Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences... more
Extremists like Chris Rufo are setting their sites on NPR, and the New York Times is helping them do it.... more
Evan Rachel Wood’s documentary Phoenix Rising paints a horrifying picture of abuse she experienced by Brian Warner, also known as... more
Romeo & Juliet theatre star suffers ‘barrage’ of online racial abuse: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/05/romeo-juliet-theatre-star-suffers-barrage-of-online-racial-abuse Tom Holland Urged to Speak Out After Nearly 900... more
Ever wonder why Google results are getting worse, or why you aren't seeing your friends on Instagram? It's all because... more
Latino immigrant workers died on the Baltimore bridge. More will likely rebuild it: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/04/business/immigrant-workers-baltimore-bridge/index.html Baltimore mayor faces racist attacks after bridge... more
Previously on TANGOTI... This is part two of our two-part look at Dr. Andrew Huberman. If you haven’t listened to part 1,... more
Andrew Huberman is having a rough one after New York Mag published a long read looking into his personal and... more
WE RECORDED OUR UPDATE ON KATE MIDDLETON BEFORE THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED NEWS THAT SHE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH... more
Where is Kate Middleton? https://www.vox.com/culture/24087565/princess-kate-middleton-disappearance-rumors-explained-abdominal-surgery-kensington-palace The Kate Middleton photo scandal is a rare — and consequential — flub / A wave of... more
This week Biden said he would sign legislation into law banning TikTok if congress passes it. TikTok is one step... more
What fake images of Trump with Black voters tell us about AI disinformation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/06/what-fake-images-trump-with-black-voters-tell-us-about-ai-disinformation/ A bill that could lead to a TikTok... more
On this special International Women’s Day episode, Bridget reflects on what honoring women means and talks to NBC’s Ali Vitali... more
The less-than-magical Willy Wonka event, briefly explained: https://www.vox.com/technology/2024/2/28/24086217/willy-wonka-glasgow-scotland Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68412620 Black Nazis? A... more
Here’s Why Everyone’s Watching the ‘Who TF Did I Marry?’ Series on TikTok: https://www.glamour.com/story/heres-why-everyones-watching-the-who-tf-did-i-marry-series-on-tiktok A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by... more
Shafiqah Hudson made the internet better for all of us. In honor of her brilliant life cut tragically short, we’re... more
Meta announces they will stop promoting "political" content, kicks the can on what "political" means. Internet shopping company Temu ran... more
Have you seen trad wife content on social media lately? Bridget joins Sam and ANney over at Stuff Mom Never... more
Listen to Joey breakdown TikTok’s crisis of femininity on Stuff Mom Never Told You: https://omny.fm/shows/stuff-mom-never-told-you/tiktoks-crisis-of-femininity A Straight Woman Walks Into a... more
If anything happens to me, talk to the Barbz. In this episode from 2022, we talk to Kimberly Foster about being... more
WELCOME TO THE THE MELANINOCRACY Get out of the way! It’s Black History Month!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Mf0X1oDHM Universal Music Group to remove songs from... more
Those horrifying deep fake AI images of Taylor Swift that circulated on social media last week are a threat to... more
Kelly Osbourne addresses infamous 2015 remarks about Latinos on 'The View': https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/kelly-osbourne-addresses-infamous-2015-remarks-latinos-view-rcna134755 Researchers Say the Deepfake Biden Robocall Was Likely Made... more
In our last news roundup, Bridget and Mike had conflicting and surprisingly strong feelings about self checkout machines. And it... more
This week on the Patreon: Bridget remembers the time she met Sheryl Sandberg. https://TANGOTI.com/patreon Google promised to delete sensitive location data... more
It’s a new year, which is a great opportunity to take stock of what we’re leaving behind in tech in... more
Happy 2024 - the internet is all scams, lies, baits, Nazis and spiders! Substack has a Nazi problem: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/11/substack-platformer-nazis/ Dating apps are... more
Harvard donor Bill Ackman pushed for the resignation of Harvard's first Black woman president, Dr. Claudine Gay, for what he... more
Happy New Year! We’d intended to air the first newscast of 2024, but instead we have to talk about what... more
Have you been seeing a lot of content on social media romanticizing women not working outside of the home? Jo Piazza,... more
Netflix’s Inventing Anna presents a flashy version of fake German heiress Anna Delvey’s scams. Rachel Deloache Williams was scammed out of... more
Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, two election workers he baselessly maligned in Georgia,... more
We're taking a break from our usual content to share a new podcast from iHeart's Outspoken network, Afterlives: The Layleen... more
Cait Corrain is an author who had a highly anticipated book called Crown of Starlight coming out in May of... more
It’s a Friday news roundup! If you’re new here and looking for a deeper dive into a single topic, check... more
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been let back on Twitter after being banned for building a media empire on the... more
To skip the banter and get straight to the news, skip to 00:04:20 VOTE FOR THE IRL PODCAST TO WIN AN... more
The tech conference Devternity has been canceled (not fake canceled, literally canceled) after allegations that the founder has been inventing... more
We’re soft-launching having a little banter at the top of the episode, but to get straight to the news go... more
Last week, Sam Altman was abruptly fired from Open AI. Don’t worry, he’s already been reinstated. Dr. Misty Heggeness, Associate Professor... more
After being falsely accused of murder in a global scandal screamed from tabloid headlines, these days exoneree, activist, mom, and... more
There’s a lot going on with Twitter! It’s been a few weeks since we’ve done an installment of our segment,... more
Learn more about Joey’s new podcast with Raquel Willis Afterlives: https://www.them.us/story/afterlives-layleen-polanco-trans-incarceration-podcast?utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=them&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social Dear Video Game Industry, Please Name A Woman: https://kotaku.com/pc-gamer-30th-anniversary-women-games-1851021562 FCC moves to help... more
Is it just me or are ads everywhere on TikTok right now? Welcome to TikTok Shop. Is this the new... more
“We got the yacht!” https://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city/season-8/episode-17/videos/sonja-we-got-the-yacht Actors strike wins concessions that will impact AI and streaming for decades: https://www.wired.com/story/hollywood-actors-strike-ends-ai-streaming/ Zuckerberg personally and repeatedly blocked... more
In the wake of Britney Spears’ hit memoir, are social media bots changing the conversation? Bridget does a deep dive... more
Dr. Joy Buolamwini has been raising the alarm about the harm of AI for years, through her research and advocacy.... more
Scream was created against the backdrop of increasing anxiety about tech and media. And the film is practically screaming at... more
Calif. DMV says Cruise hid video of SF crash, suspends driverless car firm's permits: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/cruise-driverless-permits-suspended-dmv-18445296.php Meta and kids lawsuit from 41... more
Julia Mazur, host of the great podcast Pretty Much Done, made an innocuous TikTok about how she spent her weekend... more
Last week, we looked at how Twitter is creating more chaos in the Israel / Palestine conflict. Now, a look... more
On the just launched brand new season of Mozilla’s podcast IRL: Online Life is Real Life, Bridget explores the power... more
The changes Elon Musk has made to Twitter are making it impossible to sort out what’s happening in the Israel... more
Sometimes it’s difficult to remember how far we’ve come in the fight for equality. Kevin Jennings is CEO of Lambda Legal,... more
Want to bring Bridget to your school, job, or event? Email us! Hello@Tangoti.com Bridget on Anita B’s podcast Be The Change: https://anitab.org/b-the-way-forward/ Men Overran... more
In this special episode taped from the iHeart Music Festival in the Bose recording booth, Bridget and Mike talk about... more
Bridget’s other podcast BEEF is nominated for 3 Signal Awards! Can you vote for BEEF to win? Just go to... more
Apple joined the Google Play store in dropping Andrew Tate’s pyramid scheme app. And while Tate was in custody, Just... more
For Bridget's full take on Ashton Kutcher and anti-trafficking work, check out the Patreon: Patreon.com/tangoti Russell Brand accused of sexual assault... more
Spill is a meme forward, highly visual social media platform that is putting power in the hands of the people... more
Bridget is having an “off day” in this one, but Joey helps her through it. Virginia election candidate responds after leak... more
Ashton Kutcher recently wrote a letter to a judge, asking for leniency for his friend and TV co-star Danny Masterson... more
Are you still on Twitter? Over on the Patreon we’re having a conversation about the decision to stay on the... more
Fearless Fund is a Black woman led venture capital firm that offers investment, financial support, and mentorship to Black women... more
