Podcasts by TBD: Technology By Design

48 • Leaving Well from 2021-08-18T04:00

How do organizations create a healthy culture? Mike Rognlien, a founding member of Facebook’s Learning and Development team, shares the lessons he learned from building and teaching culture at F...

47 • Tech’s Newest Industry Coalition from 2021-08-04T04:00

Tech policy discussions about privacy, competition, and speech often center on benefitting the consumer - but which policies actually do it? Adam Kovacevich is the Founder and CEO of the Chamber...

46 • Lifting Up the Startups from 2021-07-21T04:00

Debates in tech policy are often dominated by a focus on a small handful of companies, but the tech sector encompasses a far broader group of companies of all sizes.  Kate Tummarello is the Exec...

45 • Taking a Leap from 2021-07-07T04:00

It’s daunting to leave behind the perks, resources, and stability of a steady job. But Nancy Scola, a former senior technology reporter at POLITICO, took a leap to pursue more independent and en...

44 • Big Tech, Antitrust, and Liberty from All Masters from 2021-06-23T04:00

Barry Lynn is the director of the Open Markets Institute, which aims to “address threats to our democracy, individual liberties, and our national security from today’s unprec...

43 • How One Chef Innovated During COVID from 2021-06-09T04:00

Cheetie Kumar is a musician and a chef, and she owns the Raleigh-based restaurant Garland, the music venue Kings, and the cocktail bar Neptunes. In this episode of TBD, she and Matt sit down to ...

42 • Tech Policy from Rural Tennessee from 2021-05-26T04:00

When people think about tech policy, they typically think about Washington or Silicon Valley.  But Victoria McCullough has spent the pandemic working on tech policy from her family’s beef cattle...

41• Federal Privacy Legislation for the 21st Century from 2021-05-12T04:00

Suzan DelBene represents Washington’s 1st Congressional District. First sworn into the House of Representatives in November 2012, Suzan brings a unique voice to Congress with over two decades of...

40 • Merger Reform and Venture Capital from 2021-04-28T11:32:46

Jeff Farrah is the general counsel of the National Venture Capital Association.  He’s tracking this policy debate closely because he believes it could have a significan...

39 • Directing the Social Dilemma from 2021-04-14T04:00

The Social Dilemma is a Netflix film about how technology is designed and regulated, and the implications of those design and regulation decisions on our lives and our choices. Jeff Orl...

38 • Behind the Battle Between Apple and Facebook from 2021-03-31T04:00

Apple and Facebook are at war. When Apple announced plans for its latest operating system updates, Facebook threatened to file an antitrust lawsuit, and Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg traded barbs...

37 • Discussing Silicon Values: Free Speech and Censorship from 2021-03-17T04:00

What kinds of speech—political, controversial, or otherwise—should be protected? What kinds of speech should be censored? The ongoing content moderation debate has raised pressing questions abou...

36 • The Technology that Runs Krzyzewskiville from 2021-03-03T05:00

If you’ve ever been a fan of college basketball, then you’ve probably heard of the Duke-UNC rivalry. It’s the stuff of legends. The infamous eight miles that divide these two schools make it imp...

35 • Founding ClimateVoice from 2021-02-17T05:00

Bill Weihl founded ClimateVoice in 2020, with the goal of “mobilizing the voice of the workforce to urge companies to go ‘all in’ on climate, both in business practices and policy advocacy.”  Cl...

34 • The Making of Morning Tech from 2021-02-03T05:00

If you work in tech policy, then you’ve probably read the words of Alexandra Levine. Every weekday morning at 6 AM, Politico's Morning Tech newsletter is delivered to subscribers, who read it to...

33 • Ten Principles for Tech Policy in a Biden Administration from 2021-01-20T05:00

We’re in a moment of transition in tech policy.  With the start of a new administration and fallout from the Capitol riots, there is increasing pressure to enact sweeping reforms in tech regulat...

32 • One Door Closes, Another Opens Up from 2021-01-06T05:00

After Pierce Freelon lost an election for a seat in the North Carolina state senate, he embraced the sudden “silence” in his life, brought on by the lost election, the onset of COVID, and the de...

31 • TBD's Year in Review from 2020-12-23T05:00

This month, we here at TBD celebrated our 1st birthday! 2020 has been one hell of a year, and even amidst all the chaos, we can't help but reflect on how technology has enabled us to continue li...

30 • A Section 230 Quid Pro Quo from 2020-12-09T05:00

The Section 230 debate continues, and it seems like new legislation to reform the law is being introduced every week. This week, we spoke with Paul Barrett, who spent 30 years as a journalist be...

29. UNICEF Tackles the COVID Digital Divide from 2020-11-25T05:00

As we approach the end of 2020, and the global pandemic continues to rage on, one problem that has continually affected our world is the digital divide. Now more than ever, communities are separ...

28 • Tackling Tech Policy in the New Administration from 2020-11-11T05:00

It’s been a tumultuous week, to say the least. Eight days ago, the polls closed on the 2020 election, and America watched with anticipation to see who would hold the White House for the next fou...

27 • A Prescription for a Better Internet from 2020-10-28T04:00

What needs to happen in order to achieve a "better internet"? Chris Riley has dedicated his life and career to answering questions like this one. He delves deeply into the world of tech policy a...

26 • Week in Review: The House Report on Big Tech from 2020-10-14T04:00

Last week, the House Judiciary Committee published a 400-page report on the findings of a 16-month long investigation into the state of competition in the digital economy, especially the challen...

