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From The Big Story: Choke Points 4 Oct 2026 · 37 min Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost Lives. How Israeli checkpoints suffocate P…

From The Big Story: How a Research Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won 2 Oct 2026 · 39 min Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and ig…

From The Big Story: Greetings From Burning Man! 30 Sept 2026 · 31 min Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Dispatches from the New American Holiday: Writer Bruce Sterling takes the kids to the Temporary…

From The Big Story: She's 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can't Have Kids 27 Sept 2026 · 39 min No IVF. No surrogacy. No polygenic tests. Emma Waters is leading a national fight against fertility tech—with her hot husband’s permission, of course. For more of the most ambitio…

From The Big Story: Sayaka Murata Inhabits a Planet of Her Own 25 Sept 2026 · 27 min Listen to more of The Big Story here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop The novelist makes the Earthly rituals of sex, marriage, childbirth—and all of human life—appear…

Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing 31 Jul 2024 · 11 min DC went to YC to talk OS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bitcoin Bros Go Wild for Donald Trump 30 Jul 2024 · 15 min At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Trump told crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Polluted Lakes Are Being Cleansed Using Floating Wetlands Made of Trash 29 Jul 2024 · 14 min Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/…

At The Olympics, AI Is Watching You 26 Jul 2024 · 10 min A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Here's What Happens When You Give People Free Money (They Get Poorer) 25 Jul 2024 · 8 min OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of t…

RealPage Says Rental Pricing Tech Is Misunderstood, but Landlords Aren’t So Sure 24 Jul 2024 · 14 min The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren't entirely convinced. Lear…

Waymo Is Suing People Who Allegedly Smashed and Slashed Its Robotaxis 23 Jul 2024 · 9 min The Alphabet-owned driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals after a series of violent incidents in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…

J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows 22 Jul 2024 · 12 min The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elit…

Spotify, Stop Trying to Become a Social Media App 19 Jul 2024 · 9 min The music streaming service has added a comment function under podcasts. Who is it for, anyway? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paris Mayor Defies Poo Threats to Swim in Seine, and Prove a Point 18 Jul 2024 · 10 min French politicians’ pledge to make swimming possible in the iconic river is a way to ward off criticism about the cost of the clean up operation. Learn more about your ad choices.…

Tiny Texas Village Seeks Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Miner to Pave Potholes, Scare Dogs Away 17 Jul 2024 · 12 min In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas.…

Pressure Grows in Congress to Treat Crypto Investigator Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed in Nigeria, as a Hostage 16 Jul 2024 · 11 min A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history.…

How Watermelon Cupcakes Kicked Off an Internal Storm at Meta 15 Jul 2024 · 15 min Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee. Le…

Apple to Allow Rivals to Access ‘Tap and Go’ Technology 12 Jul 2024 · 6 min In the latest iOS overhaul prompted by European Union rules, the smartphone maker will give third-party developers access to its payment technology. Learn more about your ad choic…

Epic Games Lashes Out at Apple Over App Store Rejection 11 Jul 2024 · 7 min Fortnite creator Epic Games says Apple rejected its App Store rival for being too similar to its own—a move it deemed “arbitrary, obstructive,” and in violation of EU rules. Learn…

What Will Plants Be Like on Alien Worlds? 10 Jul 2024 · 11 min Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc…

How Labour Can Fix the UK’s Tech Industry 9 Jul 2024 · 11 min The new government could bring about a renaissance in UK tech and bolster the country’s precarious post-Brexit startup pipeline. That’s if politics don’t get in the way. Learn mor…

After a 10 Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally Being Returned 8 Jul 2024 · 13 min Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9bn windfall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast…

Hurricane Beryl Isn’t a Freak Storm—It’s the Exact Nightmare Meteorologists Predicted 4 Jul 2024 · 8 min A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones.…

Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Cuts Dozens of Jobs 3 Jul 2024 · 7 min Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta's Pay for Privacy Model Is Illegal, Says EU 2 Jul 2024 · 6 min In the latest big tech reprimand, European Commission officials say the tech giant must offer another option for EU users to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your…

French AI Startups Felt Unstoppable. Then Came the Election 1 Jul 2024 · 11 min With polls suggesting voters are about to swing toward the far right or hard left, the AI industry is starting to freak out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices…

OpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AI 28 Jun 2024 · 8 min Having humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable. Learn more about you…

Air So Polluted It Can Kill Isn’t Being Taken Seriously Enough 27 Jun 2024 · 8 min Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate. Learn more about your ad choices.…

The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over 26 Jun 2024 · 7 min WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a co…