Opt out of meta using your facebook to train ai (this isn't a fake fb chain letter, it's real!): https://www.zdnet.com/article/meta-uses-your-facebook-data-to-train-its-ai-heres-how-to-opt-out-sort-of/ College professor... more
It’s been a historic year of wildfires in Canada. But as thousands in the country are trying to safely evacuate,... more
Welcome our producer Joey Patt, who is joining Bridget for their first news roundup! Fresh & Fit, misogynistic manosphere podcast and... more
Hollywood screenwriters and actors have joined workers across the economy to demand better pay, better conditions, and better protections against... more
Listen to TANGOTI producer Joey Patt talk with the hosts of Stuff Mom Never Told You to break down why... more
Writer Jane Friedman has a stellar reputation in publishing. But a huckster, armed with AI impersonations of her writing, was... more
The role of misogynoir and disinformation in the Tory Lanez trial: www.Patreon.com/tangoti Here’s the story on Jane Friedman, the author AI... more
It's the 50th anniversary of hip hop, and that’s a great opportunity for Bridget to dig into one of her... more
Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent: https://apnews.com/article/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-thermo-fisher-scientific-bfba4a6c10396efa34c9b79a544f0729 Uber CEO balks after a... more
We were off last week while Bridget recovered from surgery. But don’t feel bad for her, she’s been screwing up... more
Lena Dunham is in the news, which means a particularly sticky misleading claim about her is, too. We have no... more
Rolling Stone’s Miles Klee has become a target of an extremist harassment campaign after publishing a review of the new... more
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The disgraced CEO of Theranos, the scam blood testing company, built her career with savvy press moves. Now she’s headed... more
Happy Birthday There Are No Girls on the Internet! The podcast turned 3 years old this week! We are officially... more
Bridget has a deeply fascinating and important conversation with the brilliant Vitus Spehar from Under The Desk News about “the... more
Jonah Hill’s ex released some pretty controlling texts from the actor policing her Instagram posts. Keke Palmer’s boyfriend publicly shamed... more
So much happened with Twitter. It broke, or maybe they broke it. Then they broke it more, possibly trying to... more
Fast fashion retailer Shein’s brand trip didn’t quite go as they planned. They sent a group of influencers to China... more
SCOTUS’ affirmative action ruling leaves us mad as hell; Dylan Mulvaney, the trans influencer targeted for extremist hate in the... more
There’s no denying that dating apps, social media, and smartphones have changed the way platonic, romantic, and sexual relationships play... more
There’s a heavy musk of Elon in this episode. He tries to redefine the word ‘cis’ to be a slur... more
On Amazon Prime's new docu series Shiny Happy People, we're given a look into the Duggars' harmful religious ideology. Eve... more
A besmirched radio host sues OpenAI over ChatGPT hallucinations of impropriety. Google rakes in ad cash from anti-choice "pregnancy crisis... more
A few weeks ago in our news roundup we talked about a weird social post from Essence magazine on Viola... more
This week we learned Amazon employees spied on Ring customers, YouTube is rolling back its policy about election disinfo, and... more
When it comes to what’s next in technology and the internet, we’d all benefit from listening to sex workers. Dr.... more
This week, Elon Musk interacted with a fake Twitter account impersonating AOC, which had been banned until he decided to... more
Paris Marx, host of the hit podcast Tech Won’t Save Us says criticism about technology and the people and culture... more
This week we learned that police officers helped the insurrectionists, and that Google never stopped collecting data on visits to... more
When writer, cultural critic and OG Twitter icon Mikki Kendall created the viral hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, she changed the face of... more
We’re doing a new thing where we summarize tech, media, and internet news you may have missed this week. For more... more
In the first episode of our miniseries Present Future, Bridget talks with disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz. After being appointed to... more
There Are No Girls on the Internet is back! And this season we’re diving into the future and making sure... more
VOTE FOR US TO WIN A SHORTY AWARD: TANGOTI.COM/VOTE You can vote every day until 4/26 and it only takes a... more
TikTok disinformation researcher Abbie Richards breaks down the recent TikTok Congressional hearings and why she says a ban on TikTok... more
There's a difference between posting a picture of your child on social media and making a business out of posting... more
There's a difference between posting a picture of your child on social media and making a business out of posting content about... more