Best Torn Digital Podcasts (2025)

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Matt Jones – Planetary Energy System Changes at Street Level 21:27

9M ago21:27

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”We don’t have an energy problem, we have a matter problem.” Matt Jones (he/him) has been designing digital products and services since 1995. Most recently he was Head of Design at Lunar Energy, a company building the world’s best clean energy products to deliver home electrification at scale. From 2013-2021 he worked at Google as a Principal Desig…

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Györgi Gálik – Structuring Structures: Infrastructures of Social Scale 19:21

9M ago19:21

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This century will be defined by society’s capacity to respond to climate breakdown. It’s not going to be like the movies, a CGI spectacle of eschatological earthquakes and meteorites. Climate breakdown is a slow and terrifying disaster. Györgi Gálik, City Transitions Co-Lead at Dark Matter Labs, emphasises our need to have an honest understanding o…

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Somya Joshi – Resource Frontiers of AI 9:09

9M ago9:09

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“Could AI ever be a common pool of resources?” Researcher Somya Joshi makes a compelling observation: the same extractive narratives of 19th century industrialisation are being reproduced today in our venture to conquer the AI ecosystem. Somya highlights how major technological shifts such as the Green Revolution relied on the premise that automati…

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Trudy Painter – Algorithms behind AI - A case for technical literacy in AI 12:33

9M ago12:33

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“It’s very fun to make AI tools magical. [...] But when you make AI feel airy, you remove the possibility for people to ask questions. So it’s better to make it approachable.” Trudy is an active technology enthusiast who is convinced that AI tools can be as useful as electricity. By providing real-life examples and related metaphors of ceramic mugs…

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Laura Feinstein from Manufacturing Materiality 17:35

9M ago17:35

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Kickstarter helps bring projects to life and as the first crowdfunding platform with $7 billion pledged and 239,000 projects funded, so what new concepts have emerge with this aid? In the session Laura Feinstein, Senior Design and Tech Editor at Kickstarter, dives into how fashion and textile creators are breaking out of labs and turning cutting-ed…

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Andie Nordgren – Agency in Code Landscapes - The Case for Maintenance 17:21

9M ago17:21

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“Software is an interesting medium. At least in theory, once you make something and it doesn’t become successful, it doesn’t cost anything to change your mind. You can just stop running it.” Software is built upon software, forming a complex and often invisible dependency tree. This is the world Andie Nordgren (she/her) navigates, where large and a…

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Q&A Structuring Structures 14:05

9M ago14:05

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Q&A from the session Structuring Structures with Jenny L Beijar, Marco Guadarrama, Emily Best, Sarah Watson and Györgi GálikBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes from Time, Trust and Wisdom 16:08

9M ago16:08

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“We are the time travelers we’ve been waiting for”. Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes – Gust for short – founder of Temporality Lab, takes us on a whirling tour of wisdom on the philosophy of time and temporality. Or should we say, temporalities. For every society has had distinct experiences of being, doing and existing in their relationship with time. …

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Q&A Shifting Systems 10:57

9M ago10:57

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The Q&A session from Shifting Systems with Dan Shefet and Dr. Katlyn TurnerBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Monika Jiang from Time, Trust and Wisdom 11:52

9M ago11:52

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“Underneath the experience of loneliness is always a longing”. It is not part of our human nature to isolate ourselves from others – yet this is increasingly the reality of modern-day societies. Our physical environments (such as car-centric cities and single-person homes), our technologies (such as social media), and our attitude towards work (i.e…

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Dan Shefet from Shifting Systems 24:46

9M ago24:46

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What connects Leonardo DiCaprio with the Grateful Dead, a 16th century Dutch diplomat, and a tech CEO recently arrested in a French airport. To answer we have to zoom out and look back. Ten years after three days ago, the last decade of the old millennium, revolutionary 1789, and further back still. Where did we come from and where are we going? Da…

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Jenny L Beijar & Marco Guadarrama – What made you feel safe at home? 15:58

9M ago15:58

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Think about your childhood – what made you feel safe at home? For many of us, our childhoods were unplugged. Now, times have changed. We’re wired into tech at every turn. Parents have turned into safety officers—some offering trust and guidance, others building walls of protection. But for kids, the question is "What’s lurking in the dark?" IKEA, i…

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Emily Best & Sara Watson – A People’s History of Tech Includes You 16:33

9M ago16:33

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“Almost everyone has a story connected to their mobile phone. They are deeply personal and interconnected with our daily lives.” But what if technology isn't just what we do, but how we feel? Emily and Sarah knew this truth. Their experiences with tech left deep imprints, revealing that while Silicon Valley excels at innovation, it often overlooks …

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Tony Olsson – Beyond the Threshold 13:36

9M ago13:36

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“When we know who enters what, we can also adapt the situation accordingly” As a part of the session ”Entangled and Enmeshed”, Tony Olsson shares with us his experience of working on UX design for access control management products. Tony (he/him) has been in the tech industry for many years, including at companies like Assa Abloy who, through their…

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Dr. Katlyn Turner – Paradigms of Waste, Equity and Consumption 22:40

