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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The podcast currently has 121 episodes available.

TechTank episodes:

March 10, 2025 What to expect from Trump’s FCC?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a new Chair, Brendan Carr, and his priorities are quickly taking shape. The FCC is responsible for universal access to communications. Hear from former FCC Chair, Tom Wheeler, on the power of the chairmanship to shape the future priorities for American consumers and businesses, and what's in store for the independent agency under the Trump administration.
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February 24, 2025 How Black Tech Founders Are Advancing Innovation
African Americans have had long standing impacts in the field of innovation as inventors to entrepreneurs. In this episode, we will talk to serial entrepreneurs Erin Horne McKinney and John Pasmore to share how Black Tech founders are advancing their ideas, while navigating barriers that limit access to capital and relevant networks.
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36min
February 03, 2025 What’s next for TikTok?
To ban or not to ban the social media app, Tik Tok? This has been the question since President Trump’s first term in office, largely due to a host of national security concerns. The recent extension to the ban for identifying a U.S.-based buyer may have saved the app for online users but was it an overreach of Trump’s power. In this episode, guests discuss the implications for the future of Tik Tok in the U.S.
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39min
January 13, 2025 Realizing Africa’s Potential: A Conversation with Book Author, Landry Signé
By 2050, Africa will be home to 25% of the world’s population with more than $16 trillion in combined business and consumer spending. The dividends of innovation must be part of the continent’s growth, as well as the global digital economy. On this episode of the TechTank podcast, co-host and Brookings fellow, Chinasa Okolo, speaks with author and Brookings Senior Fellow, Landry Signé about his new book, Realizing Africa’s Potential: A Journey to Potential.
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42min
December 23, 2024 New Developments in State Technology Policy
Congress has not passed many bills on the emerging digital economy. But that does not mean nothing is happening policy-wise. At the state level, there were 238 new pieces of regulatory legislation, according to a new report from New York University. That is a 163 percent increase over 2023. New laws cover AI, non-consensual sexual imagery, political deepfakes, and copyright protection, among other topics. Joining us today is one of the authors of that report. Scott Brennen is the director of the NYU Center on Technology Policy. Darrell M. West and he will discuss why state lawmaking has accelerated and areas such as AI, non-consensual sexual imagery, political deepfakes, and copyright protection where bills have passed. They also will consider the state outlook for 2025.
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22min
December 09, 2024 What to Expect from the Trump Administration on Cybersecurity
The digital world has become a dangerous place. We have seen foreign entities burrow into
telecom networks and extract highly confidential information. There have been hacks of vital
infrastructure, ransomware attacks, and thefts of sensitive data bases.

The Biden Administration sought to deal with emerging threats by defending critical
infrastructure, disrupting threat actors, use market forces to improve security, and forging
international partnerships.

What remains to be seen, though, is how many of these initiatives will be maintained by the new
Trump Administration. How the new president handles cybersecurity is an important topic
because a CyberNews study recently found 65 percent of American companies scored a D or
worse on cybersecurity and only 7 percent earned an A. It is clear that we all need to do a better
job on protecting our digital assets.

To help us understand these issues, Brookings colleagues Stephanie Pell and Darrell M. West
ways to safeguard critical infrastructure, disrupt threat actors, and use market forces to improve
security and the manner in which Trump may move on cybersecurity.
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32min
November 25, 2024 Will the US Become the new Crypto Capital of the World?
Donald Trump's election could set the stage for a sweeping policy overhaul, fueled by ambitious plans to make the United States the crypto capital of the world. From a potential national Bitcoin reserve to pro-crypto regulatory leadership, the sector is gearing up for a transformative period. With a Republican-controlled Congress and big industry campaign contributions in the 2024 election, the stakes are set for dramatic changes in crypto-policy and the overall crypto-landscape.
This week on the TechTank Podcast, co-hosts Darrell West is joined by Aaron Klein, a Senior Fellow at the Center on Regulation and Markets at the Brookings Institution to discuss if the U.S will become the crypto capital of the world.
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32min
November 11, 2024 What a Trump Presidency Means for Tech
In this episode of the TechTank Podcast, Cohost Darrell West and Nicol Turner Lee sit down to discuss what to expect in the coming years in regard to AI, antitrust enforcement, the digital divide, China, cryptocurrency, and disinformation and what people should watch from Capitol Hill and the administration.
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36min
October 28, 2024 Is climate change a forgotten priority for election 2024?
In this episode of the TechTank podcast guest host Xavier Freeman-Edwards is joined by Barry Rabe, Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and professor at the University of Michigan to discuss if the 2024 election will bring more attention to climate change.
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31min
October 15, 2024 Can social media platforms engage in their own self-regulation?
On this episode of the TechTank Podcast co-host, Nicol Turner Lee, shares her new paper on this topic with Mary K. Engle Executive Vice President, Policy at BBB National Programs, and David Vladeck, the A.B. Chettle Chair in Civil Procedure and former Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. They discuss the path forward for social media regulation and unpack the issues that are of main focus to teens and adults on the internet.
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