Note to Self

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Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios

Episode Date
How to Create Good Digital Citizens
Oct 14, 2019
Why Everyone is Talking About Digital Minimalism
Oct 07, 2019
How The Best Teacher Teaches Creativity
Sep 30, 2019
Note to Self is Back and We Start with The Big One: Kids and Screens
Apr 23, 2019
Note to Self is Back!
Apr 22, 2019
Rice Bunny: The Me Too Movement Comes to China
Feb 22, 2019
Dear (Data) Diary
Jun 25, 2018
A Different Kind of Streaking
Jun 20, 2018
Your Metadata is Showing
Jun 07, 2018
Whose Bot Army Is Following Manoush?
May 16, 2018
The Fourth Amendment Needs Your Attention
May 02, 2018
Is the Opioid Epidemic a Tech Problem?
Apr 18, 2018
How To Have No Filter
Apr 04, 2018
No Filter: Jasmyn Lawson
Apr 03, 2018
No Filter: Barbara Kruger
Mar 30, 2018
No Filter: Christiane Amanpour
Mar 29, 2018
No Filter: Amy Sherald
Mar 28, 2018
No Filter: Trace Lysette
Mar 27, 2018
No Filter: Lele Pons
Mar 26, 2018
Why We Need No Filter
Mar 21, 2018
My Digital Revolution
Mar 20, 2018
Am I Normal?
Mar 14, 2018
What to Think About Before Posting Family Photos
Feb 28, 2018
Have Dating Apps Killed Romance?
Feb 14, 2018
Help Us Collect Political Ads on Facebook
Feb 07, 2018
Meet an Online Emotional Escort
Feb 06, 2018
How to Find the Right Amount of Screen Time
Jan 31, 2018
Dear Manoush: The Advice Episode
Jan 17, 2018
Dan Harris Knows All Your Excuses for Not Meditating
Jan 03, 2018
Search Inside Yourself For Peace and Joy
Dec 27, 2017
Look Into the Future with Black Mirror
Dec 20, 2017
Alexa, Is Amazon Taking Over The World?
Dec 13, 2017
"You Deserve to Die" and Other Fun Conversation Starters
Dec 06, 2017
Let’s Check The Tape
Nov 29, 2017
The Lawsuit that Could Shine a Light on Cambridge Analytica
Nov 22, 2017
Revisiting Cambridge Analytica’s Role in the Presidential Election
Nov 22, 2017
It’s Not Over Nyet
Nov 15, 2017
Spy Terms of the Internyet
Nov 08, 2017
Nyet Just a Conspiracy Theory?
Nov 01, 2017
Where Do I Go Now?
Oct 25, 2017
Play Video Games for Your Mental Health
Oct 18, 2017
Talking to Myself
Oct 11, 2017
I Didn’t See Your Text
Oct 04, 2017
Ghosting, Simmering and Icing with Esther Perel
Sep 27, 2017
Forty Years of Coding In a Man's World
Sep 20, 2017
Eavesdropping On Epiphany
Sep 13, 2017
Attention Please
Sep 05, 2017
Refresh Your Mind
Sep 04, 2017
Bonus: Behind the Scenes at TED
Aug 15, 2017
Save the Planet! Part 1: I'm Gonna Take My Clothes Off
Aug 02, 2017
Save the Planet! Part 2: Whale Poop
Aug 02, 2017
Save the Planet! Part 3: Super Powered Sweet Corn
Aug 02, 2017
Save the Planet! Part 4: Suck It
Aug 02, 2017
Save the Planet! Part 5: Do Over?
Aug 02, 2017
Escape From Yahoo!
Jul 26, 2017
Your Mailman Is a Drug Dealer. He Just Doesn’t Know It.
Jul 19, 2017
Should We Post Photos of Our Kids Online?
Jul 12, 2017
When Was the Last Time You Peed Without Your Phone?
Jul 05, 2017
We’ve Gained So Much With the iPhone. What Have We Lost?
Jun 28, 2017
We See Ourselves in Black Mirror
Jun 21, 2017
Father's Day Bonus: Dad As the Lead Parent
Jun 18, 2017
What Sen. Wyden Does When He’s Not Questioning Comey or Sessions
Jun 14, 2017
Preview: Sen. Ron Wyden of the Senate Intelligence Committee
Jun 08, 2017
Meet the Humans Who Protect Your Eyes
Jun 07, 2017
What We Learned from Grandpa’s FBI File
May 31, 2017
Ed Snowden Says a 'Very Very Dark Future' Is Not Inevitable
May 17, 2017
Wait, What IS Reality? We Investigate.
