Best Pew Research Center Podcasts (2025)

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AI and Search: Exploring the Impact with Joost de Valk, Founder of Yoast SEO & Investor 45:51

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Joost de Valk is an entrepreneur and application software developer from the Netherlands who is best known for Yoast SEO. Joost started out as a consultant and blogger in 2004 before developing Yoast, one of the most successful plug-ins for WordPress. Tune in to this episode as we discuss the current landscape of search and AI, and the implications…

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Digital Content Provenance with Andy Parsons, Senior Director of Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe 57:30

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My guest and I share a very deep passion for a trustworthy internet, and his name is Andy Parsons. Over the last few decades, Andy has been a CTO of over a dozen companies, a founder of several companies and a start-up mentor. Andy is currently a Senior Director at Adobe, overseeing its Content Authenticity Initiative. In 2019, Adobe launched this …

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Timestamps, Society, and Mass Adoption of a Trusted Web with Scott Stornetta, Blockchain Co-inventor 1:07:33

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Scott Stornetta is a Grandfather, Teacher, Investor and scientific researcher – and an invention he did 30 years ago totally revolutionizes the world of tech today. In 1991, he and Stuart Haber, published the whitepaper "How to Time-Stamp a Digital Document”. This paper, in fact, could be described as the invention of blockchain. In 1992 this paper…

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Managing Day-to-day Verifications with Karen Mahabir, Head of Fact Checking at The Associated Press 20:23

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Karen Mahabir is the AP’s Fact Check and Misinformation Editor, based in New York City. She has worked as a reporter, editor and producer for the AP in its Mexico City, Washington and New York offices. Mahabir also served as Managing Editor of News for The Huffington Post for two years and has spent many years working as a reporter and columnist at…

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Social Media and Trust with Amy Mitchell, Director, Journalism Research, Pew Research Center 18:16

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Amy Mitchell is director of journalism research at Pew Research Center. She is responsible for the Center’s research related to news and information, including how the public accesses, engages with and creates news, what news organizations are providing and how technology is changing all of these elements. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact …

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Building a Public Consensus on Truth with Matt Carmichael, VP of Editorial and Content Strategy for Ipsos, North America 28:10

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Matt Carmichael is the vice president of editorial and content strategy for Ipsos in North America where he edits the award-winning magazine, What the Future. In addition, he is an author and keynote speaker who reports on trends, futurism, demographics and their impacts on everything from marketing, to product development to urban planning and tra…

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Optimizing Content for Audience Trust with Helen Havlak, VP, The Verge 23:25

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Helen Havlak, Vice President of The Verge, shares how the organization has built trust through different forms of content over the years. The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience. The Verge reaches 55MM+ US readers and millions of subscribe…

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Can Technology Combat Fake News? With Henry Pickavet, Editorial Director at TechCrunch 25:56

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Henry Pickavet is the editorial director of TechCrunch, which he joined nine years ago as a copy editor. Prior to joining TechCrunch, Henry had a hand in a number of online and print publications, including InternetNews.com as chief copy editor and Government Technology Magazine as managing editor. Henry joins the show to explore what makes a trust…

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The Trust Barometer with Tonia Ries, Executive Director of Intellectual Property for the Edelman Trust Institute 24:14

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Tonia Ries has more than 30 years of experience in marketing, research, strategy and media. She is Executive Director of Intellectual Property for the Edelman Trust Institute, Edelman’s center for the study of trust and a learning laboratory for trust building between companies, institutions, brands and people. Her role includes stewardship of the …

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Building Public Trust with Transparency with Scott Kraft, Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times 22:28

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As managing editor, Scott Kraft oversees the Los Angeles Times newsroom, including Column One, enterprise, investigations and Sports. During more than three decades at The Times, Kraft has been a national and foreign correspondent as well as national editor and Deputy Managing Editor/News. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing, a…

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Building Trust With The Most Innovative Business Leaders with Eric Schurenberg, CEO at Mansueto Ventures 19:04

