The TechTank Podcast

Teenagers look at phone

TechTank Podcast Episode 34: Taylor Lorenz on Gen Z, Influencer Culture, and the Future of Social Media

Monday, December 13, 2021

Doctor holds cell phone

TechTank Podcast Episode 33: How to build back better with telehealth

Monday, November 29, 2021

Federal Trade Chairman Joseph Simons, (L), Federal Trade Commissioners (2nd L-R), Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson testify on the "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission" before the U.S. Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

TechTank Podcast Episode 32: In the U.S.A.’s tech-driven economy, is enough being done to protect consumer choice and privacy?

Monday, November 15, 2021

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Vice President Joe Biden raise their glasses in a toast during a luncheon at the State Department, in Washington, September 25, 2015.

TechTank Podcast Episode 31: What lies ahead for the U.S.-China tech race?

Darrell M. West

Monday, November 1, 2021

Astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-128 mission specialist waves as she pauses during the mission's first spacewalk with the International Space Station's solar panels as a backdrop as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station in this NASA handout photo taken September 1, 2009.

TechTank Podcast Episode 30: What life in space teaches astronauts about solving challenges on planet Earth

Darrell M. West

Monday, October 18, 2021

TechTank Podcast Episode 29: Online behavioral advertising can be discriminatory, so what’s the plan to fix this?

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, October 4, 2021

People wait in line for back to school COVID test

TechTank Podcast Episode 28: Why schools still need a remote option to mitigate COVID-19

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, September 20, 2021

City at Night

TechTank Podcast Episode 27: Which U.S. Cities Are Poised for AI Growth?

Darrell M. West

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Fiber Optic Cable is laid

TechTank Podcast Episode 26: How will Biden’s broadband infrastructure plan address rural poverty while closing the digital divide?

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, August 23, 2021

Workers rally to extend pandemic unemployment program

TechTank Podcast Episode 25: Why state unemployment insurance programs failed workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Darrell M. West

Monday, August 9, 2021

A United States Passport with Covid-19 Vaccination Record Card

TechTank Podcast Episode 24: Managing Privacy, Equity, and Access in COVID Vaccine Passports

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, July 26, 2021

Coline, 22 years old master student, is following her classes online from her office. She misses social links and thinks social distancing impacts her mental health. Paris. France, November 19th, 2020. Photography by Jeanne Fourneau / Hans Lucas.Coline, 22 ans, etudiante en master, suit son cours en ligne depuis chez elle de son bureau. Le lien social lui manque, elle pense que la distanciation sociale influence sa sante mentale. Paris. France, 19 novembre, 2020. Photographie par Jeanne Fourneau / Has Lucas.NO USE FRANCE

TechTank Podcast Episode 23: How should universities deal with student cheating?

Darrell M. West

Monday, July 12, 2021

An image of Israeli soldiers is seen on a computer screen with colourful markings of a face recognition programming script, during a cyber security training course, called a Hackathon, at iNT Institute of Technology and Innovation, at a high-tech park in Beersheba, southern Israel August 28, 2017. Picture taken August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1DE502FAB0

TechTank Podcast Episode 22: Protecting your online reputation

Darrell M. West and Quinta Jurecic

Monday, June 28, 2021

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the investments in the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Vice President Kamala Harris looked on as President Biden delivered remarks aimed at pressuring Republicans to support his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Pool/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

TechTank Podcast Episode 21: Is Biden’s American Jobs Plan the beginning of a Tech New Deal?

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, June 14, 2021

Kimora Miller and Shamyia Brown (both 18) hold their phones as the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges in the death of George Floyd, is announced, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

TechTank Podcast Episode 20: Did citizens’ use of technology deliver justice for George Floyd?

Nicol Turner Lee, Rashawn Ray, Makada Henry-Nickie, and Keesha Middlemass

Monday, May 31, 2021