ProPublica technology reporter Renee Dudley explains how these attacks work, how firms can sometimes recover the stolen data, and how sometimes the solution is just to pay up.
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Stop Scapegoating Big Business
Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Chair in Economics at George Mason University, joins us to make the case that corporations actually get a bad rap and are vital to the overall success of our society.
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Spelling Bees As Preparation For L-I-F-E
Youngsters who participate in spelling bees spend countless hours preparing for the contest. Northwestern anthropologist Shalini Shankar joins us to talk about how these competitors are proving that hard work at a young age sets them up for victory going forward.
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Is Racism Still A Problem? Depends Who You Ask
Juliana Horowitz joins us to talk about how Americans’ views on race break down across racial lines, which she researched for the Race in America 2019 survey from the Pew Research Center.
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A New Breed of Conspiracy Theory
Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard, joins us to talk about a new breed of conspiracy theorist – one who believes an idea to be true and uses repetition and bold assertions to turn fiction into fact.
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How Mike Rawlings Changed Big-D
Mayor Mike Rawlings joins us to talk about how Dallas has changed during his time in office, how he and police chief David Brown guided the city through one of its darkest days and about who he might like to succeed him at City Hall.
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Defending Against Dogma: A New Role For Universities
John Sexton, president emeritus of New York University, joins us to talk about the how universities might be our last, best hope of fostering an honest exchange of political ideas.
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How Lobbyists Write Laws
Reporter Nick Penzenstadler lead an investigation for USA Today, and he joins us to talk about just how easy it is for special interest groups to push their platforms into law by creating model bills.
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Why Societies Recover– or Don’t– from Crises
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond joins host us to talk about his latest effort on the topic, which looks specifically at why some countries recover from trauma while others don’t.
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The Runaway Powers Of Prosecutors
Emily Bazelon joins us to talk about ways to level the playing field for defendants, which she writes about in “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.”
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The American Work Ethic Doesn’t Apply To Everyone
Bryce Covert writes about working life in America, and she joins us to talk about the disconnect in how the American work ethic applies to workers based on the tax bracket they occupy.
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How Older People Are Targeted Online
Craig Silverman joins us to talk about a new push for online literacy for older Americans. His story “Old, Online, And Fed On Lies: How An Aging Population Will Reshape The Internet” appears on BuzzFeed News.
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