Right from wrong. We teach our kids what this means in the classroom and at home. But whatabout online? The next generation of tech users could be a part of much more civilized digitaluniverse, but only if they learn how now. Manoush talks to Richard Culatta (CEO of theInternational Society for Technology in Education) about the five steps to creating good digitalcitizens, and how to turn the current online “culture shift” into something positive, respectful, andmore accessible to all. Sign up for Manoush’s newsletter StableG.com/newsletter and find her other podcasts atZigZagPod.com and IRLPodcast.com

Right from wrong. We teach our kids what this means in the classroom and at home. But whatabout online? The next generation of tech users could be a part of much more civilized digitaluniverse, but only if they learn how now. Manoush talks to Richard Culatta (CEO of theInternational Society for Technology in Education) about the five steps to creating good digitalcitizens, and how to turn the current online “culture shift” into something positive, respectful, andmore accessible to all. Sign up for Manoush’s newsletter <a href="http://www.wnycstudios.org/StableG.com/newsletter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StableG.com/newsletter</a> and find her other podcasts at<a href="http://www.wnycstudios.org/ZigZagPod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ZigZagPod.com</a> and <a href="http://www.wnycstudios.org/IRLPodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IRLPodcast.com</a>

How to Create Good Digital Citizens

Computer scientist and cult-blogger, Cal Newport, wants you to take 30 dates off from all your personal tech. A month off, he claims, is the only way to truly adopt Digital Minimalism, his method for finding tech-life balance and the name of his latest book. Manoush loves a digital detox as much as the next overloaded person, but she explains to Cal why she has issues with his particular prescriptions.  Manoush writes a newsletter that comes out every other Thursday. Sign up at StableG.com/newsletter and find her other podcasts at ZigZagPod.com and IRLPodcast.com

Computer scientist and cult-blogger, Cal Newport, wants you to take 30 dates off from all your personal tech. A month off, he claims, is the only way to truly adopt Digital Minimalism, his method for finding tech-life balance and the name of his latest book. Manoush loves a digital detox as much as the next overloaded person, but she explains to Cal why she has issues with his particular prescriptions.  Manoush writes a newsletter that comes out every other Thursday. Sign up at <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/y5CkCgJGwxHqpPrTNie3K?domain=stableg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StableG.com/newsletter</a> and find her other podcasts at <a href="http://ZigZagPod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ZigZagPod.com</a> and <a href="http://IRLPodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IRLPodcast.com</a>

Why Everyone is Talking About Digital Minimalism

In 2018, Andria Zafirakou was named Global Teacher of the Year and given $1m in prize money. Why?

In 2018, Andria Zafirakou was named Global Teacher of the Year and given $1m in prize money. Why?

How The Best Teacher Teaches Creativity

The tech show about being human returns with an all new season. Host Manoush Zomorodi kicks things off with the latest on the battle between kids and parents over their screens: do we know how kids are impacted by tech? Does it make them less empathetic? Are they being constantly bullied online? Even if we can help kids figure out their digital habits, are we adults totally screwed? Researcher Elizabeth Englander joins Manoush to share new findings and give the most pragmatic advice about how kids and adults can build better relationships with their tech and each other.

The tech show about being human returns with an all new season. Host Manoush Zomorodi kicks things off with the latest on the battle between kids and parents over their screens: do we know how kids are impacted by tech? Does it make them less empathetic? Are they being constantly bullied online? Even if we can help kids figure out their digital habits, are we adults totally screwed? Researcher Elizabeth Englander joins Manoush to share new findings and give the most pragmatic advice about how kids and adults can build better relationships with their tech and each other.

Note to Self is Back and We Start with The Big One: Kids and Screens

Note to Self helps you navigate the digital age by making sense of its most undervalued component: humans! With all new episodes coming every Tuesday, host Manoush Zomorodi investigates the very personal role technology plays in our lives and how we can live better with it. Because you are so much more than an algorithm.

Note to Self helps you navigate the digital age by making sense of its most undervalued component: humans! With all new episodes coming every Tuesday, host Manoush Zomorodi investigates the very personal role technology plays in our lives and how we can live better with it. Because you are so much more than an algorithm.

Note to Self is Back!

Rice Bunny

This week we’re discussing government censorship in China, #metoo and cryptocurrency. Endless Thread is hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson, and is made by WBUR.

This week we’re discussing government censorship in China, #metoo and cryptocurrency. Endless Thread is hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson, and is made by WBUR.

