Bots & Ballots

By Yahoo News

In the digital era, information and the social media platforms used to spread it have become weapons of choice for those seeking to short circuit American democracy. Yahoo News' new weekly podcast&nbs... more

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.

Bots & Ballots episodes:

November 20, 2018 Jonathon Morgan on how Russian disinformation worked in 2018
The networks that pushed fake news in 2016 didn't go away in 2018, but they did change.
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23min
November 13, 2018 Howard Dean on 2020 and tech in politics
Howard Dean on why the next Democratic nominee for president should be under 55 and how the party can catch up on technology.
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20min
November 06, 2018 Will your vote count in 2018? I hope so.
Our elections aren't secure, but that's not the worst news. There's also an effort to make us doubt the results of our own elections.
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19min
October 30, 2018 Joe Hall on why phone voting is a terrible idea and why secrets only last 20 years
Joe Hall is the Chief Technologist at Center for Democracy & Technology, an organization that promotes free expression online, privacy and tries to put controls on government surveillance.
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25min
October 23, 2018 Michael Daniel, Obama's cybersecurity head: Cyberwar could take down our power grid
Michael Daniel talks about what Obama could have done to respond to Russia and about cyberwars bleeding into the real world
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20min
October 16, 2018 Bill Browder on Rand Paul, Dana Rohrabacher and Russia
Bill Browder made billions in post-Soviet Russia. Then his lawyer was murdered and he became an activist. The man behind the Magnitsky Act talks Putin, Donald Trump and Congress.
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27min
October 09, 2018 Scott Adams, Dilbert cartoonist, on Trump and why facts don't matter
"Donald Trump will be the last human president," Scott Adams Tweeted recently. The Dilbert cartoonist talks about Google, Facebook and Twitter and why he thinks the companies are too liberal.
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24min
October 02, 2018 Judd Legum says conservatives bullying Facebook and Twitter
Do conservatives have legitimate complaints about the social networks or are they merely gaming the refs by pretending they do? A fact-check of a Think Progress article has liberals crying foul.
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22min
September 25, 2018 Uber's fixer Bradley Tusk on the wave of regulation coming for tech
Bradley Tusk ran Michael Bloomberg's campaign, he also busted through regulation for tech companies like FanDuel and Uber. Tusk talks about fixing politics with cell phone votes and regulation.
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25min
September 18, 2018 Jake Sullivan recounts being in the Clinton campaign as it blindsided by the Russian assault
Jake Sullivan was senior advisor to Hillary Clinton's campaign and witnessed Russia's attempts to intervene in our election firsthand.
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FAQs about Bots & Ballots:

How many episodes does Bots & Ballots have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.