May 16, 2017
Taking the Lead Episode 1: The Pain Point
May 14, 2017
Taking the Lead Episode 2: The Paradox
May 14, 2017
Taking the Lead Episode 3: The Pressure
May 14, 2017
Taking the Lead Episode 4: The Partnership
May 14, 2017
Why Are So Many Bots Following Manoush?
May 10, 2017
Parents Just Don’t Understand, Tech Edition
May 03, 2017
AI Learns from Us. So It Learns Bias.
Apr 26, 2017
Revealing Selfies. Not Like That.
Apr 19, 2017
Spring Cleaning for the Mind
Apr 12, 2017
Cucked: Defining Manhood the Alt-Right Way
Apr 05, 2017
Deep-Dark-Data-Driven Politics
Mar 29, 2017
The Man Who Invented Facebook Ad Tracking Is Not Sorry
Mar 22, 2017
Government Secrets Worth Leaking... or Keeping?
Mar 15, 2017
Will You Do a Snapchat Streak With Me?
Mar 08, 2017
Zapping Your Brain To Bliss
Mar 01, 2017
Can Your Phone Make You Better In Bed?
Feb 22, 2017
Privacy, Data Survivalism and a New Tech Ethics
Feb 21, 2017
Privacy Paradox: Results Show
Feb 15, 2017
Day 5: Your Personal Terms of Service
Feb 10, 2017
Day 4: Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity
Feb 09, 2017
Day 3: Something To Hide
Feb 08, 2017
Day 2: The Search For Your Identity
Feb 07, 2017
Day 1: What Your Phone Knows
Feb 06, 2017
Introducing: The Privacy Paradox
Jan 30, 2017
Saving Big Data From Itself
Jan 25, 2017
The Bookie, The Phone Booth, and The FBI
Jan 18, 2017
The Four Tendencies: How to Feed Good Habits
Jan 11, 2017
New Year. Same Old You.
Jan 04, 2017
Go Ahead. Miss Out.
Dec 28, 2016
Messages From the Beyond
Dec 21, 2016
Meet the Textalyzer... and Our Next Big Project
Dec 14, 2016
Distracted Is the New Drunk
Dec 07, 2016
Tech Under Trump
Nov 30, 2016
Shaking Up Your Echo Chamber. For Democracy.
Nov 29, 2016
Your Facebook Friend Said Something Racist: Thanksgiving Edition
Nov 23, 2016
Drop Your Phone, Make Your Bed, Says Gretchen Rubin
Nov 16, 2016
A Post-Election Note to You
Nov 09, 2016
Do You Really Want to Live Forever?
Nov 08, 2016
Mindfulness on Demand
Nov 02, 2016
Come and Sit with Marina Abramović
Oct 26, 2016
Bonus: Marina Abramović’s Method Blew Our Minds
Oct 25, 2016
If My Body is a Text
Oct 19, 2016
When Silicon Valley Takes on Elementary School
Oct 12, 2016
Facing Our Weirdest Selves
Oct 05, 2016
Digging Into Facebook's File on You
Sep 28, 2016
Bonus: Chelsea Clinton Talks Global Equality and Breastfeeding
Sep 26, 2016
The Secret to Making Video Games Good for You
Sep 21, 2016
There Is No 'Off the Record'
Sep 14, 2016
Sext Education: Teens, Photos, and the Law
Sep 07, 2016
Blind Kids, Touchscreen Phones, and the End of Braille?
Aug 31, 2016
The Thing About Texts From Your Ex
Aug 24, 2016
Should We Post Pictures of Our Children Online?
Aug 17, 2016
The One Thing You Can Actually Do to Fight Surveillance
Aug 10, 2016
Is My Phone Listening in On Me?
