The pandemic has made robot caregivers a popular way to keep elderly people company. But as Vox's Sigal Samuel explains, they're not for everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fake news can be awkward to talk about. Science communicator Liz Neeley gives her best tips for combating misinformation among your friends and loved ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The popular social media video app may be banned in the U.S. but will Oracle step in to save it? Recode’s Peter Kafka explains the possible deal and what it says about Trump’s negotiations with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Recode Deputy Editor, Adam Estes Clark discusses why we've all got Zoom fatigue and where new video chat technology is headed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Facebook is making some changes in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, but is it enough to stop the spread of misinformation? Recode's Senior Reporter Shirin Ghaffary, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon has become the dominant retailer online in large part due its Prime program. Now, Walmart is deploying the same strategy with Walmart+, a membership service the company hopes can win back customers from Amazon. Recode's Senior Correspondent for Commerce, Jason Del Rey, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing...
What ‘prison TikTok’ tells us about the lives of incarcerated people. Featuring: Louise Matsakis -- Staff Writer at WIRED (@lmatsakis) Nazgol Ghandnoosh -- Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project (@NazgolG) Adnan Khan -- Executive Director at Re:Store Justice (@akhan1437) Links to resources: Behind Bars, but Still Posting on TikTok The Sentencing Project Re:Store Justice Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you und...
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 About Recode by Vox: ...
Is working on a team of all-stars, excellent pay, and unlimited vacation worth the stress of constant criticism from co-workers and the knowledge that your boss is considering whether to replace you? Netflix execs will tell you that their internal culture is the key to their success. From Recode and Vox Media, 'Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Su...
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing t...
Reset is now a weekly podcast: here's what you need to know. Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The pandemic has upended the art and business of making music. Producing, performing and releasing — every aspect is new and uncharted. The need for social distancing means that it’s unsafe to collaborate in small studios or perform for large crowds — not to mention finding the right thing to sing about in such a charged moment. We’re telling three stories about how artists are working within these constraints: Ricky Reed and John-Robert have found a way to generate a creative spark remotely, Ja...
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and ch...
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech...
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...
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 lea...
Twitter fact-checked the president. Now what? Featuring @kateconger Links for further reading: Defying Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on Labeling Tweets George Floyd’s death set off uprisings across the country Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lo-Fi hip-hop has emerged as a hugely popular genre and internet subculture. Its millions of loyal fans rely on curated lo-fi playlists and live-streams to write to, study to and even fall asleep to. But what of its musical roots? Who are its stars? And why, despite its mass following on YouTube, Spotify and elsewhere, is it nearly impossible to spot on the Billboard? We trace lo-fi from its godfathers to its moments in the sun, to the complex creative ecosystem playing out on streaming platform...
Why the pandemic’s future is hard to predict, and why the vaccine could take much longer than 12-to-18 months. Featuring: Brian Resnick (@B_Resnick) German Lopez (@germanrlopez) Links to Resources Discussed: The pandemic, chaos, and coming to terms with uncertainty A coronavirus vaccine may take longer than 12 to 18 months Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. L...
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 About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
