The Last Show with David Cooper

Civil liberties attorney ⁠Cindy Cohn⁠, the former executive director of the ⁠Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)⁠, talks about digital surveillance and her book ⁠Privacy's Defender⁠ – taking us inside some of the privacy battles that shaped today's internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prompted by ⁠the Porter flight being canceled after a child refused to take their seat⁠, on Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, therapist ⁠Gary Direnfeld⁠ discusses how to deal with children throwing tantrums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senior economics reporter ⁠Juliana Kaplan⁠ reveals how ⁠Ozempic is changing workplace etiquette, and making everyone uncomfortable⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For science news, professor ⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠ brings the following stories: Scientists isolate bacteria behind the immune system farm effect showing how they protect against asthma and allergies⁠; Babies get sick less often in families with dogs thanks to bacteria and fungi that they bring home⁠; How an ancient poop explosion could have helped complex life evolve⁠; Ant colonies pulse like a physica...

For science news, professor Jesse Rogerson brings the following stories: Scientists isolate bacteria behind the immune system farm effect showing how they protect against asthma and allergies; Babies get sick less often in families with dogs thanks to bacteria and fungi that they bring home; How an ancient poop explosion could have helped complex life evolve; Ant colonies pulse like a physical sys...

Social psychologist ⁠⁠Ronald Fischer⁠⁠ explains ⁠⁠how unexplainable experiences – like seeing ghosts – can change people for the better⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Conspiracy Corner, professor of conspiracy studies Nathan Radke⁠⁠ outlines how scams we might have seen in the back of comic books years ago have grown up for the digital age. Check out Nathan's new book Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies here⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clinical psychologist specializing in sex therapy ⁠⁠Marianne Brandon⁠⁠ goes over how ⁠⁠men and women talk differently about sex in therapy⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychologist ⁠⁠Vincent Mancini⁠⁠ reveals ⁠⁠how specific masculine ideals are linked to anxiety and depression in men⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Social psychologist ⁠Ronald Fischer⁠ explains ⁠how unexplainable experiences – like seeing ghosts – can change people for the better⁠. For Conspiracy Corner, professor of conspiracy studies ⁠Nathan Radke⁠ outlines how scams we might have seen in the back of comic books years ago have grown up for the digital age. (⁠Check out Nathan's new book Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspirac...

Biology professor ⁠Daniel Blumstein⁠ reveals how and why ⁠marmots are now on OnlyFans to raise money for research⁠ and whether ⁠birds fear women more than men⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experimental psychologist ⁠Willis Klein⁠ explores ⁠whether people can fall in love with AI chatbots⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychologist ⁠Lawrence Cohen⁠ describes ⁠why we should accept children as they are⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Media and tech reporter ⁠Sydney Bradley⁠ discusses how ⁠influencers fear platforms slapping "AI-generated" labels on their human-created content⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astrophysicist ⁠Brendan O'Connor⁠ explains how ⁠a faint flash from a dying star forced astronomers to rethink how stars explode⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychology professor ⁠Dr. Tara Well⁠ outlines how ⁠feeling like you've got nothing to wear is more significant than you think⁠ and ⁠how mirror-gazing can help you⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astrophysicist Brendan O'Connor explains how a faint flash from a dying star forced astronomers to rethink how stars explode. Media and tech reporter Sydney Bradley discusses how influencers fear platforms slapping "AI-generated" labels on their human-created content. Biology professor Daniel Blumstein reveals how and why marmots are now on OnlyFans to raise money for research and whether birds fe...

Author ⁠Cory Doctorow⁠ lays out the major problems he sees with AI and the companies behind it. Cory warns that the new technology may be coming for our wallets and our jobs, but not in the ways most think. Check out Cory's book The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Addressing the phenomenon of boyfriends taking bad photos, David's girlfriend Miranda and author ⁠Laura Danger⁠ confront David about ⁠this particular example of weaponized incompetence⁠. Find Laura's book No More Mediocre here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astronomer David Kuridze from the ⁠US National Solar Observatory⁠ reveals how ⁠scientists just filmed the Sun's hidden whirlpools of plasma for the first time⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anesthesiologist ⁠Dr. Zack Meade⁠ breaks down how to spot medical misinformation online and why you shouldn't be fooled by some "credentials". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Things get spicy as clinical psychologist specializing in sex therapy ⁠Marianne Brandon⁠ goes over ⁠intimacy red flags and green flags⁠ and explains ⁠why men may gravitate toward sex tech⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David speaks with pediatric surgeon ⁠Dr. Sundeep Keswani⁠ from ⁠Texas Children's Hospital⁠, the man behind ⁠the groundbreaking surgery that treated an unborn baby whose intestines were growing outside of his body⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David speaks with pediatric surgeon Dr. Sundeep Keswani from Texas Children's Hospital, the man behind the groundbreaking surgery that treated an unborn baby whose intestines were growing outside of his body. Addressing the phenomenon of boyfriends taking bad photos, David's girlfriend Miranda and author Laura Danger confront David about this particular example of weaponized incompetence. (Find La...

On It's Time For Technology Time, tech analyst ⁠Carmi Levy⁠ brings us the following stories: Broadband cables are surprisingly good at detecting earthquakes⁠; LinkedIn adds new 'Seems Like AI Slop' button to report all the AI slop⁠; An artist's phone fell from a plane, and it was found in a canola field in 'pristine' condition⁠; An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must...