This week we speak with Brad Templeton, who started his career as a software developer and after writing about a dozen software packages, he founded the world's first .com. Brad entered the self-driving car space in 2007 and his website and blog at robocars.com is the oldest and most popular site on the topic. Larry and Brad talk about use cases for autonomous vehicles, privacy and safety concerns, and the future of the technology. 

This week we speak with Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE). Larry and Michelle explore the importance of media literacy in education, parenting and our personal lives. 

Today Larry talks to Dr. Logan Schneider, M.D., Clinical Lead for Sleep Health, Google Health. Dr. Logan Schneider specializes in the treatment of sleep disorders. Larry and Logan tackle subjects like: What is sleep health and who should be concerned about it? What does it mean to democratize sleep health - what communities are at most risk? They also talk about the technology of sleep - CPAP machines, wearables, even smart beds. 

Today Larry talks to Peter Adams, senior vice president of research and design for the News Literacy Project. They discuss the upcoming election and how to detect and counter mis- and disinformation, as well as some surprising information on how media literacy is taught in classrooms.

In this episode, we shift our focus to young adults and college students. We talk to Jessie Quintero Johnson, associate professor for health and social change at Emerson College. Jessie is also a psychotherapist and a licensed clinical social worker. Jessie discusses anti-oppressive social change work, the loneliness epidemic, mental health and some of the very hopeful things about this cohort of students.

In this second episode with Jeff Jarvis, Larry and Jeff discuss this part of our two part podcast regulation, encryption, the dangers of techno moral panics, and about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been quite controversial in the United States.  Find out more in this follow up with Jeff Jarvis, author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis.

Larry Magid speaks with Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician, head of Boston Childrens Hospital Digital Wellness Lab and author of the brand new book The Mediatrician's Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated World

Larry talks to Jeff Jarvis, author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, about how the age of print was an exception in history. And while that exception lasted half a millennium, we are now coming to the other end of it. What that means, and where do we go from here?

This week we join Shea Swauger, a researcher and writer for data sharing and ethics for the Future of Privacy Forum. Join Larry and Shea as they discuss AI, privacy, and ethics.

Leonard Kleinrock shares insights into the early development of the internet, including his work on the ARPANET. His story offers a unique perspective on the internet's early days and its transformative impact. Larry gets a chance to ask him questions about early safety concerns and what they might have done differently, knowing what we know now.