Joe Plourde appears in the following:
Day 1: What Your Phone Knows
Monday, February 06, 2017
Your Privacy Paradox challenges start today. What does your phone know about you? Too much, probably. Time to take charge.
Introducing: The Privacy Paradox
Monday, January 30, 2017
What you need to know to take back your digital identity - and maybe even your soul.
Saving Big Data From Itself
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Researchers say big data can save the world. But the data has to come from somewhere. And that somewhere is us.
The Bookie, The Phone Booth, and The FBI
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
How one gambler on the Sunset Strip laid the legal groundwork for privacy in the digital age.
The Four Tendencies: How to Feed Good Habits
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Are you an upholder, a questioner, an obliger or a rebel? Figuring out your cognitive house might be the key to changing your bad tech habits for good.
New Year. Same Old You.
Wednesday, January 04, 2017
Can we start fresh when every step, nap, and calorie are measured? If even a hard-core coder fails at a tech-enabled diet, maybe we need a new way to optimize our quantified selves.
Go Ahead. Miss Out.
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
FOMO is real. And it's amplified during the holiday season when party glam shots and scrumptious food pics are everywhere. So let's embrace a little JOMO (Joy of Missing Out) instead.
Messages From the Beyond
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
How one mom battling cancer is setting up messages for her kids to get after she's gone. And what her kids think about this digital legacy.
Meet the Textalyzer... and Our Next Big Project
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
If police smell booze on you behind the wheel, you'll be handed a breathalyzer. But how do they measure clicks and swipes? Plus, a sneak peek at our next big listener project.
Distracted Is the New Drunk
Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Back in the ‘90s, primetime shows made us all care about drunk driving. Now, we need to stop texting on the road. But we don't watch TV like we used to. So who’s the new influencer?
Tech Under Trump
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
What data do the feds have on us? Should we encrypt everything? How do we make a tinfoil hat again? This week, privacy and social media in the Trump era.
Shaking Up Your Echo Chamber. For Democracy.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
We click on things we agree with already. Here are concrete steps to get out of our comfort zone and find new people, opinions, and voices online. With minimal ick factor.
Your Facebook Friend Said Something Racist: Thanksgiving Edition
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Don't throw a turkey leg. Don't go ALL CAPS rage over racism on Twitter. This Thanksgiving, when the conversation makes your blood boil, take some deep breaths and just LARA.
Drop Your Phone, Make Your Bed, Says Gretchen Rubin
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Note to Self listeners are struggling to find joy on the internet after this election. 'Happier' host Gretchen Rubin has advice.
A Post-Election Note to You
Wednesday, November 09, 2016
The nation is divided, and we're all processing. So, we curated a list of 7 episodes from the archive for your post-election reality.
Do You Really Want to Live Forever?
Tuesday, November 08, 2016
Americans voted. Now we can think way, way beyond 2016. The failed 2016 presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan (convincingly) explains why you might live forever and vote for him in 2040.
Mindfulness on Demand
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
Can't afford a personal guru? No worries. Chade-Meng Tan, Silicon Valley's mindfulness coach, is making meditation accessible and he's got tips to incorporate it into our everyday lives.
Come and Sit with Marina Abramović
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Sure, legendary performance artist, Marina Abramović, got 750,000 people to wait in line at MoMA just to sit across a table from her. But can she get us ALL to count lentils?
Bonus: Marina Abramović’s Method Blew Our Minds
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
How Marina Abramović, the world’s most famous performance artist, got Manoush and producer Jen Poyant to sit in silence for 30 minutes before a performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
If My Body is a Text
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
In a time of racial tension, how do you manage information overload—the storm of news online—when paying attention is painful? This week, two friends find their answer.
