Reconnecting

Almost two years ago, BuzzFeed set out to crack the code on Facebook video. Not only did they figure it out, they built a massive food brand around it, Tasty. We speak with Tasty's global general manager, Ashley McCollum, about how she ended up running a social brand that broke the internet.

We interviewed Quartz Editorial Fellow Leah Fessler who spent weeks sexually harassing Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and Google Home to see if they truly perpetuated sexist, patriarchal tropes. The results were, frankly, alarming.

Henry Bridge was the Director of Product for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Basically he created apps, Facebook chat bots and other tech products to increase voter education, especially among millennials. He’s also done a lot of other cool things, but that will come later.

Hello and welcome to Reconnecting. This is a podcast about millennials and their complicated relationship with technology. Hosted by Eleanor Bennett and Stephanie Roush.