CTRL+T podcast
Code2040’s Karla Monterroso on desegregating the tech industry
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast that connects the tech to the human. On this episode, we talk about the beta release of Apple’s latest mobile operating system and some of the issues w
CTRL+T podcast: That time we talked about Apple, Kanye West and slavery
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about the stories we want to talk about and figure out what they mean in relation to life. This week is Apple’s
Uber’s plan to fly you around
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about the stories we want to talk about and connect them to the culture in which we’re all trying to live. We first
Connecting our homeless neighbors with their loved ones
San Francisco’s housing crisis is painfully obvious with a homeless population of 7,499 people, according to a 2017 homeless census and survey. People lose their homes for a variety of reasons
Data on a street corner
This week on CTRL+T, Megan Rose Dickey and I got into MoviePass’s tracking drama and the way the local world works – media-style. We’re joined in the studio by Eric Eldon, co-founder
Incubating tech in the shadow of the civil rights movement
When Birmingham led the charge in the civil rights movement in the sixties, the city inadvertently created big shoes for itself to later fill. Just how Birmingham was the birthplace of many civil rig
A ‘Black Panther’ moment
This week we’re bringing you a special edition of CTRL+T, the podcast that examines TechCrunch stories through a cultural lens. You might have heard that Marvel released a film called Black Pant
The future is flying cars, rockets and diabetes-detecting Apple Watches
This week’s episode is all about the future. Thanks to technology, the highest capacity rocket platform ever, the Falcon Heavy, blasted into space. Meanwhile, down here on Earth, Uber is working
This is Uber’s plan to deliver on flying ‘cars’
Self-driving and electric flying cars are coming. What this means for our cities in the future is unclear, so I chatted with Uber Head of Policy of Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Aviation Justin Erlich
DeRay Mckesson talks racial wealth gap and mass incarceration on CTRL+T
On this week’s episode of CTRL+T, it’s all about flamethrowers (yes, the devices that throw flames), startups trying to get inside your mouth and education in the prison system. Later on,
CTRL+T podcast: Artificial intelligence may become a human rights issue
Welcome back to another glorious episode of CTRL+T. This week, Henry Pickavet and I explore Amazon’s new cashier-less stores that promise no waiting in line — except to get in — and
CTRL+T podcast: From Tide Pods to the blockchain
Blockchain has become the latest buzzword in the technology industry, but many people are still in the dark about just what exactly it means. Thanks to Raine Revere, we have a bit of a better grasp on
CTRL+T podcast: Diversity and its discontents
No one is down with how diversity is unfolding in Silicon Valley. Depending on how one looks at it, they’re going to have an issue with it. White men are crying foul, saying they’re being
CTRL+T podcast: As long as it tastes like chicken, folds my clothes for cheap and doesn’t run me over
Wait, what? Yeah, this week a company called SuperMeat announced that it raised $3 million to create chicken in a lab. It requires real chicken cells, Petrie dishes probably and some patience. The ben
Automating your life on this week’s episode of CTRL+T
People are lazy. Well, let me speak for myself. I am lazy. So it’s no wonder why on this week’s episode of CTRL+T, I was drawn to some news items that touched on home assistants and person
Welcome to CTRL+T, TechCrunch’s podcast about tech and culture
Without further ado, it brings us great pleasure to introduce you to CTRL+T, a new podcast hosted by TechCrunch Reporter Megan Rose Dickey and Editorial Director Henry Pickavet. On this week’s e
Shonda Rhimes talks move from network TV to Netflix
When Shonda Rhimes, the creator of network hits like Scandal, Grey's Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder, announced her new contract with Netflix, it marked yet another win for the digital media w