Introducing "Big Tech"
Big Tech is a bi-weekly podcast that explores how emerging technologies are reshaping the world as we know it. Co-hosts David Skok and Taylor Owen, an...
Attention Control with Kevin Newman
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Can democracy survive in the age of social media? “Attention Control with Kevin Newman” is a ground-breaking investigative podcast that will delve into the impact of fake news, where it comes from and how it affects voters. Every week during Canada’s federal election campaign, we will bring listeners data-driven investigations that will help separate fact from fiction, as well as timely, in-depth interviews with insiders from the tech industry and their critics.
The History of Misinformation
In our series wrap, we trace the history of fake news. We start in 15th century Europe and end in the here and now. We talk to Dr. Jacob Soll who says...
Digital governance: where does Canada stand?
This episode, we talk to Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith about platforms and privacy - about whether his government will stand-up to big tech. We a...
Election 43: how did we fare and where do we go from here?
Forty days later and the ballots are in: Canada will be helmed by a Liberal minority. In this episode, we look back at those forty days and ask -- how...
Patents over plants: the intangible economy
This episode, we break down the rising “intangible economy”, what our guest Jim Balsillie says is our shared future. We learn what it is, what it valu...
Our brains on Facebook
We’ve all heard about the impact Facebook had on the 2016 US election — but how much do we really know about what was going on? In this episode we tal...
F*** this shit up
The internet can be a toxic place. Rumours spread like wildfire and put-downs are common parlance. In this episode, we dive into the chaos and ask, wh...
Fact Checking the Fact Checkers
Since 2014, the number of fact checking outlets worldwide has quadrupled. In this past year alone, we saw a 26% increase in fact checking activity. In...
The China Question
Canadian intelligence agencies are warning that China is among the foreign countries that may try to interfere Canada's election. As protests against ...
The data on us
Kevin sits down with a former political insider who had enough with the way Canadian political parties used our data to manipulate our votes. And Fran...