Episode 48 - The Right to Be Forgotten
Should people have the right to have their personal data deleted from databases and websites?
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One-Time Pod
One-Time Pod explores the history of cryptography through episodes produced by students in Derek Bruff's first-year writing seminar at Vanderbilt University.
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Episode 47 - PRISM
After Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA's surveillance programs, how can Americans trust their government again?
Episode 46 - USA PATRIOT Act
Did the US government create a surveillance state in its response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
Episode 45 - The Fourth Amendment
Can the US Constitution keep up with changing surveillance technology?
Episode 44 - P vs. NP
What might happen if all modern encryption techniques are rendered useless?
Episode 43 - Cicada 3301
Who is behind one of the internet's most intricate and mysterious scavenger hunts?
Episode 42 - The Border Exception
Why are privacy rules for people entering the US so different from the rules that apply within the US?
Episode 41 - Facial Recognition
What happens if facial recognition technology is used to exert government power?
Episode 40 - Gait Recognition
How might our lives change when we can be identified just by the way that we walk?
Episode 39 - The Crypto Wars
How much privacy does the American public deserve?
Episode 38 - Carpenter v. United States
Is it legal for police to track suspected criminals using location data from their cellphone providers?
Episode 37 - TikTok
Should users of apps like TikTok fear that their data may fall into the wrong hands?
Season 4 Introduction
Welcome to Season 4 of One-Time Pod. Each student-produced episode tells a story from the recent history of cryptography, one that explores...
Episode 36 - Musical Cryptography
How can you hide a message in a piece of music? Today on One-Time Pod, Audrey explores musical steganography, with examples from classical t...
Episode 35 - The Lorenz Cipher
Sure, breaking the Enigma was hard. But breaking the Lorenz cipher? Without having even seen a Lorenz machine? That’s impressive. Spencer ta...
Episode 34 - The McCormick Cipher
His death was mysterious enough. But when encrypted messages were found on his body, things got weird. Chandu explores the McCormick cipher...
Episode 33 - Jefferson's Wheel Cipher
Thomas Jefferson… diplomat, politician, and cryptographer? On today’s One-Time Pod, Stella hops in her time machine to talk with a founding...
Episode 32 - W. B. Tyler
It took 150 years, but a cipher challenge posed by none other than Edgar Allen Poe was finally solved. Who was W. B. Tyler and why were his...
Episode 31 - The Unabomber Ciphers
Twenty years after the Unabomber’s arrest, the FBI published his encrypted journals. Kellia steps into the mind of a killer on today’s One-T...
Episode 30 - Hieroglyphics
In today’s One-Time Pod, Daniel explores the parallels between breaking codes and uncovering a lost language.