What does it actually take to play sports during a pandemic? Why we all should take a page out of roller derby’s reopening playbook.

Featuring
Zach Binney (@zbinney_NFLinj)
Erica Vanstone (@EricaIsBusy)
Links
Women's Roller Derby has a Plan for Covid and it Kicks Ass
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The military has a history of using video games to recruit. So why was there a backlash when its soldier-gamers started playing online?

Featuring
Matthew Gault (@mjgault)
Corey Mead (@coreydmead)

Links
The Pentagon Wasn’t Ready for Gamers to Push Back
America's Digital Army: Games at Work and War
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Call of Duty

A special interview with the Apple exec on her definition of racial justice and how she plans to merge her background in environmental sustainability with the company’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative.

Featuring
Lisa Jackson (@lisapjackson)
Links
Apple launches $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative
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Apple's Lisa Jackson on racial justice

The one sport that’s doing it right

QAnon was born and perpetuated on the internet. What is it and why is it dangerous?
Featuring:
AdrienneLaFrance (@AdrienneLaF)
Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton)
Links:
Adrienne's piece for The Atlantic
Casey's column for The Verge
Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host of Reset
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Why QAnon is here to stay

How the Trump administration could ban the popular social media app and the consequences for its users.
Featuring:
Palmer Haasch (@haasch_palmer)
Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy)

Links:
TikTok creators are worried about losing their followings as the Trump administration considers banning the app
How the Trump administration could ‘ban’ TikTok

Host:
Allegra Frank (@LegsFrank), guest host of Reset
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Can the government ban TikTok?

How an "opinion loophole" is enabling the spread of climate change misinformation.

Links to resources discussed:
Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers

Washington Examiner op-ed cherry-picks data and misleads readers about climate models

How CO2 boosters' op-ed slipped by Facebook fact-checkers

Guests:
Andrew Dessler (@AndrewDessler)
Judd Legum (Popular.info)
Emily Atkin (heated.world)

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Facebook's fact-check 'loophole'

For some, recovering from Covid-19 will be a long struggle. Those still recovering months later are finding support - and information about the enigmatic disease - online.

Featuring:
Fiona Lowenstein @fi_lowenstein
Lois Parshley @LoisParshley

Links to resources discussed:
My coronavirus survivor group is my most important medical support right now

No one knows why these Covid-19 patients’ symptoms keep relapsing

We Need to Talk About What Coronavirus Recoveries Look Like

Body Politic Covid-19 Support Group

COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Covid-19 "long-haulers" find a community online

K-Pop fans have come to the aid of Black Lives Matter protestors online. If you know your history, that may come as a surprise.

Links:
A beginner’s guide to K-pop

How K-pop fans are weaponizing the internet for Black Lives Matter

Guests:
Aja Romano, Vox.com culture writer (@ajaromano)
Miranda Larsen, Kpop scholar and fan (https://twitter.com/AcaOtaku)

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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K-pop’s online activism for Black Lives Matter is complicated

How online games like Minecraft and Fortnite have become virtual concert venues.

Featuring
Julia Alexander (@loudmouthjulia)
Cherie Hu (@cheriehu42)

Links to resources discussed:
I Tried to crash the VIP area at American Football’s Minecraft concert

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Video games are the new concert venues

Thousands of people have taken the streets to protest during a pandemic. Vox.com's Brian Resnick explains why not all public health experts think that's a bad thing.

Featuring
Brian Resnick (@B_resnick)

Links to resources discussed:
What public health experts want critics to know about why they support the protests
Tear gas, explained

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Protesting during a pandemic

President Trump has faced unprecedented action from social media companies in recent weeks. The Verge's T.C. Sottek argues that they haven't gone far enough.

Featuring
T.C. Sottek (@chillmage)

Links to resources discussed:
Ban Them All

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The case for banning Trump on social media

The toxic chemical’s origins, from WWI to today’s protests across the country.

Featuring
Roberto Daza (@rsdaza)
Anna Feigenbaum (@drfigtree)

Links to resources discussed:
The Protests in Minneapolis (Vice News)

The disturbing history of how tear gas became the weapon of choice against protesters 

Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today 

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Tear gas, explained

Over 400 Facebook employees didn't show up to work on Monday. Recode's Shirin Ghaffary explains the unprecedented unrest at the social media giant over President Trump’s posts.

