. Plus,00:22:59 27/03/2018
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Every day this week, a new episode of our series, No00:21:08 26/03/2018
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We kick off our new series, No Filter: Women Owning It Online,00:24:27 21/03/2018
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Stories of life online, told live. We teamed up with Generation Women, a monthly event00:45:13 20/03/2018
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Mona Chalabi, data editor at the Guardian, takes the numb out of numbers. She00:24:52 14/03/2018
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We asked how you share personal photos. Here’s what we learned from your 1,200 (!) answers. Psychologist Guy Winch joins Manoush to00:26:21 28/02/2018
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Real OKCupid message: “Hi, good evening, nice photos. You are not fat.” It’s rough on dating apps. Can romance survive? Eric00:24:47 14/02/2018
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Let’s build a database of political Facebook ads. Just in case someone needs to check on them later. Like, say, if the Russians bought thousands00:12:47 07/02/2018
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We all need someone to tell (or text) our stories to. Even if they’re paid to text back. This week, Manoush meets an Invisible00:26:17 06/02/2018
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Screen time is a daily battle. Between kids and parents, between ourselves and our better judgment. But maybe it doesn’t have to be. There00:24:23 31/01/2018
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Is there a secret solution to information overload? Can random accounts ever truly be erased? How do I stay connected if I break up with social00:31:04 17/01/2018
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People have a lot of excuses for not meditating. Eight, in fact. Dan00:27:33 03/01/2018
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Let’s create some calm as this year ends. It all starts with one deep breath, led by Google employee 107. This week, we revisit Manoush’s00:24:25 27/12/2017
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The creators of the Netflix hit Black Mirror on predicting the future, Twitter as a massive role-playing game, and nostalgia for meh. As season00:37:30 20/12/2017
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The tradeoffs we don’t see when we shop on Amazon. Why the answer isn’t to cancel your Prime. And yes, I bring Alexa’s new camera into my00:23:43 13/12/2017
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People say mean things to Dylan Marron online. He takes that as an invitation to call them up and make friends. This week, the benefits00:28:22 06/12/2017
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An incomplete list of the objects listening to us: Siri. Alexa. Google Home. With so many recordings, the transcribed life isn’t far off.00:27:17 29/11/2017
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How a single American’s quest for his own digital marketing profile may show us all how our data travels the world. And may even end up in00:26:35 22/11/2017
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From March, the first chapter in our look at Cambridge Analytica. We asked the controversial digital marketing firm what services they provided00:26:13 22/11/2017
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More spy terms explained, reasonable/sensible coping strategies for when democracy is under threat, and nyet more puns. This week: how to00:17:23 15/11/2017
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Russian spy tactics have gotten an upgrade since the Cold War. This week how they work now: bad actors, active measures, advanced persistent00:14:53 08/11/2017
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If talking about democracy getting hacked feels like old news, it’s time to take a fresh look. This week, we separate fear from facts00:21:26 01/11/2017
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There was a time humans were guided by stars, not satellite. Now you can beam into robots, or turn on GPS. But when we put ourselves on autopilot00:18:47 25/10/2017
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You judge the person playing Candy Crush. Even when it’s you. But that mental fist pump from leveling up has real value. How to stop judging00:28:20 18/10/2017
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The Replika app chats with you, learns from you, and reflects you back. It starts to become you. And your AI self gets pretty real. Journalist00:22:08 11/10/2017
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And other fibs we tell our friends, family and lovers. Psychotherapist Esther Perel is back to call us on our bullsh*t. This is the00:15:54 04/10/2017
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Remember being dumped? Now, technology lets us delay, deflect, and disappear.00:24:44 27/09/2017
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Silicon Valley is still a man's world. And Ellen Ullman, who started programming in 1978, thinks it's high time for the rest of us to infiltrate. Ellen's00:17:52 20/09/2017
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José Cruz is a college student, research scientist, and phone power-user. He spent 6 hours in one day on his screen. So he wanted00:18:31 13/09/2017
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We deleted, we unplugged, we took walks. We made choices. We made time. Two years later, we catch up with some of the original Bored and Brilliant00:17:49 05/09/2017
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To encourage you to #GetBored and find brilliance, we made a weird earworm. It's an interview about the history of boredom... sound-designed00:07:57 04/09/2017
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A surprise bonus, because Manoush's TED talk is online now (!) and she has some behind-the-scenes memories to share from the main stage. To00:07:12 15/08/2017
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This week, five episodes for five ways we can do better by the planet. First: warm up, strip down. Rethink the air conditioner. With00:09:31 02/08/2017
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Giant whale turds. A permanent shade over the sun. One is flashier, but that's the danger of it. This is poopier oceans vs. the climate quick00:10:33 02/08/2017
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We’ve made our plants bigger, juicier, and sturdier. Now can we make them better at sucking CO2? And should we? The last episode00:09:05 02/08/2017
