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The Technically Human Podcast

by Deb Donig
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Latest episodes

  • The Humanitarian Case for AI -- With the IRC's Jeannie Annan

    October 16, 2026 · 58 min

    Last week, the International Rescue Committee published an article titled “I’m a Humanitarian Leader Who’s All In on AI. Here’s Why,” written by its Senior Vice President and Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Jeannie Annan. Annan…

  • Math Problems -- What Is a Mathematician For in the Age of AI? With Noah Giansiracusa

    September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

    What happens to mathematics when doing mathematics is no longer an exclusively human activity? For years, we've watched artificial intelligence get progressively better at math: solving equations, passing exams, succeeding at mathematical…

  • Who Controls the Open Web? — with Shane Evans, CEO of Zyte

    September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    What does it mean for the web to be open—and open to whom? For most of the web’s history, we’ve operated on a fairly simple assumption: if you put something on a public website, people could find it, search engines could index it, and…

  • Technology in an Emergency — with Watch Duty's Dave Merritt

    September 11, 2026 · 58 min

    My guest today is Dave Merritt, cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of Watch Duty. Founded in 2021, Watch Duty is a nonprofit emergency-information platform that provides real-time, verified intelligence about wildfires and floods…

  • Social Media’s Big Tobacco Moment — with Yaël Eisenstat

    August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    In the wake of this week’s landmark $18 billion settlement with Meta, we’re bringing you an episode with Yaël Eisenstat, one of the leading thinkers on the issues at the heart of that case — and the many other recent legal challenges that…

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  • How to build a protopian future -- With Monika Bielskyte

    August 21, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    My conversation today is with Monika Bielskyte, a futurist, foresight strategist, speculative designer and founder of Protopia Futures. She developed the Protopia World Stack, a science-informed, life-centric foresight methodology…

  • Design Thinking in the Age of AI with Jess Holbrook

    August 14, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    On this episode I’m joined by Jess Holbrook, Head of UX Research for Microsoft AI. We talk about what UX research can—and cannot—tell us about what people need; why user-centered design may be too individualistic for technologies whose…

  • Who Owns the Open Web? Data Infrastructure, AI, and the Politics of Access

    August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    Today I’m speaking with Dana Mazia, General Manager of the Bright Initiative by Bright Data, which provides nonprofits, academic institutions, and public bodies with pro bono access to public web data and expertise. Dana is a lawyer…

  • Meat, Technology, and the Future of Food: Bruce Friedrich and the Next Agriculural Revolution

    July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    Today I am interviewing Bruce Friedrich, the author of the newly published book "Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favorite Food―and Our Future." Bruce Friedrich is the president and founder of the Good…

  • Do Filmmakers Dream of Electric Cinema? AI, Authorship, and the Future of Film with Aleem Hossain

    July 24, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    My guest for this episode is Professor Aleem Hossain, a writer and director working across science fiction, fantasy, experimental cinema, and television. His feature film After We Leave won Best Feature Film at the Sci-Fi-London film…

  • Ruthless About Safety

    July 17, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Globally, 8 billion people will experience trauma in their lifetime. Ninety-three percent of those in crisis will not receive adequate care. The barriers are familiar: cost, stigma, language, geography, workforce shortages. What is less…

  • Fact checking fake news -- with Avi Tuschman

    July 10, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    My guest today is Avi Tuschman, founder and CEO of Crickit.ai, an AI tool that live fact-checks social media videos. It’s a visionary technology that analyzes and verifies claims made on videos shared on social media platforms in real…

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About the show

Technically Human is a podcast about ethics and technology where I ask what it means to be human in the age of tech. Each week, I interview industry leaders, thinkers, writers, and technologists and I ask them about how they understand the relationship between humans and the technologies we create. We discuss how we can build a better vision for technology, one that represents the best of our human values.