Social Media, Censorship & Political Bias - S...

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben look at posts on the popular subreddit r/amitheasshole and discuss riding ponies, stealing food from children, landlords, filming ducks in public, and singing on airplanes. 

On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben debate trolley problems and argue about besties, second cousins, robots, thrill-seeking behaviour and living on loop. 

The rise of social media in the early 2000s grew into something none of us could have imagined! But does too much of a good thing become a bad thing? A tool that connects others from across the world also brings people down. In this episode, Jon and Alex talk about the good, the ...  Show more

Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Marantz about his book "Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation." They discuss the effect of social media on politics, the distinction between publishers and platforms, the problem of guilt by ...

Do you ever turn away from the news in despair? Do you scroll through social media and come away feeling angry, frustrated and fearful? Have you given up on the idea that a level of sanity might ever be restored to our politics? If so, acclaimed political commentator Rafael Behr' ...  Show more

Sean Illing talks with technology writer and philosopher Ian Bogost about the state of social media — especially in the wake of Elon Musk's recent acquisition of Twitter. They discuss the recent but surprising history of the platforms that have come to dominate the lives of so ma ...  Show more