Techish with Jennifer Jolly

We're all panicking about AI. We're also all using it. So which is it — should we be afraid, or should we relax? In this episode of Techish with Jennifer Jolly, I sit down with Tristan Harris — the former Google ethicist behind the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma , who warned us about social media's harm to young people years before a jury found Meta guilty of doing exactly that. He's now o...

Apple built the world we live in on our phones. Now it’s working on what comes after them. In this week’s episode, I sat down with David Pogue. THE David Pogue . He's the guy who tells the most important consumer tech stories on the planet, in a way that makes you forget it’s about buttons and features, and reminds you it’s about real life. David’s covered Apple for longer than I have — about 35 y...

I was a mom who was paying attention. I tested Meta's parental controls and wrote about teen screen addiction for USA Today . I talked with my daughter about everything and watched over her social media accounts. I still had no idea Instagram was feeding my high school cross-country star a steady diet of thinspo and eating disorder content. Two juries just confirmed what parents like me eventually...

When is the right age to give your kid a phone? It’s become a modern milestone—but we’re doing a lot less to prepare our kids for it than we think. A phone means they can reach us, we can reach them, and they’re part of the world their friends are already in. It feels practical. It feels harmless. But this isn’t really about screen time. It’s about what these devices open up when kids aren’t ready...

This is a story of tech fixing something very broken. Then "the system" breaking it again. Menopause. The Change. Cougar Puberty. Whatever you want to call it, it's having a moment — and it's worth knowing about, no matter how old you are or whether you think this has anything to do with you. (Spoiler: It does.) For twenty years, doctors told millions of women their symptoms were stress, aging, or...

"I tell you guys how to be less addicted to your phones, get more out of your life — and I feel so broken right now." That's me — a consumer tech journalist who has spent nearly 20 years telling you exactly how not to let your phone run your life. Now I'm coming clean. I am addicted to my smartphone. Not casually. Clinically. My screen time average? Nearly 11 hours a day. That adds up to almost 18...

The IRS is using it. So are many filers. Here’s what you  "I am more concerned about the IRS having really bad AI than I am about our tax software having decent AI. The IRS and AI—what could possibly go wrong?" That's the question driving this episode of Techishly Jenn . Tax season is here, and for the first time, AI isn't just a feature—it's actively processing your return and the IRS system...

Recurring guest, Andrew Yang is back — and he’s not pulling punches.  In this wide-ranging, deeply honest conversation, Jenn sits down with Yang to talk about the forces reshaping our lives right now: AI, money, power, politics, and what happens when technology moves faster than our institutions can handle. This isn’t a campaign speech or a tech hype session, it’s a real, sometimes funny, som...

This is a can’t miss episode. There’s a quiet rebellion happening — in kitchens, classrooms, and bedrooms — and it’s not coming from Silicon Valley. In this powerful episode of Techishly Jenn , Jenn sits down with Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price, co-authors of the new book The Amazing Generation, to talk about what’s really happening to kids growing up with smartphones, social media, and now AI...

There are tens of thousands of gadgets, gizmo’s and techy doo-dads at CES. But how many of them actually matter to you and me? What deserves a spot in your home and life this year and well into the future? Those are just a few of the questions Jenn and Producer Scott asked themselves and hundreds of other gadget-insiders for a solid week at the world’s most powerful tech convention in Las Vegas in...

It’s the most wonderful — and tech-obsessed — time of the year. In this festive, no-holds-barred holiday special of Techishly Jenn , Jenn and Producer Scott unwrap the best gadgets of 2025, roast the biggest tech flops, and hand out the annual Naughty & Nice List to companies and CEOs who shaped the year — for better or worse. This episode is equal parts gadget gossip, holiday confession, cult...

*If you care about privacy, policing, tech ethics, or just want to understand who’s tracking your license plate and why — this episode is for you.* It’s pretty safe to say we all want less crime — but what are we willing to trade for it? In this episode of Techishly Jenn , Emmy Award–winning journalist Jennifer Jolly steps into the rapidly expanding world of AI-powered safety tech — where license-...

If you’ve ever looked at your monthly cell bill and thought, “Why am I paying premium prices to get doom-scrolled into a bad mood?” — this one’s for you. In this episode of  Techishly Jenn , Emmy-winning tech journalist Jennifer Jolly sits down with Andrew Yang — yes, the former presidential candidate — who’s now CEO of a brand-new wireless carrier called Noble Mobile. The pitch: save real mo...

Ever wished your backup battery was, well, bigger?  In this episode of Techishly Jenn, I sit down with Lynn Ames, GM’s behind-the-scenes “energy whisperer,” to unpack the bold idea behind GM Energy: electric vehicles that don’t just drive you to the store — they can keep your house running when the grid goes dark. We talk about vehicle-to-home (V2H), vehicle-to-grid (V2G), real-life blackout...

A screen that fixes screens? That’s the bold new idea behind a brand-new gadget called Board — a 24-inch tabletop console where physical pieces are the controllers : knives that cut, stairs you build, spaceships you fly — all on a shared digital board. Founder Brynn Putnam (who sold Mirror to Lululemon for half a billion dollars) and game veteran Seth Sivak (ex-Blizzard, World of Warcraft ) join J...