Amanda King
Amanda King is in the business of helping folks use all the algos to their advantage (and the advantage of their business). Of course, this also means she knows how important stranger danger is on the internet.
Appears in 23 Episodes
The Men Are Vulnerable & The Women Are Afraid: How to Protect Yourself on Dating Apps
This week, sexual wellness expert and Associate Professor at Western University’s School of Health Studies, Dr. Treena Orchard, joins BJ Mendelson to talk about the to...
If You Have to Think Twice, Don't Click on It
It's part 2 of our discussion with Dr. Treena Orchard about the challenges of using dating apps and the toxic culture surrounding them. Rosie and Amanda are also back ...
How Apple Poured Billions Into a Fascist Regime: No, Not Us. The Other One
If you want to make yourself safe from fascists and weirdos, you have to shrink your online footprint. This week, Rosie tells you how, while BJ interviews Patrick McGe...
Facts Don't Change People's Minds, But This Does
This week, Rosie tells you something super basic that you're definitely not doing. So you're going to be glad to hear it. And then BJ interviews Caitlin Dow, PhD from ...
How Generative AI Wastes Water and Kills Your Imagination
Every time you use a Large Language Model (or Chat Model), you're wasting water, fueling fascism, and shrinking your imagination. So what can you do about it? Our host...
Body Cameras, Like Communism, Only Work In Theory
Hagen Blix, co-author of "Why We Fear AI" joins BJ Mendelson to talk about how it's not artificial intelligence you need to be afraid of, it's the billionaires using A...
The Speed of Business Kills: Bossware Makes Truckers Drive Themselves to Death
This week on the show, BJ interviews Cornell University professor Karen Levy about her book, "Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance," a...
Drinking Raw Milk Will Kill You & Other Things You Should Probably Know
Bioethicist and NYU professor, Dr. Arthur Caplan, joins BJ to talk about the disinformation and misinformation spread by wellness influencers, as well as how HIPAA com...
What Do You Do When A MAGA Influencer Wants You Dead?
Who knew researching the neuroscience of pornography would be dangerous? Dr. Nicole Prause did. BJ Mendelson speaks with Dr. Prause about the Wellness Industry funding...
The Glassholes Are Back And They're Worse Than Ever
Biometrics is one of those topics that people should pay attention too, but often don't. So given that Facebook just released their Pervert Glasses, we wanted to take ...
Disinformation! at the Disco: Everything You Need to Spot It
This week on the show, BJ is joined by Nina Jancowitz, the former executive director of the Disinformation Governance Board of the United States. Meanwhile, Rosie and ...
The EFF's Cindy Cohn v. The Federal Government
This week, legendary executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn, joins the show to talk about her new book, "Privacy's Defender."
Hurt People Hurt People. That's Why Everybody Should Be In Therapy.
This week, we talk about time being a privilege, why you can't go wrong when you do the next right thing, and Heidi Boghosian. Heidi joins BJ to talk about her new boo...
AI bubble a multi-company Enron waiting to happen
This week on the show, BJ is joined by David Gerard of Pivot to AI. Come listen about how the AI bubble, like crypto, is a scam funded by the venture capital bros, and...
How You Can Make America an Asylum for Mankind Again
This week we're joined by Harvey J. Kaye, author of Thomas Paine and The Promise of America, who talks about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's recent interest in...
The Fascists Can Take Your Money Away Too
Bella ciao. Things aren't looking good out there in America right now, are they? Well, that's why this show exists. To help protect you from fascists and weirdos. So t...
Help! Anthropic Stole Our Book. Now What?
Bartz v. Anthropic is a major court case that you might not have heard of. But BJ has, because Anthropic stole his book, "Social Media Is Bullshit," along with thousan...
Everyone Will Hate You, But You Need To Become a Journalist Anyway
This week, Rosie reads you an excerpt from How to Protect Yourself From Fascists & Weirdos about how to become a journalist, and why you can help millions of Americans...
'Mass Deportation Now': How Evil Slogans Beat Complex Truth
This week, Rosie and Andrew expose the unholy alliance between the wellness industry and fascist influencers, revealing how unregulated product peddlers launder money ...