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One-Time Pod

Derek Bruff

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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Listen to One-Time Pod, a Science & Medicine podcast by Derek Bruff. Stream 52 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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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?

00:11:26Aug 11, 2021

Episode 46 - USA PATRIOT Act

Did the US government create a surveillance state in its response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

00:10:15Aug 10, 2021

Episode 44 - P vs. NP

What might happen if all modern encryption techniques are rendered useless?

00:09:50Aug 8, 2021

Episode 43 - Cicada 3301

Who is behind one of the internet's most intricate and mysterious scavenger hunts?

00:19:33Aug 7, 2021

Episode 37 - TikTok

Should users of apps like TikTok fear that their data may fall into the wrong hands?

00:09:51Aug 1, 2021

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...

00:03:24Jul 29, 2021

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...

00:11:43Dec 19, 2019

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...

00:09:28Dec 18, 2019

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...

00:10:57Dec 17, 2019

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...

00:11:26Dec 16, 2019

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...

00:10:09Dec 13, 2019

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...

00:09:37Dec 12, 2019

Episode 30 - Hieroglyphics

In today’s One-Time Pod, Daniel explores the parallels between breaking codes and uncovering a lost language.

00:09:33Dec 11, 2019