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First, stick a giant vacuum cleaner onto a smokestack. Inhale the exhaust. Then what? The last episode in our five-part series,00:08:15 02/08/2017
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We were going to have to talk about it eventually. No, not Elon Musk (although yes, he does come up). Mars. Planet B. The last00:09:28 02/08/2017
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It’s 2017, and Manoush still has a Yahoo account. Is her exit strategy an encrypted file in Switzerland? This week, the tech loyalties00:18:22 26/07/2017
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We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, we stress out our IT department00:27:51 19/07/2017
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A third of kids are online before they’re even born, thanks to sonogram images posted to Facebook. Is there a downside to all the kid photos00:24:02 12/07/2017
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Yeah, it’s been a while for us too. So let’s reset. It’s the Bored and Brilliant bootcamp: three quick challenges to make space for brilliance00:16:14 05/07/2017
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Address books, maps, keys. Your Walkman, your datebook. All wiped out by your phone. Along with eye contact and boredom. This week, as the00:23:45 28/06/2017
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Netflix’s Black Mirror is a tweaked reflection of technology’s worst consequences - what show creator Charlie Brooker calls a “sarcastic version00:35:41 21/06/2017
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This Father's Day, one dad on his role as lead parent, and what it means for his career, psyche, and marriage. With Andrew Moravcsik, an accomplished00:34:37 18/06/2017
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Besides investigating Russian election interference, Sen. Wyden is tackling government hacking, email surveillance, border device searches,00:17:44 14/06/2017
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Today, Sen. Wyden hears testimony from former FBI Director James Comey. Next week, he’ll be here on Note to Self. Here’s a sneak peek at our00:02:50 08/06/2017
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Rochelle LaPlante keeps horrifying images off the internet, screening photos for four cents a click. Content moderators do an important job.00:23:07 07/06/2017
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Our producer discovered an FBI file on her grandfather. Back then, the big threat was communists. Today, it's terrorists, Occupy00:19:26 31/05/2017
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With all the news of leaks, national security, and hacking, who better to talk to than Ed Snowden? So yes, Manoush and Ed tackle the NSA,00:25:34 17/05/2017
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Who among us hasn’t wondered, maybe in a stoned haze, if the colors you see aren’t even the same colors that I see? How do we know we’re even00:21:41 16/05/2017
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This Mother's Day, a surprise. To celebrate working moms, we're re-releasing all four episodes of our award-winning series, Taking the Lead.00:27:33 14/05/2017
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Episode two of Mother's Day series is The Paradox. Rachael and Leslie test a prototype of their app on one very eager participant: Manoush.00:29:17 14/05/2017
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Faced with financial barriers, Rachael and Leslie join a startup accelerator. But while honing their pitch, different goals emerge. Rachael00:32:35 14/05/2017
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The last episode in our Mother's Day special. Rachael Ellison and Leslie Ali Walker face difficult choices: Should they drop the feminist00:35:01 14/05/2017
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Bot armies are taking aim at our democracies, spreading garbage on Twitter from last November to Brexit to this weekend’s French election.00:20:21 10/05/2017
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Uh, mom, the eggplant emoji is not about food. The crying-laughing emoji is not appropriate for funerals. And dad, just texting 'K' is super00:23:53 03/05/2017
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We count on robots to do more and more stuff. Drive cars, water crops, diagnose disease. What happens when the robots are racist? This00:18:25 26/04/2017
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Your selfies are sharing way more than your smiling face. They’re full of data. Which is being used by stores. And banks. And police.00:20:12 19/04/2017
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Information overload has reached an all time high. Is there a way to stay-up-to-date without losing your mind? Yes. We call it “single-tasking.”00:17:35 12/04/2017
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How one revolting, racist, sexist word emerged from the dark corners of 4chan and Reddit. And why we should care. With slang lexicographer00:25:14 05/04/2017
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The story goes: the Trump campaign hired consultants called Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge uses data to target voters' personalities and emotions.00:26:14 29/03/2017
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After building the social network’s ad system, Antonio García Martínez tried to set his career on fire with a tell-all. An inside view on00:20:13 22/03/2017
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So, the C.I.A. has a back door to your phone. At least, according to the Vault 7 data dump from WikiLeaks. This week, when are these tactics00:26:43 15/03/2017
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A little yellow ghost has joined Manoush’s home screen. This week, Note to Self takes the plunge into Snapchat. Where we find lots of00:18:07 08/03/2017
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Can brain stimulation tech replace your glass of wine? Or your joint? We strap a digital potato chip to our heads, and zap our brains00:19:24 01/03/2017
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No, not by watching porn. By sharing with your partner what turns you on, and weirds you out. Through an app. Kaitlin Prest of00:23:27 22/02/2017
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Technologist Anil Dash on mistakes he’s made, and the new ethics of tech. Journalist Julia Angwin on why we’re all losing, and her strategies00:28:30 21/02/2017
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Tens of thousands of people did the Privacy Paradox challenge. And the results are in. Seven percent of you said you want to give up. (Sorry.00:31:50 15/02/2017
