Airing on Tuesday, May 19, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief of CNET.com, about why Chinese electronics company Xiaomi is opening a very limited online store for customers in North America and Europe. Plus, Dale Kunkel, Professor Emeritus of Communication for the University of Arizona, talks about why consumer groups are filing a complaint with the FTC about inappropriate content on Google’s YouTube Kids app. Also joining us is Nathaniel Popper, author of “Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money,” about Bitcoin’s origins in the Cypherpunk community, and how the cryptocurrency’s underlying technology might be adopted by Wall Street.

Airing on Monday, May 18, 2015: First up on today’s show, Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, joins to to talk about giving people the choice to opt out of being recorded in public on livestreaming apps like Meerkat and Periscope. Plus, Ryan Calo, Assistant Law Professor at the University of Washington and an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, talks about testing Google’s driverless cars. And we’ll talk with Martha Sorren, TV Editor at Bustle, about using social media to predict who will win this season of The Bachelorette. 

Airing on Friday, May 15, 2015: First up on today’s show, we talk with Brendan Schulman, head of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems practice at the law firm Kramer Levin, about keeping drones from flying in restricted areas. We’ll also speak with Marketplace’s Adriene Hill about what parents say about how their kids use tech in the classroom. 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 Kristen Bellstrom, senior editor at Fortune Magazine, where she writes The Broadsheet – a daily newsletter about the world’s most powerful women.

Airing on Thursday, May 14, 2015: First up on today’s show, we talk to Bob McMillan, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about why we’re running out of new Internet addresses for our connected devices. We’ll also speak with George Bibel, Professor of Engineering at the University of North Dakota and author of Train Wreck, the Forensics of Rail Disaster, about safety technology that targets the most common types of rail accidents. And JP Benini, founder of Elemental Path, joins us to talk about building a line of “CogniToys” using IBM’s Watson computing system.

Airing on Wednesday, May 13, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk to Salil Mehra, Professor of Law at Temple University, about why new net neutrality rules may be pushing Verizon into new markets. Plus, do you want to drive for Uber but can’t get a car because you have bad credit? No problem, says the ride service company. It’s got a finance program for potential Uber drivers with bad credit.

Airing on Tuesday, May 12, 2015: First up, we’ll talk to Max Wolff, Chief Economist at Manhattan Venture Partners, about Uber’s valuation. Then, we’re joined by Lindsey Turrentine, editor in chief of CNET.com, to talk about Amazon’s delivery drones patent. We’ll also speak with Kunal Vaed, Head of Digital Transformation at E*Trade, about Fin Tech apps on the Apple Watch.

Airing on Monday, May 11, 2015: First up, we’ll talk with Julie Ask, Vice President at Forrester Research, about Nokia’s mapping service Here. Then, we’ll talk to Laurie Davis, an online dating consultant, about an exclusive dating app called The League that launched in New York this week. Plus, Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, joins us to talk about teardowns and repairing devices before you replace them.

Airing on Friday, May 8, 2015: In our series “Behind the Blue Line,” we’ve been taking a step back to look at the job of policing. One week ago today the American Civil Liberties Union of California launched a mobile app to help people videotape police. Next, it looks like bitcoin is here to stay, at least the concept of it. We check in with one startup at Tech Crunch Disrupt in New York to find out more. And it’s Friday! In today’s Silicon Tally, we talk with Lily Hay Newman, staff writer for Slate, on numbers from this week’s tech news. 

Airing on Thursday, May 7, 2015: First, we talk with Neema Singh Guliani, the legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, about the U.S.A. Freedom Act. Next, we chat with Chester Wisniewski, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, about what a single, European digital marketplace could mean for Europe’s cloud storage industry. Finally, an Austin-based program called three Day Startup teaches kids to code, build an app, and pitch it to venture capitalists – all in the course of a couple of weeks.  It’s part of a trend toward teaching kids complex skills in a short period of time.