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Congressional Use of Artificial Intelligence (with Aubrey Wilson)
Artificial intelligence is being integrated into nearly every industry, but how is Congress using AI? As policymakers and their staff work to serve their constituents, can AI be used as a tool to…
Unlocking the Airwaves: Spectrum Allocation and Regulation (with Thomas Hazlett)
There is an invisible resource that powers our smartphones and connects our devices: spectrum airwaves. But regulations governing these airwaves were set decades ago, long before the age of…
Trust and Safety in a Fragmented Digital World (with David Sullivan and Farzaneh Badiei)
Information technology and digital services are a rapidly changing sector operating in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. International bodies have struggled to fast-track standards for…
Moving the Economy On-Chain (with Marc Boiron and Nicoletta Kolpakov)
As the digitization of the economy accelerates, the friction points facing the adoption of cryptocurrency are becoming more evident. The benefits of on-ramping to stablecoin are obvious: faster and…
Has the Cloud Gone Global? (with Michael Greenwald)
National security is becoming inextricably linked with cloud computing and AI—and this year’s Munich Security Conference solidified that fact. International statesmen met with technology leaders to…
Data Centers and Power Grids: The Battle for AI Infrastructure (with Lynne Kiesling and Steve DelBianco)
As artificial intelligence becomes a key part of national infrastructure, developers across the United States are rushing to build large data centers in many regions. Many of these areas haven’t seen…
GPS, the Invisible Foundation of Modern Infrastructure, Needs an Update (with Dana A. Goward and Jeff Hathaway)
The GPS is essential to modern navigation, communication, and critical infrastructure. However, the United States faces serious threats to GPS technology, many of which are rarely discussed publicly.…
The Future of Drones (with Brian Hinman and John Donovan)
Innovations in drone technology have expanded their usefulness and made drones increasingly present in everyday life. Despite this progress, key limitations such as short battery life and limited…
Technology and Vulnerability: How Current Cybersecurity Measures Fall Short (with Greg Oslan)
With the advent of the digital age, individuals rely on countless personal devices, each one expanding their exposure to cybercrime. Missing one or two software updates may seem harmless, but this…
How AI Is Shifting the Telecom Landscape (with Roger Entner)
As the increased use of artificial intelligence necessitates connectivity, it will continue to become inextricably linked to the digital network landscape. When people talk about artificial…
CISA vs. CISA: How Cybersecurity Legislation Is Being Held Hostage by Politics (with Caitlin Clarke, Cristin Flynn Goodwin, and Jim Lewis)
One of the most important cybersecurity laws in the country quietly expired last October with no sign of reauthorization on the horizon. Instead, the conflation between the 2015 Cybersecurity…
Digital Currency as a Network (with Milton Mueller, Karim Farhat, Vagisha Srivastava, and Nicoletta Kolpakov)
How should we address the governance gap between central banks controlling money and the oversight of cryptocurrency? How can decentralized crypto networks and centralized monetary authorities…
Financial Data Upon Request (with Penny Lee)
Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act is the foundation of open banking in the United States—giving individuals the right to access and share their own financial data with services of their choice. This…
When Portability and Social Media Meet (with Matt Reeder)
Bluesky Social is a social media app that was originally launched in 2019 on Twitter, before becoming an independent company in 2021. Bluesky’s mission is to offer a decentralized experience for…
The Front Door to Your Digital Ecosystem: The Email Inbox (with Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo)
Email was created over 50 years ago—so why isn’t it secure? Sixty-eight percent of IT teams report a data breach in their organization caused by phishing in the last year. Even experts trained to…
Privacy and Governmental Surveillance (at the Technology Policy Institute’s Aspen Forum 2025)
As governments around the world expand their surveillance capabilities, strong encryption remains a cornerstone for protecting personal privacy, securing business data, and preserving digital rights.…
The Digital Markets Act Is Undermining the App Economy by Weakening Security and Opening Data Doors (with Graham Dufault)
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is changing the app economy—and not for the better. This law aims to promote competition for European companies by restricting large online platforms’…
DNS Abuse and the Economics of Cybercrime (with Karen Rose)
The Domain Name System (DNS)—the system that turns numerical IP addresses into easy-to-read website names—has become highly competitive at the registrar level, with potentially harmful consequences…
Interoperability, Data Access, and User Freedom (with Matt Boulos)
As AI systems become central to our digital lives, questions about openness, competition, and user agency are moving to the forefront, and discussions surrounding AI agents have placed system…
Inside the World of Domains (with Ram Mohan)
As the domain name system expands, how can the industry ensure that this growth supports a multilingual and inclusive internet? What responsibilities come with managing such a critical layer of the…
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Explain to Shane has published 145 episodes since July 2020, covering topics in Government, News.
Explain to Shane is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 29m.
