New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author Jia Tolentino discusses how Big Tech companies profit off our emotions on social media, the pivotal moment that made her quit Twitter, and how improving people's actual lives could reduce time spent on the internet. And Hasan Minhaj talks to tech influencer Marques Brownlee about how to break free from technolog ... Show More
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Trump Delivered on His Campaign Promises, But Only to Himself | Alexandria Stapleton
Josh Johnson gives a progress report on Trump’s first year in office based on his campaign pledges to generate more jobs, make Americans rich, improve healthcare, and protect free speech. Naturally, the only person to benefit from these promises is Trump, who now has everything b ... Show More
33m 50s
Jan 21
Nobel Prize Snub Fuels Trump's Greenland Threats & Macron Pushes Back at Davos | Artis Stevens - Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
After receiving a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize from the real winner, Maria Corina Machado, Trump decides peace is for chumps and doubles down on his plans to take over Greenland, angering both Emmanuel Macron and Emmanuel Macron's eye. Plus, while Josh Johnson thinks the presiden ... Show More
32m 14s
Oct 2023
Tech Bros Laid the Foundation, But Women Built Social Media
The story of social media has usually been told from the perspective of tech bros, set to a soundtrack by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz argues in her new book, Extremely Online, that the real protagonists of the story are actually the user ... Show More
38m 34s
Jan 2022
Dismantling Big Tech With Blake Masters
Blake Masters, co-author of Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How To Build The Future and current candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona, joins us to discuss the abuses of Big Tech, the harmful effects of social media proliferation, and how to rein in the vast power of a small num ... Show More
20m 31s
May 2020
Kara Swisher on why Big Tech is too rich to fail
On the premiere episode of "Back to Biz with Katie and Boz," co-hosts Katie Couric and Bozoma Saint John set the stage for their forward-looking 10-episode series about how our pandemic present will shape the future of business — from tech and media, to education and sports, to f ... Show More
45m 25s