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Why are people designing video games in war zones? How do you catch a catfisher? Can we trust AI lie detectors? Each week, Jordan Erica Webber is joined by experts to answer these questions on our digital culture podcast, Chips with Everything

  • The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue
    The prologue to our new series about Artificial Intelligence, Black Box
  • Weekend: episode two of a new podcast
    In this episode, Marina Hyde looks at the new additions to Downing Street, Hadley Freeman interviews Hollywood actor Will Arnett, Sirin Kale tries her hand at quiz show Mastermind, and David Robson examines why we’re so stressed about stress
  • Weekend: episode one of a new podcast
    In our first episode, Marina Hyde reflects on another less than stellar week for Boris Johnson, Edward Helmore charts the rise of Joe Rogan, Laura Snapes goes deep with singer George Ezra, and Alex Moshakis asks, “Are you a jerk at work?”
  • Comfort Eating with Grace Dent: episode one of a new podcast
    In the first episode of our new podcast, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace Dent about his childhood in Swansea, the delights of Woolworth’s pork and egg pies, and how his husband’s death informed his TV series It’s a Sin
  • Reverberate: episode 1 of our new series
    In the first episode of our new series, Reverberate, we hear from Kashy Keegan – the unlikely voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement
  • Innermost: another episode of our new series
    Two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences
  • Innermost: episode 1 of a new series
    In our first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways.
  • End of an era: Chips with Everything – podcast
    In the final episode of Chips with Everything, Jordan Erica Webber and Alex reminisce about their favourite episodes and discuss their favourite tech stories of the decade
  • Grieving in the digital era: Chips with Everything podcast
    Jordan Erica Webber looks at how Twitter’s plans to deactivate unused accounts raised a broader conversation around the intersection of technology and death
  • Cities vs big tech: Chips with Everything podcast
    Jordan Erica Webber looks into the recent setbacks for Uber and Airbnb in cities such as London and Toronto
  • Becoming a meme: Chips with Everything podcast
    Jordan Erica Webber chats to the man behind the Hide the Pain Harold meme, and Elle Hunt explains why a person’s face might gain notoriety
  • Treating mental health with an app: Chips with Everything podcast
    Jordan Erica Webber looks at the pros and cons of mental health apps
  • Infiltrating a 'troll farm': Chips with Everything podcast
    Katarzyna Pruszkiewicz spent six months working in a PR firm in Poland, where she was told to promote controversial content that would influence people through a fake, rightwing Twitter account
  • A tale of two platforms: Chips with Everything podcast
    Kari Paul and Alex Hern join Jordan Erica Webber to discuss how the big social media platforms are tackling the sticky issue of political adverts. Dr Kate Dommett also talks about how UK political parties could use or misuse social media as they launch their general election campaigns.
  • All in a domain name: Chips with Everything podcast
    The web domain democracy.com went up for auction last week with an asking price of at least $300,000 (£233,000). This week, Jordan Erica Webber looks at what makes a few words in a web browser worth thousands, if not millions of dollars. She’s joined by Edward Helmore, Talmage Cooley and Brad Karp of UCL
  • The digital welfare state: Chips with Everything podcast
    How and why the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK is increasing investment in testing artificial intelligence to assess benefits claims
  • Security vs privacy – who wins? Chips with Everything podcast
    Ministers from several countries have written an open letter to the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, asking him not to fully encrypt all of the company’s messaging services. This week, Jordan Erica Webber talks to The Guardian’s tech reporter Julia Carrie Wong and security expert Alan Woodward about the implications of restricting end-to-end encryption
  • The Lovelace effect: Chips with Everything podcast
    To mark the 10th year of Ada Lovelace Day, Jordan Erica Webber talks to the founder of the event, Suw Charman-Anderson, about supporting women working in STEM. She also speaks to Dr Tilly Blyth of the Science Museum in London about why Lovelace was a mathematician ahead of her time
  • Uber – a Silicon Valley drama: Chips with Everything podcast
    Jordan Erica Webber chats to New York Times reporter Mike Isaac about Super Pumped, his new book on the rise and fall of Travis Kalanick
  • Swiping left or right – politically: Chips with Everything podcast
    Jordan Erica Webber looks into the rise of identity politics in online dating. In this episode we hear from journalist Rainesford Stauffer, dating expert Dr Jess Carbino, and Tinder election bot creator, Yara Rodrigues Fowler