Featuring
Shirin Ghaffary (@ShirinGhaffary)
Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz)

Links to resources discussed:
Many Facebook employees think the company needs to stand up to Trump now more than ever

Read the transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s tense meeting with Facebook employees

Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Facebook’s employee revolt

A closer look at two bills which aim to deal with the issue of online child abuse, including the EARN IT Act, which raises major privacy concerns.

Featuring:
Assem Khaled (@Lyserberg)
Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy)
Aaron Mackey (@aaron_d_mackey)

Links to resources discussed:
Can gaming solve its predator problem?
New bill would put $5 billion toward fighting online child abuse

The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online


Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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How Congress is trying to end child abuse online

With games on hold, pro sports leagues are wondering: is it more expensive to lose a season? or to play during a pandemic?

Featuring:
TJ Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN)
Zach Binney (@zbinney_NFLinj)

Links to resources discussed:
How MLB is navigating the coronavirus pandemic to play ball

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset
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Inside baseball’s pitch to play again

The pandemic has caused the speed of science to increase dramatically, but that speed has consequences.

Featuring
Ivan Oransky (@ivanoransky)

Links
Op-ed: Covering science at dangerous speeds

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The speed of coronavirus science has consequences

Why is Netflix the clear winner of the streaming wars right now? Plus, are we gonna run out of stuff to watch?

Featuring:
Peter kafka (@pkafka)

Links to Resources Discussed:
Netflix had the best quarter in its history because of the pandemic

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Netflix and quarantine

The intense decisions clinicians have to make during the pandemic don’t just cause burnout. They cause moral injury. 

Featuring
Jen Schwartz (@JenLSchwartz)
Wendy Dean, MD (@WDeanMD)

Links to resources discussed:
Grief on the Front Line—and Beyond

Suicides of two health care workers hint at the Covid-19 mental health crisis to come

Psychological Trauma Is the Next Crisis for Coronavirus Health Workers

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Covid-19's emotional toll on healthcare workers

Voice-activated coffee makers. One-way hallways. Cubicles! The office will never be the same. 

Featuring:
Rani Molla (@ranimolla)
Steven Yates

Links to Resources Discussed:
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/14/21211789/coronavirus-office-space-work-from-home-design-architecture-real-estate

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The future of work pt. 2

Because more people are working from home, employers are increasingly using software that monitors much more than just your hours on the clock.

Featuring
Adam Satariano (@satariano)
Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam)

Links to resources discussed:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/technology/employee-monitoring-work-from-home-virus.html?referringSource=articleShare

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The future of work pt 1

Why the prepping mindset is so prevalent in Silicon Valley.

Featuring
John Ramey (@jpramey)
Nellie Bowles (@NellieBowles)

Links to resources discussed:
The Prepared
https://theprepared.com/
I Used to Make Fun of Silicon Valley Preppers. Then I Became One.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/technology/coronavirus-preppers.html


Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The preppers of Silicon Valley

Bolinas, California: a small town north of San Francisco where a group of tech entrepreneurs and community volunteers tested everyone for coronavirus. Could this model for testing be used elsewhere?

Featuring:
@Caterina
@jyri

Links:
Caterina.net
The California hippie town where everybody could get a coronavirus test
In one Italian town, we showed mass testing could eradicate the coronavirus | Andrea Crisanti and Antonio Cassone
﻿This reclusive Marin County town is testing everybody for coronavirus
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The small U.S. town that tested everyone

Why we can’t hit pause on Space exploration during the pandemic, and how people who operate spacecraft are working from home.

Featuring
Loen Grush (@lorengrush)

Links to resources discussed:
How engineers are operating deep-space probes, martian rovers, and satellites from their homes

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset
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Working in Space, from home

Neil Young says digital music recordings are terrible quality. Is he right?

Featuring: 
Robert Owen (https://www.oberlin.edu/robert-owen)
@danideahl

Links:
How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?
Vinyl's great, but it's not better than CDs
24/192 Music Downloads...and why they make no sense
Neil Young says the MacBook Pro has ‘Fisher-Price’ audio quality

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset
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The science of digital music and why analog isn’t actually better

Teachers and students are still struggling with online education

Links to resources discussed:
Students will go back to school eventually. Here are 5 concrete ideas for helping them catch up, readjust

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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How coronavirus is impacting education

A coronavirus conspiracy theory has led to arson attacks in the UK. And - how to talk to friends and family about coronavirus misinformation. 

Featuring
James Temperton (@JTemperton)
Liz Neeley (@LizNeeley)

Links to resources discussed:
James Temperton’s article: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory
Liz Neely’s article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/how-talk-about-coronavirus/609118/

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory

What’s the deal with January 19th, 2038? Why remembering Y2K correctly matters.

