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The FCC is set to vote on Thursday to undo the efforts of the Barack Obama administration to ensure strong net neutrality. FCC Commissioner Clyburn joins to talk about what's at stake — and what needs to happen after the vote.

Buying and selling your stuff isn't just for Craigslist and eBay anymore. Facebook jumped in the game a little more than a year ago. We sat down with Facebook's head of Marketplace Deb Liu to learn what's up with its e-commerce play.

If you like tech, chances are you've heard the term "machine learning" thrown around a lot. But just what is it? Jacqueline Garavente of Union Square Ventures joins to walk us through just what ML is, how it's related to artificial intelligence, and what it means for you.

Neil Vogel, CEO of Dotdash (formerly About.com), brings a much-needed dose of optimism on why digital media companies that are making high-quality content are doing OK—and have a pretty bright future.

Self-driving cars are already on the road in Orlando. How? Mayor Buddy Dyer joins to talk about how cities can embrace tech, and the challenges of working with companies to provide the kind of incentives that attract investment but create sustainable growth.

Cenk Uygur has been on the internet covering politics for a long time—arguably longer than anyone else in the industry. Never shy to share his opinions, Uygur joins to talk about how the media has covered Trump, why some topics don't ever seem to get attention, and where his company—TYT Network—is headed.

YouTube Chief Business Office Robert Kyncl joins to talk about his new book, "Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media," and shares a bit of his perspective on why ever major tech company seems to be getting into high-end video.

Jackdaw Research analyst Jan Dawson sits down for a one-on-one lightning round covering all the big news in tech and media. Buckle up.

Eddie Lim, CEO and cofounder of Point, joins to talk about his startup, which offers people a chance to sell an equity stake in their homes. 

Tastemade CEO Larry Fitzgibbon joins to talk about how his company has built a massive online audience through major platforms such as Facebook and Snapchat, and the economics of this new market are playing out.

Transferwise CEO Kristo Käärmann joins to discuss the future of money in the digital age. The internet has given rise to some big companies that have seriously disrupted major industries—but big banks remain dominant. Can they keep up with innovation, or is a raft of growing finance-focused startups ready to take them apart?

The internet is pretty great, but there's also some dark parts of it. Yasmin Green, head of research and development at Google's Jigsaw, joins to talk about her experiences countering ISIS propaganda, using artificial intelligence to improve internet comments, and why things will get better. 

Director Brian Knappenberger joins to discuss his new documentary "Nobody Speak," which debuts on Netflix June 23. He looks at the Gawker v. Hogan trial and other examples of rich individuals who have been able to silence the media—and why it looks like things are going to get worse before they get better.

Suddenly, every tech company wants you to talk to their machines. Mashable tech intern Freia Lobo joins to talk with Ian Hodson, distinguished architect at Voysis and a veteran of voice-based technology. 

Benjamin Wittes is editor of Lawfare blog and senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. He's also the man of the moment. Wittes and Lawfare have gone from relatiavely obscure policy wonks to the center of the modern media world thanks to expertise in the legal side of national security and deep connections within Washington D.C. Mashable's senior editor for science and special projects Andrew Freedman joins to talk with Wittes about what that's been like — and why he hopes his moment in the sun will eventually come to an end.

We've all head of Bitcoin, and maybe even Blockchain. But what are they — and why do some people think they're the future of everything? Tiana Laurence, cofounder of Factom and author of "Blockhain for Dummies" joins to give us a crash course.

Plenty of people have a vision of the future. Few have a vision that is spurring action in the European Union and China. Jeremy Rifkin joins to talk about a new documentary from Vice Impact that lays out the challenges we're facing in terms of stagnant growth and accelerating climate change, but also why there's reasons for optimism — what he sees as the upcomign third industrial revolution.

Jimmy Wales wants you to help fix the news. He's launching Wikitribune, a news venture that will look to combine professional journalism with the power of crowdsourced information. He joins Biz Please to chat about what it is, where it's headed, and how you can help.