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The last day of the Privacy Paradox challenge. We'll draw some conclusions from this week—and some boundaries for the future. With Sir Tim00:12:35 10/02/2017
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It's day four of the Privacy Paradox challenge. We talk to Elan Gale, executive producer of The Bachelor, about how we perform for social00:11:46 09/02/2017
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It's day three of Note to Self's Privacy Paradox challenge. There are the things you know you share online: selfies, emails, Facebook posts.00:11:13 08/02/2017
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It's the second day of the Privacy Paradox challenge. You know - as you move across the web, clicking and searching and liking, you’re being00:15:52 07/02/2017
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Your Privacy Paradox challenges start today. What does your phone know about you? Too much, probably. And it’s even more than you00:11:21 06/02/2017
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We want control of our personal information. But even when risks to our data are high, we sign up for services and apps. We download, click,00:23:52 30/01/2017
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There’s so much potential. With big data, researchers can smooth social interactions and create better cities. Maybe cure cancer, and00:20:39 25/01/2017
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital00:23:57 18/01/2017
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Are you an upholder, a questioner, an obliger or a rebel? Gretchen Rubin of the Happier podcast has identified four ways that people00:17:15 11/01/2017
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Can we really start fresh when our every step, nap, and calorie are measured? If even a hard-core coder fails at a tech-enabled diet,00:26:55 04/01/2017
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FOMO is real. And it's amplified during the holiday season when party glam shots and scrumptious food pics are everywhere. So let's embrace00:18:46 28/12/2016
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Ginger Johnson is battling cancer. She has three children and wants to stay in their lives after she's gone. So she's using a service called00:28:30 21/12/2016
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If police smell booze on your breath behind the wheel, you'll be asked to blow into a breathalyzer. But if they notice distracted driving,00:19:11 14/12/2016
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Back in the ‘90s, health researchers planted stories against drunk driving on primetime shows. Growing Pains even killed off Matthew00:16:27 07/12/2016
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We've seen the good, bad and ugly of tech this election cycle. And we all have big feelings about it. So Manoush hosted a good old-fashioned00:31:43 30/11/2016
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We tend to click on things we agree with already. And social media networks like it that way. Bumming out your customers is a bad business00:10:53 29/11/2016
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Don't throw a turkey leg. Don't go ALL CAPS rage over racism on Twitter. This Thanksgiving, when the conversation makes your blood boil, take00:18:52 23/11/2016
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Note to Self listeners are struggling to find joy on the internet after this election. Gretchen Rubin, 'Happier' host and author00:21:17 16/11/2016
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The nation is divided, and we're all processing. So, we curated a list of 7 episodes from the archive for your post-election reality. Support00:05:43 09/11/2016
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Americans voted. Now we can think way, way beyond 2016. The failed 2016 presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan (pretty convincingly) explains00:23:37 08/11/2016
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Can't afford a personal guru? No worries. Chade-Meng Tan, Silicon Valley's mindfulness coach, is making meditation accessible and he's got00:24:18 02/11/2016
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Sure, legendary performance artist, Marina Abramović, got 750,000 people to wait in line at MoMA just to sit across a table from her. But00:21:31 26/10/2016
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How Marina Abramović, the world’s most famous performance artist, got Manoush and producer Jen Poyant to sit in silence for 30 minutes before00:21:32 25/10/2016
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In a time of racial tension, how do you manage information overload—the storm of news online—when paying attention is painful? This week,00:27:01 19/10/2016
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This week, Manoush visits a micro-school in her Brooklyn neighborhood where the cushions are cozy and every child is optimized. Think Montessori00:27:56 12/10/2016
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After exchanging hand-drawn postcards for a year, two data designers discover how compiling and parsing the little things in life can lead00:25:54 05/10/2016
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Algorithms are everywhere in our daily lives. But most of the time, we have no idea how they work. In this week's episode, ProPublica investigative00:18:33 28/09/2016
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In this bonus mini-episode, Chelsea Clinton tells Manoush why she's frustrated by the gender gap in tech. Plus, the art of juggling a new00:10:12 26/09/2016
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Games are the new self-help. Jane McGonigal, game researcher and developer explains how, with the right approach, games can be a powerful00:24:47 21/09/2016
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Imagine a future where every word you utter is recorded and saved. It's not that far off. Our guest Rose Eveleth, host and producer of the00:25:26 14/09/2016
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On this week’s episode, Manoush goes to North Carolina to find out why a high school star quarterback and his girlfriend were charged with00:25:17 07/09/2016
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Touchscreen phones work so well for blind people that Braille may become obsolete. But advocates worry this could render the next generation00:19:46 31/08/2016
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If you're not one of Text From Your Ex's 1.9 million followers already,00:20:30 24/08/2016
