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16 Minutes on the News

16 Minutes on the News is a shortform (16-ish minutes) podcast where we analyze top headlines and/or buzzy events in the tech industry and beyond, covering why they matter; teasing apart what’s hype/ what’s real; and experts’ quick takes on the trends involved as well as where we are on the long arc of innovation.

Where to Listen
Featured Episodes

Tiktok and ‘Seeing Like an Algorithm’

Eugene Wei and Sonal Chokshi

Section 230, Content Moderation, Free Speech, the Internet

Mike Masnick and Sonal Chokshi

GPT-3, Beyond the Hype

Frank Chen and Sonal Chokshi
Latest Episodes

Parasite, the Malaria (Tech & Science) Edition

Sonal Chokshi, Jorge Conde, and Rajeev Venkayya

Crypto at Congress: 'Watershed' Moment for Regulation and Web3

Tomicah TIllemann, and Zoran Basich

Inside the GameStop Drama; The U.S. Constitution, Auctioned

Marc Andreessen, and Ken Griffin

Steam Halts Web3 Games; FDA Approves Prostate Cancer AI

Jonathan Lai, Eddy Lazzarin, Eliezer Van Allen, Vineeta Agarwala, Jay Rughani, and Zoran Basich

mRNA for Flu Vaccine? AI Protein-Folding Goes Open Source

Jorge Conde, Zoran Basich, Vijay Pande, and Vineeta Agarwala

Opioid Crisis - How, Who, and Tech

Sonal Chokshi, Vijay Pande, and Jorge Conde

Ransomware Attacks on the Rise; Hackers Target IoT

Joel de la Garza, Zoran Basich, and Martin Casado

Science (and Tech), the Endless Frontier

Martin Casado, and Sonal Chokshi

Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough, Beyond the Buzz

Rajeev Venkayya, Jorge Conde, and Sonal Chokshi

Apple Event: Desktop-Tablet Convergence, Cord-Cutting, "Find Anything," & More

Zoran Basich, and Steven Sinofsky

J&J Vaccine Pause; FBI Accesses Servers in Exchange Hack

Zoran Basich, Joel de la Garza, Jorge Conde, and Vineeta Agarwala

NFTs: What, Where, How, Why, Who

Jesse Walden, Sonal Chokshi, and Linda Xie

The U.S. Vaccine Rollout

Bob Wachter, Vineeta Agarwala, and Zoran Basich

The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine and COVID Efficacy Rates

Zoran Basich, Jorge Conde, and Lauren Richardson

Semiconductor Shortage and the Global Supply Chain Squeeze

Zoran Basich, and Frank Chen

When Christie's Meets Crypto — The NFT Moment

Kayvon Tehranian, and Zoran Basich

China Steams Ahead in Gaming; MetaHuman Creator and the Uncanny Valley

Zoran Basich, and Jonathan Lai

Beyond Bezos: Amazon, Cloud, and CEO Transitions

Zoran Basich, Martin Casado, and Sonal Chokshi

Anatomy of a Hack: SolarWinds and Ripples Beyond

Joel de la Garza, Steven Adair, and Sonal Chokshi

Dall-E AI for Images; Direct Listings, SEC Ruling for Issuing Shares

Scott Kupor, Zoran Basich, and Frank Chen

All about Section 230, In the News

Mike Masnick, and Sonal Chokshi

FinCEN Crypto Rule; Haven Healthcare Breakup

Zoran Basich, Katie Haun, Julie Yoo, and Anthony Albanese

U.S. Government Hacked; Scaling Ethereum

Joel de la Garza, Ali Yahya, Zoran Basich, and Sonal Chokshi

AlphaFold! Protein Folding, Beyond the Hype

Vijay Pande, and Sonal Chokshi

Transparency in Pricing, Ruling Healthcare

Julie Yoo, Justin Larkin, and Sonal Chokshi

Apple Silicon: A Long Game, Changing the Game

Sonal Chokshi, and Steven Sinofsky

Covid Vaccine! Beyond Science via Press Release

Vineeta Agarwala, Jorge Conde, and Sonal Chokshi

Gaming Is Among Us

Jonathan Lai, and Sonal Chokshi

A Nobel for CRISPR! When, Who, How, What Now

Sonal Chokshi, Vijay Pande, and Jorge Conde

Nvidia + Arm

Steven Sinofsky, Sonal Chokshi, and Frank Chen

Tiktok and 'Seeing Like an Algorithm'

Sonal Chokshi, and Eugene Wei

Apple and the 'Doctor’s Office on a Wrist'

Sonal Chokshi, Vijay Pande, and Rachel Kalmar

A Faster, Cheaper Test -- Will It Really Democratize Coronavirus Testing?

Vineeta Agarwala, and Sonal Chokshi

Teladoc & Livongo, Is Virtual Care Fully Here?

Vijay Pande, Sonal Chokshi, and Julie Yoo

GPT-3, Beyond the Hype

Sonal Chokshi, and Frank Chen

Funding Science & Innovation; Remote Work & Future Silicon Valley

Martin Casado, David Ulevitch, Chris Lyons, and Sonal Chokshi

Apple App Clips, Program the Offline World!

Sonal Chokshi, Connie Chan, and Dan Frommer

Videogames as Medicines -- So What Is/Isn't a Digital Drug?

Sonal Chokshi

Snapchat & Bitmoji: Mobile, Social, Cloud Gaming, Identity

Sonal Chokshi, Andrew Green, and Jonathan Lai

Section 230 CDA: Content Moderation, Free Speech, the Internet

Mike Masnick, and Sonal Chokshi

The Security and Privacy of Contact Tracing

Sonal Chokshi, and Joel de la Garza

CRISPR for Covid Testing and FDA EUAs

Andy Tran, Sonal Chokshi, and Jorge Conde

The Case of Zoom and Scaling Cloud Security

Sonal Chokshi, Joel de la Garza, and David Ulevitch

Drugs & Debates: Real World Data, Randomized Controlled Trials

Sonal Chokshi, and Vijay Pande

The Economic Virus - Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, and Small Business

Sonal Chokshi, and Alex Rampell

Hospitals' Historic Moment & the New Data Rules

Julie Yoo, Venkat Mocherla, and Sonal Chokshi

Gaming & Chrome OS/Steam; Going Cashless; Coronavirus Latest

Jonathan Lai, Sonal Chokshi, Alex Rampell, and Andrew Chen

What's Up With All These Fintech Acquisitions; SEC Rules

Scott Kupor, Anish Acharya, and Sonal Chokshi

Coronavirus Updates

Judy Savitskaya, Julie Yoo, and Sonal Chokshi

Epic Battles in Healthcare, FICO Changes

Julie Yoo, Sonal Chokshi, Anish Acharya, and Angela Strange

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