Aug 03, 2016
Taking the Lead Bonus: Andrew Moravcsik
Jul 27, 2016
Taking the Lead Episode 4: The Partnership
Jul 26, 2016
Taking the Lead Episode 3: The Pressure
Jul 20, 2016
Taking the Lead Episode 2: The Paradox
Jul 13, 2016
Taking the Lead Episode 1: The Pain Point
Jul 06, 2016
Introducing: Taking the Lead
Jun 30, 2016
Bored and Brilliant: BOOT CAMP 2016
Jun 29, 2016
A Beginner's Guide to International Tech Etiquette
Jun 22, 2016
What Happens When We Skimm the News
Jun 15, 2016
Infomagical: BOOTCAMP
Jun 08, 2016
When To Stop Looking for a Better Date or Restaurant
Jun 01, 2016
6 Algorithms That Can Improve Your Life
May 25, 2016
Sexiness, Social Media and Teenage Girls
May 18, 2016
The Realities of Virtual Reality
May 11, 2016
What Happens to the Videos No One Watches
May 04, 2016
Eye in the Sky
Apr 27, 2016
The Puppet Masters Behind Online Shopping
Apr 20, 2016
Two Dope Queens on Feminism
Apr 13, 2016
Creating a Super-Human You with Dave Asprey
Apr 06, 2016
Forget Edibles: Getting High on Wearables
Mar 30, 2016
Apple's Security Debate is Everyone's Problem (Including Yours)
Mar 23, 2016
Your Quantified Body, Your Quantified Self
Mar 16, 2016
Why You Feel More Productive But the Economy Isn’t
Mar 09, 2016
Wait, You're Into [Insert Kink] Too?!
Mar 02, 2016
Why You Should Put a Post-It Over Your Laptop Camera
Feb 24, 2016
Have You Tried to Hack Your Health? Tell Us What Happened.
Feb 17, 2016
What We Learned When 25,000 People Tried to Fight Information Overload
Feb 10, 2016
Infomagical Challenge 5: Magical Life
Feb 05, 2016
Infomagical Challenge 4: Magical Connection
Feb 04, 2016
Infomagical Challenge 3: Magical Brain
Feb 03, 2016
Infomagical Challenge 2: Magical Phone
Feb 02, 2016
Infomagical Challenge 1: Magical Day
Feb 01, 2016
The Case for Infomagical
Jan 25, 2016
When FOMO Meets JOMO
Jan 20, 2016
An Apology to Our Listeners. Because Two Dots.
Jan 13, 2016
A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Getting Organized (Plus: Survey!)
Jan 06, 2016
Listen to Your Voicemail
Dec 30, 2015
Why You Should Care About LEGO and Creativity
Dec 23, 2015
5 Links We Would GChat You If We Were Friends
Dec 16, 2015
Marina Abramović’s Method Blew Our Minds
Dec 09, 2015
On Wexting and Other Woes
Dec 02, 2015
So Your Facebook Friend Said Something Racist. Again.
Nov 25, 2015
Going Deep on Digital Photo Clutter
Nov 18, 2015
Quick Explainer: Encryption Apps and the Paris Attacks
Nov 17, 2015
When a School Has a Sexting Scandal
Nov 11, 2015
Is My Phone Eavesdropping On Me?
Nov 04, 2015
It's Time to Deal With Your Photo Clutter
Oct 28, 2015
How to Shake Up Your Echo Chamber
Oct 21, 2015
Can You Have a Whole Relationship Through Texts?
Oct 14, 2015
Sherry Turkle: 'Even a Silent Phone Disconnects Us'
Oct 13, 2015
WiFi, Cancer, and Paranoia
Oct 07, 2015
Why Google 'Thought' This Black Woman Was a Gorilla
Sep 30, 2015
The Ad Blocker's Dilemma: Sell Your Soul or Destroy the Internet
Sep 23, 2015
Why Texts From Your Ex Is a Thing
Sep 16, 2015
Why Online Shoppers See Different Prices for the Same Item
Sep 09, 2015
Back to School Guide: How to Think About Kids and Tech
Sep 02, 2015
Stop Going on Bad Dates. Here's How to Fix Your Online Profile.
Aug 26, 2015
LEGO Kits and Your Creative Soul
Aug 19, 2015
Should You Post Pictures of Your Kids Online?
Aug 12, 2015
This Is Your Brain on Online Shopping
Aug 05, 2015
What Is Our Attention Actually Worth?
Jul 29, 2015
Bored and Brilliant: BOOT CAMP
Jul 22, 2015
What Do Txts Do To Actual Writing?
Jul 15, 2015
Would You Go?
Jul 08, 2015
I'm Introverted. How Do I Find Quiet Space in the Digital Age?