Featuring
Rose Eveleth (@roseveleth)

Links to resources discussed:
Flash Forward Podcast

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The year 2038 problem

Public health's "tried and true" tactic against infectious disease, and how Google and Apple want to help end the lockdown.

Featuring
@sxbegle
@russellbrandom

Links to resources discussed:
Answering the 12 biggest questions about Apple and Google's new coronavirus tracking project 

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Contact tracing, explained

There’s a new online bookseller in town that’s trying to save your local indie bookstore.

Featuring
Andy Hunter (@AndyHunter777)
Constance Grady (@constancegrady)

Links to resources discussed:
Vox Book Club, The City We Became, Week 1: New York City is born. What happens next?

In Ask a Book Critic, Vox.com book critic Constance Grady recommends books to suit your very specific mood

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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How indie bookstores might survive the pandemic

From fan pages to food pics, Dr. Anthony Fauci is everywhere. The Verge’s Makena Kelly explains the person behind the meme. 

Featuring
@kellymakena
@FauciFan

Links to resources discussed:
Makena’s Article: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/3/21206011/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-stan-fandom-hero-donald-trump-white-house-task-force

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The internet has a crush on Dr. Fauci

Why the pandemic is exposing the complicated relationship between delivery apps and restaurants and how a restaurateur and app developer is helping keep his industry alive.

Featuring
Caleb Pershan ( @calaesthetic)
Nick Kokonas ( @nickkokonas)

Links to resources discussed:
Restaurant and Bar Employees Make Up 60 Percent of Jobs Lost in March
Here’s What Alinea’s To-Go Offerings Look Like
Grubhub Asks Restaurants to Foot the Bill on ‘Supper for Support’ Promotions

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Will your favorite restaurant survive?

How testing technology will help end the spread of covid-19.

Featuring
Una Osato (@thisisuna)
Umair Irfan (@umairfan)

Links

How Covid-19 immunity testing can help people get back to work

FDA authorizes first antibody-based test for COVID-19

12 things everyone needs to know about the coronavirus pandemic

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The two types of tests we need to end this

Why life-saving ventilators for Covid-19 patients are in short supply, and how people like Dr. Richard Boyer are trying to fix that.

Featuring
@SaraMorrison

Links to resources discussed:
Trump isn't making America's ventilator shortage any easier
The Covent-19 Challenge

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The race to make more ventilators

Nintendo’s new game New Horizons has become a place to escape the reality of a global pandemic, gather with friends online - and even get married.

Featuring
Allegra Frank (@legsfrank)
Sharmin Asha &amp; Nazmul Ahmed

Links to resources discussed:
Allegra’s article: https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/27/21194698/animal-crossing-new-horizons-review-nintendo-switch

Sharmin and Naz’s Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/fnbgzd/my_fiance_and_i_had_to_cancel_our_upcoming/

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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There’s no social distancing in Animal Crossing

What do we mean when we say “airborne?”; plus, the most important unanswered questions about how coronavirus is transmitted.

FEATURING
Roxanne Khamsi @rkhamsi
Brian Resnick @B_resnick

LINKS
They Say Coronavirus Isn't Airborne—but It's Definitely Borne By Air

The 9 most important unanswered questions about Covid-19

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Airborne, explained

Why does it spread so easily? And could it mutate into something worse? The Atlantic's Ed Yong explains the science so far.

Featuring
@edyong209

Links to resources discussed:

vox.com/coronavirus 

Why the Coronavirus Has Been So Successful

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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What this coronavirus does to your body

How the tech giant is responding to the pandemic, and what it says about Amazon as a company.

FEATURING
Jason Del Rey @DelRey

LINKS
Amazon reopened a NYC warehouse a day after a worker tested positive for coronavirus

Amazon is banning its warehouses from stocking nonessential items during the coronavirus pandemic

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Is Amazon primed for coronavirus?

COVID-19 has shut schools all over the country, and millions of American students are now learning at home, online. Are online tools enough to make up for lost classroom time?

Links to resources discussed:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/coronavirus-closes-schools-teachers-families-brace-massive-experiment-online-education-n1160966

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The biggest experiment in online learning, ever

The scientific community is moving at unprecedented speed to develop a way to treat COVID-19. But how soon can a treatment or a vaccine be available to the public?

Featuring
@mslopatto

Links to resources discussed:
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/11/21163262/is-there-a-cure-for-coronavirus

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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How quickly can we treat covid-19?

