Cover image of Sudhir Breaks the Internet

Sudhir Breaks the Internet

The Columbia University sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh studies exclusive worlds by embedding himself — with a crack-selling gang, sex workers, the teenage children of billionaires, and most recently, at... Read more

Podcast cover

5. Can Outside Pressure Change Silicon Valley?

5. Can Outside Pressure Change Silicon Valley?

How has activism evolved in our digital society? In this episode, Sudhir talks to Jade Magnus Ogunnaike about the inters... Read more

18 May 2021

26mins

Podcast cover

4. Meet the Brain Behind Facebook’s Oversight Board

4. Meet the Brain Behind Facebook’s Oversight Board

Last week, the board upheld the ban of former President Donald Trump’s social media accounts. Sudhir talks to Noah Feldm... Read more

11 May 2021

35mins

Similar Podcasts

Podcast cover

3. “Someone Needs to Save the World from Silicon Valley”

3. “Someone Needs to Save the World from Silicon Valley”

If the big social-media companies are unable or unwilling to make major changes from within, it may be up to outsiders t... Read more

26 Apr 2021

35mins

Podcast cover

2. The Garbage Can Model of Decision Making

2. The Garbage Can Model of Decision Making

What's it like to try and police millions of pieces of abusive content every day? Sudhir takes us inside Facebook, as he... Read more

19 Apr 2021

39mins

Most Popular Podcasts

Podcast cover

1. Designed to Tear Us Apart

1. Designed to Tear Us Apart

When online anger turned to offline violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, the big social media companies responded ... Read more

12 Apr 2021

36mins

Podcast cover

Introducing “Sudhir Breaks the Internet”

Introducing “Sudhir Breaks the Internet”

Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociologist who has studied crack gangs, sex workers, and gun runners, suddenly found himself workin... Read more

16 Feb 2021

2mins

“Podium: AI tools for podcasters. Generate show notes, transcripts, highlight clips, and more with AI. Try it today at https://podium.page”