Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider

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Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider

Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider

Creator: Marketplace

Codebreaker is a podcast that dares to ask – and answer – the fundamental questions about technology that consume us every day. From “is it evil?” to “can it save us?” – it’s up to you to listen, decode and decide. In partnership with Tech Insider.

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Recent Episodes

17 episodes
Technology Crossing Borders

Technology Crossing Borders

The gadget that saved a refugee in the middle of the Aegean Sea, how an agent uses technology to patrol the U.S. border with Mexico, and how a journal...

2016-12-27 04:57:12 00:34:51
Encryption

Encryption

2016-12-20 10:01:00 00:28:33
World Building

World Building

A proposal to bioengineer shorter humans with cat eyes, a decades-old idea for a totally new kind of power, a battery made from trash and Bill Nye the...

2016-12-13 10:00:01 00:39:22
Watching

Watching

2016-12-06 12:30:08 00:36:33
The Augmented Self

The Augmented Self

The man who collected too much data, cyborgs who want to make their body-hardware mainstream, robots that rebuild your hairline and a conversation wit...

2016-11-29 11:09:37 00:32:45
Alternate Reality

Alternate Reality

A therapist who creates virtual reality experiences for people with dangerous disorders, a grandmother who uses a headset to escape her surroundings a...

2016-11-22 10:00:00 00:35:28
Recognition

Recognition

A toddler who saved her mother’s life with Siri, a man whose mysterious ailment opened up a world of voice recognition technology and a dating service...

2016-11-15 22:00:00 00:33:12
Introducing Codebreaker Season 2

Introducing Codebreaker Season 2

2016-11-01 20:00:00 00:02:32
You have a message from Codebreaker

You have a message from Codebreaker

2016-10-19 04:06:02 00:01:16
Data Tracking

Data Tracking

How targeted ads for a pair of men’s sandals broke up one relationship, the researchers trying to keep data tracking honest, and the casualties of ad...

2015-12-22 10:00:00 00:31:37
Going Viral

Going Viral

How people-rating app Peeple drew rage and put its co-founders in danger, how a 16-year-old embraced identity through virality, and the funny video th...

2015-12-15 10:00:00 00:31:57
The Decisive Machine

The Decisive Machine

A guy who thinks machines can prevent crime, another who thinks machines could destroy humanity and a machine-learning algorithm outsmarted by squirre...

2015-12-08 10:00:00 00:30:57
The Software Update

The Software Update

A software update that almost brought down the International Space Station with astronauts inside, updating software inside your body, and the days wh...

2015-12-01 15:00:00 00:36:39
The Dark Web

The Dark Web

A couple is forced onto the dark web to buy life-saving medicine; Ben buys a drug scale; and a researcher who says the dark web might make the illegal...

2015-11-24 10:31:24 00:32:16
Internet Porn

Internet Porn

A man whose job is scrubbing porn from the web; adult film star Stoya’s battle against free, pirated porn; and the dirty history of tagging. Listen, d...

2015-11-17 16:00:00 00:44:12
Email

Email

A woman answers a mysterious email and finds herself on a plane, spam buries our inbox, and a band falls apart over the send button. Listen, decode, a...

2015-11-10 10:30:17 00:34:10
Announcing Codebreaker Season One

Announcing Codebreaker Season One

Produced by Marketplace in partnership with Tech Insider, Codebreaker is a podcast that dares to ask — and answer — the fundamental questions about te...

2015-11-03 20:01:29 0:01:40
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