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Anyone with an internet connection can be a publisher, so what does it take for business journalism to build trust with their readers? I’m excited to speak with Eric Schurenberg, CEO at Mansueto Ventures, to learn what they are doing. Founded in 2005, the publishing company is dedicated to serving business leaders. They publish the influential publ…

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Trust and Editing with Abhimanyu Ghoshal, Managing Editor, TNW 23:03

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The consumption and distribution of media has changed drastically over the past decade. Calling in from Bangalore, The Next Web’s Managing Editor Abhimanyu Ghoshal joins the show to reflect on what the major shifts have been. TNW is a global digital brand that manages several initiatives focused on international technology news, business, and cultu…

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Corrections in The Era of Fake News with Mark Schoofs, Editor in Chief, BuzzFeed News 24:11

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BuzzFeed is the leading independent digital media and tech company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience. Mark Schoofs joins the show to share about his role as Editor in Chief at BuzzFeed News, and what the state of media and journalism looks like today. Over the course of his 30 year career, Mark has earned a Pulitzer Pri…

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Disrupting Politics with Non-Partisan Journalism with Matt Kaminski, Editor in Chief, POLITICO 24:31

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As POLITICO’s Editor-in-Chief, Matt Kaminski oversees all editorial operations of the publication. Starting as a freelancer from Eastern Europe before his senior year in college, Matt has reported on international affairs, politics and business on and off for the past quarter century. He joined POLITICO in late 2014 to become the founding editor of…

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The Power of Progressive Journalism with Katherine Bell, Editor in Chief, Quartz 23:01

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Katherine Bell is Editor-In-Chief at Quartz. She previously served as editor-in-chief of Barron’s magazine, from 2017 until earlier in 2019. Before that, she worked at Harvard Business Review for a decade and was the editor of HBR.org. In both roles, she led the digital transformation of iconic print publications. Tune into this episode as we discu…

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A Vision For Journalism with Christophe Deloire, General Secretary, Reporters Without Borders 29:51

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Christophe Deloire’s career trajectory is impressive. He ran one of the leading French journalism schools, the CFJ, from 2008 to 2012, and was an investigative reporter for the politics and society sections of the French news magazine Le Point from 1998 to 2007. He has also worked for the TV channels ARTE and TF1, made documentary films, edited sev…

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Regulations for Misinformation with Fil Menczer, Director, the Observatory on Social Media 29:42

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Fil is a Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, and the former director at the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research – a research unit of the Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering. He joins the show to explore what he has learnt from accessing platform data, from his current role as Director of The O…

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Organizing the Fight Against Misinformation with Ferdi Özsoy, Program Manager, The Poynter Institute 32:07

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‘Fake news’ has multiple definitions, which can be a problem. Ferdi Özsoy helps to highlight the main types of misinformation, and how individuals can be best equipped with consuming online content. As the Program Manager at the Poynter Institute, Ferdi joins the show today to distill the core principles that drive the success of the International …

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Correcting Social Media with Dr. Leticia Bode, Associate Professor, Georgetown University 21:19

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Today’s guest extensively researches about the focus on exposure to and correction of misinformation on social media. Dr. Leticia Bode is an Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology master’s program at Georgetown University. She joins me on the show to explore the problems with measuring fake news, and the current state of …

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Goodbye from Cited and Hello from Darts & Letters 1:24:31

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Cited is no more. We had a great run — over 100 episodes of one sort or another, major awards, and stories we are really proud of — but it’s time to move on. Still, Cited’s legacy lives on through the new projects our team makes, including Crackdown and Darts and Letters. Today, we celebrate Cited and play you a recent episode of Darts & Letters ca…

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Lessons from Philosophy with Justin McBrayer, Author of ‘Beyond Fake News’ 23:16

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As a Philosopher by trade, Justin McBrayer is not afraid to ask the big questions. I bring Justin on the show to learn more about his research and his latest book ‘Beyond Fake News: Finding the TRUTH in a world of misinformation’. Justin is also a teacher, speaker and writer. Much of his work focuses on helping ordinary individuals and political bo…

