Podcast Episode Guide

Stupid Sexy Privacy is back!

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Our show is hosted by comedian Rosie Tran and Amanda King, written by BJ Mendelson, and produced by Andrew VanVoorhis. Our show is sponsored by DuckDuckGo.

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Season 1 originally aired in 2022 and 2023. We've gone back and revised all of the old episodes. Most include brand new content and interviews.

Season 1, Episode 1: Get Yourself A Privacy Notebook

Special Guest: Coming Soon

Season 1, Episode 2: Your Privacy Notebook Isn't Just For Sharing Your Deepest, Darkest Secrets.

Special Guest: Tracy Chou, CEO of Block Party, Part 1

Season 1, Episode 3: Your Smart TV Is Spying On You—And It's Not Even Sorry.

Special Guest: Tracy Chou, CEO of Block Party, Part 2

Season 1, Episode 4: You Don't Need a Windowless Van to Have a Creepy Vehicle Anymore

Season 1, Episode 5: Creeps, Weirdos, and How To Protect Yourself From Both After a Breakup

Special Guest: Kara Williams and Mayu Tobin-Miyaji, law fellows at EPIC, Part 1

Season 1, Episode 6: It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take These Apps With You

Special Guest: Kara Williams and Mayu Tobin-Miyaji, law fellows at EPIC, Part 2

Season 1, Episode 7: Violence Doesn't Defeat Fascists, But Doing This Sure Does

Special Guest: Advertising Legend, Bob Hoffman, Part 1

Season 1, Episode 8: Son, That Internet Won't Pay For Itself

Special Guest: Advertising Legend, Bob Hoffman, Part 2

Season 1, Episode 9: Going to a protest? Be funny, not just paranoid

Special Guest: Thorin Klosowski, Privacy Activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Season 1, Episode 10: I'll Get You My Pretty, and Your Little VPN Too!

Special Guest: Lia Holland, Fight for the Future

Season 1, Episode 11: You Can Find Love (And Privacy) In a Subaru

Special Guest: Lauren Hendry Parons, Director of Communications at the Mozilla Foundation.

Season 1, Episode 12: Going Through Customs? This Is a Must Listen

Special Guest: Henry David Thoreau (Sort of)

Season 1, Episode 13: Crypto Is a Scam. Use Cash. Film ICE.

Special Guest: Rebecca Williams, Senior Strategist for the Privacy & Data Governance unit at the American Civil Liberties Union

Season 1, Episode 14: Are Baby Boomers Really to Blame For The Disinformation Plague?

Special Guests: Dr. Bart Knijnenburg Bart Knijberg, Professor at Clemson University, Sushmita Khan PHD candidate at Clemson University, Dr. Reza Anarakay, assistant professor at Louisiana State University

Season 1, Episode 15: Are You Caught in Facebook's Web of Scam Advertisements?

Season 1, Episode 16: Artificial General Intelligence Doesn't Exist, But Here's How to Hide From AI

Special Guest: "How to Disappear" author, and Black Mail Expert, Frank M. Ahearn

Season 1, Episode 17: Your Phone Is A Drug. What Are You Doing About It?

Special Guest: Kelly Carlin, author of "A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up With George" (Previously recorded in 2023)

Season 1, Episode 18: All We Want For Christmas Is The Second Bill of Rights

Special Guest: Victoria Hetherington, author of "The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship" Part 1

Season 1, Episode 19: Here's Where to Go to Get Trustworthy, Noncorporate News

Special Guest: Victoria Hetherington, author of "The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship" Part 2

Season 1, Episode 20: It's The End of the FTC As We Know It, and Nobody Feels Fine

Special Guest: Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection

Season 1, Episode 21: How Generative AI Rots Your Brain and Enables Fascism

Special Guests: Members of the StopGenAI.com collaborative (Ryan Wilson, William Lavelle, and Kim Crawley)

Season 1, Episode 22: The Men Are Vulnerable & The Women Are Afraid: How to Protect Yourself on Dating Apps

Special Guest: Dr. Treena Orchard, author of "Sticky, Sexy, Sad", Part 1

Season 1, Episode 23: If It Looks Weird, Don't Click On It

Special Guest: Dr. Treena Orchard, author of "Sticky, Sexy, Sad", Part 2

Season 1, Episode 24: Why Didn't the Founding Fathers Address These Problems Right at the Start?

Special Guest: Patrick McGee, author of "Apple In China"

Season 1, Episode 25: Facts Don't Change People's Minds, but this Sure Does

Special Guest: Caitlin Dow, Center for Science in the Public Interest

Season 1, Episode 26: Special Presentation - Burner Phone 101 & Protest 101