Hearsay Culture Network Podcast
1) The Fandom Machine: When Obsession Turns Ugly
Dave Levine’s latest Hearsay Culture episode dives deep into the dark side of fan culture with Professor Mel Stanfill, author of 2024’s Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment and Participatory Cul...Show More
2) Friction, Consent, and the Illusion of Choice
When infrastructure fails — planes crash, systems freeze, rights vanish — suddenly everyone cares. Villanova’s Brett Frischmann rejoins Hearsay Culture to explain how tech design, digital ...Show More
3) Glitch in the System: Meredith Broussard on What Tech Gets Wrong
NYU’s Meredith Broussard pulls back the curtain on the hidden biases baked into today’s “smart” tech—from flawed facial recognition to the AI that underdelivered during her own cancer diagnosis. She [...Show More
4) Doctors, Insurance, and AI: Making Healthcare Affordable
U.S Health Care Expenditures have risen to $4.5 trillion or $13,493 per capita, double the cost in other developed nations (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2023). These figures are […...Show More
5) Examining Access: Bridging Gaps in Medicine for All
6) Can Human Skills Survive Technological Advancement?
In today’s world, generative AI is shaking up the job market, and many fear that their skills are on the chopping block. But Matt Beane’s book The Skill Code: How […]
7) Navigating the Noise: A Conversation with Pico Iyer on Finding Stillness in a Tech-Saturated World
In a time when technology dominates our lives, it’s easy to feel adrift on an endless stream of screens and information. Yet, as the late Steve Jobs noted, “Technology alone […]
8) Health Care Up The Ying-Yang
While many investors remain uncomfortable with innovations in women’s health care, Denise and her guest Marina Gerner are not. Join them to unpack Marina’s new book The Vagina Business, which […...Show More
9) Ignite Talks: Tracking the Future Before It’s Here
10) Tech Changes Everything, Except Us
Leo Laporte is a serial pioneer. Already a well-loved fixture on radio and cable TV, where he made technology both accessible and exciting, Leo was one of the first to […]