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An Evolving Internet with David Mikkelson, CEO and Co-founder, Snopes 24:52

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A lot has happened since 1994, when David Mikkelson founded the fact-checking website Snopes, formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages. It was great speaking with David to learn more about how the sharing of questionable content has evolved into something very sophisticated today. Snopes started with investigating urban legends, hoaxes, …

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Disinformation Across Cultures with Costanza Sciubba Caniglia, Subject-Matter Expert at Wikimedia 18:39

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Today’s guest comes with a really broad perspective. Costanza Sciubba Caniglia is currently a subject-matter expert at Wikimedia, and is a journalist and researcher in political analysis and communications for government and international organizations. I bring Constanza on the show to learn more about the cultural differences with disinformation. …

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The Newsletter as the Ultimate News Format with Arjun Moorthy, Co-Founder and CEO of The Factual 25:02

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Ever find you can’t keep up with the news? In today’s world of 24/7 information – and misinformation – Arjun Moorthy, co-founder of The Factual, came up with a solution to deliver unbiased news and trending topics right to your inbox. I catch up with Arjun to find out how they are solving the problem of misinformation through this format. Arjun has…

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Lessons from the Pro-Truth Movement with Tim Ward, Author 25:06

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Today’s guest is a real expert when it comes to communications. Tim Ward advises, trains and coaches environmental and development organisations to use effective communications to achieve their goals. In this interview we explore what we can learn from the Pro-Truth Pledge – an initiative that promotes truth seeking and rational thinking, particula…

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Building a Strong Media Ecosystem with Dan Gillmor, Co-founder of News Co/Lab 27:43

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Dan Gillmor is an internationally recognized leader in new media and digital media literacy. He's the author of Mediactive, which explores media literacy in the digital age from a journalist’s perspective. He launched The News Co/Lab in 2017, where their mission is to help ensure an informed citizenry – a fundamental building block of democracy. I …

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Nutritional Information for Content with Richard Zack, CEO of Our.News 27:56

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There’s no doubt that the state of fake news today is strong, and today’s guest Richard Zack, CEO & CTO of Our.News, shares how “the Internet is a super spreader event for fake news”. I found today’s conversation empowering as we discussed how the solution to this issue will come from working together. Our.News is on a mission to fight misinformati…

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Blockchain in the Newsroom with Dwayne Desaulniers, Director of Corporate News, Blockchain & Data Licensing at Associated Press 42:03

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It’s been a remarkable 15 years for the news industry. Today’s guest, Dwayne Desaulniers from Associated Press, joins the show to run through their amazing use case with blockchain – calling the election on blockchain. The timing couldn’t be any better with the 2020 US elections. Dwayne started his career in journalism. His fascination with the int…

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“Iffy” Sites with Paul Resnick, Professor at the School of Information, University of Michigan 20:56

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Today’s guest is an expert in identifying real vs fake content that’s circulating across Facebook and Twitter – on a daily basis. Paul is the director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility, University of Michigan, and Paul and his team have developed a way to measure the progress of media platforms at meeting their public responsibilities. …

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Misinformation Cycles with Alan Duke, Co-founder, Lead Stories 46:49

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Alan Duke has had a fascinating career trajectory to date. As a US army veteran, followed by 26 years with CNN, he then co-founded Lead Stories, an innovative fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. The mission of Lead Stories is to help journalists, marketers and others identify and…

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Misinformation vs Disinformation with Pamposh Raina, Independent Journalist 27:00

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Based in New Delhi, Pamposh Raina is an independent journalist. Her recent work has focussed on analysing misinformation and disinformation on social media and closed messaging apps in India. She led a research project commissioned by WhatsApp that analysed the misinformation trends natively on the messaging app during the 2019 Indian parliamentary…

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Context is King with Ed Bice, CEO at Meedan 30:52

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Online Anonymity is to be cherished according to Ed Bice, CEO of Meedan, a global technology not-for-profit that builds software and programmatic initiatives to strengthen journalism, digital literacy, and accessibility of information online and off. In the same breath, however, Ed also calls for a fresh look at how rapidly fake news and damaging d…

