Professor Elizabeth Losh discusses the realities of direct access to politicians through our devices – and the many ways Twitter, TikTok and other platforms can disrupt democracy.
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Our 2,000-Year Obsession With Makeup
Author Rae Nudson joins host us to discuss the power of the powders and creams with which we adorn our skin, and how they’ve created the powerful beauty standards currently being challenged.
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The Suffering Of The It Dogs Of Instagram
Journalist Tove K. Danovich joins us to discuss dogs bred for aesthetics, not purpose, and why that’s harming the health of man’s best friend.
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The Women Hunters Of Instagram
Rachel Levin joins us to talk about a fast-growing subculture that has found a home online: women who like to hunt.
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The Influence Of Instagram
Bloomberg News technology reporter Sarah Frier joins us to talk about the fierce Silicon Valley competition to create a dominant social media platform and the ways Instagram has changed our lives in an unexpected way.
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The Human Filters Of The Internet
Sarah T. Roberts of the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry at UCLA joins us to talk about the people charged with keeping offensive material off the web.
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Tweet It, Delete It
This hour, we’ll talk about the damage our online history can cause our future selves – and about efforts to recapture our privacy – with Meg Leta Jones, author of “Ctrl + Z: The Right to Be Forgotten.”
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Through The Selfie Lens
Are our images and presentations of ourselves changing in the age of social media and do these changes reflect trends in the art world?
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