25 • The Case for a Digital Platform Agency from 2020-10-07T04:00

Shorenstein Center Senior Fellows Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer, and Gene Kimmelman join Matt this week to discuss their Listen

24 • Combatting Misinformation on Online Platforms: The UK Perspective on the US Election from 2020-09-23T04:00

Phillip Howard is the Director of the Oxford Internet Institute and Professor of Internet Studies at Balliol College at the University of Oxford, where he researches how digital media affects po...

23 • How Technology Connects Us: The Future of 5G from 2020-09-09T04:00

John Godfrey is the senior vice president of public policy at Samsung, where he represents the company in Washington and covers a diverse set of issues, ranging from virtu...

022 • A Turning Point in AI Policy from 2020-08-26T10:25:27

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021 • Patagonia and the Facebook Advertising Boycott from 2020-08-12T04:00

Ryan Gellert is the General Manager EMEA at Patagonia, overseeing sales, marketing, sustainability, and operations throughout the region. In this convers...

020 • Tech CEO Hearing: Week in Review from 2020-07-30T17:51:08

It's been a big week in the tech policy world, as the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook appeared before Congress to testify on the competitive dynamics in the tech sector. In this epis...

019 • Samm Sacks from 2020-07-15T04:00

It was tech company chaos in Hong Kong last week. There's a new national security law that makes the surveillance regime look more like the surveillance regime in mainland China. Tech companies ...

018 • Blair Levin from 2020-07-02T01:51:47

Blair Levin is one of the world’s foremost experts on internet access policy. In this episode, Blair and Matt discuss the lessons we can learn about internet access from experience with the pand...

017 • Berin Szoka from 2020-06-17T20:03:56

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has been called the “Magna Carta of the internet,” the foundation of online free expression, and the 26 words that created the internet.  But it’s c...

016 • Jen Daskal from 2020-06-03T04:00

The last 2 weeks in tech policy have been seismic. In this episode, Matt and Jen talk about online expression and President Trump’s Executive Order, about why Apple and Google were right to desi...

015 • Yvette Bourcicot from 2020-05-20T15:24:20

Is it ok to cry at work?  Is it ok to swear?  If you show vulnerability, do you build your reputation or undermine it?  

That’s where we started our conversation with ...

014 • Ambassador Rick Barton from 2020-05-06T04:00

Rick Barton has served as both a diplomat and an ambassador and was the Deputy High Commissioner at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the first Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Confl...

013 • Richard Fontaine (CNAS) from 2020-04-22T04:00

Richard Fontaine is the CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He came to Durham back in February and took some time to sit down with us to discuss the difference between life in ...

012 • Sam Ratto (Videri Chocolate) from 2020-04-08T04:00

Many of us grew up thinking that Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory was a far-fetched dream, but Sam Ratto has made chocolate making a reality in downtown Raleigh.  He’s the co-founder and owner of...

011 • Brad Cook from 2020-04-01T04:00

Brad Cook is a music producer based out of Durham, NC, who has produced bands like Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, and Hiss Golden Messenger. In this episode, he talks us through the technology of music-...

010 • Dr. Paul Farmer from 2020-03-25T04:00

Paul Farmer is a Harvard professor, the founder of Partners in Health, and a global leader in public health. In our current moment, a moment of health chaos, when each day brings news that seems...

009 • Antony Phillipson (Her Royal Majesty's Trade Commissioner for North America) from 2020-03-18T04:00

How do you make the case that the United Kingdom is a strong trading partner for the United States, right at the moment when they are making the exit from the European Union? That's the job of A...

*Bonus Episode • Shan Li* from 2020-03-06T17:00

Shan Li is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, based in Beijing, China. She covered the early outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, and has now been quarantined twice, once in China...

008 • David McCabe from 2020-03-04T05:00

In a moment of toxic politics, hot takes, and diatribes fired off on Facebook and Twitter, how do you cover Tech Policy deeply and fairly? David McCabe is a tech policy reporter for The...

*Bonus Episode • Andrew Woods* from 2020-02-21T15:55:53

*BONUS EPISODE* Tech Policy is a rapidly evolving field, and from time-to-time we hope to release these bonus episodes to give you some insight into things as they're h...

007 • Gabrielle Kohlmeier from 2020-02-19T05:00

Gabrielle Kohlmeier used to suffer from Imposter Syndrome: she spent hours agonizing over whether she was good enough for her job, what her boss thought of her, and whether one mistake at her jo...

006 • Franklin Foer from 2020-02-05T05:00

How can we use technology in a way that is purposeful?  In this conversation, Matt and Franklin Foer discuss the blurry lines of technological boundaries, what it means to take a tech sabbath an...

005 • Sam Knox from 2020-01-22T05:00

Sam Knox is the Associate General Counsel for Competition at Facebook, and one of the company's leading lawyers on antitrust issues. Matt and Sam worked closely together when he was at Facebook:...

004 • Mark Overbay (Big Spoon Roasters) from 2020-01-08T05:00

003 • Samm Sacks from 2019-12-18T05:00

When you're working in the tech sector, China is one of the most difficult challenges you face: with over a billion residents, there's so much economic potential, but there are also so many chal...

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002 • Caron Beaton-Wells from 2019-12-11T05:00

This episode of TBD: Technology By Design, is brought to you by another podcast, Competition Lore, with Caron Beaton-Wells. Listen

001 • Daniel Kreiss from 2019-12-04T13:20:15

It was a rainy Thursday afternoon when Matt received a text from Daniel Kreiss, telling him to keep an eye on the news that day. A few minutes later, Twitter announced that they would be banning...

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