Month: May 2025

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What Next - What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future – You’ve Been Deepfaked

What do you do when your likeness has been turned into A.I.-generated pornography?—it’s a problem people are already facing. But legislation moving through Congress may cause more problems than it would solve.

Guests:

Joanne Chew, actress and visual artist based in LA.

Samantha Cole, cofounder of 404 media and author of “How Sex Changed the Internet and How the Internet Changed Sex.”


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | You’ve Been Deepfaked

What do you do when your likeness has been turned into A.I.-generated pornography?—it’s a problem people are already facing. But legislation moving through Congress may cause more problems than it would solve.

Guests:

Joanne Chew, actress and visual artist based in LA.

Samantha Cole, cofounder of 404 media and author of “How Sex Changed the Internet and How the Internet Changed Sex.”


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Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort.


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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: Soria Moria Castle

Margaret reads you a classic norse fairy tale and then makes a thin and likely incorrect argument for why it's a queer parable. 

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The Gist - Alexa, What’s with the Pope’s Brother?

Today on The Gist we revisit an interview from 2017 with Lena Kahn and play a segment from this week where Mike talked abouts the new popes MAGA brother.

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Motley Fool Money - The Promise of Quantum Computing

The race to quantum supremacy is on. While this future will not come tomorrow, big tech companies are building to the technology’s “ChatGPT moment.”


Motley Fool Senior Analyst, Asit Sharma ,joins Mary Long to discuss:

- The complex problems that quantum computers could solve.

- How healthcare and logistics companies benefit from ultra-fast processing.

- The small players and hyperscalers building the future of quantum.


Companies discussed: GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, IBM, QBTS, AMZN, RGTI, CDNS, SNPS, IONQ



Motley Fool One members can access Asit’s full report, “Decoding Quantum” here: https://www.fool.com/premium/4627/coverage/2025/03/19/decoding-quantum-insights-for-investors


Host: Mary Long

Guest: Asit Sharma

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineer: Rick Engdahl


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Consider This from NPR - The whiplash of covering the trade war from inside China

Earlier this week, the White House announced that the U.S. and China had agreed to lower the reciprocal tariffs they had put in place in April – but only for ninety days.

As the trade war enters a new and uncertain phase, host Scott Detrow speaks with veteran NPR China correspondent John Ruwitch about this unprecedented moment.

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