9M ago22:40

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Katlyn’s talk digs deep into a critical question: "How did we get here?" She challenges us to confront a deeply embedded paradigm—the "Twin Transition" of sustainability and digitalization. She covers three aspects. First, she critiques how we define environmental impact as caused by CO2, ignoring the other serious issues this oversimplified focus …

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John De La Parra - Decoding the Magic and Mystery of our Food 22:49

9M ago22:49

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“As we eat food we are consuming things that we don’t even know what’s in there, because they are unknown and we don’t even know where to look for them.” What really makes up the food we eat? Dr. John De La Parra (he/him) invites us to decode the magic and mystery of our food, challenging the conventional ways we understand its composition and impa…

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Joshua Idehen – Mom Does The Washing 7:10

9M ago7:10

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“We are living in a world where we do not agree.”The spoken word artist Joshua Idehen kicks off the session by delivering a humorous performance about the flaws of various ideologies, the world according to your mom, doing the washing. Aiming to unite the audience through music, he showcases the power of humor, language and love when speaking acros…

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Joshua Idehen – Stretch for The Stars 12:17

9M ago12:17

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By Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Valeria Adani – Designing for Trust 16:35

9M ago16:35

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“Trust is an outcome – not something you can design for.” For many years designers and users alike have been pushing for “seamless” technologies and services – but this approach has not always prioritised safety, privacy, and TRUST. We’ve been obsessed with making things easy to use, rather than making things that are transparent, accountable, and …

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Q&A Time, Trust and Wisdom 14:29

9M ago14:29

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The Q&A from session Time, Trust and Wisdom with Monika Jiang, Gustavo Noguiera de Menezes and Valeria AdaniBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Q&A Entangled and Enmeshed 2:55

9M ago2:55

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Q&A from the session Entangled and Enmeshed with Andie Nordgren, Tony Olsson and Matt JonesBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Georgina Voss – How To See What's Not There 51:00

9M ago51:00

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Are we in control of technological megasystems, or are they in fact controlling us? By taking on a critical approach to modern technology, Georgina Voss emphasizes the need to collectively challenge the systems that underpin our world.Humans suffer from hubris in terms of using technology to exert control. Voss draws a parallel to the film Jurassic…

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Q&A Planting the Seeds with Jemma Foster and John De La Parra 11:29

9M ago11:29

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The Q&A from the session Planting the Seeds with Jemma Foster and John De La ParraBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Jemma Foster – Listening to and Dreaming with Plants 28:12

9M ago28:12

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”What future will we dream when we dream with plants?” Jemma (she/her) is an artist, writer and curator working with plant intelligence and vibrational medicine. If you wonder what plants sound like – check out this talk. After a guided visualisation, where we imagine going back to a state of being before our human form – we see ourselves as plants…

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Mary Wallace – The AI-Enhanced Consumer 31:01

9M ago31:01

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The Conference's main partner IBM hosted a talk during Wednesday’s Getting Grounded session focusing on approaches on AI, its uses and adaptations and our relation with it. Artificial intelligence provides us with new ways to communicate through products. In her talk, Mary Wallace portrays how AI can be used to improve consumers’ retail experiences…

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Anna Granath and Maria Törn – Why Play is Serious Stuff 27:19

9M ago27:19

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The Conference's partner IKEA hosted a talk during Wednesday’s Getting Grounded session focusing on IKEA most recent findings on play, design and why it all matters more than we think. Why is play important? And why is IKEA so obsessed with playfulness? Anna Granath and Maria Törn are ready to answer those questions, freshly armed with insight from…

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Q&A Late-Stage Digitalization 21:37

9M ago21:37

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The Q&A from the session Late-Stage Digitalization with Somya Joshi and Trudy PainterBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Matt Candy – Successful approaches with Generative AI 42:55

9M ago42:55

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The Conference's main partner IBM hosted a talk during Wednesday’s Getting Grounded session focusing on approaches on AI, its uses and adaptations and our relation with it. Matt Candy presents the numerous opportunities that generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) offers, and provides insight into IBM’s human-centred approach to leveraging new …

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Seán Ronayne – Now What? 43:15

9M ago43:15

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“How do we protect something we do not love and do not understand?”Seán Ronayne is the ornithologist who came up with the idea to sound-record every bird in Ireland, to show the world what beautiful and unique creatures they are. He is also the main character in the documentary Birdsong. With his extraordinary projects capturing soundscapes and ima…

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Q&A from Learning How to Learn 15:01

9M ago15:01

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The Q&A from session Learning How to Learn with Ella Fitzsimmons, James Taylor-Foster and Lore OxfordBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Q&A from Rewilding Us 21:41

9M ago21:41

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The Q&A from session Rewilding Us with Giulia Testa, Michael Kibedi and Seowoo NamBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Michael Kibedi – Human Decentered Design 14:48

9M ago14:48

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“We should look inwards and consider who gets to be called a designer and think of the cultural exclusion that’s happening there.” In this insightful talk, Michael Kibedi (he/him) challenges us to rethink our impact on the earth, ourselves, and our future. He explores how a human-centered economy and isolating technology contribute to environmental…

