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The Techdirt Podcast, hosted by Michael Masnick.

The Techdirt Podcast, hosted by Michael Masnick.

 

#446

The Resonant Computing Manifesto

Earlier today, we joined in announcing the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call for restor... more

05 Dec 2025

47 MINS

47:43

05 Dec 2025


#445

Saving Democracy From Fascism

Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web projec... more

12 Nov 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:54

12 Nov 2025


#444

Social Media Is Always Changing

For two decades, the landscape of social media has been constantly changing, and the disco... more

04 Nov 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:30

04 Nov 2025


#443

Venture Capital Is Eating The World

It was nearly 400 episodes ago when Catherine Bracy joined the podcast for a two part disc... more

28 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:30

28 Oct 2025


#442

An Insider's View Of Decentralized Social Media

As you know, we talk a lot about decentralization and protocols over platforms. When it co... more

21 Oct 2025

55 MINS

55:27

21 Oct 2025


#441

The New Generation Of Independent Journalists

Techdirt recently passed its 28th anniversary as an independent online media outlet. Once,... more

14 Oct 2025

41 MINS

41:24

14 Oct 2025


#440

DuckDuckGo Wants You To Have More Control Over AI

We've written a lot about how AI can empower users when employed the right way, but how th... more

07 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:17

07 Oct 2025


#439

The Fictional Censorship Cinematic Universe

Last year, Renée DiResta joined us on an episode of the podcast to talk about her book, In... more

30 Sep 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:42

30 Sep 2025


#438

The Many Problems With The FTC's Pornhub Settlement

Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC's recent settlement wi... more

23 Sep 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:22

23 Sep 2025


#437

Copyright And The First Amendment Collide At The Supreme Court

In what feels like something of a throwback to much earlier days of Techdirt, the Supreme ... more

09 Sep 2025

45 MINS

45:55

09 Sep 2025


#436

The Eternal September

We've got a cross-post episode this week, with Mike's recent appearance on the Computer Sa... more

02 Sep 2025

52 MINS

52:56

02 Sep 2025


#435

Blacksky Demonstrates The Promise Of Open Social Media Protocols

The goal of Bluesky and the ATProtocol, and of the push for protocols over platforms in ge... more

27 Aug 2025

58 MINS

58:29

27 Aug 2025


#434

Why Data Portability Is Crucial For The AI Future

As we've been thinking and writing about the intersection of democracy and technology, esp... more

19 Aug 2025

45 MINS

45:16

19 Aug 2025


#433

The Media Capitulation Index

One of the most troubling things about this era in American history is the number of insti... more

12 Aug 2025

52 MINS

52:13

12 Aug 2025


#432

What's Next For Ctrl-Alt-Speech

We've got a bunch of brand new episodes of the Techdirt podcast coming over the next few w... more

07 Aug 2025

38 MINS

38:34

07 Aug 2025


#431

Reclaiming The Internet

We've got one more cross-post episode for you this week! A few weeks ago, Mike joined host... more

08 Jul 2025

52 MINS

52:01

08 Jul 2025


#430

A History Of Techdirt, And More

This week, we've got a cross-post episode of Mike's appearance on Kevin Williamson's How T... more

24 Jun 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:26

24 Jun 2025


#429

The Political Power Of Mockery

In a world awash with misinformation and disinformation, those who spread and benefit from... more

17 Jun 2025

58 MINS

58:12

17 Jun 2025


#428

The Fracturing Internet

Way, way back during the SOPA/PIPA fight, a very important part of the resistance against ... more

10 Jun 2025

46 MINS

46:46

10 Jun 2025


#427

The FTC's Quixotic Social Media Inquiry

We've got a cross-post episode for you this week, courtesy of the Tech Policy Podcast by T... more

03 Jun 2025

57 MINS

57:33

03 Jun 2025


#426

Blitzscaling For Tyrants

In something of a followup to our last episode about Elon Musk's playbook, today we're dig... more

27 May 2025

55 MINS

55:50

27 May 2025


#425

The Elonification Of Government

We've written a lot about how understanding the playbook Elon Musk used at Twitter is key ... more

13 May 2025

56 MINS

56:46

13 May 2025


#424

The Rise Of The Open Social Web

Though the original promise of the internet has been twisted and distorted, today we're se... more

06 May 2025

53 MINS

53:26

06 May 2025


#423

How Tariffs Are Impacting One Small Business

We probably don't need to tell you that the current tariff situation is causing complete c... more

30 Apr 2025

45 MINS

45:13

30 Apr 2025


#422

The Problems With Age Verification

It's hard to create a law about children online without first identifying who the children... more

22 Apr 2025

49 MINS

49:22

22 Apr 2025


#421

Disruptive Tech Solutions For Reproductive Health

Many people don't think of reproductive health and reproductive rights as tech issues, but... more

16 Apr 2025

43 MINS

43:08

16 Apr 2025