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Creating News Literacy with Alan Miller, CEO of the News Literacy Project 25:33

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Alan is the founder and CEO of the News Literacy Project. Established in 2008, this educational nonprofit helped launch the category of news literacy. Following his three-decade journalism career, Alan has also received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize among a dozen other national and state reporting honors. The News Literacy Project provides educators with…

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Information Silos with Nolan Higdon, Author of ‘The Anatomy of Fake News’ 23:01

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For many people Fake News started to be associated with primarily right-wing, Russian issues. This is where today’s guest, Nolan Higdon, steps in. In order to better understand Fake News, we need to understand its history. Nolan’s book ‘The Anatomy of Fake News’ provides a very comprehensive understanding of this. He believes that although we can’t…

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Combatting Information Warfare with Molly McKew, Lead Writer at Great Power 32:21

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“The Internet can be an overwhelming place”, as today’s guest Molly McKew simply highlights. Molly has spent years working in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and the Baltic states, including as an advisor to the Georgian President and National Security Council and the former Moldovan prime minister, and as the strategic director of a project to strength…

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Solving Misinformation through Journalism with Steven Brill, Co-founder and Co-CEO, NewsGuard 23:53

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Misinformation is not new, but the internet has helped scale its reach now more than ever. In today’s episode I’m joined by journalist Steven Brill, who is also the Co-founder and Co-CEO, NewsGuard, Inc, a tool that provides detailed trust ratings for 6,000+ news websites. I’m excited to be joined by Steve as he’s a true expert when it comes to hoa…

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Darts and Letters: Katichisms 1:17:18

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***This concludes our run of playing Darts and Letters on Cited. You will see the occasional episode cross-posted, but not each and every week. So now, if you’ve been listening to Darts and Letters here, it ends! You’ve got to subscribe to the new feed, otherwise you will miss out.*** What’s the matter with Catholics? They are strangely over-repres…

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The Trusted Web Manifesto 15:11

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What if you could simply trust all information on the internet? I’m on the mission to build a Trusted Web for all of us on planet earth. Because to save the world, we need to fix the internet. With this special thing called blockchain timestamps; all content you consume will be transparent and accountable. Welcome to the new default on the internet…

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Darts and Letters: Prison Notebooks 1:01:43

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***We’re continuing to play the first few episodes of our new show, Darts and Letters. We’ll run this to the holidays. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. So subscribe today.*** I can point you to mountains of research about prisons. I can also recommend at least a dozen Netflix documentaries, and highlight a handful of radical activists and schol…

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Darts and Letters: The Conquest of Bread 1:17:13

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***We’re continuing to play the first few episodes of our new show, Darts and Letters. We’ll run this to the holidays. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. So subscribe today.*** You know McKinsey and Co. They worked for a company that was fixing the price of bread in Canada. They helped on Trump’s immigration policies, but their ideas were too ext…

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Darts and Letters: Pew Research Center 1:31:57

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***We’re continuing to play the first few episodes of our new show, Darts and Letters. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. So subscribe today.*** You’ve seen hilarious videos of the evangelicals for Trump. You might be inclined to ignore them, mock their excesses, or dismiss their threat. But the evangelical right is a force to be reckoned with, e…

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Darts and Letters: Trump, interrupted 1:18:23

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***We’re continuing to play the first few episodes of our new show, Darts and Letters. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. So subscribe today. We’re now up on all the places.*** We can breathe a sigh of relief with Biden’s victory, but it ain’t time to check out and go to brunch. Because Trumpism is not going anywhere. In a razor-thin election, Tr…

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Introducing: Darts and Letters 1:15:26

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Introducing Darts and Letters, a show about intellectuals and the work that they do. But it’s not just for the Ivy crowd, it’s for everyone. Even people who hack darts, and people who wouldn’t be caught dead with a New Yorker tote bag. If you like Cited, you’ll like this. We’ll play the first few on the Cited feed. But, subscribe today. In this fir…