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Funny as Tech: a podcast about our messy relationship with tech

A podcast about our messy relationship with technology. Hosted by tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar and comedian Joe Leonardo, and featuring a diverse range of experts about the ways that technology exc... Read more

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A Human Algorithm--author & human rights attorney Flynn Coleman on how AI is changing humanity

A Human Algorithm--author & human rights attorney Flynn Coleman on how AI is changing humanity

Should robots have rights? Can AI have agency? Why do we get upset when a person kicks a robotic dog? Should we chat we ... Read more

4 Nov 2019

37mins

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Ep46: DC Vito talks about media literacy, social justice, & civic engagement

Ep46: DC Vito talks about media literacy, social justice, & civic engagement

Media literacy as a social justice necessity and component of civic engagement!Hosts David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) a... Read more

27 Aug 2018

33mins

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Mental health data: what happens to your sensitive telehealth info? Convo w Lauri Goldkind

Mental health data: what happens to your sensitive telehealth info? Convo w Lauri Goldkind

What happens to your sensitive mental health data when using a telehealth platform? Is it secure? What if the company is... Read more

20 Jan 2020

27mins

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Why Is Tech So Lousy with Women?! LIVE show with Clara de Soto, Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh & Kimberly Gray

Why Is Tech So Lousy with Women?! LIVE show with Clara de Soto, Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh & Kimberly Gray

Why is tech so lousy with women?! Recorded live show featuring guests Clara de Soto (serial entrepreneur), Jumana Abu-Gh... Read more

18 Feb 2019

1hr 13mins

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Personal branding! Our love/hate relationship, humiliation, and utter necessity of branding.

Personal branding! Our love/hate relationship, humiliation, and utter necessity of branding.

A tech ethicist & comedian tackle the human side of tech.In this episode, David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) and Joe ... Read more

3 Dec 2018

18mins

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David & Joe discuss and debate Portal by Facebook

David & Joe discuss and debate Portal by Facebook

FUNNY AS TECHFunny as Tech tackles the thorniest issues in tech with the help of experts. Each week, tech ethicist David... Read more

15 Oct 2018

12mins

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PART 2: Douglas Rushkoff and Team Human! Putting the humanity back in tech & life

PART 2: Douglas Rushkoff and Team Human! Putting the humanity back in tech & life

In this episode, David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) and Joe Leonardo (UCB comedian) invite renowned media theorist Dougla... Read more

28 Jan 2019

21mins

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LinkedIn is the BEST social media site?! David & Joe compare with Facebook and Twitter

LinkedIn is the BEST social media site?! David & Joe compare with Facebook and Twitter

Is LinkedIn the best social media site?! Really?? Funny as Tech co-hosts David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) and Joe Leona... Read more

11 Feb 2019

20mins

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LIVE show: Should NYC Be the Tech Capital?! w/ Dennis Crowley, Allison Medina & Melissa Jun Rowley

LIVE show: Should NYC Be the Tech Capital?! w/ Dennis Crowley, Allison Medina & Melissa Jun Rowley

Special guests: Dennis Crowley (Foursquare), Melissa Jun Rawley (social impact entrepreneur, BBC News tech contributor) ... Read more

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Marshall Davis Jones and the Power of Voice

Marshall Davis Jones and the Power of Voice

David & Joe speak with acclaimed spoken word artist Marshall Davis Jones about his groundbreaking work Touchscreen, ... Read more

18 Nov 2019

37mins

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Bryony Cole, NYC Sextech, & the Future of Sex

Bryony Cole, NYC Sextech, & the Future of Sex

NYC Sextech and the Future of Sex with Bryony Cole, a leading authority on sextech. Bryony talks to co-hosts David Ryan ... Read more

25 Feb 2019

30mins

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Teens, Tech, & Digital for Good! Discussion with #ICANHELP's Matt Soeth

Teens, Tech, & Digital for Good! Discussion with #ICANHELP's Matt Soeth

Teens, tech, and digital for good! We chat with #ICANHELP's co-founder Matt Soeth about our messy relationship with tech... Read more

4 Feb 2019

27mins

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David & Joe discuss all things All Tech Is Human! It's beginnings, goals, ambitions and future

David & Joe discuss all things All Tech Is Human! It's beginnings, goals, ambitions and future

Joe interviews David live at All Tech Is Human: A Summit on Ethical, an initiative he founded to better align the intere... Read more

22 Oct 2018

13mins

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Tech Ethics! Talking w/ ethicist Reid Blackman

Tech Ethics! Talking w/ ethicist Reid Blackman

We talk to Reid Blackman, founder of Virtue (an ethical tech consultancy), about the ethical issues facing Big Tech. We ... Read more

1 Apr 2019

28mins

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What will social media look like in five years?!

What will social media look like in five years?!

The future of social media...what will it look like? Will social media still be a thing?! Co-hosts David Ryan Polgar (te... Read more

4 Mar 2019

24mins

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What if your smartphone thinks you're depressed?! David and Joe discuss digital phenotyping!

What if your smartphone thinks you're depressed?! David and Joe discuss digital phenotyping!

A tech ethicist & comedian tackle the human side of tech.In this episode, David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) and Joe ... Read more

10 Dec 2018

18mins

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How does tech change happen? Interview w / Project Love's Mo Johnson

How does tech change happen? Interview w / Project Love's Mo Johnson

David & Joe chat with Mo Johnson (from Project Love and Data for Democracy) about strategies for tech change, bringi... Read more

9 Sep 2019

23mins

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Tech & Parenting: The psychology of smartphone use with Teodora Pavkovic

Tech & Parenting: The psychology of smartphone use with Teodora Pavkovic

Humane tech! David & Joe chat with psychologist Teodora Pavkovic about parenting and tech, humane tech, and the psyc... Read more

2 Dec 2019

35mins

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Ep44: Karen Schrier explains empathy and video games

Ep44: Karen Schrier explains empathy and video games

Video games & empathy! Hosts David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) and Joe Leonardo (comedian) take a deep dive with Dr.... Read more

13 Aug 2018

32mins

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Can Tech REDUCE Stress? Interview w/ Breathing.ai's Hannes Bend

Can Tech REDUCE Stress? Interview w/ Breathing.ai's Hannes Bend

Can tech REDUCE stress? David & Joe chat with Breathing.ai's Hannes Bend about adaptive screens, calm technology, an... Read more

7 Oct 2019

25mins

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