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The Tech Policy Press Podcast

Tech Policy Press

Imagining Broadband Policy of, by, and for the People

June 28, 2026 8:15am 40 min

Access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet is a prerequisite for nearly every part of modern life, from finding work and finishing schoolwork to seeing a doctor or staying in touch with family. Yet millions of Am...

Inside SELC's Clean Air Case Against xAI in Memphis

June 28, 2026 8:00am 37 min

In this second of three episodes on xAI's data center buildout in Memphis, Tennessee and Southaven, Mississippi, Justin Hendrix speaks with Amanda Garcia, senior attorney and data center project leader at the Southern En...

Local Reporter Neil Strebig on Covering xAI's Expansion in Memphis and Beyond

June 21, 2026 8:00am 42 min

In June 2024 the Greater Memphis, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce announced Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, would build its "Colossus" data center in an old Electrolux factory. Two years on, the story con...

Alex Stamos on Why the US Should Lift Its Fable and Mythos Export Ban

June 17, 2026 8:00am 31 min

Late on Friday, June 12, Anthropic announced it had received a letter from the United States Department of Commerce notifying the company that the government had issued an export control directive forcing it to suspend a...

Unpacking the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026

June 14, 2026 8:00am 26 min

On June 4, Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) released a 269-page bipartisan discussion draft of a bill called the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026. On the same date, they publishe...

Contemplating 'Muskism' and the Age of Trillionaires

June 07, 2026 8:00am 49 min

On June 12, SpaceX will reportedly offer 555,555,555 shares at $135 apiece in an initial public offering. The IPO is expected to give SpaceX a market value of $1.77 trillion, instantly making it one of the most valuable ...

Why the AI Policy Debate Should Focus More on the Harness and Protocol Layers

June 02, 2026 11:15pm 47 min

Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer of Mozilla, has spent the past few months building an argument that the central question in AI isn't open versus closed, but owning versus renting—whether AI becomes somethin...

Why the EU's Data Center Boom Is a Black Box

May 31, 2026 8:00am 35 min

As Brussels prepares to unveil a tech sovereignty package on June 3, the political tone around Europe’s digital infrastructure is shifting. A recent investigation by Investigate Europe, published with partners including ...

Taking the Temperature of Tech Policy Debates in Brussels at CPDP

May 31, 2026 7:00am 43 min

In this episode, we reflect on the 19th edition of CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection), the major Brussels tech policy conference, held last week under this year's theme, "Competing Visions, Shared Futures." We...

The Fight for Civil Rights in the Age of AI

May 24, 2026 8:00am 47 min

On Tuesday, May 12, the Center for Civil Rights and Technology hosted its 2026 annual convening, "All Eyes on Tech: Power, Protection, and the Fights for Civil Rights in the Age of AI," at the Mayflower Hotel in Washingt...

Unpacking the Goals of Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute

May 21, 2026 8:00am 29 min

On May 5, Common Sense Media, the nonprofit known for its entertainment and technology recommendations for parents, launched its Youth AI Safety Institute, backed by a $20 million annual budget to “define what child-safe...

What's At Stake in Chatrie v. United States

May 17, 2026 8:00am 41 min

At the end of last month, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Chatrie v. United States. The case involves the use of a geofence warrant, which police use to demand information on all cellphones within a certain area...

How to Confront the Threat of AI Dictatorship

May 10, 2026 8:15am 45 min

Is the future something to be calculated and controlled, or something we shape together through democratic struggle? How should we read the convergence of Silicon Valley's "Dark Enlightenment" thinkers with a resurgent a...

RightsCon Organizers Take Stock of What's Next After Zambia

May 10, 2026 8:00am 29 min

Just days before it was set to begin last week in Lusaka, RightsCon organizer Access Now was forced to announce the annual digital and human rights conference would not proceed after it learned of Chinese pressure on the...

AI, Gig Work, and the Future of Nursing

May 03, 2026 8:00am 26 min

In this episode, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo speaks with Katie Wells, a senior fellow at the AI Now Institute and the author of two reports on the 'gig-ification' of nursing, to dig into how AI is reshap...

Unpacking the SECURE Data Act

April 26, 2026 8:00am 29 min

With artificial intelligence systems increasingly deployed by companies and governments to hoover up every possible unit of data and to make consequential decisions about people's employment, benefits, credit, education,...

Attorney General Raúl Torrez on What's Next in New Mexico's Case Against Meta

April 22, 2026 8:00am 30 min

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Meta in December 2023, alleging the company made false public statements about the safety of its platforms while knowing internally that its products facilitated child sexual ...

Why Palantir's ImmigrationOS Endangers Democracy and the Rule of Law

April 19, 2026 8:00am 41 min

What if the most consequential immigration policy decisions in America aren't being made by elected officials, or even by government agencies—but by software? Right now, a sprawling ecosystem of private technology vendor...

What to Do If the AI Bubble Bursts

April 12, 2026 8:00am 30 min

If you read, watch, or listen to financial news, you’ll find there is a boom in discussion over whether the AI boom is a bubble, and what the consequences might be if it bursts. Today’s guest says that if such a crash oc...

Project Maven and the Age of AI Warfare

April 09, 2026 8:00am 47 min

Project Maven, a Department of Defense program launched in April 2017 to apply AI in military targeting and logistics, is now being used in live combat. Katrina Manson is a reporter and the author of Project Maven: A Mar...

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