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Transferwise CEO Kristo Käärmann joins to discuss the future of money in the digital age. The internet has given rise to some big companies that have seriously disrupted major industries—but big banks remain dominant. Can they keep up with innovation, or is a raft of growing finance-focused startups ready to take them apart?

The internet is pretty great, but there's also some dark parts of it. Yasmin Green, head of research and development at Google's Jigsaw, joins to talk about her experiences countering ISIS propaganda, using artificial intelligence to improve internet comments, and why things will get better.

Director Brian Knappenberger joins to discuss his new documentary "Nobody Speak," which debuts on Netflix June 23. He looks at the Gawker v. Hogan trial and other examples of rich individuals who have been able to silence the media—and why it looks like things are going to get worse before they get better.

Suddenly, every tech company wants you to talk to their machines. Mashable tech intern Freia Lobo joins to talk with Ian Hodson, distinguished architect at Voysis and a veteran of voice-based technology.

Benjamin Wittes is editor of Lawfare blog and senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. He's also the man of the moment. Wittes and Lawfare have gone from relatiavely obscure policy wonks to the center of the modern media world thanks to expertise in the legal side of national security and deep connections within Washington D.C. Mashable's senior editor for science and special projects Andrew Freedman joins to talk with Wittes about what that's been like — and why he hopes his moment in the sun will eventually come to an end.

We've all head of Bitcoin, and maybe even Blockchain. But what are they — and why do some people think they're the future of everything? Tiana Laurence, cofounder of Factom and author of "Blockhain for Dummies" joins to give us a crash course.

Plenty of people have a vision of the future. Few have a vision that is spurring action in the European Union and China. Jeremy Rifkin joins to talk about a new documentary from Vice Impact that lays out the challenges we're facing in terms of stagnant growth and accelerating climate change, but also why there's reasons for optimism — what he sees as the upcomign third industrial revolution.

Jimmy Wales wants you to help fix the news. He's launching Wikitribune, a news venture that will look to combine professional journalism with the power of crowdsourced information. He joins Biz Please to chat about what it is, where it's headed, and how you can help.

Ben Zimmer, language columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and Mashable deputy tech editor Louise Matsakis are here this week to talk about how the internet is changing the way we communicate. ROFLMAO, yall.

When you think of the tech industry cities like San Francisco, New York, and Seattle come to mind — and they should. But what about the rest of the country? JD Vance, author of "Hillbily Elegy," joins to talk about why he's getting into the world of venture capital. Then, Steve Case, CEO of VC firm Revolution and the cofounder of AOL, joins to talk about the next wave of entrepreneurship.