Hearsay Culture Network

Defending Democracy: Ty Cobb on Law, Power, and Truth

On KZSU Stanford’s Hearsay Culture, Dave Levine hosts Ty Cobb—former Trump Russia investigation attorney and one of the world’s leading white-collar/government investigations lawyers—for an urgent…

When Nuance Vanishes: Searching for Truth in War

Duke professor David Schanzer joined Hearsay Culture on August 21, 2025, to unpack his searing essay from his Perilous Times Substack, “Israel’s Gaza War Has Made Me a Shame to […]

Washington’s Broken—Your Hometown Isn’t Helpless

In this powerful episode, longtime Hearsay Culture guest Lorelei Kelly returns to share her groundbreaking new project, Defend the Constitution, which empowers citizens to hold their own…

The New Power Brokers: Digital Creators

In this episode we examine the creator economy, where the lines between law, entertainment, and the future of work are blurring. Creators aren't just entertainers; they're architects shaping the…

The Fandom Machine: When Obsession Turns Ugly

Dave Levine’s latest Hearsay Culture episode dives deep into the dark side of fan culture with Professor Mel Stanfill, author of 2024's Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment and Participatory Culture.…

You’re the Product—Unless We Change the Internet

What if the internet actually worked for us—not just watched us? On this episode of Hearsay Culture, author and former Google exec Richard Whitt joins to explore how we got […]

Friction, Consent, and the Illusion of Choice

When infrastructure fails — planes crash, systems freeze, rights vanish — suddenly everyone cares. Villanova’s Brett Frischmann rejoins Hearsay Culture to explain how tech design, digital contracts,…

Glitch in the System: Meredith Broussard on What Tech Gets Wrong

NYU’s Meredith Broussard pulls back the curtain on the hidden biases baked into today’s “smart” tech—from flawed facial recognition to the AI that underdelivered during her own cancer diagnosis. She…

Examining Access: Bridging Gaps in Medicine for All

Can Human Skills Survive Technological Advancement?

In today’s world, generative AI is shaking up the job market, and many fear that their skills are on the chopping block. But Matt Beane’s book The Skill Code: How […]

Navigating the Noise: A Conversation with Pico Iyer on Finding Stillness in a Tech-Saturated World

In a time when technology dominates our lives, it's easy to feel adrift on an endless stream of screens and information. Yet, as the late Steve Jobs noted, “Technology alone […]

Health Care Up The Ying-Yang

While many investors remain uncomfortable with innovations in women’s health care, Denise and her guest Marina Gerner are not. Join them to unpack Marina’s new book The Vagina Business, which […]

Ignite Talks: Tracking the Future Before It’s Here

Facebook's Broken Code, Revealed

Almost from its inception, Facebook has been subject to intense scrutiny as a groundbreaking, but sphinx-like, corporate entity. Although CEO Mark Zuckerberg naturally received the most attention,…

Tech Changes Everything, Except Us

Leo Laporte is a serial pioneer. Already a well-loved fixture on radio and cable TV, where he made technology both accessible and exciting, Leo was one of the first to […]

Questioning the Myths of Utopian Tech

The Weaponized Media: Storytelling in Today’s Polarized World

What are Data's Secrets?

Health Care Advocacy: The Developing World is Being Left Behind

Revealing Hidden Dynamics in Technology

Although we interact with technology seemingly endlessly, we don't often consider what kinds of biases technology both reflects back to humans, but also exacerbates by its very nature as dumb […]