The 'Click to Pray eRosary' is a new wearable device from the Vatican. It tracks people’s steps, calories — and prayers. But can it bring young Catholics closer to the faith?

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“Click to Pray eRosary” – wearable smart device to pray the rosary for peace
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Fitbit for the faithful 

Forced labor performed by Uighur Muslims in China may be in the tech products we use every day.

Featuring
Darren Byler @dtbyler
Rushan Abbas @rushan614
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian @BethanyAllenEbr
 
Links
The report: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale
NYT profile of Rushan Abbas: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/world/asia/uighur-muslims-china-detainment.html
Axios: https://www.axios.com/uighur-forced-labor-us-companies-china-7d32a600-7561-45c8-9f19-37ee306c24cd.html 

Host:
SigalSamuel @sigalsamuel

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Is our tech made by forced labor in China?

The cost of China’s high-tech response to contain the coronavirus.

Featuring
Rebecca Heilweil @rebeccaheilweil
Timothy Grose @GroseTimothy

Links
Coronavirus is the first big test for futuristic tech that can prevent pandemics 

A surveillance net blankets China’s cities, giving police vast powers

Host:
Sigal Samuel @SigalSamuel

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Does stopping coronavirus require more surveillance?

Justin Bieber and two other artists used the same synth melody in three different songs. Switched On Pop's Charlie Harding explains how that's increasingly common in an industry where copyright has become so stringent.

Featuring
@charlieharding

Links to resources discussed
What Happens When Justin Bieber Samples Your Music

Host:
Allegra Frank @legsfrank

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How sample libraries are changing pop music

How the app can turn teens into Internet stars and just as quickly forget them.

Featuring
Maia @mxmtoon
Rebecca Jennings @rebexxxxa

Links to resources discussed:
Tikked off: What happens when TikTok fame fades
On TikTok, who owns a viral dance?

Host:
Allegra Frank @LegsFrank

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This is your brain on TikTok

Can we stop the spread of coronavirus misinformation on social media?

FEATURING
Eater's Matthew Kang @mattatouille
The Verge's Russell Brandom @russellbrandom

LINKS
Coronavirus Scare Rips Through LA’s Koreatown Amid False Social Media Rumors

Trump’s reckless coronavirus statements put the entire US at risk

Host:
Allegra Frank @legsfrank

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The coronavirus rumor mill

The New York Times' Taylor Lorenz explains Mike Bloomberg's Dank Meme Cash.

Featuring
@TaylorLorenz

Links to resources discussed:
Michael Bloomberg’s Campaign Suddenly Drops Memes Everywhere

Host:
Allegra Frank, associate culture editor at Vox.com
@LegsFrank

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2020’s political meme wars

Jennifer Doudna, co-developer of the revolutionary gene editing technology, reflects on CRISPR's past and its future.

Links to resources discussed:
@igisci (Innovative Genomics Institute)
A simple guide to CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of the decade
Is the CRISPR baby controversy the start of a terrifying new chapter in gene editing?

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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What's next for CRISPR

Is it better to have loved and influenced than never to have loved at all?
Emma Gray, co-host of HuffPost’s Here to Make Friends podcast, explains how social media has reshaped the Bachelor.

Featured Guests
@emmaladyrose

LINKS:
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Alyssa Bereznak at The Ringer has a great read on how the Bachelor became an influencer launchpad

And if you want to watch Jared and Ashley’s 44 minute long relationship video, nothing is stopping you.

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The Bachelor: Here for the wrong reasons

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, is donating $10 billion to stop climate change. But is this the best way to spend his money if he wants to tackle climate change?

FEATURING
@teddyschleifer
@SigalSamuel

LINKS
Jeff Bezos donates $10 billion to fight climate change
Jeff Bezos donated billions to fix climate change. Why not fix Amazon?
Jeff Bezos is quietly letting his charities do something radical — whatever they want

Host:
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Bezos’ $10 billion climate change pledge

A company called GirlsDoPorn uploaded videos to Pornhub and other sites without the consent of the women in them. VICE’s Samantha Cole explains why these videos are still all over the internet.

Featuring
@samleecole

Links to resources discussed:
Samantha Cole's reporting:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9393zp/how-pornhub-moderation-works-girls-do-porn

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb8zjn/pornhub-doxing-and-harassment-girls-do-porn-lawsuit

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kb5q/pornhub-finally-removes-girls-do-porn

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvgxvw/girls-do-porn-employees-charged-with-sex-trafficking-potentially-face-life-in-prison

Host:
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Pornhub’s content moderation problem

How does a video game character get made? And how can the gaming industry improve its standards for the real humans behind its virtual characters?

