PRESS & MEDIA

Print interviews, podcast guest spots, talks, and published writing. Got a show, publication, or event? Get in touch.

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David Pierce / The Verge The Vergecast: Apple at 50 cover art The Vergecast: Apple at 50 David Pierce / The Verge Apple at 50, and the rise of video podcasts Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic Galaxy Brain: AI Inevitability cover art Galaxy Brain: AI Inevitability Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic AI inevitability and accountability Andrea Swensson / The Prince Estate Prince: The Official Podcast cover art Prince: The Official Podcast Andrea Swensson / The Prince Estate Prince's music and legacy Ezra Klein / Vox The Ezra Klein Show: Biases of Tech cover art The Ezra Klein Show: Biases of Tech Ezra Klein / Vox Tech and society On Being: Tech's Moral Reckoning cover art On Being: Tech's Moral Reckoning Krista Tippett Tech's moral reckoning

Talks & Videos

Selected talks, panels, and interviews on video. You can also browse the full playlist on YouTube.

Understanding How Tech Careers Are Shaped by Power Dynamics thumbnail Understanding How Tech Careers Are Shaped by Power Dynamics LeadDev New York (2025) The Threat to Video Creators thumbnail The Threat to Video Creators (2025) Keynote thumbnail Keynote OH!2023 Helsinki (2023) Democracy Forum thumbnail Democracy Forum Obama Foundation (2022) 26th Annual Webby Awards thumbnail 26th Annual Webby Awards The Webby Awards (2022) Caste in Tech thumbnail Caste in Tech Equality Labs (2021) Keynote: We Don't Code Alone thumbnail Keynote: We Don't Code Alone OpenJS Foundation (2019) Continuous Disintegration thumbnail Continuous Disintegration O'Reilly Velocity (2019) The Web We Make thumbnail The Web We Make Inspirefest (2019) Code and Community Fireside Chat thumbnail Code and Community Fireside Chat Codeland (2018) Working Towards Ethical Startups thumbnail Working Towards Ethical Startups Lean Startup Week (2017) Big Ideas on Modern Tech Ethics thumbnail Big Ideas on Modern Tech Ethics Chicago Ideas (2017) A Night for Internet Health thumbnail A Night for Internet Health Mozilla (2017) How We Make Change thumbnail How We Make Change SXSL / The White House (2016) I Am #Transformed: Celebrating Prince thumbnail I Am #Transformed: Celebrating Prince (2016) White House Press Briefing thumbnail White House Press Briefing The White House (2016) Tell Our Stories thumbnail Tell Our Stories GitHub Universe (2015) Makerbase thumbnail Makerbase XOXO Festival (2015) What If We're Not the Good Guys? thumbnail What If We're Not the Good Guys? Personal Democracy Forum (2015) Share Your Values and You'll Share Success thumbnail Share Your Values and You'll Share Success 99U / Adobe (2015) Holding to Account thumbnail Holding to Account PopTech (2013) charity: water Campaign Announcement thumbnail charity: water Campaign Announcement INBOUND (2013) Keynote thumbnail Keynote Big Omaha (2013) The Web We Lost thumbnail The Web We Lost Berkman Klein Center, Harvard (2013) Keynote: "Make a Copy" thumbnail Keynote: "Make a Copy" Library of Congress Digital Preservation (2012) Innovation and Participation: Embracing the Civic Web thumbnail Innovation and Participation: Embracing the Civic Web O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Expo (2010) Battledecks Competition thumbnail Battledecks Competition SXSW (2008)

Podcasts

I hosted Function, a podcast about how technology shapes culture and communications, for two seasons in 2018-2019. Since then, I've focused on guest appearances on other podcasts — you can browse podcast posts in my blog archives or check out episodes here.

