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.      

Airing on Wednesday, April 1, 2015: The FCC issued strong rules in favor of net neutrality only a few weeks ago. But it’s already being challenged in the courtroom. We talk with Brain Fung, technology reporter for the Washington Post, about what’s next for net neutrality. Next up is JP Gownder, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, to explain why Microsoft’s Surface 3 might be a real competitor to the iPad. We’ll also speak with Dr. Greg Hagar, director of the Computer Interaction and Robotics Lab at Johns Hopkins University, about Google’s new partnership with Johnson & Johnson to develop technology for surgical robots. 

Airing on Tuesday, March 31, 2015: First up, we take a look at Jay Z new music streaming site, Tidal, which was just re-launched. We’re joined by Ian Sherr, Executive Editor of CNET News, to talk about whether the rap mogul can compete with Spotify, Apple etc. Next, we turn to Reddit’s “dark net markets,” which have become a hot bed of activity for online drug sales. We’ll speak with Wired’s Andy Greenberg about federal attempts to find criminals on Reddit. And we’ll take a look at a recent finding by economists that Silicon Valley has the highest rate of economic mobility in the US. People at the bottom of the income ladder have a roughly 12 percent chance of climbing up into the top fifth of the income ladder. The downside? That leaves 88 percent of the economy who aren’t making that climb and all those people that did make the leap have caused the cost of living to climb ever higher. 

Airing on Monday, March 30, 2015: First up, we talk with Marisa Kendall, reporter for The Recorder, about the Kleiner Perkins trial. Next, we take a look at Northeastern University’s plan to launch a series of educational hubs embedded directly in select companies across the Bay area – starting with Silicon Valley. The Boston college says the program takes a unique hybrid approach – part online, part face-to-face instruction – and aims to draw in more women and minorities to the STEM field. How does it plan to do that? Also, Marketplace’s Tobin Low brings us an audio postcard from the maker of MiMu Gloves, a gestural instrument that works like a wearable theremin.

Airing on Friday, March 27, 2015:  We take a look at the European Union’s upcoming investigation into how e-commerce sites like Amazon operate in its twenty-eight countries. There’s a concern that these companies are violating the EU’s antitrust laws by blocking cross border trade. Next, we talk with Pai-Ling Yin, a Social Science Research Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, about the proliferation of livestreaming services. And Ben Richmond, contributing editor to Vice’s Motherboard, joins us for this week’s Silicon Tally!     

Airing on Thursday, March 26, 2015: First up, we talk with William McGeveran, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Law School, about selling customer data in the RadioShack auction. Next, we take a look at Microsoft new policy that all (U.S.) vendors with 50 employees or more must offer their employees 10 days paid vacation and 5 days sick leave, or some combination thereof.  What impact might this have, and beyond publicity, what’s in it for Microsoft? And we’ll also speak with Sarah Jeong, a tech policy journalist, about doxxing and swatting.