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  • Episode 11 - Making a CS50 Fair

    February 13, 2020 · 30 min

    In this episode, David and Brian discuss the origins of the CS50 Fair, the end-of-term exhibition of final projects that capstones CS50 students' experience. Why so many balloons? Why the raffle? And how can others run their own CS50…

  • Episode 10 - Teaching Academic Honesty

    February 10, 2020 · 31 min

    In this episode, David and Brian discuss CS50's experience with matters of academic dishonesty, whereby students sometimes submit work that's not entirely their own. While the course aspires each year to reduce the number of instances…

  • Episode 9 - Restructuring CS50

    January 31, 2020 · 50 min

    In this episode, a discussion of CS50's underlying pedagogy. David and Brian discuss changes made to CS50 at Harvard in Fall 2019, among them new-and-improved lectures, weekly quizzes, by-appointment tutorials, a choice of end-of-term…

  • Episode 8 - FaceApp

    July 24, 2019 · 24 min

    This week's podcast: David and Brian talk about FaceApp, which uses machine learning to alter photos of people. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and…

  • Episode 7 - Why C?

    July 19, 2019 · 36 min

    This week's podcast: David and Brian talk about why CS50 is taught (primarily) in C. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and…

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  • Episode 6 - Machine Learning

    July 10, 2019 · 28 min

    This week's podcast: Brian Yu joins David as co-host for the first time and the two share a discussion of a topic very much in vogue: machine learning. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard…

  • Episode 5 - Ransomware, WhatsApp Spyware

    May 20, 2019 · 29 min

    This week's podcast: the woes of ransomware (and the companies that claim to fight it), a vector for spyware injection in WhatsApp, and much more. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard…

  • Episode 4 - Internet Explorer, Smart Locks

    May 13, 2019 · 31 min

    This week's podcast: a tale of how YouTube eliminated Internet Explorer 6, stories of security concerning both digital and physical keys, and much more. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard…

  • Episode 3 - Password Security, Incognito Mode

    May 6, 2019 · 31 min

    This week's podcast: just how many insecure passwords are out in the open (and which ones in particular!), new features added to Chrome's Incognito Mode, and much more. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton…

  • Episode 2 - Task Lists, Facial Recognition

    April 29, 2019 · 31 min

    This week's podcast: the power and simplicity of task lists and the ethical boundaries of present and future facial recognition software. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each…

  • Episode 1 - Trust

    April 22, 2019 · 39 min

    This week's podcast: trust, both why it's necessary and why we should be wary of what it may sometimes mean, especially in technology and computer science. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at…

  • Episode 0 - Robocalls, Facebook Passwords

    April 12, 2019 · 35 min

    This week's podcast: the Facebook plain-text password controversy and the new (irritating!) phenomenon of the robocall. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses…

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About the show

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.