Rice Bunny: The Me Too Movement Comes to China

Long-distance friends Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec spent a year tracking the little things in life. Thanks yous, coffees, complaints, street sounds. And each week, they turned their small-scale data collections into whimsical hand-drawn postcards. On a minute level, they may not say much. But look at them together and they tell an intimate story. This week, Giorgia and Stefanie talk us through three weeks of data, and all the big lessons in our most mundane moments. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises.  Look at more postcards by Giorgia and Stefanie here. 

Long-distance friends Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec spent a year tracking the little things in life. Thanks yous, coffees, complaints, street sounds. And each week, they turned their small-scale data collections into <a href="http://www.dear-data.com/thebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">whimsical hand-drawn postcards.</a> On a minute level, they may not say much. But look at them together and they tell an intimate story. This week, Giorgia and Stefanie talk us through three weeks of data, and all the big lessons in our most mundane moments. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises.  Look at more postcards by Giorgia and Stefanie <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/dear-data-quantified-self-tracking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Dear (Data) Diary

With former Google designer Tristan Harris, who explains how far Silicon Valley will go to capture and control your eyeballs. And Snapchat artist CyreneQ, who makes her living drawing on her phone all day. For real. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. 

With former Google designer Tristan Harris, who explains how far Silicon Valley will go to capture and control your eyeballs. And Snapchat artist CyreneQ, who makes her living drawing on her phone all day. For real. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises.

A Different Kind of Streaking

We asked you guys to send us photos. Then we gave them to Andreas Weigend, veteran of Xerox Parc, former chief scientist at Amazon, to see what he could deduce. A lot, it turns out. A little Google image search, a little metadata, and we can find where you are. Maybe who you are. What color phone you’re using to take the shot, and how many SIM cards you have. Reading photos is more than a digital parlor trick. It’s the future of commerce, marketing, policing, lending, and basically everything else. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on Twitter, Instagram, and on her website.

We asked you guys to send us photos. Then we gave them to Andreas Weigend, veteran of Xerox Parc, former chief scientist at Amazon, to see what he could deduce. A lot, it turns out. A little Google image search, a little metadata, and we can find where you are. Maybe who you are. What color phone you’re using to take the shot, and how many SIM cards you have. Reading photos is more than a digital parlor trick. It’s the future of commerce, marketing, policing, lending, and basically everything else. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/manoushz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and on <a href="http://www.manoushz.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her website</a>.

Your Metadata is Showing

Generic usernames, no photos, no tweets. This week, we investigate the dozens of mysterious accounts following Manoush on Twitter. Plus, what makes a good bot – and a bad one. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on Twitter, Instagram, and on her website.

Generic usernames, no photos, no tweets. This week, we investigate the dozens of mysterious accounts following Manoush on Twitter. Plus, what makes a good bot – and a bad one. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/manoushz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and on <a href="http://www.manoushz.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her website</a>.

Whose Bot Army Is Following Manoush?

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 &amp; Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others.© WNYC Studios

Fascinating show

So many reasons this show can change your digital life! A must listen!

Great and helpful!

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 &amp; Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios

Note to Self

LEAD

This Mother's Day, a surprise. To celebrate working moms, we're re-releasing all four episodes of our award-winning series, Taking the Lead. The story of two Brooklyn women and their tech idea to help harried working mothers - like themselves.  Start here, with Episode 1: The Pain Point. And happy Mother's Day, ladies. You rock. 

This Mother's Day, a surprise. To celebrate working moms, we're re-releasing all four episodes of our award-winning series, Taking the Lead. The story of two Brooklyn women and their tech idea to help harried working mothers - like themselves.  Start here, with Episode 1: The Pain Point. And happy Mother's Day, ladies. You rock.

Taking the Lead Episode 1: The Pain Point

We want control of our personal information. But even when risks to our data are high, we sign up for services and apps. We download, click, and post without being sure where that data ends up. The Privacy Paradox, Note to Self's latest interactive project is your answer to this digital dilemma. Next week, we'll bring you five days of challenges and mini-podcasts, to help you make digital decisions that feel right for you.  To join the project, sign up at privacyparadox.org. And listen here. Let's do this, folks. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

We want control of our personal information. But even when risks to our data are high, we sign up for services and apps. We download, click, and post without being sure where that data ends up. The Privacy Paradox, Note to Self's latest interactive project is your answer to this digital dilemma. Next week, we'll bring you five days of challenges and mini-podcasts, to help you make digital decisions that feel right for you.  To join the project, sign up at <a href="http://privacyparadox.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">privacyparadox.org</a>. And listen here. Let's do this, folks. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

Introducing: The Privacy Paradox

We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, the link between online drug markets and America’s opioid crisis. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but she’ll be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on Twitter, Instagram, and on her website.