FEATURING
Jessica Jefferies (@jessicajcasting)
Allegra Frank (@LegsFrank)

LINKS
The hidden world and overlooked problems of acting in video games
Video game voice actors end their yearlong strike

Host:
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Why video game actors are fighting to be seen

Private companies have long used your phone’s location data for advertising. Now we know the federal government is using it to enforce the border.

Featuring
@ByronTau
@shiringhaffary

Links to resources discussed:
Federal Agencies Use Cellphone Location Data for Immigration Enforcement

The “smarter” wall: How drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Share your location with ICE?

How teenagers have created their own way to preserve their digital privacy...for the ‘gram.

Featuring
@Pr0d1g4
@alfredwkng

Links
Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram's tracking algorithm

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The teens tricking Instagram

And it won’t be the last.

Featuring
@MilesParks

Links to resources discussed:
Technical Reporting Issue Delays Results From Iowa Caucuses
Iowa Democrats Will Use A Smartphone App At Caucuses, Despite Cybersecurity Concerns
Exclusive: Seattle-Area Voters To Vote By Smartphone In 1st For U.S. Elections

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The Iowa Caucus isn’t the only election with an app

Google disclosed how much money YouTube makes in ads for the first time. How are its content creators feeling?

Featuring
@pkafka
@loudmouthjulia

Links
YouTube makes $15 billion a year from ads — and pays more than half of that to video makers

Creators finally know how much money YouTube makes, and they want more of it

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Charlie bit my finger, now pay me!

How AI could predict the next big outbreak.

Links to resources discussed:
An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus
How AI is battling the coronavirus outbreak

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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An AI warned about Covid-19 before the CDC

Taiwan’s system of electronic medical records lets them track diseases as they spread and makes healthcare more convenient for patients. So why isn’t the US system of medical records like this?

Featured Guests
@dylanscott

LINKS:
Listen to The Impact to hear more about Taiwan’s Medicare-for-All system.

You can also read more of Dylan’s reporting from around the globe in his series, Everybody Covered. 

For more on the history of electronic health records in the US, you can read Sarah Kliff’s deep dive into the subject, or listen to her Impact episode about it. 

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A better approach to medical records?

The widespread problem of child predation and sexual abuse through online video games is a difficult issue to talk about, let alone fix. But there are some ways to take action to stop it.

Featuring
@NellieBowles
@WillOremus

Links
Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators

How to Keep Child Predators Out of Virtual Playgrounds Like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Minecraft’

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Can gaming solve its predator problem?

Clearview AI says its facial recognition tool works with almost 100% accuracy. Buzzfeed's Ryan Mac explains how not all the company's claims withstand scrutiny.

Featuring:
@RMac18

Links to resources discussed:
Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect. The Cops Say That's Not True.
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
What facial recognition steals from us

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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A startup, billions of images, and the end of anonymity

As mass shootings at US schools increase in frequency, school administrators across the US are turning to artificially intelligent surveillance tools in an attempt to beef up school safety.

Featured Guests
@rebeccaheilweil

LINKS:
New surveillance AI can tell schools where students are and where they’ve been

Barbara Fedders’ paper on surveillance tools in North Carolina schools.

To hear more about Kai Koerber’s work on mental health access, listen to his conversation with Berkeley News. 

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Students are being watched. Closely.

The Indian government shut the internet down in Kashmir in August last year: what this means for Kashmiris living without the internet - and what it says about the world’s largest democracy.

Featuring
@PranavDixit
@mmehraj

Links
Kashmiris Are Disappearing From WhatsApp

The latest crisis between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, explained in under 600 words

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Kashmir’s internet has been shut down for 5 months

Starlink, a constellation of satellites launched by SpaceX, has the ambitious goal of bringing internet connectivity to the globe.

Featuring
@lorengrush

Links to resources discussed:
SPACEX CONTINUES TO BLAST SATELLITES INTO ORBIT AS THE SPACE COMMUNITY WORRIES

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The internet, from SpaceX

YouTube is finally being forced to follow a decades-old rule that protects kids’ privacy online. What does this mean for content creators?

Featured Guests
@kellymakena

LINKS:
Makena Kelly’s done a lot of COPPA coverage. Here’s her article from the original FTC announcement, and more about the possibility of an eraser button going forward.
 
The Goods by Vox did a deep dive on Ryan’s World last year. 