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Nearly 92 percent of kids in the U.S. have some digital presence by the age of two. But that doesn't necessarily mean your child's face should00:23:47 17/08/2016
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Security technologist Bruce Schneier, author of “Data and Goliath,” says you should stop feeling guilty about skimming the Terms of Service.00:19:21 10/08/2016
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Is your phone listening a little too closely to what you have to say? Author Walter Kirn tells us why you'd be crazy NOT to be paranoid about00:27:13 03/08/2016
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Author and academic Andrew Moravcsik dives into why he and his wife decided he would be their family’s "lead parent," how they came00:35:00 27/07/2016
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In the final chapter of our four-part series about women and work, co-founders Rachael and Leslie hear a tough critique of their pitch00:34:22 26/07/2016
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After tapping into their kids' college funds, Rachael and Leslie join a startup accelerator to compete for a cash prize. But as they00:32:05 20/07/2016
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In episode two of our 4-part series, the two moms-turned-entrepreneurs beta test their app on 20 local mothers (including Manoush).00:28:37 13/07/2016
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Welcome to the first episode of our 4-part series: Taking the Lead. This is the story of two working moms, Rachael and Leslie, who have00:26:31 06/07/2016
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Rachael and Leslie are two working moms in Brooklyn, building an app to help more women on their quest to 'have it all.' Manoush follows them00:03:12 30/06/2016
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Putting down your phone and letting yourself get bored can jumpstart your creativity. Tens of thousands of you helped us prove this00:16:25 29/06/2016
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NPR's Eleanor Beardsley, Elise Hu and Gregory Warner share their insider knowledge regarding how people in other countries use tech.00:24:46 22/06/2016
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This week we dive deep into the modern media diet with theSkimm co-founders Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin, and John Herrman, media reporter00:26:28 15/06/2016
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If you've been with us for awhile, you know about our Infomagical challenge to fight information overload. This week, we're giving those of00:18:12 08/06/2016
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Can algorithms help us eat and love better? We went on a mission to find out.00:20:09 01/06/2016
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That pile of papers on your desk? That lunch meeting you can't seem to nail down? The hundreds of emails that raise your blood pressure? We're00:20:42 25/05/2016
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Author Peggy Orenstein tells us what the Internet is teaching teen girls about sexiness and desirability.00:22:19 18/05/2016
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We've put it off for long enough. It's time to talk about VR.00:19:14 11/05/2016
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Exploring the Lonely Web.00:22:17 04/05/2016
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Ross McNutt has a superpower — he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But00:35:57 27/04/2016
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We head inside Etsy's Usability Testing Lab to understand the art of User Experience and online shopping seduction.00:23:02 20/04/2016
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Phoebe Robinson—a stand up-comedian, writer and co-host of WNYC's new podcast '2 Dope Queens'—joins us to talk about finding digital feminism.00:12:27 13/04/2016
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The man behind the Bulletproof empire explains why sometimes in order to get results, you have to go to extremes.00:14:33 06/04/2016
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There are a lot of tools out there that claim to train—even change—your brain. So do they work? We put them to the test and things get...00:20:05 30/03/2016
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If your phone was stolen, you'd most likely be concerned that the thief would now have access to your bank account...and your vacation photos.00:13:12 23/03/2016
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What happens when we start thinking of ourselves as walking, breathing, calorie-consuming piles of data? We asked hundreds of people to weigh00:27:19 16/03/2016
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Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus," argues that our fixation on "growth" has made us less financially secure,00:17:35 09/03/2016
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As promised! The time has come to talk about sex. Or, rather, to swipe about sex.00:22:27 02/03/2016
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How much would it take for someone to hack YOUR life? And really, how worried do you actually need to be? This is what happened when Fusion's00:16:30 24/02/2016
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We tried using apps to stop sugar cravings. It... didn't work. Now, we want to hear your stories.00:10:14 17/02/2016
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What we learned through a week of experimenting with information overload interventions.00:28:35 10/02/2016
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None00:14:16 05/02/2016
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Discuss something you’ve heard, read, or watched with someone for at least seven minutes, by phone or in person. Social psychologist Sherry00:07:18 04/02/2016
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Your third challenge: Avoid a trending topic, or “must read” today. Consume only what's valuable to you. Issued by Cates Holderness, who launched The00:11:27 03/02/2016
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Tidy up your apps and transform your phone into a portal of wisdom. Brought to you by "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" author Marie00:10:55 02/02/2016
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No multi-tasking today. Work on one thing at a time, and give each task your full focus. For more information: http://wny.cc/XLutv00:11:11 01/02/2016
