Beep Boop Episodes
AI, data privacy, data ethics, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and more
Feb. 19, 2024
Saving Democracy From The Bottom Up
What are reverse coattails, and how might they slow climate change, prevent the next pandemic, and keep Nazis off of school boards? That's today's big question, and my returning guest is Amanda Litman . Amanda is one of my f…
Jan. 15, 2024
Best of: Episode X: A Far Out Geek Girl Rises
Why does it matter who reviews our video games? That's today's big question, and my guest is Swapna Krishna . Swapna and I recorded this conversation in 2022 , and as gaming and the entire media ecosystem changes and evolves…
Dec. 4, 2023
How To Make Ethical Decisions
Has there ever been a more important time, a more consequential time, to lead with ethics? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Susan Liautaud . Susan is the author of The Power of Ethics and of the Little Book o…
Nov. 27, 2023
The Creepy Reality of Consumer Tech (Privacy Not Included)
What are the best holiday gifts that aren't privacy nightmares? That's today's big question, and my guest is Jen Caltrider. Jen is the lead researcher for Mozilla's Privacy Not Included program where since 2017 Mozilla has p…
April 10, 2023
Finding the Humanity in Artificial Intelligence
If you had all of the data in the world at your hands, what question would you ask first? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Emma Pierson . Emma is an assistant professor of computer science at the Jacobs Techn…
Feb. 27, 2023
Best Of: Did A.I. Just Make My Life’s Work Obsolete?
How many nights have you spent up recently worried that AI is just gonna take your job? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Mohammed AlQuraishi . Almost three years before chatGPT and New Bing really hit the sce…
March 8, 2022
Abhishek vs Terminator
There’s these metaphors that sum up a lot of what we’re trying to do here, what needs to be done on planet Earth, from climate change to COVID to AI ethics, which is something you definitely need to know and care about befor…
Aug. 16, 2021
122. We Are The Algorithm
In Episode 122 , Quinn has big questions about AI ethics and, like many other situations, is left wondering: was Dr. Ian Malcolm right all along? Our guest is Dr. Rumman Chowdury. She is the director of the Machine Ethics Tr…
May 10, 2021
111: When Your Government Runs on Windows 95
In Episode 111 , Quinn & Brian discuss the past, present, and future of government IT infrastructure. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??? Our guest is Aneesh Chopra , the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Twelve ye…
April 19, 2021
108. Data for Progress
In Episode 108 , Quinn & Brian discuss: Data for progress. Our guest is Julian Brave NoiseCat , the Vice President of Policy & Strategy at Data for Progress, a progressive think tank that uses data science, public opinion re…
March 22, 2021
#105: Your Smart Fridge Just Overturned Democracy
In Episode 105 , Quinn & Brian ask: How safe is your data (and can your wine fridge take down democracy)? Our guest is: Dr. Carissa Véliz, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics in A…
March 15, 2021
#104: Global.Health: Big Data for Good
In Episode 104 , Quinn & Brian discuss: the future of data and medicine. Our guests are: Robel Kassa & Dr. Sam Scarpino , two of the brilliant minds behind Global.Health, which is setting a new standard for epidemiological d…
April 27, 2020
GOOD NEWS: Did A.I. Just Make My Life’s Work Obsolete?
In Episode 73 , Quinn & Brian asked: Did A.I. take our jobs? Of course, we aren’t talking about our jobs. If A.I. took our jobs, the show would have won that goddamn Webby. No, no — we’re talking about really, really importa…
July 2, 2019
#73: Did A.I. Just Make My Life’s Work Obsolete?
In Episode 73, Quinn & Brian ask: Hold On A Minute -- Did A.I. Just Take Our Jobs? Of course, we aren’t talking about our jobs. If A.I. took our jobs, the show would have won that Webby. We’re talking about really, really im…
Dec. 11, 2018
#47: The Future of Digital Health, Part 2: America’s Data
In Episode 47, Quinn goes solo for a minute to discuss: America’s data and the future of digital health. Quinn sits down for a one-on-one chat with Dave Gershgorn, the lead artificial intelligence reporter at Quartz (AKA qz.…