Airing on Tuesday, April 14, 2015: First up, we talk to Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSI research, about Intel and the chip market for the Internet of Things. We also talk with Kelly Goldsmith, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University, about The Reddit Button. And Sara Sorcher, Cybersecurity Editor at The Christian Science Monitor, joins us to talk about why states are trying to lure companies to create the Silicon Valley of Cybersecurity.

Airing on Monday, April 13, 2015: First up, we talk with Amanda Lotz, Associate Professor of Communications Studies at the University of Michigan, about Google’s anti-spoiler patent. Next, we hear about a bill passed last week in Gerogia to renew tax credit for video gaming companies for another three years. WABE’s Tasnim Shamma reports on why that’s just one reason more and more gamers are choosing to call metro-Atlanta home. We’ll also hear from Marketplace’s Meg Cramer about the circus at the Apple Store on the first day of Apple Watch try-ons.   

Airing on Friday, April 10, 2015:  First up, we talk with Lindsey Turrentine, editor-in-chief of CNET.com, about the Apple Watch showroom, and why the company wants you to shop for a smart watch the same way you shop for new kitchen cabinets. And for this week’s edition of Silicon Tally, we are joined by Jason Scott, the curator of the Internet Arcade.  

Airing on Thursday, April 9, 2015: The big book publisher of the world who have battled ferociously with Amazon over issues like e-book pricing might rather you start shopping with another company. Oysterbooks.com is described as the Netflix of books, the subscription e-book service now has a place where you can actually buy e-books. We check whether it can compete with Amazon. Next, we watch the movie Ex Machina, an independent film about artificial intelligence and deadly robots that hits theaters this weekend. For that, we talk to the director and writer Alex Garland on all things sci-fi and AI. 

Airing on Wednesday, April 8, 2015: First up, we chat with actor and comedian Matt Walsh, from HBO’s Veep, about comedy in the age of the internet. Next up, we talk with Dora Kingsley Vertenten, Professor at University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy, about Rand Paul’s website. And finally, we take a look at how Uber is making a profit from business travelers. Its secret? Not only is it often more convenient to get an Uber, the car service has made it easier for companies to handle their billing with Uber Business, which only requires a one-time contract that covers all transactions.  

Airing on Tuesday, April 7, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk with James McQuivey, Analyst at Forrester, on Hulu’s new GIF search engine and how video clips spread online. Plus, John McDuling, reporter at Quartz, stops by to talk about how high-priced shows like Mad Men drove Netflix to create original programming. We’ll also chat with Rose Scott, reporter from WABE in Georgia, about how big data analytics tipped off state officials about coordinated cheating in Atlanta Public Schools.

Airing on Monday, April 6, 2015: First up, we talk with Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, about kill switch technology for weapons. Next, We speak with Sonali Kohli, reporter for Quartz, about how scientists apply Google map technology to detail images of the body. And Marketplace’s Nova Sofa reports on Microsoft partnering with a university in Brazil to find out how to predict traffic congestion up to an hour in advance. 

Airing on Friday, April 3, 2015: First up, we talk to Mark Paterson, the lead motion designer for Archer, about the elaborate Easter Eggs hidden throughout the show. And how well have you kept up with the week in tech? It’s time for Silicon Tally. This week, Aminatou Sow, co-founder of Tech Lady Mafia and co-host of the podcast Call Your Girlfriend, takes on host Ben Johnson. And the EU is preparing an anti-trust suit against Google for favoring its own sites in search results. The fine could be up to 6 million dollars. Alistair Barr, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, says google investors are more worried about the toll on Google’s business strategy.

Airing on Thursday, April 2, 2015:  The Obama Administration announced a new executive order yesterday classifying cyber-attacks as a “national emergency” and authorizing new sanctions against those who perpetrate a cyber-attack. we talk to Jason Healey, director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative of the Atlantic Council, about how the new rule and its ramifications. Next up, we meet up with Ben Glitzman, the organizer of the first algorithm auction, which sold rare  memorabilia and software licenses related to important and historic code. Finally, as part of our Back to Back to the Future Part 2” series, we talk to Gizmodo writer Matt Novak about the fate of dehydrated pizza and the movie’s other future food predication.