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All of the information you need about information overload. Sign up for Note to Self's Infomagical project at00:25:29 25/01/2016
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Caterina Fake (the person who popularized the term "FOMO") talks with Anil Dash (the person who coined the term "JOMO"). Turns out, they're00:19:19 20/01/2016
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Two Dots game director David Hohusen on what it's like to balance "caring about users' well-being" with "designing an addictive game." The00:21:28 13/01/2016
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If you had to guess, how many facts have you taken in today? Dr. Daniel Levitin says it's probably way too many to process.00:16:02 06/01/2016
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Love it or hate it, there's at least one important thing only voicemail can do. A reprise of one of our favorite episodes from 2015.00:10:25 30/12/2015
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Your kid's seven new LEGO kits really do matter for the future of creative thinking.00:20:04 23/12/2015
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Caitlin Dewey, one of our favorite technology and culture critics/newsletter curators, picked five stories of the year for your listening00:23:24 16/12/2015
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Why Marina Abramović, one of the world’s most famous performance artists, is making you sit in total silence for 30 minutes before a "magic" performance00:21:32 09/12/2015
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What to do in the face of real life zombie apocalypse? Slate's newest Dear Prudence – the one and only Mallory Ortberg – advises listeners00:18:24 02/12/2015
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The time is ripe for our step-by-step guide on handling offensive posts on your social media feeds. The Thanksgiving table too.00:21:10 25/11/2015
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We're pretty sure "photo clutter" is about a lot more than tidying up. We're talking about how, why, and when we're using your cameras.00:10:51 18/11/2015
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European officials believe encryption software was instrumental in allowing the Paris attackers to coordinate their actions in secret. Manoush00:06:56 17/11/2015
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Last week, a small Colorado town discovered that dozens of students had been taking and trading nude photographs, shaking up the parents,00:26:22 11/11/2015
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Some coincidences seem just a little bit too, well, coincidental, especially when you consider the technology recording our every move. This00:27:37 04/11/2015
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Your digital photos are stressing you out. We're here to help: Welcome to the Note to Self Photo Decluttering System That Will Make You Feel00:28:02 28/10/2015
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We tend to click on things we agree with already. Social media networks like to feed us the things we'll click on. This week, we talk with00:20:05 21/10/2015
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We’re examining moments of closeness — when texting encourages intimacy between us, and when those messages really just create the illusion00:25:40 14/10/2015
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A bonus episode of Note to Self featuring Sherry Turkle, acclaimed psychologist, researcher, and author of "Reclaiming Conversation."00:14:44 13/10/2015
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Science says you really don't need to worry about carcinogens and WiFi. We sort through all of the research with Only Human's Mary00:14:01 07/10/2015
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A story of racism and deep learning, otherwise known as "the best, best reason for diversity in tech."00:18:47 30/09/2015
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With the latest iOS update, you can start using ad blockers on your phone. But should you? Meet the ethical quandary at the heart of the Internet00:23:52 23/09/2015
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A conversation with Elan Gale, creator of "Texts From Your Ex." Because reading through hundreds of thousands of other people's emotionally00:20:15 16/09/2015
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"Price00:10:48 09/09/2015
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A back-to-school reprise of one of our favorite episodes: How at least one 16-year-old uses the device giving adults so much angst.00:18:59 02/09/2015
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Tips from a professional online profile ghostwriter. Because of course that's a thing.00:12:05 26/08/2015
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This week, we're exploring the future of creativity, the best ways to brainstorm, and the importance of free-association, all through00:24:07 19/08/2015
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Sure, a really cute picture of a really cute toddler can go viral. But not everyone chooses to post pictures of their kids online.00:22:43 12/08/2015
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Manoush visits Etsy's Usability Lab to figure out why she might buy six sweaters she never wears.00:25:52 05/08/2015
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Tech entrepreneur Tristan Harris imagines technology without constant notifications - and a funding system that incentivizes techies to build00:12:47 29/07/2015
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A summer version of our Bored and Brilliant project, designed to get you rethinking your relationship with your smartphone. Works equally00:20:11 22/07/2015
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"Book of Numbers" author Joshua Cohen answers the question: If we know people are only going to skim, how does that change the way we write?00:13:18 15/07/2015
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There's a not-so-crazy chance that we'll have the opportunity to vacation to space in our lifetimes. That said, commercial space travel is00:29:17 08/07/2015
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Silicon Valley thinks Gwyneth Paltrow might be onto something, and they're creating the data sets to prove it.00:22:57 24/06/2015
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Daniel Rigmaiden is a criminal. A very hard to capture criminal. It took the use of a secret police weapon that sent beams through the walls00:29:18 19/06/2015
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Reading on screens is changing your brain and making it harder to finish a thick book. Here's why it's happening and some ideas for00:17:26 10/06/2015
