Welcome to the Techdirt podcast! Each week (-ish, no promises), we'll post an episode here on Techdirt, or you can subscribe via Soundcloud, RSS or iTunes. Each episode begins with an essay, followed by a discussion, covering topic areas that are less news driven and instead more about larger ideas/concepts that we think are worth discussing. Enjoy!

Techdirt Podcast Episode 222: Bringing Back The Internet's True Promise

Free

from the restoring-what-was dept

Tue, Aug 27th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

We've talked a lot about how many of the controversial, challenging problems that exist online could be addressed by refocusing on making the internet what it was always supposed to be: a network of open protocols, not a cluster of walled gardens. Mike's recent paper on the subject lays out the reasons in detail, and on this week's episode of the podcast we're joined by one of the people working towards that goal: Anil Dash, whose Glitch community aims to bring development back to the masses.

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Filed Under: anil dash, internet, podcast, protocols
Companies: glitch

Techdirt Podcast Episode 221: What's Really In The FTC's Facebook Settlement, Part Two

Legal Issues

from the digging-further dept

Tue, Aug 20th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Last week, we featured part one of our discussion with lawyer Joshua de Larios-Heiman, about the details of the FCC's Facebook settlement, beyond the headline-grabbing fine. It was a long conversation that we cut off right in the middle, so be sure to listen to part one first and then come back for part two, in which we finish picking apart the settlement item by item.

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Filed Under: ftc, podcast, privacy, settlement, techdirt podcast
Companies: facebook

Techdirt Podcast Episode 220: What's Really In The FTC's Facebook Settlement, Part One

Legal Issues

from the digging-in dept

Tue, Aug 13th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Ever since the FCC announced its proposed settlement with Facebook, the headlines have focused on the largest-ever privacy fine that came with it — but few people paid attention to the many, many important details. This week, we've got the first half of a two-part podcast with lawyer Joshua de Larios-Heiman, who helps us go through the entire settlement from start to finish, and pick apart what it means.

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Filed Under: fcc, podcast, privacy, regulation, social media
Companies: facebook

Techdirt Podcast Episode 219: A Policy Bootcamp For Technologists

Innovation

from the crash-course dept

Tue, Aug 6th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

There's a new but growing desire, both within the tech industry and among onlookers, for more technologists to get involved in public policy and doing work to serve the public interest. Various plans to help make this happen are starting to appear, and an especially interesting one is the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, which aims to help establish a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs using an incubator model in the vein of Y Combinator. This week, Mike is joined by director Betsy Cooper to discuss the Hub's inaugural cohort of technologists, and what comes next.

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Filed Under: aspen tech policy hub, betsy cooper, podcast, policy

Techdirt Podcast Episode 218: Don't Panic

Overhype

from the mostly dept

Tue, Jul 23rd 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Moral panics are nothing new, but they've taken on many new forms in the internet era, and their patterns have rubbed off on other kinds of techno-panics. This week, I join Mike on the podcast to discuss the way we talk about the potentially scary aspects of tech, how to spot a tech panic, and how to start changing the conversation into something more constructive.

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Filed Under: copyright, panic, podcast, privacy, tech panic
Companies: faceapp

Techdirt Podcast Episode 217: Public Interest Tech, With Bruce Schneier

Say That Again

from the for-the-good-of-all dept

Tue, Jul 9th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Bruce Schneier is a name most Techdirt readers are very familiar with — he's a famous computer security expert who most recently has taken up the mantle of Public Interest Technologist, and been exploring exactly what that means. This week, Bruce joins us on the podcast to discuss how technologists can dedicate themselves to the common good.

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Filed Under: bruce schneier, podcast, policy, public interest tech, technology

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 216: Hawley's Bill Sucks: Let Us Count The Ways...

Stupidity

from the and-there-are-plenty-of-ways dept

Tue, Jun 25th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Josh Hawley's bill that aims to force "political neutrality" on social media platforms has caused a lot of stir for something so obviously unconstitutional and doomed to failure. There are so many problems with the bill that we've got three experts this week — Daphne Keller, Jeffrey Koseff, and Aaron Mackey — to help dig into all the ways this attack on Section 230 sucks.

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Filed Under: josh hawley, podcast, section 230, social media

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 215: Experimenting With Twitch

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the streaming-stories dept

Tue, Jun 18th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Live streaming is here to stay, and it seems to be getting more popular by the minute — but for many people, it still seems like a foreign land and evokes a cliched "I feel old" response. This week, Mike is joined by not-so-regular-anymore co-host Dennis Yang, who has been experimenting with Twitch, to get a beginner's perspective on the platform, the community, and the medium of streaming.

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Filed Under: live streaming
Companies: twitch

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 214: Blame Fox News Before Facebook

Politics

from the priorities dept

Tue, Jun 4th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

In all the attempts to understand just what happened with the 2016 election, a lot of blame has fallen on the internet and especially on Facebook. The attention, which often focuses on the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Russian interference, is not unwarranted — but it often seems to lose track of the fact that Facebook is just one part of a broader media ecosystem, and not necessarily the most important one. This week, we're joined by Yochai Benkler of the Berkman Klein Center to discuss why Fox News, not Facebook, might deserve the lion's share of scrutiny.

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Filed Under: disinformation, donald trump, election, fake news, podcast, politics, social media
Companies: facebook, fox news

7 Comments

Techdirt Podcast Episode 213: What If Congress Actually Understood Technology?

Politics

from the what-a-concept dept

Tue, May 28th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Once upon a time, there was something called the Office of Technology Assessment, charged with the critical if unenviable task of educating members of congress about issues related to technology. Since that seems like a pretty good thing to have, recently some people have been pushing to re-establish the office. This week, we're joined by two of those people — Daniel Schuman from Demand Progress and returning guest Zach Graves from the Lincoln Network — for a discussion about bringing back the OTA.

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Filed Under: congress, daniel schuman, ota, podcast, politics, zach graves

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