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Hearsay Culture Network
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On the air since 2006, Hearsay Culture (HC) has delivered over 300 interviews and is an established global media and expert policy voice. Hearsay Culture is a leading outlet for engaging, quality reporting on technology and society. The new Hearsay Culture Network, launched in September 2023, extends HC's breadth with new shows and hosts, covering business, culture, and technology for a broad audience. More information, and to subscribe, at hearsayculture.com!
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Who Teaches Us About Technology? Hollywood Has a Lot to Say.
2w ago00:59:16Tap to summarizeIn this episode of R&D with D&D, Dave Levine and Denise Howell speak with Gerald Sim about his book, Screening Big Data, exploring how films shape—not simply reflect—our understanding of […]
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Who Owns the Future? AI, Creativity, and the Next Generation of Internet Law
2w ago01:03:31Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Denise Howell’s Uneven Distribution, Denise welcomes longtime friend and technology lawyer Evan Brown for a wide-ranging conversation about how familiar internet law questions—from the famous “monkey […]
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Can Humans Stay Human in the Age of AI? Lee Rainie on Resilience, Trust, and the Future
4w ago00:56:57Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Hearsay Culture, Dave Levine speaks with Lee Rainie about the new Imagining the Digital Future report, Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age, which […]
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Tribe, Truth, and Technology: Barbara McQuade on the Disinformation Crisis
Jun 1900:58:57Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Hearsay Culture, Dave Levine speaks with Barbara McQuade about her book Attack from Within, exploring how deliberate falsehoods spread through politics, media, and technology to manipulate […]
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Defending Democracy: Ty Cobb on Law, Power, and Truth
Nov 600:59:08Tap to summarizeOn KZSU Stanford’s Hearsay Culture, Dave Levine hosts Ty Cobb—former Trump Russia investigation attorney and one of the world’s leading white-collar/government investigations lawyers—for an urgent conversation about the core challenge […]
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When Nuance Vanishes: Searching for Truth in War
Sep 2300:59:37Tap to summarizeDuke professor David Schanzer joined Hearsay Culture on August 21, 2025, to unpack his searing essay from his Perilous Times Substack, “Israel’s Gaza War Has Made Me a Shame to […]
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Washington’s Broken—Your Hometown Isn’t Helpless
Aug 100:58:55Tap to summarizeIn this powerful episode, longtime Hearsay Culture guest Lorelei Kelly returns to share her groundbreaking new project, Defend the Constitution, which empowers citizens to hold their own congressional-style field hearings. […]
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The New Power Brokers: Digital Creators
Jul 2901:15:00Tap to summarizeIn this episode we examine the creator economy, where the lines between law, entertainment, and the future of work are blurring. Creators aren’t just entertainers; they’re architects shaping the digital […]
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The Fandom Machine: When Obsession Turns Ugly
Jul 2500:59:37Tap to summarizeDave Levine’s latest Hearsay Culture episode dives deep into the dark side of fan culture with Professor Mel Stanfill, author of 2024’s Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment and Participatory Culture. […]
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You’re the Product—Unless We Change the Internet
Jul 2400:59:25Tap to summarizeWhat if the internet actually worked for us—not just watched us? On this episode of Hearsay Culture, author and former Google exec Richard Whitt joins to explore how we got […]
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