We drew a lot from this video by The Game Theorists, if you’re inclined to watch it yourself.

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The YouTubers are freaked

The dark origins of deepfake videos and Facebook’s new policy explained.

Featuring:
@kellymakena
@samleecole

Links to resources discussed:
Facebook’s deepfake ban isn’t winning over critics
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/7/21055283/facebook-deepfake-ban-political-ads-shallowfakes-rules-moderation

Deepfakes Were Created As a Way to Own Women's Bodies—We Can't Forget That
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nekqmd/deepfake-porn-origins-sexism-reddit-v25n2?utm_source=stylizedembed_vice.com&amp;utm_campaign=939wxp&amp;site=vice

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Facebook's fake deepfake problem

The secretive group coordinating Silicon Valley's political donations.

Featuring
@teddyschleifer

Links to resources discussed:
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/6/21046631/mind-the-gap-silicon-valley-democratic-donors-stanford

Host:
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Mind the Gap

California’s landmark new gig work law, AB5, explained. And, the broader trend of states stepping in to regulate tech companies. 

Featuring
Carolyn Said: @CSaid
Margaret Harding McGill: @margarethmcgill

Links to resources discussed:
Gig workers’ win in California is a victory for workers everywhere

AB5, California’s landmark gig-work law, takes effect Jan. 1 amid controversy

States will be the battlegrounds for 2020 tech policy fights

The Rideshare guy podcast

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The legal battle over who counts as an employee

How much should we worry about Iranian hackers? 

Featuring:
Wired's Andy Greenberg: @a_greenberg

Links to resources discussed:
How Iran's Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani's Assassination
 
The US is worried about Iran retaliating with a cyberattack

The secret history of the Stuxnet | Recode Media | Alex Gibney

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The other Iranian threat: cyberwarfare

The country's strongest data privacy law just went into effect in California. 

Featuring
@SaraMorrison
@caprivacyorg

Links to resources discussed:
California’s new privacy law, explained

The Unlikely Activists Who Took on Silicon Valley—and Won

Californians for Consumer Privacy

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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What California's new data privacy law means for all of us

The story of a mother's race against time to find a genetic treatment for her son, and the technology that's helping her do it - CRISPR mice from China.

Correction - January 8th, 2020: An earlier version of this podcast episode stated that the gene therapy method that’s being developed to treat Maxwell would alter his genetic map. That is incorrect. The gene therapy method in question, which is called AAV9, won’t alter Maxwell’s mutation. We regret the error.

Featuring
Dan Vergano, BuzzFeed: @dvergano
Amber Freed: @Maxs_Milestones

Links to resources discussed:
This Mom Is Buying Mutant Mice From China To Find A Cure For Her Son’s Rare Genetic Disease
Milestones for Maxwell

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How to get a treatment for your toddler’s rare disease

Elon Musk: a look at the tech billionaire who wants to start a colony on Mars, build a machine to control computers with just your brain, and who thinks we probably live in a simulation.

Featuring
Liz Lopatto: @mslopatto

Links to resources discussed:
This decade in Elon Musk

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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10 years of Elon Musk

Reset’s end-of-year tech episode, featuring Adrianne Jeffries from The Markup, and executive editor of The Verge, TC Sottek.

Featuring
@SeriousStoic
@adrjeffries

Links to resources discussed:
Underunderstood podcast
TC Sottek at The Verge

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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WeWork, China, and Silicon Valley activism: this year in tech

As new technology enters the religious domain, how might artificial intelligence play a role?
Vox.com's Sigal Samuel guest-hosts this episode of Reset.

Featuring:
@SigalSamuel

Links:
Robot priests can bless you, advise you, and even perform your funeral

“Computer Ethics” by Deborah Johnson

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Robot priests: the rise of A.I. in religion

In this episode, two stories on one theme: how tech companies interact with communities they're located in, and their impact on emergency services.

Featuring
Anjeanette Damon
Sarah Emerson

Links to resources discussed:
West World: Anjeanette Damon's episode for The City 

The City Podcast

How Facebook Bought a Police Force

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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When Big Tech calls 911

Google says it's reached "quantum supremacy." We break down what that means for computing and why IBM is pushing back.

Featuring:
@KSHartnett

Quantum Supremacy Is Coming: Here’s What You Should Know
Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment
Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor
Leveraging Secondary Storage to Simulate Deep 54-qubit Sycamore Circuits

Hosts:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Quantum Supremacy, WTF?

