28 MAR 2024 · In this episode, we shift our focus to young adults and college students. We talk to Jessie Quintero Johnson, associate professor for health and social change at Emerson College. Jessie is also a psychotherapist and a licensed clinical social worker. Jessie discusses anti-oppressive social change work, the loneliness epidemic, mental health and some of the very hopeful things about this cohort of students. 

15 MAR 2024 · In this second episode with Jeff Jarvis, Larry and Jeff discuss this part of our two part podcast regulation, encryption, the dangers of techno moral panics, and about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been quite controversial in the United States.  Find out more in this follow up with Jeff Jarvis, author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis.

6 FEB 2024 · Larry Magid speaks with Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician, head of Boston Childrens Hospital Digital Wellness Lab and author of the brand new book The Mediatrician's Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated World

18 JAN 2024 · Larry talks to Jeff Jarvis, author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, about how the age of print was an exception in history. And while that exception lasted half a millennium, we are now coming to the other end of it. What that means, and where do we go from here?

10 JAN 2024 · This week we join Shea Swauger, a researcher and writer for data sharing and ethics for the Future of Privacy Forum. Join Larry and Shea as they discuss AI, privacy, and ethics.

13 DEC 2023 · Leonard Kleinrock shares insights into the early development of the internet, including his work on the ARPANET. His story offers a unique perspective on the internet's early days and its transformative impact. Larry gets a chance to ask him questions about early safety concerns and what they might have done differently, knowing what we know now.

29 NOV 2023 · What does it feel like to experience racism as a black teen boy or adult male? Dr. Courtney Cogburn, associate professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and faculty at the Columbia Population Research Center and Data Science Institute, hopes her virtual reality experience, “1,000 Cut Journey,” will help viewers better understand both what it feels like and how racism plays out in our society. “I thought maybe people need to walk in the experience, maybe they need to have a more personal connection that's less intellectual…so [VR] presented an opportunity to do that,” Cogburn says. Listen to Using Virtual Reality to Fight Racism from Are We Doing Tech Right? now.

17 NOV 2023 · Generative AI is transforming many aspects of American life, including education. In this week’s podcast, Larry talks to ConnectSafely’s education director Kerry Gallagher, who’s also a full-time educator and administrator at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Mass., about how generative AI will impact teaching and learning. Kerry encourages teachers to use generative AI to start discussions with students about their work. And if a student uses generative AI to complete assignments even though they weren’t supposed to, she looks for the “why.”

26 OCT 2023 · Today we have two guests, Viktorya Vilk, the Director for Digital Safety and Free Expression at PEN America and Kat Lo, the content moderation lead at Meedan.org. This episode addresses their new collaborative report called https://pen.org/report/shouting-into-the-void/. Larry, Viktorya and Kat discuss their findings, their recommendations for social media companies and talk about what everyday people can do to stop online harassment and abuse.

11 OCT 2023 · Tracy Elizabeth, Head of Family Safety & Developmental Health at TikTok, understands parents' fears surrounding social media. At the same time, she also sees the immense potential parents hold to shape their teens' positive engagement with technology.