TechTank

By Brookings Institution

TechTank is a biweekly podcast from The Brookings Institution exploring the most consequential technology issues of our time. From artificial intelligence and racial bias in algorith

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How many episodes does TechTank have?

The podcast currently has 129 episodes available.

TechTank episodes:

March 07, 2022 Civil rights and artificial intelligence: Can the two concepts coexist?
Nicol Turner Lee speaks to Renee Cummings and Lisa Rice on biases in artificial intelligence and how
they disproportionately impact historically marginalized groups in financial services, hiring, policing, and
more. Together, they will conduct a deep dive into these difficult questions and offer insight on
remedies to this pressing question of equitable AI.
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44min
February 21, 2022 Laura Coates on racial inequities in our criminal justice system
On TechTank, Darrell West interviews Laura Coates on her new book, Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness. They talk about her views of the criminal justice system, racial and gender inequities, and ways digital technologies are complicating the works of prosecutors, defenders, and suspects. The two also discuss ways to improve the legal system and overcome existing injustices.
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34min
February 07, 2022 Rep. Ro Khanna on democratizing our digital transformation
Darrell West interviews Congressman Ro Khanna about his new book, Dignity in a Digital
Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us. They discuss challenges from the ever-widening scope of
the digital world: how it has accentuated inequality, widened our political divide, threatened
personal privacy and more, as well as how improved policy can address these issues.
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38min
January 24, 2022 How Digital Technology Is Reshaping Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering
Darrell West interviews Dr. Amy Zegart, author of a new book entitled Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The
History and Future of American Intelligence. They discuss how digital technology is transforming
espionage and why America needs to move towards more open-source data gathering.
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30min
January 10, 2022 What to expect from Biden's 2022 tech agenda
2022 is shaping up to be an eventful year in tech policy. President Biden has laid out an ambitious agenda on infrastructure investment, tech regulation, COVID mitigation, antitrust policy, and AI investment, among other topics. He has nominated a number of tough-minded individuals to major administrative agencies and has signaled a strong stance on large tech platforms. At the same time, technology is playing a major role in governance and democracy problems. Some worry about the extent to which technology is fueling polarization and extremism, and endangering the future of American democracy. In this episode, Darrell West and Nicol Turner Lee delve into what to expect from Biden’s tech policy agenda in 2022.
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41min
December 13, 2021 Taylor Lorenz on Gen Z, Influencer Culture, and the Future of Social Media
How have teens, the most tech-savvy population of all, been navigating the internet, rife with the spread of misinformation, algorithmic discrimination and more? On TechTank, Samantha Lai will be joined by Taylor Lorenz, technology reporter for the New York Times and affiliate at the Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, to discuss how young people use the internet and why it matters.
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33min
November 29, 2021 How to Build Back Better with Telehealth
The COVID-19 pandemic has facilitated the unprecedented growth of telehealth. What should
lawmakers keep in mind to create an equitable and inclusive healthcare system for all? On this episode
of TechTank, Brookings researcher and guest host Samantha Lai is joined by Nicol Turner Lee and Niam
Yaraghi to discuss these important questions.
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39min
November 15, 2021 In the U.S.A.’s tech-driven economy, is enough being done to protect consumer choice and privacy?
There is much public debate about whether big tech giants, airlines, and even cable providers are monopolists that maximize shareholder profit at the expense of consumers and workers. Is enough being done to protect consumer privacy and choice? On this episode, guest host Bill Baer is joined by Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to discuss the FTC’s efforts to promote competition, protect consumer privacy, and challenge unfair and deceptive business practices.
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43min
November 01, 2021 What lies ahead for the US-China tech race?
The US’s relationship with China has grown complicated over the years, with increasing tensions on issues ranging from trade and commerce to technology innovation and national security. On this episode of TechTank, host Darrell West is joined by Tom Wheeler and David Simpson to talk about the state of the US-China tech race, and what to expect going forward.
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33min
October 18, 2021 What life in space teaches astronauts about solving challenges on planet Earth
On this episode of TechTank, veteran NASA astronaut Nicole Stott joins host Darrell West to discuss space tourism, the future of space exploration, and her new book, “Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission to Protect It.”
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