It’s hard enough to sell major corporations on the importance of protecting their users’ data, or convince the government that privacy is, in fact, a human right. Is there any hope for teaching each and every smartphone user out there to think before they tweet? I’m pretty sure that today’s guest would argue that there is. Joining us is none other than the Data Diva herself, Debbie Reynolds. She is a technologist, thought leader and consultant navigating the intersection of “Data Privacy,...

Is it realistic to protect any of the data we share on the internet? Can any company or state promise us privacy? And how can we work to help each other share and consume all of that data conscientiously? Today we’re joined by Brett Gaylor, a Canadian interactive filmmaker producing documentaries about data, privacy and their real human impact. Brett is already a major figure in the documentary community: he received the International Documentary Association Award for best series, The Prix...

How will the future look like with the technological boost we experience today? Will we be still able to control our identification data or will it be taken by tech giants and intermediaries? What is the difference between Web2 and Web3, and why is it crucial to be aware about these concepts? Our today’s guest is Jonathan Victor, the Ecosystem Lead of NFTs & Gaming at Protocol Labs, an open-source R&D lab building protocols, tools, and services to radically improve the internet and...

We share all kinds of information about ourselves without anyone asking us to: posting photos on social media, arguing on Twitter, and even by buying tickets to travel internationally. How do scientists study this data? What are the psychological and anthropological ramifications of our love for “sharing”? And how do tech giants treat their own internal “scientists” and “scholars”? Our today’s guest is Emily Martin, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at New York University. Emily is also a...

How does your age affect your access to information? What about where you were born? Your family? Your first language? Does the internet give us the tools to go beyond those circumstances, or does it reinforce them instead? After all, the platforms we use every day were created by a handful of geniuses in Silicon Valley, but the majority of their billions-strong user bases don’t live anywhere near there — or anything like those select few developers. Our today’s guest is Ellen Helsper,...

We consume and produce gigabyte after gigabyte of content online every day. Guess what: that data can be used to identify us. How safe is that information, though? Who actually has access to it? The government? Researchers? Other people? In this episode we dive deeper into how different countries (the EU, the US and Australia) treat data privacy and security. Our guest today is Bill Mew, the CEO of CrisisTeam.co.uk, a firm specializing in crisis management in the digital space. He’s also one...

What is an artist’s most valuable asset? Easy: personality. But what about the digital artists that mask themselves with pseudonyms? Is this a new reality? Is it a trend or is it just another marketing feature? Let’s dive into the art world and how anonymity is perceived there. This episode features Nico Epstein, an art historian and director of artvisor.com, an innovative art advisory firm and online platform. He would guide us through artists who became anonymous involuntarily and those who...