The 3 Best Big Tech Podcast Episodes
1) Nobody Cares About Privacy and Technology: Taylor and David Introduce the Big Tech podcast
Taylor Owen and David Skok have known each other for many years; their work in democracy and journalism ensures that their paths often cross. Taylor is an academic studying technology’s transformative...Show More
2) Ben Scott on the Internet’s Evolving Role in Politics
In this episode of Big Tech Taylor Owen sits down with Ben Scott, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Luminate, to discuss how the internet has evolved throughout Scott’s time in Washington, DC. Scott ...Show More
3) Angie Drobnic Holan on the Importance of Fact-checking during a Pandemic
Access to credible information is key to combating a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid an outbreak, fact-checking websites are becoming increasingly important.
Angie Drobnic Holan on the Importance of Fact-checking during a Pandemic
26:55 | Apr 23rd, 2020
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4) Geoffrey Hinton vs. The End of the World
The story of how Geoffrey Hinton became “the godfather of AI” has reached mythic status in the tech world. While he was at the University of Toronto, Hinton pioneered the neural network research that...Show More
5) AI is Upending Higher Education. Is That a Bad Thing?
Just two months after ChatGPT was launched in 2022, a survey found that 90 per cent of college students were already using it. I’d be shocked if that number wasn’t closer to 100 per cent by now. Stud...Show More
6) Jim Balsillie: ‘Canada’s Problem Isn’t Trump. Canada’s Problem Is Canada’
In the chaotic early months of his second term, Donald Trump has attacked the Canadian economy and mused about turning Canada into the “51st state.” Now, after decades of close allyship with the U.S.,...Show More
7) Bonus ‘The Paul Wells Show’: Election Week 4 - It's a Jungle Online
We have a really exciting episode coming out on Tuesday: an interview with former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie about the fight for Canada’s economic sovereignty. In the meantime, we wanted to share a co...Show More
8) The Changing Face of Election Interference
We’re a few weeks into a federal election that is currently too close to call. And while most Canadians are wondering who our next Prime Minister will be, my guests today are preoccupied with a differ...Show More
9) How Do You Report the News in a Post-Truth World?
If you’re having a conversation about the state of journalism, it’s bound to get a little depressing. Since 2008, more than 250 local news outlets have closed down in Canada. The U.S. has lost a thi...Show More
10) A Chinese Company Upended OpenAI. We May Be Looking at the Story All Wrong.
When the American company OpenAI released ChatGPT, it was the first time that a lot of people had ever interacted with Generative AI. ChatGPT has become so popular that, for many, it’s now synonymous ...Show More