David Pierce / The Verge The Vergecast: Apple at 50 cover art The Vergecast: Apple at 50 David Pierce / The Verge Apple at 50, and the rise of video podcasts Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic Galaxy Brain: AI Inevitability cover art Galaxy Brain: AI Inevitability Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic AI inevitability and accountability Revolution.Social: Silicon Valley's Moral Compass cover art Revolution.Social: Silicon Valley's Moral Compass Rabble Silicon Valley's moral compass and IP in the AI era Canned: AI WTF cover art Canned: AI WTF Pam Mandel AI WTF Intelligent Machines cover art Intelligent Machines Leo Laporte / TWiT AI's ethical frontier There Are No Girls on the Internet cover art There Are No Girls on the Internet Bridget Todd From the early internet to today's tech villains Our Opinions Are Correct: Too Bad About the Internet cover art Our Opinions Are Correct: Too Bad About the Internet Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders Too bad about the internet Last Week in AWS cover art Last Week in AWS Corey Quinn Glitch, community, and tech after acquisition Mary Harris / Slate What Next: Tech's Mask Off Moment cover art What Next: Tech's Mask Off Moment Mary Harris / Slate Tech's mask off moment The Talk Show with John Gruber cover art The Talk Show with John Gruber John Gruber Tech industry and the open web EFF How to Fix the Internet: Wordle cover art How to Fix the Internet: Wordle EFF Wordle and the web we need Andrea Swensson / The Prince Estate Prince: The Official Podcast cover art Prince: The Official Podcast Andrea Swensson / The Prince Estate Prince's music and legacy Brooke Gladstone / WNYC On the Media: NFTs cover art On the Media: NFTs Brooke Gladstone / WNYC NFTs and the industry he helped create The War on Cars: Humane Streets cover art The War on Cars: Humane Streets Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear & Aaron Naparstek Safer streets and urbanism The Stack Overflow Podcast cover art The Stack Overflow Podcast Stack Overflow Glitch, Glimmer, and keeping the web weird The Hilarious World of Depression cover art The Hilarious World of Depression John Moe Mental health and running a business Switched on Pop: Prince cover art Switched on Pop: Prince Nate Sloan & Charlie Harding Why you love to listen to Prince Developer Tea: Motivations and Community cover art Developer Tea: Motivations and Community Jonathan Cutrell Motivations, community, and career Bomani Jones / ESPN The Right Time with Bomani Jones cover art The Right Time with Bomani Jones Bomani Jones / ESPN Identity, ethics, and tech Ezra Klein / Vox The Ezra Klein Show: Biases of Tech cover art The Ezra Klein Show: Biases of Tech Ezra Klein / Vox Tech and society Kara Swisher / Recode Too Embarrassed to Ask cover art Too Embarrassed to Ask Kara Swisher / Recode Tech, culture and running Glitch Two Beers In cover art Two Beers In Patrick Keene & Milly Tamarez Tech, culture and keeping it real Barry Ritholtz / Bloomberg Masters in Business cover art Masters in Business Barry Ritholtz / Bloomberg Making tech more humane and ethical With Friends Like These: Feminism cover art With Friends Like These: Feminism Ana Marie Cox / Crooked Media Feminism and tech culture Design Matters with Debbie Millman cover art Design Matters with Debbie Millman Debbie Millman Design, tech and culture On Being: Tech's Moral Reckoning cover art On Being: Tech's Moral Reckoning Krista Tippett Tech's moral reckoning Heben Nigatu & Tracy Clayton / BuzzFeed Another Round: The Betrayer of the Patriarchy cover art Another Round: The Betrayer of the Patriarchy Heben Nigatu & Tracy Clayton / BuzzFeed The betrayer of the patriarchy The Combat Jack Show cover art The Combat Jack Show Reggie Ossie Tech, hip-hop and culture

In the Press

Profiles, interviews, and features written about me.

Gazetteer SF article image Gazetteer SF "They've pickled each others' brains" (2026) On AI, labor, and why the MAGA ethos has taken hold of the tech industry Embedded Embedded My Internet: Anil Dash (2021) On NFTs, algorithmic business models, and staying sane after 20 years on social media Vanity Fair Vanity Fair article image Vanity Fair Profile (2014) Profile on tech and Twitter Fast Company Fast Company article image Fast Company Profile (2010) Applying lessons of Web 2.0 to government New York Times New York Times New York Times Interview (2010) Expert Labs and Six Apart Big Think article image Big Think Video Interviews (2009) Extended conversations on tech, media, and culture

My Writing

Selected bylined pieces and columns written by me, outside of this blog.

Rolling Stone Rolling Stone article image Rolling Stone The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again (2023) On the future of the internet and why it might actually get better The Atlantic The Atlantic article image The Atlantic NFTs Weren't Supposed to End Like This (2021) On co-creating the first NFT demonstration with Kevin McCoy The Washington Post The Washington Post article image The Washington Post Hey Zuckerberg, 'well shucks' isn't enough from a billionaire (2018) Video op-ed on Facebook's accountability problem Businessweek Businessweek Businessweek Consumer Electric Show: Live-Blogging CES East (2014) Satirical live-blog of a fake gadget show, with Paul Ford and Rusty Foster Wired Wired article image Wired Monthly Columns (2012) Columnist and contributing editor