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Turnitin and programs like it are used to fight plagiarism in a third of high schools and half of colleges nationwide. The system is00:22:57 03/06/2015
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To introduce Note to Self — we're bringing you an00:23:00 27/05/2015
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Easy to find, but also easy to miss, pro-eating disorder websites are all over the internet. But what should we do about them?00:24:39 20/05/2015
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We talk with a father of four diagnosed with adult-onset ADHD, struggling to function as a tech executive in an increasingly distracting00:20:46 13/05/2015
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There's something about video games that makes them a magnet for kids questioning their gender identity. Is it a safe space?00:21:01 06/05/2015
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Three useful tips for any working woman, or anyone who employs women, from Laszlo Bock, Google’s head of Human Resources.00:19:28 29/04/2015
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IBM's Watson won Jeopardy. Now, it wants to win your trust in the kitchen — and00:20:21 15/04/2015
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Teachers are using apps in class, raising privacy issues for kids and parents. Classroom management app ClassDojo has been thrust to00:26:08 01/04/2015
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Touchscreen phones work so well for blind people that Braille may become obsolete. But advocates worry this could render the next generation00:21:01 25/03/2015
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We're kicking off a series on kids and technology. Sure, it’s just easier to ask, “did you finish your homework?” and assume they’re figuring00:14:51 11/03/2015
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Security technologist Bruce Schneier, author of “Data and Goliath,” says you should stop feeling00:20:56 04/03/2015
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Watching TV — especially when it isn’t, strictly speaking, on TV — has gotten complicated. This00:19:47 25/02/2015
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Manoush made some phone calls to Bored and Brilliant participants around the world. This week, New Tech City eavesdrops.00:22:18 18/02/2015
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It's time to get really bored and make something creative. You might just learn something about yourself with this challenge designed00:11:26 07/02/2015
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For today's challenge, we want you to take note of one person, object, or interesting, uninventable detail you would have missed if00:07:50 06/02/2015
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Your instructions: Craft an away-message like “I’m out, taking an intensive sushi making class! Wasabi fingers so no phone for me today!" Put00:08:46 05/02/2015
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Your instructions for today: Delete that app. And listen in as our favorite casual cell phone video gamer confronts the designer of00:17:45 04/02/2015
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We take 10 billion (yes, that's a "b") photos per year, mostly on our phones. Today, we want you to start seeing the world through your00:06:22 03/02/2015
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Your instructions: As you move from place to place, keep your phone in your pocket, out of your direct line of sight. Better yet,00:08:11 02/02/2015
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Prepare for our week of Bored and Brilliant challenges with a peek at the data we're gathering on how much you use your phone and00:19:38 28/01/2015
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"Hello, this is Grace from Westchester. I am 16-year-old girl. I have an iPhone 4 and I am going to record my activities for the next00:21:20 21/01/2015
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Minds need to wander to reach full potential, and all that time on your phone might be getting in the way. We're here to help with a00:15:46 12/01/2015
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Find a 20-something, a 30-something and a 40-something. If you’re feeling especially experimental, add in a 70-something and a teenager. Say00:13:05 07/01/2015
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This week, an encore of one of our favorite New Tech City episodes ever: The tale of David Joerg, self-professed tech addict. David00:11:34 31/12/2014
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May we suggest a holiday activity for the family? Sleep. Without screens. Get a lot of it. New research00:13:11 24/12/2014
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Somewhere hidden in the sleepy suburbs of New Jersey, there is a very small town. This all-American village boasts good public transit, its00:23:03 17/12/2014
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In this week's show, we offer a humble helping hand through a messy digital dilemma. Your Facebook feed has become the new town square.00:26:14 10/12/2014
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What are you willing to automate in your life? How much robot will you accept? This week, Manoush goes on a journey to find out what00:19:40 03/12/2014
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Imagine a world where everyone could have a personal assistant to schedule meetings for them. Checking in with your team? Ask for it by next00:23:21 26/11/2014
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Yes, you can get a college scholarship for playing video games. So what's it like? E-athletes practice five hours a day in a specially00:22:13 19/11/2014
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The first crop of video gamers are facing middle age with no plans to put down the controller. So the games have to grow up too. Expect00:20:54 12/11/2014
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Cries for help are hidden by the chatter of chaos. Vital updates are lost in the noise. In the crucial days after a natural disaster, information00:17:44 05/11/2014
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This is the raw interview used in our episode "00:26:25 29/10/2014
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Ed Snowden is not alone. And we're not talking about how his girlfriend has moved00:21:51 29/10/2014
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Public health officials need to be able to predict how outbreaks like Ebola spread and grow. But that's not so easy. Mainly because it requires00:22:41 22/10/2014