We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, the link between online drug markets and America’s opioid crisis. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but she’ll be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/manoushz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and on <a href="http://www.manoushz.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her website</a>.

Is the Opioid Epidemic a Tech Problem?

Esther Perel

Remember being dumped? Now, technology lets us delay, deflect, and disappear. Renowned pyschotherapist Esther Perel is here to help us fall in love better. Esther is the bestselling author of Mating in Captivity and the host of the podcast Where Should We Begin? Her new book is The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity.

Remember being dumped? Now, technology lets us delay, deflect, and disappear. <a href="https://www.estherperel.com/?utm_source=NotetoSelf&amp;utm_medium=interview&amp;utm_campaign=september_2017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Renowned pyschotherapist Esther Perel</a> is here to help us fall in love better. Esther is the bestselling author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mating-Captivity-Unlocking-Erotic-Intelligence/dp/0060753641" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mating in Captivity</a> and the host of the podcast <a href="https://www.estherperel.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where Should We Begin? </a>Her new book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062322583/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity.</a>

Ghosting, Simmering and Icing with Esther Perel

Your Privacy Paradox challenges start today.   What does your phone know about you? Too much, probably. And it’s even more than you think. Many apps track your location, even when you’re not using them. Others listen in via your microphone, even when you’re not talking to them. Maybe you want your apps to know what you’re up to. Or maybe want to open up your Settings app and check out what data you’re giving away. That’s your task for day one of “The Privacy Paradox,” our five-part project to help you take back your digital identity.  Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

Your Privacy Paradox challenges start today.   What does your phone know about you? Too much, probably. And it’s even more than you think. Many apps track your location, even when you’re not using them. Others listen in via your microphone, even when you’re not talking to them. Maybe you want your apps to know what you’re up to. Or maybe want to open up your Settings app and check out what data you’re giving away. That’s your task for day one of “The Privacy Paradox,” our five-part project to help you take back your digital identity.  Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

Day 1: What Your Phone Knows

And other fibs we tell our friends, family and lovers. Psychotherapist Esther Perel is back to call us on our bullsh*t. This is the second of our two-parter on how our phones create such intimacy and such distance. Esther’s new book is The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity. Listen to part one here.

And other fibs we tell our friends, family and lovers. Psychotherapist Esther Perel is back to call us on our bullsh*t. This is the second of our two-parter on how our phones create such intimacy and such distance. Esther’s new book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/State-Affairs-Rethinking-Infidelity/dp/0062322583" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity.</a> Listen to <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/esther-perel-online-dating" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">part one here.</a>

I Didn’t See Your Text

Are you an upholder, a questioner, an obliger or a rebel? Gretchen Rubin of the Happier podcast has identified four ways that people respond to expectations - the Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw of habit change, if you will. Figuring out your cognitive house might be the key to changing your bad habits for good. Including one habit we hear about a lot: clinging to the phone right up until our eyes drop closed. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

Are you an upholder, a questioner, an obliger or a rebel? Gretchen Rubin of the Happier podcast has identified four ways that people respond to expectations - the Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw of habit change, if you will. Figuring out your cognitive house might be the key to changing your bad habits for good. Including one habit we hear about a lot: clinging to the phone right up until our eyes drop closed. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

The Four Tendencies: How to Feed Good Habits

Real OKCupid message: “Hi, good evening, nice photos. You are not fat.” It’s rough on dating apps. Can romance survive? Eric Klinenberg wrote Modern Romance with Aziz Ansari. This week, he joins Manoush to make the case that dating apps have killed romance. Featuring a mystery dater, reporting from the frontier of 21st century love.  ------- Subscribe to our Wednesday morning newsletter for info on new episodes, our must-reads, and the news you need to get just a little geeky. Follow us on Twitter @manoushz and @notetoself, or on Facebook. Email us any time at notetoself@wnyc.org - we love to hear from you. Responses from real humans, not bots, promise.