Students across the country are graded by artificial intelligence. But can an algorithm really know how to write?

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Links to resources discussed:
Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays
How I’m using AI to write my next novel

Featuring:
@SigalSamuel
@ToddFeathers

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Can Artificial Intelligence teach you to write better?

Amazon’s Ring has some safety issues. How secure are these home security systems?

Featured Guests
@Jessica_Holley
@ranimolla

LINKS:
Family says hackers accessed a Ring camera in their 8-year-old daughter’s room
 
How Amazon’s Ring is creating a surveillance network with video doorbells

The rise of fear-based social media like Nextdoor, Citizen, and now Amazon’s Neighbors

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Maybe don't put a Ring on it?

The genetic genealogy website used to find the Golden State Killer has been sold to a DNA forensics company.

Featuring:
@MeganMolteni
Peter Aldhous

Links:
10 Years Ago, DNA Tests Were The Future Of Medicine. Now They’re A Social Network — And A Data Privacy Mess

A DNA Firm That Caters to Police Just Bought a Genealogy Site

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Genealogists love DNA and so do the police

When we shop online, we tend to think of it as a solitary experience free of sales associates and watchful eyes. But it turns out, some companies can see every move you make in their online stores, in real time.

Featuring
Jessica Testa: @jtes
Hadar Paz: @hadarpaz

Links to resources discussed:
They see you when you're shopping
Powerfront

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How can I watch you today?

Uber released its first-ever safety report. How should we think about its numbers and what do they tell us about safety and sexual misconduct in the gig economy?

GUESTS:
@kateconger
@AJRavenelleNYC

LINKS: 
Uber Says 3,045 Sexual Assaults Were Reported in U.S. Rides Last Year
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/technology/uber-sexual-assaults-murders-deaths-safety.html
Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy
https://www.alexandreajravenelle.com/book
Uber CEO Q&amp;A: When rape happens in an Uber, who’s responsible?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/06/uber-ceo-qa-when-rape-happens-an-uber-whos-responsible/

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How safe is Uber?

A law called FOSTA-SESTA, and its unintended consequences.

Featuring
Aja Romano 
Rep. Ro Khanna

Links to resources discussed:
RO KHANNA HOPES THIS BILL WILL PAVE THE WAY TO REPEALING FOSTA
The LGBTQ rights issue 2020 Democrats still aren’t talking about


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Did An Anti-Sex Trafficking Internet Law Put Even More People At Risk?

TikTok, the video sharing app that has taken the tweens and 2019 by storm, is now facing stiff competition, concerns over censorship, and a federal investigation.
From our friends at Today, Explained.

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Don't curl your lashes and talk about Uighurs on TikTok

Why you should know about microtargeting, and how it works in political advertising.

Featuring:
@EmilyStewartM
@davidkgoldstein

Links to resources discussed:
Why everybody is freaking out about political ads on Facebook and Google

Campaigns Say  Google Ad Policy Sidesteps Problem of Disinformation

Cambridge Analytica’s “psychographic microtargeting”: what’s bullshit and what’s legit

Reset episode on Twitter banning political ads

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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You Are Being Microtargeted 

Is Elon Musk's Cybertruck the future of electric vehicles?

Featuring:
Sean O'Kane - @sokane1
David Ferris - @DavidFerris

Links to resources discussed:
Tesla Cybertruck first ride: inside the electric pickup

What we learned on the Electric Road Trip

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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What the truck, Tesla?! 

Electronic monitoring, often in the form of ankle bands, is on the rise within the criminal justice system—it’s viewed by some as a simple alternative to incarceration, but what impact does this tech really have on people's lives?

Featuring:
@shubhabala

Links:
Use of Electronic Offender-Tracking Devices Expands Sharply

Digital Jail: How Electronic Monitoring Drives Defendants Into Debt 
 
Electronic Monitoring Technology Must Be Regulated

Active electronic monitoring a viable alternative to pretrial detention

What is E-Carceration? 

The Newest Jim Crow: Recent criminal justice reforms contain the seeds of a frightening system of “e-carceration.” 

Host:
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The tech behind ankle monitors

What's at risk when we share photos, videos or other kid content on social media? Arielle talks with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway about when and how they share their personal family life online. Plus, Leah Plunkett, author of a new book on the subject "Sharenthood: Why We Should Think Before We Talk about Our Kids Online."

Featuring
Kara Swisher 
Scott Galloway
Leah Plunkett

Links to resources discussed:
Pivot podcast
Sharenthood: why we should think before we talk about our kids online

Host:
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Sharenting: how much should you share about your kids online?