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One woman mortgaged her home to buy a ticket to space. Another decided never to have children so she could accept an opportunity for space00:35:17 15/10/2014
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Fluffly and indulgent as they might be the tiny dispatches and status updates of social media are a narrative gold mine for writers. Nonfiction00:06:43 12/10/2014
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In a world of screens, parents face some tough questions: To limit or not to limit? By how much and when? How different is Candy Crush from00:21:47 08/10/2014
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Can replacing human soldiers with robot warriors save lives and make war more humane? We try to find out in this episode. But as we learn,00:23:36 01/10/2014
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Is your favorite band really playing live when you go see them? Not so much. This isn't about Milli Vanilli. It's about something artists00:22:53 24/09/2014
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Paper or screen? There's a battle in your brain. The more you read on screens, the more your brain adapts to the "non-linear" kind of reading00:21:55 17/09/2014
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Intimate, exhausting, stressful, and satisfying... working in the Apple Store is far from an ordinary retail job. Especially this week. With Apple-mania00:17:01 10/09/2014
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Pro Ana. My friend Mia. Thinspiration. If you know these terms, you are familiar with one of the dark corners of the internet where vulnerable00:23:55 03/09/2014
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Habits are powerful. Tech companies know that. It's no accident we reach for our phones 15000:16:59 27/08/2014
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Coding is not for everybody. We admit it. But we should all take at least a peek under the hood of the computers and devices that power our00:13:23 20/08/2014
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Face it, Emoji is here to stay. Texting is visual, and images can enhance how we talk. But, will it also change the content of what we say to00:17:34 13/08/2014
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Only 12 percent of computer science majors are women. That's appalling. It's a shame, a waste and many other nasty words. But it is not hopeless. Harvey00:14:31 06/08/2014
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Three award-winning stories packed into one episode. This week New Tech City is bringing you updates on three short shows we did in the past00:22:39 30/07/2014
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There is a perfect tone of voice according to Dan Emodi. And he believes his technology can pinpoint it for you. This is the second00:14:35 23/07/2014
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Amber Smith's voice is a symptom of illness and an alarm for looming danger, even if she doesn't always hear it herself. Amber has00:14:06 16/07/2014
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This plan went way beyond email. The small startup Outbox had done its homework on the role mail00:24:23 09/07/2014
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The 'get girls interested in coding' push is growing from techie pet project to mainstream movement. Now it has a celebrity spokesperson.00:18:34 02/07/2014
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Our brains are wired to forget. The internet, not so much. That mismatch is a risk to our humanity. Now that the the European Court00:22:39 25/06/2014
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Matt George runs a new bus company that doesn't own buses. And he's making some big promises. He says his company00:29:01 18/06/2014
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Fear of math is real. In fact, psychologists now use the term “math anxiety” to describe the panic many people — particularly girls00:15:56 11/06/2014
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Computer programmers are injecting machines with consciousness and the power of thought. It's time we stop and ask, 'which thoughts?' In00:19:51 04/06/2014
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David Joerg has a problem and he knows it. Until a few months ago his nights would go something like this: He'd put his daughters to bed.00:20:48 28/05/2014
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There's a neighborhood in Austin, Texas where the refrigerators tell stories. The roofs are paved in solar panels. There are more electric00:17:41 21/05/2014
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This episode of the New Tech City podcast explores how technology has changed sleep through the ages, specifically through artificial light. Hear00:16:37 14/05/2014
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Sure, you read Amazon reviews before you buy. Maybe you even take the time to rate those sneakers (“moderate arch support”) that you ordered00:19:54 07/05/2014
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It's getting risky out there in the comment section. This week on New Tech City we bring you a cautionary tale of e-commerce, fine00:23:53 30/04/2014
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The traditional job interview is obsolete. That is, when compared to an all-knowing video game that peers into the psyche of every candidate. Some00:21:15 23/04/2014
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For the first time ever, Google has let a journalist into the secretive Google X labs where an eccentric team of big thinkers is hatching00:16:56 16/04/2014
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Forget Facebook or Twitter. With the inadvertent help of Chinese government censorship, an app called WeChat has taken over the lives00:16:57 09/04/2014
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Shhhh...don’t tell the kids, but grown-ups are mostly just making up the rules as they go along, especially when it comes to technology and00:19:23 02/04/2014
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Up until the mid 1980s, women flocked to computer science in droves. Then they dwindled away like the dinosaurs. Now, only about00:19:39 26/03/2014
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Freelance nation. Micro-work. The gig economy. Call it what you like, it's growing. But can you really make a living taking one-off jobs00:13:56 19/03/2014
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The Toyota Production System was developed00:08:56 06/03/2014
