Airing on Tuesday, January 20, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, with a preview of the privacy policies in the State of the Union address. Plus, Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory may once again be home to the world’s fastest supercomputer. Its current machine was the fastest when it went live in 2012. That title only lasted six months – then a computer in China took the top spot. But the U.S. recently put aside more $400 million to keep itself in the race.

Airing on Monday, January 19, 2015: Later this year, in an attempt to be better prepared for future cyber-security breaches, the governments of the U.S. and the UK will team up for the first time to simulate large scale cyber attacks. But exercises like this aren’t new to the private sector, where you can pay firms to test your company’s digital defenses. We’ll also talk to tech journalist Sarah Jeong about the first week of the Silk Road trial.

Airing on Friday, January 16, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Amanda Lotz, Associate Professor of Communications Studies at the University of Michigan, she’s also the author of The Television Will Be Revolutionized, about Netflix and Net Neutrality. Plus, Netflix will go from streaming movies to producing them this year. It’s releasing the first of four movies with Adam Sandler. And it’ll release, both in theaters and on Netflix at the same time, the sequel to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. We look at how Netflix is trying to upend the traditional film release structure. And how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? It’s time for Silicon Tally! This week, host Ben Johnson takes on Flora Lichtman, a science journalist and producer of The Adaptors podcast.

Airing on Thursday, January 15, 2015: Google launches a Domains service, which will compete with the likes of GoDaddy. We look at the impact of this competition, and the impact on users in terms of making it easier to register websites. Plus, we’ll speak with Matthew Nordan, managing partner at MNL Partners an energy and environmental investment firm, about electronic waste and Google’s Project Ara. And Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty project at the ACLU of Massachusetts, talks about license plate tracking technology for this week’s Back to Back to the Future Part II segment.

Airing Wednesday, January 14, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Matthew Green, Assistant Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, about the White House’s privacy and cybersecurity policy proposals. Plus, Molly Wood, Technology Columnist for the New York Times, talks about Microsoft’s pitch to retailers to use its Kinect’s face-tracking technology to follow you while you shop.

Airing on Tuesday, January 13, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Laura Reed, Research Analyst for Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net project, about improving WiFi infrastructure in Cuba. Plus, we’ll also speak with Ev Williams, CEO of Medium, about alternative metrics for measuring online news engagement.

Airing on Monday, January 12, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Sucharita Mulpuru, retail analyst at Forrester Research, about the growth of shopping apps in 2015. We’ll also speak with Michael Bowling, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Alberta, about using machine learning to solve Texas hold ‘em.

Airing on Friday, January 9, 2015: New York City is poised to lift a ban on cell phones at schools. We look at the impact – the ban created a mini industry around phone storage – at some schools, kids had to leave their phones in vans parked outside. What happens to those businesses now? Plus, how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? We have a CES-themed version of Silicon Tally with Casey Newton, The Verge’s Silicon Valley editor. We’ll also preview the Oculus VR head-mounted display at CES.

Airing on Thursday, January 8, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos, on what we know from the FBI about the origins of the Sony Hack. We’ll also speak with Will Oremus, senior tech writer at Slate, about why chip makers are partnering with car companies at CES this year. And Ed Tang, founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Avegant, talks about the Glyph head-mounted display and bringing virtual reality to consumers.