Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider

Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider


Latest Episodes

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 5: The Decisive Machine
December 09, 2015

A guy who thinks machines can prevent crime, another who thinks machines could destroy humanity and a machine-learning algorithm outsmarted by squirrels. Listen, decode and decide: Is the decisive machine evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 5: The Decisive Machine
December 09, 2015

A guy who thinks machines can prevent crime, another who thinks machines could destroy humanity and a machine-learning algorithm outsmarted by squirrels. Listen, decode and decide: Is the decisive machine evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 5: The Decisive Machine
December 09, 2015

A guy who thinks machines can prevent crime, another who thinks machines could destroy humanity and a machine-learning algorithm outsmarted by squirrels. Listen, decode and decide: Is the decisive machine evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 4: The Software Update
December 02, 2015

A software update that almost brought down the International Space Station with astronauts inside, updating software inside your body, and the days when even geeks dreaded installing new programs. Listen, decode, and decide: Is the software update evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 4: The Software Update
December 02, 2015

A software update that almost brought down the International Space Station with astronauts inside, updating software inside your body, and the days when even geeks dreaded installing new programs. Listen, decode, and decide: Is the software update evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 4: The Software Update
December 02, 2015

A software update that almost brought down the International Space Station with astronauts inside, updating software inside your body, and the days when even geeks dreaded installing new programs. Listen, decode, and decide: Is the software update evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 3: The Dark Web
November 25, 2015

A couple is forced onto the dark web to buy life-saving medicine; Ben buys a drug scale; and a researcher who says the dark web might make the illegal drug trade safer. Listen, decode, and decide: Is the dark web evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 3: The Dark Web
November 25, 2015

A couple is forced onto the dark web to buy life-saving medicine; Ben buys a drug scale; and a researcher who says the dark web might make the illegal drug trade safer. Listen, decode, and decide: Is the dark web evil?

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 3: The Dark Web
November 25, 2015

A couple is forced onto the dark web to buy life-saving medicine; Ben buys a drug scale; and a researcher who says the dark web might make the illegal drug trade safer. Listen, decode, and decide: Is the dark web evil?