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Episode 650: The Business Genius Behind Get Out

By Steve Henn • Mar 29, 2017

This episode first ran in 2015.

Get Out is a comic film. Get Out is a horror movie. Get Out is serious commentary. It's hard to say what exactly Get Out is, but it is definitely a blockbuster. Which is surprising, because it was made by a company which totally rejects the blockbuster model: Blumhouse Productions.

A/B Testing Goes Mainstream: Used By Stores, Campaigns, Even Schools

By Steve Henn • Dec 29, 2015

App Allows Shy Students To Ask Questions Anonymously

By Steve Henn • Nov 6, 2015

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

As New Tools Bust Down Barriers For The Blind, Schools Struggle To Keep Up

By Steve Henn • Nov 5, 2015

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

Tech Company Hyperloop Doesn't Pay Its Employees — At Least Not In Cash

By Steve Henn • Oct 15, 2015

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:

How Skyscraper Construction Ties Into Tech Bubbles

By Steve Henn • Oct 8, 2015

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Now let's report on a sign of prosperity, or maybe a sign of a false prosperity, a possible bubble in the tech industry. Here's Steve Henn of NPR's Planet Money.

M. Night Shyamalan Embraces Latest Hollywood Trend: Low-Budget Films

By Steve Henn • Sep 17, 2015

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

How The Architect Of Netflix's Innovative Culture Lost Her Job To The System

By Steve Henn • Sep 3, 2015

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Netflix's Parental Leave Plan Is Groundbreaking — And Unlikely To Spread

By Steve Henn • Aug 6, 2015

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Letting Go Of The Wheel: How Google Is Easing People Into Self-Driving Cars

By Steve Henn • Jul 31, 2015

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Remembering When Driverless Elevators Drew Skepticism

By Steve Henn • Jul 31, 2015

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

A Suit That Turns A Person Into A Robot (Sort Of)

By Steve Henn • Jun 11, 2015

A few years ago, the Defense Department invited researchers from around the world to build robots that could respond to disasters. The machines were supposed to go up stairs, drive a car and clear debris.

The competition to test the robots was last week. For many of the robots, it did not go well.

Silk Road Founder Sentenced To Life In Prison

By Steve Henn • May 29, 2015

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Robots Are Really Bad At Folding Towels

By Steve Henn • May 19, 2015

Seven years ago, Pieter Abbeel set out on a quest: to teach a robot how to fold laundry. This proved to be a remarkably difficult task — and the difficulty of the task illuminates some key things about the limits of machines.

Abbeel, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, named his robot BRETT — short for the "Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks."

Electric Carmaker Tesla To Sell Batteries Designed To Power Homes

By Steve Henn • May 1, 2015

Why Do Courts Still Deliver Many Legal Documents By Hand?

By Steve Henn • Apr 22, 2015

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Clinton's Private Email Server Has Advantages, Vulnerabilities

By Steve Henn • Mar 5, 2015

How Banks Are Transforming Canada's Cannabis Industry

By Steve Henn • Feb 11, 2015

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Federally Regulated Banks Begin To Work With States' Pot Businesses

By Steve Henn • Feb 6, 2015

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

We've been hearing a lot about how hard it is to do banking when the business is selling marijuana.

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Even though in 23 states, medicinal marijuana is legal.

Silk Road Operator Ross Ulbricht Convicted On All Counts

By Steve Henn • Feb 4, 2015

Finding, Selling Flaws In Apple's Code Can Be Lucrative Work

By Steve Henn • Jan 14, 2015

Every time there is a big new release of some Apple software or operating system, hackers get to work — finding a flaw in Apple's computer code can be very lucrative. Criminals and even governments are willing to pay top dollar for the ability to get inside our iPhones.

Jury Selection To Begin For Accused Silk Road Mastermind

By Steve Henn • Jan 13, 2015

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Sony Hack Highlights The Global Underground Market For Malware

By Steve Henn • Dec 26, 2014

There are global underground markets where anyone can buy and sell all the malicious code for an attack like the one North Korea is accused of unleashing on Sony Pictures.

U.S. Authorities Investigate, Sony Reels From Computer Hack

By Steve Henn • Dec 19, 2014

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

'Jackie' From 'Rolling Stone' UVA Story Among Latest Doxing Victims

By Steve Henn • Dec 10, 2014

Over the weekend, a conservative blogger published what he claims is the real name of the alleged victim in Rolling Stone's discredited gang rape story. It's the latest example of what's become known as doxing — distributing personal information about someone online in an effort to embarrass, frighten or intimidate. Doxing has become increasingly common during highly charged news events by aggressive partisans on the left and right.

Silk Road Drug Market Was An Economic Experiment Gone Wrong

By Steve Henn • Dec 2, 2014

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

Free Voice-Control Software Helps Tiny Start-Ups Build Big Ideas

By Steve Henn • Nov 14, 2014

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Competition Brews In the World Of Mobile Payments

By Steve Henn • Oct 27, 2014

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

To Get Women To Work In Computer Science, Schools Get Them To Class

By Steve Henn • Oct 23, 2014

When Women Stopped Coding

By Steve Henn • Oct 21, 2014

Modern computer science is dominated by men. But it hasn't always been this way.

A lot of computing pioneers — the people who programmed the first digital computers — were women. And for decades, the number of women studying computer science was growing faster than the number of men. But in 1984, something changed. The percentage of women in computer science flattened, and then plunged, even as the share of women in other technical and professional fields kept rising.

What happened?

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