The Rip Current with Jacob Ward

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Jacob Ward
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The Rip Current covers the big, invisible forces carrying us out to sea, from tech to politics to greed to beauty to culture to human weirdness. The currents are strong, but with a little practice we can learn to spot them from the beach, and get across them safely.

Veteran journalist Jacob Ward has covered technology, science and business for NBC News, CNN, PBS, and Al Jazeera. He's written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, and is the former Editor in Chief of Popular Science magazine.
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S14 E37
Can Sam Altman Be Trusted?
S14 E37·
April 9
April 9
15 mins
S3 E36
Tech Companies Already Know When You've Had Enough
S3 E36·
April 3
April 3
16 mins
S2 E36
Social Media Found Guilty
S2 E36·
March 28
March 28
10 mins
S2 E36
Social Media Found Guilty
S2 E36·
March 25
March 25
10 mins
S3 E34
Is America Ready for "Behavioral Harm?"
S3 E34·
March 24
March 24
11 mins
S3 E35
BREAKING: Meta Just Lost. Here Come 1600 More Lawsuits
S3 E35·
March 24
March 24
5 mins
S2 E34
Hollywood Is Pulling Up the A.I. Drawbridge
S2 E34·
March 21
March 21
12 mins
S2 E33
When Gen Z Makes Jokes, They're Screaming
S2 E33·
March 20
March 20
11 mins