Jay and Ty recently discovered they have a half brother that no one knew about for more than 30 years. How did they find out? Ty submitted a 23&Me. Ty sees nothing wrong with obtaining this information, Jay is vehemently against a corporation collecting DNA data and flipping families upside down, and Meredith tries to rein the two in. This week, the gang discusses the topic of data privacy, including how much data they are willing to give up and at what price.

 

0:00:00  - Intro (Harlem Globetrotters, Ukrainian ballet, Ty finally took time off work, super spicy food is dumb, feeding a cat a pill is a nightmare)

0:25:18 - Sounds of the Week:

• Trump 2028
• Billionaire explains DOGE

0:44:37 - Data privacy

 

Songs:

"Inhuman Creation Station" by CKY

"I Think I'm a Clone Now" by "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Clones (We're All)" by Alice Cooper

 

Notes:

• Missouri Farmer in Danger of Losing His Farm Due to Federal Freeze Blasted for Claiming He 'Didn't Have Time to Research' Before Voting (0:38:40)
• DNA testing site 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection (1:05:24)
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (1:06:45)
• Why I'm Not Deleting My 23andMe Genetic Data (1:07:10) 
• Hacking healthcare: With 385M patient records exposed, cybersecurity experts sound alarm on breach surge (1:07:50)
• How to delete your 23andMe data after the company filed for bankruptcy (1:09:13)