Jul 01, 2015
What Divorce by Algorithm Means for Marriage
Jun 24, 2015
When Your Conspiracy Theory Is True
Jun 19, 2015
There's Just Something About Paper
Jun 10, 2015
Judging Your Originality in a Cut and Paste World
Jun 03, 2015
This Is How Much the Internet Knows About You
May 27, 2015
Welcome to Note to Self
May 26, 2015
How Eating Disorders Evolved Online: An Update
May 20, 2015
Yes, You’re Distracted. Is it ADHD?
May 13, 2015
'Am I Trans?': One Teen’s Quest and How Gaming Helped
May 06, 2015
What Google Is Doing to Solve Its Gender Problem
Apr 29, 2015
Apple Knows You're Sick of Your Phone
Apr 22, 2015
Here’s What Watson Actually Does (And: Cooked Avocado?)
Apr 15, 2015
Growing Up Digital: 3 Truths for the Adults
Apr 08, 2015
ClassDojo: Do I Want it in My Kid's Class?
Apr 01, 2015
Is Braille Obsolete?
Mar 25, 2015
A Parent's Guide to All That 'Ed Tech' In Your Kid's Classroom
Mar 18, 2015
Tweens and Tech Guide: Getting Them to Open Up
Mar 11, 2015
There is Actually One Thing You Can Do to Fight the Surveillance Machine
Mar 04, 2015
Ethical Questions for Your Inner Couch Potato
Feb 25, 2015
Bored and Brilliant: The Personal Stories
Feb 18, 2015
Bored and Brilliant: We Got Bored
Feb 11, 2015
Bored and Brilliant Challenge 6: Dream House
Feb 07, 2015
Bored and Brilliant Challenge 5: One Small Observation
Feb 06, 2015
Bored and Brilliant Challenge 4: Take a Fauxcation
Feb 05, 2015
Bored and Brilliant Challenge 3: Delete That App
Feb 04, 2015
Bored and Brilliant Challenge 2: Photo Free Day
Feb 03, 2015
Bored and Brilliant Challenge 1: In Your Pocket
Feb 02, 2015
What 95 Minutes of Phone Time a Day Does to Us
Jan 28, 2015
9 Things We Learned About Phones From a Teenager
Jan 21, 2015
The Case for Boredom
Jan 12, 2015
Seriously, Listen to Your Voicemail
Jan 07, 2015
Tales of Real Life Tech Addiction
Dec 31, 2014
Screens Really are a Nightmare for Sleep
Dec 24, 2014
Look How Cute this Military Cyber Warfare Training Ground Is
Dec 17, 2014
Your Facebook Friend Said Something Racist. Now What?
Dec 10, 2014
What to Do When Robots Replace People You Work With
Dec 03, 2014
Type "Hello" To Amy, Your Plucky Digital Personal Assistant
Nov 26, 2014
Varsity Video Gamers
Nov 19, 2014
Video Games Meet Middle Age Emotions
Nov 12, 2014
Pajama Volunteers: The Digital Front of Disaster Response
Nov 05, 2014
The Other Ed Snowdens: Inside the Mind of Two Privacy Whistleblowers
Oct 29, 2014
EXTRA: Bill Binney and Ladar Levison Talk Cryptography
Oct 29, 2014
Containing Ebola Like They Did in This Video Game
Oct 22, 2014
Space Tourism Gets Sweetly Personal for These Two Strong Lady Travelers
Oct 15, 2014
BONUS TRACK: How Twitter Has Changed Nonfiction
Oct 12, 2014
Screens and Kids: Do Techies Have Different Rules than the Rest of Us?
