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Screens Really are a Nightmare for Sleep

May we suggest a holiday activity for the family? Sleep. Without screens. Get a lot of it.  New...

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Look How Cute this Military Cyber Warfare Training Ground Is

Somewhere hidden in the sleepy suburbs of New Jersey, there is a very small town. This...

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Your Facebook Friend Said Something Racist. Now What?

In this week's show, we offer a humble helping hand through a messy digital dilemma.  Your...

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What to Do When Robots Replace People You Work With

What are you willing to automate in your life? How much robot will you accept?  This week,...

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Type "Hello" To Amy, Your Plucky Digital Personal Assistant

Imagine a world where everyone could have a personal assistant to schedule meetings for them....

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Varsity Video Gamers

Yes, you can get a college scholarship for playing video games. So what's it like? E-athletes...

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Video Games Meet Middle Age Emotions

The first crop of video gamers are facing middle age with no plans to put down the controller. So...

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Pajama Volunteers: The Digital Front of Disaster Response

Cries for help are hidden by the chatter of chaos. Vital updates are lost in the noise. In the...

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EXTRA: Bill Binney and Ladar Levison Talk Cryptography

This is the raw interview used in our episode "The Other Ed Snowdens" with William Binney and...

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The Other Ed Snowdens: Inside the Mind of Two Privacy Whistleblowers

Ed Snowden is not alone. And we're not talking about how his girlfriend has moved in with him in...

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Containing Ebola Like They Did in This Video Game

Public health officials need to be able to predict how outbreaks like Ebola spread and grow. But...

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Space Tourism Gets Sweetly Personal for These Two Strong Lady Travelers

One woman mortgaged her home to buy a ticket to space. Another decided never to have children so...

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BONUS TRACK: How Twitter Has Changed Nonfiction

Fluffly and indulgent as they might be the tiny dispatches and status updates of social media are...

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Screens and Kids: Do Techies Have Different Rules than the Rest of Us?

In a world of screens, parents face some tough questions: To limit or not to limit? By how much...

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Killer Robots + Ancient Rules of War = Trouble

Can replacing human soldiers with robot warriors save lives and make war more humane? We try to...

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Backing Tracks: Why Live Music Won't Be Live For Long

Is your favorite band really playing live when you go see them? Not so much. This isn't about...

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The 'Bi-literate' Brain: The Key to Reading in a Sea of Screens

Paper or screen? There's a battle in your brain. The more you read on screens, the more your...

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The View from Inside the Glass Cube

Intimate, exhausting, stressful, and satisfying... working in the Apple Store is far from an...

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Ana and Mia: How Eating Disorders Evolved Online

Pro Ana. My friend Mia. Thinspiration. If you know these terms, you are familiar with one of the...

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How to Be Smarter than Facebook

Habits are powerful. Tech companies know that. It's no accident we reach for our phones 150 times...

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