POLITICO Tech
The POLITICO Tech podcast is your download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. New episodes on Thursdays.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 1025
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The latest tech talk on Capitol Hill
Since taking office last month, President Donald Trump has been driving the tech agenda in Washington. Now, Congress is slowly starting to get back in the game. But the politics around Big Tech are s…
00:14:49 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Is Elon Musk’s AI hoovering up DOGE data?
Elon Musk’s army of government reformers are making sweeping cuts across federal agencies, and the changes often start with getting ahold of the data. That has raised questions and legal complaints a…
00:13:30 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, and the podcaster’s paradox
When it comes to online political culture, few personalities are as influential as Joe Rogan, host of the popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. And if you tune into the show these days, Rogan is a br…
00:15:56 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
The tech agenda to watch from Lutnick and co.
The Senate confirmed Howard Lutnick as the next commerce secretary, meaning the former Wall Street CEO will soon be shaping President Donald Trump’s second-term tech agenda. During Trump’s first stin…
00:22:53 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Will Trump’s antitrust pick be a reset for Big Tech?
President Donald Trump’s nominees are trudging through the Senate confirmation process, including Gail Slater, his pick to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Slater is a well-known ent…
00:16:23 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
A skeptical take on Vance’s AI agenda
Vice President JD Vance laid out an “America First” vision for artificial intelligence at the AI Action Summit in Paris earlier this week. He told world leaders and tech executives that the Trump adm…
00:17:38 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Silicon Valley elites used to be an ATM for Democrats — and they want it back
We’ve talked a lot lately about tech leaders cozying up to President Donald Trump. Well, Democrats are now fighting to reclaim their place as the party of Silicon Valley elites. Or at least, trying t…
00:15:43 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
A futurist’s take on institutional power in a ‘post-human world’
Samantha Radocchia, known more widely as Sam Rad, is an anthropologist and tech entrepreneur who thinks a lot about the future, and has advised organizations like the United Nations and Federal Reser…
00:17:57 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Trump’s quiet cuts at a key cybersecurity agency
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency pursue sweeping cuts across federal agencies, the Trump administration is also scaling back efforts to confront election disinformation. Sever…
00:12:21 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
An AI safety expert’s plea in Paris
World leaders and tech luminaries will be flocking to Paris in the days ahead for the AI Action Summit. These global gatherings started over a year ago, but since then, the international AI agenda ha…
00:20:03 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
Trump’s (latest) tech war with China begins
President Donald Trump may have hit pause on tariffs against Mexico and Canada, but his trade penalties on China are still in place. That includes a 10 percent tariffs on all Chinese imports, includi…
00:17:22 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
This expert says DOGE is a privacy nightmare. Here's why
Elon Musk is moving fast to dismantle and downsize federal agencies. But his Department of Government Efficiency is drawing scrutiny from privacy and cybersecurity advocates, not to mention Democrats…
00:17:23 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
How should states regulate AI? Andreessen Horowitz weighs in.
DeepSeek has stoked fresh concerns in Washington about America’s standing in the AI race. But the real policy action is happening in the states, where legislatures are moving faster than Congress to …
00:16:41 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Why gun safety groups are turning to AI
Everytown for Gun Safety is deploying artificial intelligence in the divisive debate over gun control. And its newly launched chatbot, “Ask Everytown,” will answer questions about gun violence preven…
00:19:23 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
How Trump's AI ambitions are at odds with a wonky energy agency
In order to satisfy AI's big energy demands, President Donald Trump wants data centers to connect directly to power plants. But his plan could face problems because of a wonky federal energy regulato…
00:17:30 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Trump’s real trade fight with China: tech dominance
President Donald Trump is expected to begin his global trade war as soon as Saturday, and the tech industry will surely find itself in the crossfire. His promise to slap new tariffs on China, in part…
00:17:51 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
U.S. vs. China: Japan’s big tech investor picks a side
Three tech executives stood beside President Donald Trump at the White House last week and pledged to spend $500 billion to build AI data centers. Two of them are household names in the U.S. The thir…
00:16:12 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Why everyone is talking about China's DeepSeek
Over the weekend, Silicon Valley had a collective freakout. A Chinese company called DeepSeek released a new artificial intelligence model on par with American rivals, and appeared to do so at a frac…
00:19:01 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Former Rep. Will Hurd on Trump’s tech agenda
President Donald Trump’s first week in office was a fire hose of tech policy news, from executive orders to AI initiatives. To help break down Trump’s tech agenda so far, POLITICO Tech host Steven Ov…
00:18:42 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
Elon Musk has a lot to say. We picked 199 quotes.
A lot has been written about billionaire Elon Musk and his business empire. But his wealth and influence is now greater than ever as he entered the White House this week with President Donald Trump. …
00:19:21 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
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