Oct 08, 2014
Killer Robots + Ancient Rules of War = Trouble
Oct 01, 2014
Backing Tracks: Why Live Music Won't Be Live For Long
Sep 24, 2014
The 'Bi-literate' Brain: The Key to Reading in a Sea of Screens
Sep 17, 2014
The View from Inside the Glass Cube
Sep 10, 2014
Ana and Mia: How Eating Disorders Evolved Online
Sep 03, 2014
How to Be Smarter than Facebook
Aug 27, 2014
Learning To Code and Losing My Mind (Reprise)
Aug 20, 2014
Me and My Girlfriend Texted Only in Emoji for a Month
Aug 13, 2014
The Way Colleges Teach Computer Science Hurts Women
Aug 06, 2014
Three Award-Winning Stories
Jul 30, 2014
Mining Your Voice for Hidden Feelings and Company Profits
Jul 23, 2014
Dissecting Voices to Find the Hidden Call For Help
Jul 16, 2014
Digital Mail vs U.S. Postal Service
Jul 09, 2014
Mindy Kaling, Girly Girls, and the Future of Tech
Jul 02, 2014
The Flip Side of The Right to Be Forgotten
Jun 25, 2014
The Bus of the Future Will Catch You
Jun 18, 2014
Your Posture May Change Your Math Skills
Jun 11, 2014
It's Time to Start Talking About Robot Morals
Jun 04, 2014
Hi, I’m David, and I’m a Digital Addict
May 28, 2014
The 'Home of the Future' Will Save the Planet... and Drive You Crazy
May 21, 2014
Sleep and Your Screens, Not Friends
May 14, 2014
How Businesses Are Rating YOU
May 07, 2014
Yelp Reviews: The New Frontier of Free Speech
Apr 30, 2014
Hiring by Video Game
Apr 23, 2014
Inside Google X, The New Bell Labs
Apr 16, 2014
China's One App to Rule them All
Apr 09, 2014
Parenting Strategies for the Digital Age
Apr 02, 2014
The Way We Teach Computing Hurts Women
Mar 26, 2014
A Labor Revolution or a Return to Serfdom: Could You Thrive in the Gig Economy?
Mar 19, 2014
The Hottest Thing From Google Is Over Before It Began
Mar 12, 2014
The Simple Steps Behind World Class Efficiency
Mar 06, 2014
Emoji Gone Wild: We Text Without Words for a Month
Feb 26, 2014
Holstee Manifesto: The History of the One Motivational Poster that Pervades Startup Culture
Feb 19, 2014
Machine Learning + Love
Feb 12, 2014
The World Would be a Better Place if We [DELETED]
Feb 05, 2014
Mindhacking: Finding Serenity in a Tech-Obsessed World
Jan 29, 2014
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, But Does Airbnb?
Jan 22, 2014
How to Be a Young Boss (Or Work for One)
Jan 15, 2014
Cicada 3301: The Great Internet Mystery Solved!
Jan 01, 2014
The Tipping Point: How Amazon Reached It and Why This Startup Hasn’t
Dec 25, 2013
Dude, Where's My Bitcoin? Tales of Real People Dealing With a Virtual Currency
Dec 18, 2013
Can You *Like* God?
Dec 11, 2013
How To Kick Digital Butt in a 21st-Century Workplace
Dec 04, 2013
I Love You Mother Earth, But I Love My iPhone More
Nov 27, 2013
Bringing the Internet to Public Housing, Your Neighbors and a Unicorn
Nov 20, 2013
These Games Could Be Good for Young Brains
Nov 13, 2013
A Civic Call for NYC Techies: Bring Digital Talent into Public School Classrooms
Nov 11, 2013
Programming Families: How Kids are Like Software, and What the Government Could Learn From It
Nov 06, 2013
Tiny Estonia Beats the U.S. on E-Voting
Nov 04, 2013
Safety Nets: Broadband & Wifi in a Post-Sandy World
Oct 30, 2013
Who Is Jeff Bezos? And What is Amazon?
Oct 28, 2013
Coffee and E-Cigarettes
Oct 23, 2013
Freelance Nation: “The Greatest Economic Transformation in Human History”?
Oct 16, 2013
When the FBI Knocks: A Techie’s Moment of Truth
Oct 09, 2013
How Twitter Created Connections But Drove the Founders Apart
Oct 04, 2013
Mutated Code and the Amish Algorithm
Oct 02, 2013
Obamacare and the Biometric Bracelet Experiment
Sep 25, 2013
NYC Tech: Who’s Your Daddy?
Sep 18, 2013
Phones + Mischief: From Muggers to Dennis Crowley
Sep 11, 2013
A Google Map of Our Brains: The Next Chapter in Neuroscience
Sep 04, 2013
Real Estate, Rackets, Risk: When Rules Get Rewritten
Aug 28, 2013
Know Thy @Neighbor: The End of Urban Anonymity and Rural Solitude
Aug 21, 2013
Grossology, Tolerant Taxis + Smart Bikes
Aug 14, 2013
Computerized Confessions: Biographies and Wedding Toasts in the Digital Age
Aug 07, 2013
Your So-Called Future Life: Homes and To-Do Lists Get 'Smart'
Jul 31, 2013
Online Shopping Gets Real
Jul 24, 2013
Brain Drain: New York City Losing Out in Brain Biz
Jul 17, 2013