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    <title>HACKS | a tech podcast - Episodes Tagged with “What If Phones But Too Much”</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? 
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    <itunes:subtitle>doggedly zeroing in on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? 
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  <title>minisode 003: banderscratch n' sniff</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;it's the all-bro edition of HACKS, as maral and rosemary were both out of reach this week. so rob and simon decided to rewind to the hallowed days of several weeks ago to discuss the relative merits and import of Netflix's foray into interactive storytelling, BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH, aka "wot if your life was a game, mate?". &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;song at the end: foxing, "gameshark" &lt;/p&gt;
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