Note to Self
WNYC Studios
Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age.
WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others.
© WNYC Studios
WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others.
© WNYC Studios
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May 27, 2015 • 23min
This Is How Much the Internet Knows About You
To introduce Note to Self — we're bringing you an episode that is about exactly that: the self. Meet Crystal Knows, an email-writing service that takes "personalization" up a notch.
May 26, 2015 • 6min
Welcome to Note to Self
New Tech City got a new name! We're now called Note to Self. And we're glad you're here. Listen here for more on our renaming.
May 20, 2015 • 25min
How Eating Disorders Evolved Online: An Update
Easy to find, but also easy to miss, pro-eating disorder websites are all over the internet. But what should we do about them?
May 13, 2015 • 21min
Yes, You’re Distracted. Is it ADHD?
We talk with a father of four diagnosed with adult-onset ADHD, struggling to function as a tech executive in an increasingly distracting world.
May 6, 2015 • 21min
'Am I Trans?': One Teen’s Quest and How Gaming Helped
There's something about video games that makes them a magnet for kids questioning their gender identity. Is it a safe space?
Apr 29, 2015 • 19min
What Google Is Doing to Solve Its Gender Problem
Three useful tips for any working woman, or anyone who employs women, from Laszlo Bock, Google’s head of Human Resources.
Apr 22, 2015 • 20min
Apple Knows You're Sick of Your Phone
Could smartwatches make us less addicted to our phones? Listen to this techies's argument for using more tech to beat back a tech obsession.
Apr 15, 2015 • 20min
Here’s What Watson Actually Does (And: Cooked Avocado?)
IBM's Watson won Jeopardy. Now, it wants to win your trust in the kitchen — and beyond. This week, we test out the premise of cognitive computing. And cook an avocado.
Apr 8, 2015 • 20min
Growing Up Digital: 3 Truths for the Adults
We spent weeks talking with teachers, parents and ed tech experts all over the country. Here's what we've learned about learning today.
Apr 1, 2015 • 26min
ClassDojo: Do I Want it in My Kid's Class?
Teachers are using apps in class, raising privacy issues for kids and parents. Classroom management app ClassDojo has been thrust to the front of an conversation about student data and privacy stretching far beyond little monster avatars. On this week's episode, we talk with Sam Chaudhary, co-founder of ClassDojo, Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, and a community of parents and teachers about the obligations — legal and otherwise — techies have to today's kids.
