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Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider


Latest Episodes

LeVar Burton on "Smart House" and the rise of AI
November 11, 2016

Season 2 of our tech podcast "Codebreaker" launches Nov. 16, when we ask if technology can save us. To prepare, we’re revisiting Season 1, which asked "Is it evil?" In this post, we talk to actor and director LeVar Burton about the rise of the smart mac

Introducing Codebreaker Season 2
November 02, 2016

Codebreaker is back with a brand new season of stories about how technology is woven deeper and deeper into our lives. Last season we asked if this technology was evil. This season we're a little more hopeful, but the stakes are higher. This season, we're

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October 19, 2016

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Is it evil? A year of email controversies
September 30, 2016

To prepare for Season 2 of our tech podcast "Codebreaker," we’re revisiting Season 1 and exploring the news around the technology scrutinized in each episode. First up: email. In Season 1 of "Codebreaker," we asked: is email evil? “You’re asking an

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 7: Data Tracking
December 23, 2015

How targeted ads for a pair of men’s sandals broke up one relationship, the researchers trying to keep data tracking honest, and the casualties of ad blockers. Listen, decode, and decide: Is data tracking evil? 

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 7: Data Tracking
December 23, 2015

How targeted ads for a pair of men’s sandals broke up one relationship, the researchers trying to keep data tracking honest, and the casualties of ad blockers. Listen, decode, and decide: Is data tracking evil? 

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 7: Data Tracking
December 23, 2015

How targeted ads for a pair of men’s sandals broke up one relationship, the researchers trying to keep data tracking honest, and the casualties of ad blockers. Listen, decode, and decide: Is data tracking evil? 

Data Tracking
December 22, 2015

How targeted ads for a pair of mens sandals broke up one relationship, the researchers trying to keep data tracking honest, and the casualties of ad blockers. Listen, decode, and decide: Is data tracking evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 6: Going Viral
December 16, 2015

How people-rating app Peeple drew rage and put its co-founders in danger, how a 16-year-old embraced identity through virality, and the funny video that threatened to put its makers into crushing debt. Listen, decode, and decide: Is going viral evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 6: Going Viral
December 16, 2015

How people-rating app Peeple drew rage and put its co-founders in danger, how a 16-year-old embraced identity through virality, and the funny video that threatened to put its makers into crushing debt. Listen, decode, and decide: Is going viral evil?