A woman in Microsoft is questioning whether diversity is important in internal forums. Does tech have its Jane Damore? ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫️iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adam-morgan-show/id108861659

#161: Twitch’s Blackface Ban

Apr 18th, 2019 33m 19s

Today I talk about Twitch’s recent ban of a streamer who cosplayed as Lifeline from Apex Legends due to blackface. ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫️iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adam-morgan-show/id1088616591 ⚫️

#160: Andrew Yang

Apr 12th, 2019 47m 1s

NPM, the company behind the JavaScript package manager, has recently faced criticism following internal layoffs and their treatment of employees. I take a closer look at what happened and share my thoughts on the situation. ———————————— Follow

#159: NPM Layoffs

Apr 4th, 2019 37m 1s

#158: ReactWeek’s Sex Joke

Mar 28th, 2019 25m

ReactWeek, a conference dedicated to React, recently made a sexual joke on Twitter. The backlash has been harsh and immediate and it may be the end of the conference. Does it have to be this way? ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫

#157: Google’s Male Pay Gap

Mar 21st, 2019 41m 11s

With ongoing lawsuits against Google claiming they pay women less than men, an internal study revealed a shocking result: men are paid less than women for similar work. The recent college admissions scandal has revealed America’s wealthy elite

#156: Twitter on JRE

Mar 14th, 2019 27m 50s

Jack Dorsey recently made a second appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience this time with his lead of Trust & Safety. The appearance made many people even more distrustful of Twitter’s policies and today I share my thoughts on why they went on t

#155: NYT Cites Nonexistent Study on Women in Coding

Feb 21st, 2019 33m 45s

The New York Times recently published a piece on a hiring bias within coding - resumes without names increased women receiving job offers from 5% to 54%. The only problem is the study might not even exist. ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ————

#154: Is Liam Neeson Racist?

Feb 15th, 2019 30m 48s

Liam Neeson recently admitted to a dark part of his past where he wished some ‘black bastard’ would give him a reason to kill him after a friend of Liam’s was raped. This has led to accusations that Liam is a racist - but is he? The NYT recentl

#153: Jack Dorsey

Feb 7th, 2019 28m 41s

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, was recently on The Joe Rogan Experience. So far it’s been met with a lot of criticism. I share my thoughts on the podcast. ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫️iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/p

#152: Google’s Diversity Crisis

Jan 31st, 2019 45m 40s

The Huffington Post and BuzzFeed recently laid off 1,000 journalists. Now people are sending them tweets to “learn to code” and Twitter has has taken action. Google workers have created a new set of demands for their board of directors to fix t

#151: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Racist Algorithms

Jan 24th, 2019 36m 8s

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently made remarks about algorithms and automating racism and biases. Many were quick to ridicule her statement. Is there any validity to it? ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫️iTunes: https://itunes.a

#150: DerbyCon Ends after SJW Outrcy

Jan 16th, 2019 48m 34s

2019 will be the last year for DerbyCon after a “small, yet vocal group” of people have caused internal issues which they say has forced them to shut down. I provide a breakdown of the drama at past conferences and my thoughts on how this shou

#149: Competing Education Systems

Jan 9th, 2019 49m 44s

Neil Mohammad recently mocked LambdaSchool’s alternative education system as the Valley rediscovering “public education” and “taxes”. Today I address the differences between LambdaSchool and public education and why it’s more important than eve

#148: Netflix Bends the Knee

Jan 3rd, 2019 40m 2s

Netflix bends the knee to the Saudi Arabian government after Hasan Majan criticizes their Crown Prince for “modernizing dictatorship” on the talk show “Patriot Act”. At their request, Netflix removed the episode from their service in Saudi Arab

#147: Fix Patreon with Bitcoin

Dec 26th, 2018 35m 43s

Patreon and MasterCard may have just given the layman their first use case for Bitcoin after Matt Christiansen’s released transcript of his call with Jacqueline Hart of Patreon shows MasterCard may be calling the all the shots. ———————————— Fol

#146: Patreon’s Peril

Dec 20th, 2018 39m 43s

Patreon recently banned the YouTuber Sargon of Akkad. The best part? They’re blatantly contradicting their own content guidelines and CEO’s statements on The Rubin Report. ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫️iTunes: https://itunes

#145: Google and Congress

Dec 12th, 2018 30m 38s

Google and YouTube face accusations of racism after communication issues following the YouTube shooting. Breitbart received a leak from Google showing a coordinated effort to find policy violations just days before Google’s hearing with Congres

#144: Thot Audit

Dec 5th, 2018 24m 59s

A group of keyboard warriors recently launched a campaign titled #ThotAudit to report sex workers to the IRS. I share my thoughts on the situation and Apple’s recently announced Apple Entrepreneur Camp. ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————

#143: Deadnaming on Twitter

Nov 28th, 2018 29m 38s

Twitter’s new guidelines prohibit misgendering or deadnaming transgender individuals. I cover some of the issues with this new policy. Over Thanksgiving I had the chance to play Fortnite on PC and I’m convinced it may be the greatest game ever

#142: Google Responds to Walkout Demands

Nov 14th, 2018 24m 35s

The Google Walkout issued their demands and Google has finally responded. I provide my breakdown of their response and how far we’ve deviated from the original issue. In recently discovered internal emails, Facebook executives pressured Oculus

#141: Google Walkout Demands

Nov 7th, 2018 29m 15s

The Google Walkout took place and we have reactions and demands directly from the employees. Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the web, says tech giants should be split up. But did he? ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫️iTunes: http

#140: Sexual Misconduct at Google

Oct 31st, 2018 40m 56s

Google is back in the news again after news broke that Google had paid Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, a $90M exit package after sexual misconduct allegations. ———————————— Follow Me On Social! ———————————— ⚫️iTunes: https://itunes.apple.c

#139: SQLite’s New Code of Conduct

Oct 24th, 2018 39m 42s

Rockstar has recently faced criticism after a VP at Rockstar Games said employees were working 100 hour weeks leading up to the release of Red Dead Redemption 2. This made many people question working conditions at Rockstar and the video game i

#138: Amazon’s Biased AI Recruiting

Oct 17th, 2018 43m 3s

YCombinator surveyed female founders about sexual coercion and assault from angel and VC investors. I share my thoughts on why we need a serious conversation about context and the various degrees of misbehavior. Amazon recently scrapped an AI r