Constructed reality: are we living in a computer simulation? – tech podcast

The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue: The prologue to our new series about Artificial Intelligence, Black Box by Chips with Everything

15 min listen

Weekend: episode two of a new podcast: In this episode, Marina Hyde looks at the new additions to Downing Street, Hadley Freeman interviews Hollywood actor Will Arnett, Sirin Kale tries her hand at quiz show Mastermind, and David Robson examines why we’re so stressed about stress by Chips with Everything

50 min listen

Weekend: episode one of a new podcast: In our first episode, Marina Hyde reflects on another less than stellar week for Boris Johnson, Edward Helmore charts the rise of Joe Rogan, Laura Snapes goes deep with singer George Ezra, and Alex Moshakis asks, “Are you a jerk at work?” by Chips with Everything

49 min listen

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast: Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known guests to lift the lid on the food they turn to when they’re at home alone – and what comfort foods have seen them through their lives. In the first episode, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace about his childhood in Swansea, the delights of Woolworth’s pork and egg pies, and how his husband’s death informed his latest TV series, It’s a Sin. Future guests will include Nish Kumar, Rafe Spall and Aisling Bea. Episodes willl be released every Tuesday – search for it wherever you get your podcasts by Chips with Everything

40 min listen

Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series: The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. In the first episode, we hear from Kashy Keegan, an unknown singer-songwriter in a sleepy English town who became the voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series by Chips with Everything

26 min listen

Innermost: another episode of our new series: We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series by Chips with Everything

20 min listen

Innermost: episode 1 of a new series: The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind closed doors. In the first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series by Chips with Everything

17 min listen

End of an era: Chips with Everything – podcast: In the final episode of Chips with Everything, Jordan Erica Webber and Alex Hern reminisce about their favourite episodes from the last couple of years. Plus, as the decade draws to a close, the duo discuss their favourite tech stories of the past 10 years by Chips with Everything

37 min listen

Grieving in the digital era: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber looks at how Twitter’s plans to deactivate unused accounts raised a broader conversation around the intersection of technology and death by Chips with Everything

26 min listen

Cities vs big tech: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber looks into the recent setbacks for Uber and Airbnb in cities such as London and Toronto by Chips with Everything

24 min listen

Becoming a meme: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber chats to the man behind the Hide the Pain Harold meme, and Elle Hunt explains why a person’s face might gain notoriety by Chips with Everything

25 min listen

Treating mental health with an app: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber looks at the pros and cons of mental health apps by Chips with Everything

28 min listen

Infiltrating a 'troll farm': Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber talks to undercover reporter Katarzyna Pruszkiewicz, who spent six months working in a PR firm in Poland, where she was told to promote controversial content that would influence people through a fake, rightwing Twitter account by Chips with Everything

19 min listen

A tale of two platforms: Chips with Everything podcast: Kari Paul and Alex Hern join Jordan Erica Webber to discuss how the big social media platforms are tackling the sticky issue of political adverts. Dr Kate Dommett also talks about how UK political parties could use or misuse social media as they launch their general election campaigns. by Chips with Everything

25 min listen

All in a domain name: Chips with Everything podcast: The web domain democracy.com went up for auction last week with an asking price of at least $300,000 (£233,000). This week, Jordan Erica Webber looks at what makes a few words in a web browser worth thousands, if not millions of dollars by Chips with Everything

23 min listen

The digital welfare state: Chips with Everything podcast: As part of the Guardian’s Automating Poverty series, Robert Booth looked at how and why the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK is increasing investment in testing artificial intelligence to assess benefits claims. He talks to Jordan Erica Webber about his findings by Chips with Everything

24 min listen

Security vs privacy – who wins? Chips with Everything podcast: Ministers from several countries have written an open letter to the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, asking him not to fully encrypt all of the company’s messaging services. This week, Jordan Erica Webber talks to the Guardian’s tech reporter Julia Carrie Wong and the security expert Alan Woodward about the implications of restricting end-to-end encryption by Chips with Everything

26 min listen

The Lovelace effect: Chips with Everything podcast: Ada Lovelace Day is in its 10th year, and to mark it, Jordan Erica Webber is joined by the founder of the event, Suw Charman-Anderson, to talk about why we need to do more to help support women working in STEM. She also talks to Dr Tilly Blyth, the head of collections and principal curator at the Science Museum in London, to learn more about why Ada Lovelace was a mathematician ahead of her time by Chips with Everything

26 min listen

Uber – a Silicon Valley drama: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber chats to New York Times reporter Mike Isaac about Super Pumped, his new book on the rise and fall of Travis Kalanick by Chips with Everything

38 min listen

Swiping left or right – politically: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber looks into the rise of identity politics in online dating. In this episode we hear from the journalist Rainesford Stauffer, dating expert Dr Jess Carbino and Tinder’s election bot creator, Yara Rodrigues Fowler by Chips with Everything

24 min listen

YouTube summer camps: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber is joined by Richard Sprenger, who recently went to Los Angeles to learn more about a new summer camp that aims to teach six to 10-year-olds how to become the next YouTube sensation. by Chips with Everything

25 min listen

Siri, are you listening? Chips with Everything podcast: This week Jordan Erica Webber is joined by Alex Hern, as they look at the scandal that rocked the voice assistant world, and ask whether or not we can trust that voice assistants aren’t eavesdropping on our most private moments by Chips with Everything

1 min listen

Turning off the internet: Chips with Everything podcast: Kashmiris have not had access to the internet for nearly a month. The blackout, from the start of August, is the 77th of the year so far in India. Jordan Erica Webber looks at the personal, legal and societal fallout of government-ordered shutdowns around the world by Chips with Everything

28 min listen

The death of iTunes... kind of: Chips with Everything podcast: The Guardian’s UK tech editor, Alex Hern, joins Jordan Erica Webber to discuss the imminent end to the iTunes store as we know it. They also take a nostalgic look at some of the other software we’ve lost by Chips with Everything

25 min listen

Domestic abuse meets big tech: Chips with Everything podcast: This week, Jordan Erica Webber talks to Anna, whose ex-partner surveilled her every move by using ‘stalkerware’ apps. Jordan also talks to MIT Technology Review journalist Charlotte Jee about what tech companies like Apple and Google could be doing to stop the proliferation of these apps by Chips with Everything

19 min listen

A week in the life of 8chan: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber talks to Julia Carrie Wong about the extremist message board 8chan after the suspect in the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, used the website to post a manifesto on why he targeted those he murdered by Chips with Everything

25 min listen

'The End of Forgetting': Chips with Everything podcast: This week, Jordan Erica Webber talks to Kate Eichhorn about her new book The End of Forgetting: Growing up with Social Media, which explores the dangers facing young people who may find it difficult to distance themselves from their pasts, long into the future by Chips with Everything

24 min listen

The price of being a ransomware hero: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber chats to Fabian Wosar, a renowned anti-ransomware expert, who has worked on thousands of cases during his career. The victims that Fabian helps love him. The ransomware hackers he thwarts – not so much. He talks about the sacrifices he has made for the job he loves by Chips with Everything

27 min listen

Gaming for abortion rights: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber talks to Laura Hudson, who wrote about video game producers making games that present players with situations where a character might choose to have an abortion. She also chats to Mary Flanagan of Tiltfactor about the potential impact games can have on changing opinions by Chips with Everything

22 min listen

Finding dark patterns online: Chips with Everything podcast: Jordan Erica Webber teams up with Science Weekly host Ian Sample to find out more about how companies use various techniques to trick us into buying something we may never have needed, or wanted by Chips with Everything

27 min listen

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Constructed reality: are we living in a computer simulation? – tech podcast

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