
About this episode
Julia Black is a tech and business correspondent at Vanity Fair and freelance writer whose work has also been published in the New York Times, MIT Technology Review, WIRED, The Verge, and others.
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Julia Black
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Timestamps
00:00 Resy anxiety
07:35 The reality of modern genetic testing
12:38 Substack on TV
17:50 Evolving opinions and journalistic integrity
23:48 TikTok takeover conspiracies
28:32 The shifting politics of big tech
39:00 Symbolism in politics and ideology
47:44 Holding on to what's meaningful
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