original episode notes and transcript here: https://future.a16z.com/podcasts/malaria-vaccine-tech-science-news/ Longtime podcast showrunner (2014-2022), primary host, and editor Sonal Chokshi shares three best-of episodes as she shifts gears an

Crypto at Congress: 'Watershed' Moment for Regulation and Web3

Dec 20th, 2021 12m 20s

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Inside the GameStop Drama; The U.S. Constitution, Auctioned

Dec 3rd, 2021 21m 12s

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Steam Halts Web3 Games; FDA Approves Prostate Cancer AI

Oct 26th, 2021 20m 11s

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mRNA for Flu Vaccine? AI Protein-Folding Goes Open Source

Aug 2nd, 2021 16m 50s

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Opioid Crisis - How, Who, and Tech

Jul 26th, 2021 18m 31s

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Ransomware Attacks on the Rise; Hackers Target IoT

Jun 9th, 2021 12m 10s

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Science (and Tech), the Endless Frontier

May 25th, 2021 10m 47s

Given recent buzz and ongoing debates around the Endless Frontiers Act -- which some have described as “the most important piece of legislation no one's heard of” -- this episode is a rerun of an episode from last year, recorded after said act

Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough, Beyond the Buzz

May 2nd, 2021 36m 20s

Playing out against the backdrop of a global pandemic (including recent massive surges in regions around the world) is the news that came out a week ago that a candidate "malaria vaccine becomes first to achieve WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal”

Apple Event: Desktop-Tablet Convergence, Cord-Cutting, "Find Anything," & More

Apr 25th, 2021 13m 35s

In this week’s episode of 16 Minutes, our show where we cover tech trends in the news — and also cover themes from company developer and innovation events! — we focus on the latest coming out of Apple’s event this week. The company announced a

J&J Vaccine Pause; FBI Accesses Servers in Exchange Hack

Apr 19th, 2021 15m 16s

We have two brief segments in today’s episode: News and analysis of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine pause, and the widespread hack of Microsoft Exchange Servers across the country (and the dramatic and unusual steps the FBI took in response

NFTs: What, Where, How, Why, Who

Mar 28th, 2021 56m 23s

This deep-dive -- one of our occasional 2-4X explainer episodes on 16 Minutes; (past such episodes have covered everything from Section 230 and Tiktok to GPT-3 and the opioid crisis) -- teases apart what's hype/ what's real -- and the what, whe

The U.S. Vaccine Rollout

Mar 20th, 2021 18m 13s

Today on our news analysis show 16 Minutes — since this show is all about teasing apart what’s hype/ what’s real and where we are on the long arc of innovation — we're taking a quick pulse-check with the experts on just where we are with the CO

The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine and COVID Efficacy Rates

Mar 16th, 2021 12m 9s

In today's episode of our news analysis show 16 Minutes, our topic is the ongoing buzz and the mixed news around the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which was the third vaccine for COVID approved under Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA just a f

Semiconductor Shortage and the Global Supply Chain Squeeze

Mar 7th, 2021 17m 6s

In this week’s episode of 16 Minutes, our show where we talk about tech trends in the news, what’s hype/ what’s real, and where we are on the long arc of innovation, the topic is semiconductors – specifically, the ongoing global shortage that b

When Christie's Meets Crypto — The NFT Moment

Feb 25th, 2021 12m 15s

In this week’s episode of 16 Minutes — where we talk about tech trends in the news, what’s hype/ what’s real, and where we are on the long arc of innovation — the topic is NFTs ("non-fungible tokens"); specifically, the news that Christie’s has

China Steams Ahead in Gaming; MetaHuman Creator and the Uncanny Valley

Feb 20th, 2021 11m 41s

We have two brief segments — taking up less than 16 Minutes! — in this week’s episode of "16 Minutes," where we talk about tech trends in the news, what’s hype/what’s real, and where we are on the long arc of innovation. Both segments touch on

Beyond Bezos: Amazon, Cloud, and CEO Transitions

Feb 6th, 2021 17m 20s

Amazon just announced this week that its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos "will transition to the role of Executive Chair in the third quarter of 2021 and [CEO of Amazon Web Services] Andy Jassy will become Chief Executive Officer at that time". So i

Anatomy of a Hack: SolarWinds and Ripples Beyond

Feb 1st, 2021 48m 28s

In this special “3x”-long episode of our (otherwise shortform) news analysis show 16 Minutes -- past such 2-3X explainer episodes have covered section 230, Tiktok, GPT-3, the opioid crisis, more -- we cover the SolarWinds hack, one of the large

Dall-E AI for Images; Direct Listings, SEC Ruling for Issuing Shares

Jan 26th, 2021 20m 49s

We've got segments on artificial intelligence and IPO innovation in today's episode of 16 Minutes, where we take a look at the news and what it means for the long arc of innovation.In the first segment (0:00): Take the surrealistic images of Sa

All about Section 230, In the News

Jan 16th, 2021 39m 46s

All about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act -- what does and doesn't it say? How does this law play out against broader questions and debates around platforms, content moderation, and free speech? This conversation between Mike Masn

FinCEN Crypto Rule; Haven Healthcare Breakup

Jan 11th, 2021 21m 20s

We're covering two trends in this week’s episode of "16 Minutes," where we talk about the news, tech trends, and the long arc of innovation: #1 FinCEN, the Treasury Department's financial crimes enforcement arm, proposed a new rule targeting

U.S. Government Hacked; Scaling Ethereum

Dec 16th, 2020 16m 8s

We're back to covering multiple items on our show 16 Minutes -- which covers the news, occasional explainers, and teases apart what's hype/ what's real -- as well as where we are on the long arc of innovation:#1 Hackers spied on U.S. Treasury e

AlphaFold! Protein Folding, Beyond the Hype

Dec 7th, 2020 27m 47s

In this episode of our show 16 Minutes -- where we talk about the headlines, and where we are on the long arc of tech trends -- we cover the news around Google DeepMind's AlphaFold system for predicting the 3-D structure of proteins outperformi

Transparency in Pricing, Ruling Healthcare

Nov 20th, 2020 22m 40s

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