On today’s show we look at how an NFT collector is attempting to avoid a metaverse hellscape owned by Meta, courtesy of CoinDesk’s features reporter and assistant opinion editor, Daniel Kuhn.
Featured Story: Punk6529 Is Fighting For an Open Metaverse - Most Influential 2022 - CoinDesk
-
This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust with original music b ... Show More
Jun 2025
Gaza is Silicon Valley’s Beta Test for Global Repression, w/ Yasha Levine
<p><b>The internet wasn’t made to set us free. It was designed to surveil, suppress, and control.</b></p><p><br/></p><p><b>On this episode of Dispatches, Rania Khalek speaks with journalist and author Yasha Levine to expose how Big Tech became the digital arm of empire.</b></p><p ... Show More
49 m
Dec 2024
The Manhunt, the Manifesto and the Murder Charge
<p>Last week, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed in Manhattan. A five-day search for the gunman ensued.</p><p>On Monday, a 26-year-old suspect, Luigi Mangione, was arrested in Pennsylvania after an employee at a McDonald’s recognized him and called the po ... Show More
22m 10s
Aug 2020
Introducing Word Matters
From the editors at Merriam-Webster, Word Matters is a show for readers, writers, and anyone who ever loved their English class. Hosted by Emily Brewster, Neil Serven, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.Transcript available he ... Show More
2m 33s