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The more we access the web from mobile devices, the more visual our communications seem to become. Smartphone cameras enable us to express00:26:20 26/02/2014
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The Holstee Manifesto motivates a bewildering number of startups and tech companies—Google,00:18:02 19/02/2014
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Log onto an online dating site and you are asking a machine for romantic assistance. That's cool, but you might as well understand how it00:14:17 12/02/2014
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Let's embrace the delete key, and imagine a world where all our e-clutter wasn't just auto archived by big corporations. When you send00:20:48 05/02/2014
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Join our host Manoush Zomorodi for a "digital detox" at the intersection of Buddhism and technology. Because, you see, Manoush is an00:20:35 29/01/2014
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Chris is a musician who makes $100 a night by renting out a room in his apartment on Manhattan's West Side through Airbnb, the short-term00:14:57 22/01/2014
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There are a lot of baby-faced CEOs in the tech sector. But how can someone who's never had a job be a great boss? We bring you three (and00:15:21 15/01/2014
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For the last two years in January, an enigmatic message has appeared on the internet from an unknown source signed "3301," sending thousands00:25:17 01/01/2014
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For this Christmas edition of New Tech City, a look back at two of our favorite segments from 2013. If you're like millions of other shoppers,00:15:41 25/12/2013
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Bitcoins. Bitcoins. Bitcoins. These days, you can’t swing a digital cat without reading a story about the digital currency that’s got tech00:20:39 18/12/2013
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The millenial generation has a reputation for selfies, oversharing and cat memes, but many faith leaders are flocking to platforms like Facebook00:15:32 11/12/2013
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Workers of every age have to keep their tech smarts up to date to stay relevant in today's workplace.00:22:59 04/12/2013
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You love the planet and your gadgets, so how do you find a balance?00:18:44 27/11/2013
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This week on New Tech City, we're crossing the digital divide.00:23:39 20/11/2013
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Games have power, so this week, we play a few that can motivate kids to learn more, whether they realize it or not. And we see how a test00:22:42 13/11/2013
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Andrew Rasiej, chairman of NY Tech Meetup, argues that tech talent can do more00:08:51 11/11/2013
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Coders have a very specific way of working, it’s called Agile. One00:15:55 06/11/2013
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The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia puts the United States to shame when it comes to electronic voting (not to mention marinated00:05:55 04/11/2013
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This week New Tech City looks at New York's internet connectivity a year after Sandy knocked out00:20:54 30/10/2013
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He wants to find in a cheaper way to get to outer space. He’s building a clock00:10:52 28/10/2013
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No heavy subject matter this week. Instead, we're diving into two subcultures that have been transformed by tech: Coffee and cigarettes. If00:21:24 23/10/2013
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More and more micro-entrepreneurs are using online services like Etsy, Kickstarter, Uber and Lyft to create their own jobs. Welcome to the00:18:23 16/10/2013
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The recent revelation that companies like Google and Facebook routinely hand over data about users' digital communications to the National00:20:47 09/10/2013
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As Twitter's lawyers prepare to take the company public, they aired some of the company's financial dirty laundry in a regulatory filing this00:03:42 04/10/2013
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It’s Obamacare-time!00:18:22 25/09/2013
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Mayor Bloomberg likes to take credit for transforming New York City into the second biggest technology economy in the country. Does he deserve00:15:25 18/09/2013
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This week New Tech City takes you into the bodegas, laundromats and back alleys of New York's black market for stolen cell phones.00:19:30 11/09/2013
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Scientists in New York City are at the center of President Obama's brain00:21:36 04/09/2013
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When it comes to finding just the right sized office space, New York City's tech companies are turning to subleases because they are not00:15:57 28/08/2013
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Simple experiences, like borrowing a ladder from a neighbor or just taking a long solitary hike, are being altered by tech.00:18:02 21/08/2013
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Experiments in the life sciences, taxi technology and bike sharing are helping regular people do DIY scientific research and transform the00:15:05 14/08/2013
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Biographers have relied on handwritten letters for centuries, but more and more, they're using emails, texts and online chats to tell the00:15:43 07/08/2013
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In the smart home of the future, your milk jug will tell you when your milk has gone sour, your plants will text you when they need watering00:20:50 31/07/2013
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Some e-retailers are shifting their strategies and deciding to open brick-and-mortar stores, hoping to lure customers who might not be comfortable00:07:46 24/07/2013
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New York City is a leading center for neuroscience research, so you'd think it would stand to benefit from President Obama's new $10000:17:20 17/07/2013
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