Real OKCupid message: “Hi, good evening, nice photos. You are not fat.” It’s rough on dating apps. Can romance survive? <a href="http://www.ericklinenberg.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Klinenberg</a> wrote Modern Romance with Aziz Ansari. This week, he joins Manoush to make the case that <a href="https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/swipe-left-dating-apps-have-killed-romance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dating apps have killed romance</a>. Featuring a mystery dater, reporting from the frontier of 21st century love.  ------- Subscribe to our <a href="http://wnyc.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4109fdd323aaac7078eadaa8f&amp;id=d0eadaf34f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wednesday morning newsletter</a> for info on new episodes, our must-reads, and the news you need to get just a little geeky. Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@manoushz</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NoteToSelf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@notetoself</a>, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NoteToSelfPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Facebook.</a> Email us any time at notetoself@wnyc.org - we love to hear from you. Responses from real humans, not bots, promise.

Have Dating Apps Killed Romance?

Address books, maps, keys. Your Walkman, your datebook. All wiped out by your phone. Along with eye contact and boredom. This week, as the iPhone turns 10, we assess our most enduring love affair: the relationship between us and our devices. With tech journalist David Pogue and Adam Greenfield, author of Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

Address books, maps, keys. Your Walkman, your datebook. All wiped out by your phone. Along with eye contact and boredom. This week, as the iPhone turns 10, we assess our most enduring love affair: the relationship between us and our devices. With tech journalist David Pogue and Adam Greenfield, author of Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

We’ve Gained So Much With the iPhone. What Have We Lost?

Today, listener stories and tips: we wrap up our No Filter series of conversations about how women live online. From YouTube megastar Lele Pons to iconic artist Barbara Kruger, we heard a joyous mix of vulnerable confessions, utter defiance, and (for once) a mostly positive vision of what being a woman on the web can look like. To wrap it up, stories from you. About how you’re reconciling the IRL you with the online you. Plus, The Cut’s editor-in-chief Stella Bugbee is back with her greatest hope for the next generation of women in the workplace. ------- Some podcast news: For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but she’ll be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on Twitter, Instagram, and on her website.

Today, listener stories and tips: we wrap up our No Filter series of conversations about how women live online. From YouTube megastar<a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/lele-pons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lele Pons</a> to iconic artist<a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/barbara-kruger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Barbara Kruger</a>, we heard a joyous mix of vulnerable confessions, utter defiance, and (for once) a mostly positive vision of what being a woman on the web can look like. To wrap it up, stories from you. About how you’re reconciling the IRL you with the online you. Plus, The Cut’s editor-in-chief <a href="https://twitter.com/stellabugbee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stella Bugbee</a> is back with her greatest hope for the next generation of women in the workplace. ------- Some podcast news: For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but she’ll be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/manoushz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and on <a href="http://www.manoushz.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her website</a>.

How To Have No Filter

Episode two of Mother's Day series is The Paradox. Rachael and Leslie test a prototype of their app on one very eager participant: Manoush. And they run into an ironic challenge. Turns out, it's tough to build a work/life balance app without one.  

Episode two of Mother's Day series is The Paradox. Rachael and Leslie test a prototype of their app on one very eager participant: Manoush. And they run into an ironic challenge. Turns out, it's tough to build a work/life balance app without one.

Taking the Lead Episode 2: The Paradox

This week, the Supreme Court cases that defined privacy for the digital age. Because the founding fathers didn’t write the Bill of Rights with the internet in mind. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but she’ll be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on Twitter, Instagram, and on her website.

This week, the Supreme Court cases that defined privacy for the digital age. Because the founding fathers didn’t write the Bill of Rights with the internet in mind. ------- For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but she’ll be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/manoushz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and on <a href="http://www.manoushz.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her website</a>.

The Fourth Amendment Needs Your Attention

The tradeoffs we don’t see when we shop on Amazon. Why the answer isn’t to cancel your Prime. And yes, I bring Alexa’s new camera into my bedroom. ------- Subscribe to our Wednesday morning newsletter for info on new episodes, our must-reads, and the news you need to get just a little geeky. Follow us on Twitter @manoushz and @notetoself, or on Facebook. Email us any time at notetoself@wnyc.org - we love to hear from you. Responses from real humans, not bots, promise.

The tradeoffs we don’t see when we shop on Amazon. Why the answer isn’t to cancel your Prime. And yes, I bring Alexa’s new camera into my bedroom. ------- Subscribe to our <a href="http://wnyc.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4109fdd323aaac7078eadaa8f&amp;id=d0eadaf34f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wednesday morning newsletter</a> for info on new episodes, our must-reads, and the news you need to get just a little geeky. Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@manoushz</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NoteToSelf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@notetoself</a>, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NoteToSelfPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Facebook.</a> Email us any time at notetoself@wnyc.org - we love to hear from you. Responses from real humans, not bots, promise.

