Chips with Everything
Why are people designing video games in war zones? How do you catch a catfisher? Can we trust AI lie detectors? Each week, Jordan Erica Webber is joined by experts to answer these questions on our digital culture podcast, Chips with Everything
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In this episode, Marina Hyde looks at the new additions to Downing Street, Hadley Freeman interviews Hollywood actor Will Arnett, Sirin Kale tries her hand at quiz show Mastermind, and David Robson examines why we’re so stressed about stressPodcast
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In our first episode, Marina Hyde reflects on another less than stellar week for Boris Johnson, Edward Helmore charts the rise of Joe Rogan, Laura Snapes goes deep with singer George Ezra, and Alex Moshakis asks, “Are you a jerk at work?”Podcast
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In the first episode of our new podcast, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace Dent about his childhood in Swansea, the delights of Woolworth’s pork and egg pies, and how his husband’s death informed his TV series It’s a SinPodcast
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In the first episode of our new series, Reverberate, we hear from Kashy Keegan – the unlikely voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movementPodcast
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Two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequencesPodcast
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In our first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways.Podcast
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Jordan Erica Webber looks at how Twitter’s plans to deactivate unused accounts raised a broader conversation around the intersection of technology and deathPodcast
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Jordan Erica Webber looks into the recent setbacks for Uber and Airbnb in cities such as London and TorontoPodcast
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Jordan Erica Webber chats to the man behind the Hide the Pain Harold meme, and Elle Hunt explains why a person’s face might gain notorietyPodcast
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Jordan Erica Webber looks at the pros and cons of mental health appsPodcast
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Katarzyna Pruszkiewicz spent six months working in a PR firm in Poland, where she was told to promote controversial content that would influence people through a fake, rightwing Twitter accountPodcast
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Kari Paul and Alex Hern join Jordan Erica Webber to discuss how the big social media platforms are tackling the sticky issue of political adverts. Dr Kate Dommett also talks about how UK political parties could use or misuse social media as they launch their general election campaigns.Podcast
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The web domain democracy.com went up for auction last week with an asking price of at least $300,000 (£233,000). This week, Jordan Erica Webber looks at what makes a few words in a web browser worth thousands, if not millions of dollars. She’s joined by Edward Helmore, Talmage Cooley and Brad Karp of UCLPodcast
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How and why the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK is increasing investment in testing artificial intelligence to assess benefits claimsPodcast
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Ministers from several countries have written an open letter to the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, asking him not to fully encrypt all of the company’s messaging services. This week, Jordan Erica Webber talks to The Guardian’s tech reporter Julia Carrie Wong and security expert Alan Woodward about the implications of restricting end-to-end encryptionPodcast
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To mark the 10th year of Ada Lovelace Day, Jordan Erica Webber talks to the founder of the event, Suw Charman-Anderson, about supporting women working in STEM. She also speaks to Dr Tilly Blyth of the Science Museum in London about why Lovelace was a mathematician ahead of her timePodcast
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Jordan Erica Webber chats to New York Times reporter Mike Isaac about Super Pumped, his new book on the rise and fall of Travis KalanickPodcast
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Jordan Erica Webber looks into the rise of identity politics in online dating. In this episode we hear from journalist Rainesford Stauffer, dating expert Dr Jess Carbino, and Tinder election bot creator, Yara Rodrigues FowlerPodcast
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Jordan Erica Webber is joined by Richard Sprenger, who recently went to Los Angeles to learn more about a new summer camp that aims to teach six to 10-year-olds how to become the next YouTube sensation.Podcast
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