Podcast
Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider
Hosted by Marketplace · EN
Codebreaker is a podcast that dares to ask – and answer – the fundamental questions about technology that consume us every day. From “is it evil?” to “can it save us?” – it’s up to you to listen, decode and decide. In partnership with Tech Insider.
10episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
Technology Crossing Borders
Dec 27, 201600:34:51Tap to summarizeThe gadget that saved a refugee in the middle of the Aegean Sea, how an agent uses technology to patrol the U.S. border with Mexico, and how a journalist in exile broadcasts the news with WhatsApp. Listen, decode, and decide: Can technology crossing borders save us?
Transcribe →Encryption
Dec 21, 201600:28:33Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →World Building
Dec 14, 201600:39:22Tap to summarizeA proposal to bioengineer shorter humans with cat eyes, a decades-old idea for a totally new kind of power, a battery made from trash and Bill Nye the Science Guy tries to get us in gear. Listen, decode, and decide: Can world-building save us?
Transcribe →Watching
Dec 7, 201600:36:33Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →The Augmented Self
Nov 30, 201600:32:45Tap to summarizeThe man who collected too much data, cyborgs who want to make their body-hardware mainstream, robots that rebuild your hairline and a conversation with Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge aka LeVar Burton. Listen, decode, and decide: Can the augmented self save us?
Transcribe →Alternate Reality
Nov 23, 201600:35:28Tap to summarizeA therapist who creates virtual reality experiences for people with dangerous disorders, a grandmother who uses a headset to escape her surroundings and Ernest Cline on virtual reality in fact and fiction. Listen, decode, and decide: Can alternate realities save us?
Transcribe →Recognition
Nov 16, 201600:33:12Tap to summarizeA toddler who saved her mother’s life with Siri, a man whose mysterious ailment opened up a world of voice recognition technology and a dating service that wants to scan the faces of all your exes. Listen, decode, and decide: Can recognition software save us?
Transcribe →Introducing Codebreaker Season 2
Nov 2, 201600:02:32Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →You have a message from Codebreaker
Oct 19, 201600:01:16Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →Data Tracking
Dec 23, 201500:31:37Tap to summarizeHow targeted ads for a pair of men’s sandals broke up one relationship, the researchers trying to keep data tracking honest, and the casualties of ad blockers. Listen, decode, and decide: Is data tracking evil?
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