Alexa, Is Amazon Taking Over The World?

We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, we stress out our IT department with our searches and talk to author Nick Bilton about the Silk Road, online drug markets, and the opioid crisis in America. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, we stress out our IT department with our searches and talk to author Nick Bilton about the Silk Road, online drug markets, and the opioid crisis in America. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

Your Mailman Is a Drug Dealer. He Just Doesn’t Know It.

Dan Harris

People have a lot of excuses for not meditating. Eight, in fact. Dan Harris knows them all. And he can help. ------- Subscribe to our Wednesday morning newsletter for info on new episodes, our must-reads, and the news you need to get just a little geeky. Follow us on Twitter @manoushz and @notetoself, or on Facebook. Email us any time at notetoself@wnyc.org - we love to hear from you. Responses from real humans, not bots, promise.

People have a lot of excuses for not meditating. Eight, in fact. <a href="http://www.10percenthappier.com/dan-harris-books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Harris</a> knows them all. And he can help. ------- Subscribe to our <a href="http://wnyc.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4109fdd323aaac7078eadaa8f&amp;id=d0eadaf34f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wednesday morning newsletter</a> for info on new episodes, our must-reads, and the news you need to get just a little geeky. Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@manoushz</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NoteToSelf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@notetoself</a>, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NoteToSelfPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Facebook.</a> Email us any time at notetoself@wnyc.org - we love to hear from you. Responses from real humans, not bots, promise.

Dan Harris Knows All Your Excuses for Not Meditating

Netflix’s Black Mirror is a tweaked reflection of technology’s worst consequences - what show creator Charlie Brooker calls a “sarcastic version of the present.’ This week, Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones join us for a cheerfully dystopian chat about where their ideas come from, why they haven’t quit TV to launch a startup, and Twitter as the world’s top video game. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

Netflix’s Black Mirror is a tweaked reflection of technology’s worst consequences - what show creator Charlie Brooker calls a “sarcastic version of the present.’ This week, Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones join us for a cheerfully dystopian chat about where their ideas come from, why they haven’t quit TV to launch a startup, and Twitter as the world’s top video game. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

We See Ourselves in Black Mirror

It's the second day of the Privacy Paradox challenge. You know - as you move across the web, clicking and searching and liking, you’re being tracked. You might use an ad blocker. Or a do-not-track plug-in. But you're still leaving tiny traces everywhere.  Today, we go from creepy to crappy. Creepy is that vague feeling that the machines know… something. Crappy, at least, is knowing what they know. And taking a step to slow the information flow. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

It's the second day of the Privacy Paradox challenge. You know - as you move across the web, clicking and searching and liking, you’re being tracked. You might use an ad blocker. Or a do-not-track plug-in. But you're still leaving tiny traces everywhere.  Today, we go from creepy to crappy. Creepy is that vague feeling that the machines know… something. Crappy, at least, is knowing what they know. And taking a step to slow the information flow. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

Day 2: The Search For Your Identity

The Fourth Amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital rights. This week, Note to Self gets in our time machine, back to the court cases that brought privacy from parchment to Gmail. Tales of Miami bookies, tapped payphones, and a 1975 Monte Carlo. And where the Fourth Amendment needs to go, now that we’re living in the future. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.    

The Fourth Amendment doesn’t mention privacy once. But those 54 little words are a crucial battleground in today’s fight over our digital rights. This week, Note to Self gets in our time machine, back to the court cases that brought privacy from parchment to Gmail. Tales of Miami bookies, tapped payphones, and a 1975 Monte Carlo. And where the Fourth Amendment needs to go, now that we’re living in the future. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

The Bookie, The Phone Booth, and The FBI

Yeah, it’s been a while for us too. So let’s reset. It’s the Bored and Brilliant bootcamp: three quick challenges to make space for brilliance in our accelerating world. Maybe you’ve heard this episode before, but even if you have, a boredom refresher can’t hurt. Take some time to daydream, and see what ideas bubble up as your mind wanders. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate.

Yeah, it’s been a while for us too. So let’s reset. It’s the Bored and Brilliant bootcamp: three quick challenges to make space for brilliance in our accelerating world. Maybe you’ve heard this episode before, but even if you have, a boredom refresher can’t hurt. Take some time to daydream, and see what ideas bubble up as your mind wanders. Support Note to Self by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/notetoself-itunes/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=n2s-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NotetoSelfRadio.org/donate</a>.

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