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
Episodes
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Sep 11, 2013 • 20min
Phones + Mischief: From Muggers to Dennis Crowley
This week New Tech City takes you into the bodegas, laundromats and back alleys of New York's black market for stolen cell phones.
Sep 4, 2013 • 22min
A Google Map of Our Brains: The Next Chapter in Neuroscience
Scientists in New York City are at the center of President Obama's brain research initiative, a $100 million effort to better understand the inner workings of the human noggin.
Aug 28, 2013 • 16min
Real Estate, Rackets, Risk: When Rules Get Rewritten
When it comes to finding just the right sized office space, New York City's tech companies are turning to subleases because they are not ready to sign five to 10 year leases favored by the city's landlords.
Aug 21, 2013 • 18min
Know Thy @Neighbor: The End of Urban Anonymity and Rural Solitude
Simple experiences, like borrowing a ladder from a neighbor or just taking a long solitary hike, are being altered by tech.
Aug 14, 2013 • 15min
Grossology, Tolerant Taxis + Smart Bikes
Experiments in the life sciences, taxi technology and bike sharing are helping regular people do DIY scientific research and transform the way they get around.
Aug 7, 2013 • 16min
Computerized Confessions: Biographies and Wedding Toasts in the Digital Age
Biographers have relied on handwritten letters for centuries, but more and more, they're using emails, texts and online chats to tell the story of a person's life.
Jul 31, 2013 • 21min
Your So-Called Future Life: Homes and To-Do Lists Get 'Smart'
In the smart home of the future, your milk jug will tell you when your milk has gone sour, your plants will text you when they need watering and with solar panels on your roof, you may not even need to be connected to the power grid.
Jul 24, 2013 • 8min
Online Shopping Gets Real
Some e-retailers are shifting their strategies and deciding to open brick-and-mortar stores, hoping to lure customers who might not be comfortable purchasing a pair of shorts or eyeglasses without first trying them on.
Jul 17, 2013 • 17min
Brain Drain: New York City Losing Out in Brain Biz
New York City is a leading center for neuroscience research, so you'd think it would stand to benefit from President Obama's new $100 million initiative to map the human brain. Well, not so fast.
