Targeted
Targeted (Still more adventures in Surveillance part iii)
Your host tries his hand at targeted advertising and he dooms his child to a life of exclusion with the simple gift of a stuffed frog. Plus the truth about Facial Recognition.
Benjamen Walker
Honeypot
Honeypot (Still more adventures in Surveillance part ii)
Your host decides to follow back a Joy Division T-shirt that is following him around the internet. Plus the surveillance that powers behaviorally targeted personalized advertising.
Burning down the Panopticon
Burning down the Panopticon (still more adventures in surveillance part i)
Our new miniseries on Surveillance begins with your host tripping over the corpse of Jeremy Bentham, the man who gave us the Panopticon.
You are so Pretentious
You are so Pretentious
Writer Dan Fox wants to reclaim the word pretentious. Take it back from those who use it like a stick to beat down the curious and the adventurous.
revolutionary slogans will be written by the winners
revolutionary slogans will be written by the winners
As the 2016 American presidential election heads into the final round – we are featuring a story your host stumbled upon during the last election in October of 2102. Radio producer Silvain Gire tells us about an impossible encounter between Mitt Romney and Guy Debord in Paris 1968.
pass (r)
pass (r)
Your host dreams the future of Self Driving Cars.
The art of the deal
The art of the deal
The secret history of ISIS from ToE’s special corespondent Chris. PLUS Donald Trump is ready for sacrifice.
Something will happen, eventually
Something Will Happen, Eventually
Your host opens his file of near misses and close calls. Joe Mazur examines the math and myth behind the stories we call coincidences. Plus a grasp at the law of truly large numbers.
Because there’s nothing else to do
Because there's nothing else to do
Your host wanders London just before and after Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union.
sudculture (part II of II)
Sudculture (part ii of ii)
Part two of your host’s craft beer drinking adventure. As the battle over shelf space intensifies we meet a couple of brewers who are doing things differently?