Why so many Amazon packages take a pitstop in the small town of Roundup, Montana.

Featuring
Josh Dzieza - @joshdzieza
Jason Del Rey - @DelRey

Links to resources discussed:
The everything town in the middle of nowhere
Land of the Giants: The Rise of Amazon

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Amazon's Middlewomen

Iran's government shut down the internet, after widespread protests over the cost of fuel - how is that possible, and what does that mean for its people?

Links to resources discussed:
How the Iranian government shut off the internet
Internet disrupted in Iran amid fuel protests in multiple cities

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Yes, a government can shut down the internet

Google has partnered with one of America's large hospital networks and gained access to millions of health records. CNBC's Christina Farr explains what it's doing with them.

Links to resources discussed:
Google’s hospital data-sharing deal raises privacy fears — here’s what’s really going on
Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Why Google Has Your Health Records

A sex education chat bot answers questions from teens about sex and puberty.

Links to resources discussed:
Ask  Roo
Advocates for Youth
Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The Birds and the Bees ...  and the bot

An Airbnb scam exposed, and why Silicon Valley’s culture of growth-at-all-costs means safeguards are an afterthought.

Links to resources discussed:
I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb
Brian Chesky on the Recode Decode podcast
Super Pumped 

Featuring:
@allie_conti
@MikeIsaac

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The Airbnb Scam

SMS texting is a mess, but it still matters - so what's the fix?

Featuring:
Blair Hickman @amandablair
Dieter Bohn @backlon

Links to resources discussed: 
SMS provider said 168,000 Valentine’s texts were delayed — now it says the number is higher
AT&amp;T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard
Google is finally taking charge of the RCS Rollout 

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Thank you, Text

As climate change makes fires more intense, one solution is to put the forest under surveillance.

Links to resources discussed:
THE 1910 FIRES
MarinaMarina

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Can tech save California from wildfires?

The U.S. government won’t release information about how it’s using facial recognition technology — so the ACLU is suing.
Links to resources discussed:

Electronic Frontier Foundation report on Facial Recognition technology

ACLU Press release

Facial Recognition technology explainer video from The Verge/Russell Brandom


Featuring:
@lynch_jen
@russellbrandom

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The government has your face 

The impact of Twitter's ban on political ads on the platform.

Links 
Jack Dorsey’s Announcement on Twitter
Was That the Best Subtweet Ever?
“Daisy” Ad (1964)

Guests:
@karaswisher
@zachbeauchamp

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Twitter gets rid of political ads

Eliud Kipchoge made history when he ran 26.22 miles in under 2 hours - a record breaking 'sub-two' run. He ran in Nike Vaporflies, a high-tech shoe that's helping runners break records, and causing debate over its use in races.

Links
Alex Hutchinson's book, Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Nike Says Its $250 Running Shoes Will Make You Run Much Faster. What if That’s Actually True?
A Tale of Two Marathon Records and Nike's Magic Shoes

Featuring:
@sweatscience
@nxthompson

Hosts:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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If the shoe fits ... ban it?

A year ago, a reported 20,000 Google employees walked off the job in protest. Has employee activism changed one of the biggest companies in tech?

Links to resources discussed:
Google CEO, in leaked video, says company is ‘genuinely struggling’ with employee trust
Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
Google walkout organizer quits company after alleged retaliation
Google’s attempt to shut down a unionization meeting just riled up its employees


Featuring:
@shiringhaffary
@lizthegrey

Hosts:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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The Google walkout, one year later

Google says it's reached "quantum supremacy." We break down what that means for computing and why IBM is pushing back.

Featuring:
@KSHartnett

Quantum Supremacy Is Coming: Here’s What You Should Know
Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment
Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor
Leveraging Secondary Storage to Simulate Deep 54-qubit Sycamore Circuits

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Instagram censors almost all photographs of female nipples on its platform. The impact of this policy is much larger than you might think, affecting both art and identity.

Featuring:
@raindovemodel
@caseynewton
@twofacedkitten
@micolhebron

Hosts:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Inside Instagram's Nipple Ban

Facebook wants to start a currency. Congress has questions.

Featuring:
@KatharinaPistor
@dseetharaman

Hosts:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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Move Fast and Break Currency

Apple removed an app that had been used by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong. Turns out that has broad implications for democracy globally.

Links to resources discussed: 
Apple bowed to China by removing a Hong Kong protest map from its app store

Featuring:
@maryhui
@reckless

Hosts:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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