Ben Zimmer, language columnist for the Wall Street Journal, and Mashable deputy tech editor Louise Matsakis are here this week to talk about how the internet is changing the way we communicate. ROFLMAO, yall. 

When you think of the tech industry cities like San Francisco, New York, and Seattle come to mind — and they should. But what about the rest of the country? JD Vance, author of "Hillbily Elegy," joins to talk about why he's getting into the world of venture capital. Then, Steve Case, CEO of VC firm Revolution and the cofounder of AOL, joins to talk about the next wave of entrepreneurship. 

Should your internet provider be able to track everything you do on the internet then sell that information to whoever will pay for it? Well, they can, and now they don't even have to give you a choice or even tell you about it. Gigi Sohn, Open Society fellow and former FCC counselor joins to talk about the ramifications of the recent Congressional repeal of basic internet privacy regulations.

The subscription service bubble is starting to burst. Mary Biggins, co-founder of ClassPass and now founder of MealPal, joins to talk about why MealPal is built to last and what industries are still ripe for subscription disruption.

There's plenty of fear about robots taking jobs, but what about becoming our coworkers? Dom Price, futurist and head of research for software developer Atlassian, joins to talk about why we're going to need to get comfortable working alongside non-humans.

It's been that kind of year where you need to do a year-in-review of just the first two months. Fortune's Erin Griffith and CNN's Seth Fiegerman join for a rousing tour through a pretty insane start to 2017.

Gene Liebel, founding partner of digital agency Work & Co, joins to talk about two topics that don't usually collide: Design and politics. He discusses what it's like to work with major tech companies as well as firms like Planned Parenthood as they try to get out their message.

Sallie Krawcheck, one of the most powerful women in finance, shares her personal tales from Wall Street and what needs to change in investing.

Brad Stone joins to talk about his new book chronicling the rise of Airbnb and Uber, which both decided to eschew local laws to ensure rapid growth. Stone, a journalist at Bloomberg, also touches on a variety of other competitors that are trying to reshape cities and transportation — including China's Uber rival.

Katia Beauchamp founded Birchbox out of business school and quickly built it into one of the hottest ecommerce companies in the world. Startups, however, rarely grow without encountering adversity. Beauchamp speaks about what it's like to build a company and have to make tough decisions about staffing, strategy and the road ahead.

Julia Collins, co-founder of Zume Pizza, joins to talk about her startup, in which robots help make food that then shows up at your door. Her business isn't focused on removing the human element, however. She's investing in people who can help in other parts of the business.

Flipboard CEO Mike McCue joins to talk about why he's among the dwindling optimists around the future of the media and journalism. Now six year old, Flipboard remains one of the quiet giants in digital media, with 100 million subscribers for its magazine-like experience. 

Journalist Lauren Duca has found herself the target of some of the internet's absolute worst harassment. After an appearance on Fox News opposite Tucker Carlson went viral, Duca has emerged as one of the boldest voices fighting back against online trolling and harassment. We talk about what that's been like, and how she handles it on a daily basis. Note: This interview was conducted before Twitter suspended Martin Shkreli for harassing Duca. 

There are never been so many places to advertise with Facebook and Snapchat battling for attention. David Droga, founder of NYC-based advertising agency, joins to share how and where to market big brands. What's viral versus what's obnoxious? Why is Snapchat so interesting right now, and how will virtual reality fit in?

Can Uber every make a profit? Or is there a chance it makes too much? We chat with NYU Professor Arun Sundararajan on the future of these businesses and how they are changing how we view employment. 

Elon University media professor Jonathan Albright joins to talk about his deep research into the surprisingly complex world of fake and misleading news. Facebook is important, but there's also Google, YouTube and the websites themselves that work together to spread questionable information. 

Every. Single. Projection. They were all wrong. Alex Hazlett, deputy east coast managing editor for Mashable, and Vastan Dhar, professor at the Stern School of Business and the Center for Data Science at New York University, join to chat about the role of data in our elections and our daily lives – and why you have to be careful about what you trust.

Avi Flombaum, dean of the Flatiron School, joins us to talk about why he's trying to help more people learn to code. While other professions contract, there's still a shortage of software engineers, a lucrative profession. Codwing, however, isn't just about work. Flombaum talks about why learning how computers work will be important to understand the world around us.

The tech philosophy of "move fast and break stuff" doesn't hold up so well when talking about education. So how do startups work in the education tech field? Brian Grey, CEO of Remind.com, talks about his company's efforts to create a safe place for students, teachers and parents to communicate — and the broader changes that are coming to education.

The computer, the smartphone....the city? Matthew Harrigan and Charles Bonello, co-founders of NYC-based startup accelearator Grand Central Tech, talk about why they see major metropolitan areas as the next big thing in tech. 

Kerry Flynn and Jason Abbruzzese break down the AT&T and Time Warner mega deal. Jackdaw Research analyst Jan Dawson joins to discuss what this means for consumers, and what kind of future AT&T is trying to prepare for.

Apple, Google, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio...and now Amazon! The ecommerce giant has launched its new streaming music service, and it's the cheapest yet. The Mashable business team gets together to talk about whether they'd give it a shot, and where the streaming music industry is headed.

How do you find humor in an absurd election? Bloomberg's Matt Negrin joins to talk about his experiences at some of the biggest political events of the year. Negrin's videos have provided some much-needed comic relief by providing an on-the-ground perspective of what has been a truly weird era in U.S. politics.

We loved our conversation on Facebook Live with Carl Bialik so much that we ripped the audio and put it up here. We talk about the problem with online polls and the media's challenge to cut through the noise. Later on, Kerry and Jason talk Snapchat and Yahoo's data breach.

"It's our belief that Africa is the largest pool of underutilized brainpower in the world," says Jeremy Johnson, the CEO and co-founder of Andela, on this week's episode. He joins to talk about why his startup has been attracting so much attention -- and why technology appears yet to make a major difference in education.

We've been hearing about self-driving cars for a while, and it's still going to be years before they're widely available. But make no mistake -- self-driving cars on on the road as we speak. Mashable business reporter Kerry Flynn went to Pittsburgh where she rode in the cars that are already picking up passengers. She gives us her first-hand account.

Apple has Siri. Amazon has Alexa. And that's just the start. Charles Jolley, CEO of Ozlo, an AI-driven personal assistant, talks us through the ins and outs of the new wave of artifical intelligence, where it's headed and why you shouldn't be worried about a Terminator/Matrix-inspired future.

Podcasting has exploded in the past couple years as shows like Serial and the growth of smartphones have put the format into almost everyone's pockets. Karl Rosander and Måns Ulvestam, cofounder of podcast platform Acast, join to talk about the industry, where it has been and where it's headed.

Luis von Ahn sold a company to Google and received a MacArthur "genius grant." Then he founded Duolingo, which has become one of the most popular language education services in the world. He joins to talk about why humans and computers together can do more than when they work on their own. 

Corey Ford, managing partner at media startup accelrator Matter, joins us with a few entrpreneurs to talk about media startups -- and hear pitches from some of the founders in his most recent class. 

Facebook's head of product design lucas Woods joins Matt Petronzio and Kerry Flynn to talk about how the social network is making products to help people in emergencies. Kerry and Jason also start off with a quick analysis of Uber's big move in China. 

You're terrible at investing, and you wouldn't be much better with a time machine. Don't believe it? Spencer Jakab of the Wall Street Journal's Heard on the Street joins to talk about his new book "Heads I Win, Tails I Win," which breaks down why you need to stop futzing with your retirement savings and just enjoy the ride.

Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for the Washington Post and the former public editor of the New York Times, talks about why Facebook's role as a media company is undeniable and what the growth of livestreaming means for journalism.