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Ella Fitzsimmons – What can Magic Teach Us about AI? 14:10

9M ago14:10

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“By adding AI to software we can create something magical.” Ella Fitzsimmons cleverly draws parallels between AI and how magic has been used, portrayed and worked in medieval courts and beyond. It is something that we are fascinated by – a great power that allows us to create something from “thin air” with minimum work. She suggests that we as a co…

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Seowoo Nam – Rewilding (through) Data 9:57

9M ago9:57

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”Climate change is hard to sense but we can try to rewild ourselves by reconnecting our senses to the planet.” Data definitely feels more hard than soft and it’s not something you generally associate with nature. But in her contribution to the session ”Rewilding Us”, Seowoo Nam (she/her) shows how useful it can be for green infrastructures. Current…

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Johanna Koljonen – Closing Remarks from The Conference 2024 6:25

9M ago6:25

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Moderator Johanna Koljonen speaks to a packed Theatre stage before the closing keynote on Wednesday. She talks of the collective dreams that have been manifested through Jemma Foster's Geomantra app and helps us to land in the space of hopefulness and melancholy that is present in them before introducing Nipun Mehta and his keynote on Who Must We B…

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James Taylor-Foster - Worldglimpsing 16:18

9M ago16:18

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“Sometimes one has to travel to another planet in order to understand what is going on in one’s own”. —Trojan Horse James Taylor-Foster explores the meaning and power of design through concepts such as ASMR and LARP-ing. He introduces the audience to the concept of "world glimpsing," where we learn about our own world by experiencing the worlds of …

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Lore Oxford – Ask me Anything: Social Learning in an Antisocial World 16:33

9M ago16:33

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“Through others we become ourselves, we learn, we grow and acquire knowledge”. As society becomes increasingly digital, people become more socially awkward. But, learning through interactions with other human beings is an essential part of life. So how can we learn from each other when there are less opportunities to meet in person? According to Lo…

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Giulia Testa – Rewilding 15:52

9M ago15:52

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“Do we want species to exist only at the bare minimum, just above the threshold of being considered endangered, or do we want a thriving nature?” Giulia Testa’s (she/her) talk dives deep into the concept of shifting baseline syndrome—a gradual change in accepted norms that has led us to unknowingly accept the decline of wildlife populations as "nor…

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Rosa Whiteley - CLIMAVORE 18:17

9M ago18:17

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What does a climavore eat? More than a diet, it’s a call to address the manmade seasons created by pollution, soil exhaustion, and fertiliser runoff. How we structure our food systems in turn structures the environment, directly impacting the climate. Rosa Whiteley is Director of Material Research at CLIMAVORE, a research platform and agency who as…

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Q&A Manufacturing Materiality 18:33

9M ago18:33

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The Q&A from the session Manufacturing Materiality with Rosa Whitely and Laura FeinsteinBy Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Johanna Koljonen - Opening Remarks from The Conference 2024 7:47

9M ago7:47

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Beloved The Conference moderator Johanna Koljonen opens the 2024 edition with restating the question Joshua Idehen asked in his performance: How did you get here? The theme of the first day is a wake-up call – a kind of “oh shit” moment that forces us to turn to that scary corner in the room, but to light it up with rationality, with community, wit…

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Joshua Idehen – How Did I Get Here? 5:34

9M ago5:34

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British artist Joshua Idehen (he/him) opens The Conference 2024 with a spoken word performance in which he asks the audience “how did you get here”. The electrifying performance is an homage to David Byrne’s 1980 track "Once in a Lifetime", originally performed by Talking Heads.By Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

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Nipun Mehta – Who Must We Be? 50:11

9M ago50:11

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”We need to move from transaction to relationship.”Nipun Mehta brings us on a transcendental journey to find our compassionate selves. Through the transforming story of his walking pilgrimage across India, Nipun kicks off by sharing his three key values: success, service and stillness. Further life snippets trigger us to ask ourselves fundamental q…

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Listener Questions 32:42

9M ago32:42

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We dive into your most pressing questions, offering insights, and discussions in this special episode dedicated entirely to answering listener questions. Check us out online: www.instagram.com/kt_studios www.tiktok.com/@officialktstudios www.kt-studios.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Those Left Behind 32:23

9M ago32:23

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In the wake of tragedy, countless victims are left behind. Check us out online: www.instagram.com/kt_studios www.tiktok.com/@officialktstudios www.kt-studios.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Boots on the Ground 36:24

10M ago36:24

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Embedded in Moscow to report on the massacre, a journalist uncovers much more than she anticipated and we explore the controversial Christ Church and its possible effect on the case. Check us out online: www.instagram.com/kt_studios www.tiktok.com/@officialktstudios www.kt-studios.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Obsession 41:21

10M ago41:21

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We explore the phenomena of women obsessed with men behind bars and look at how pop culture and horror films shape our society. Check us out online: www.instagram.com/kt_studios www.tiktok.com/@officialktstudios www.kt-studios.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Change of Venue 26:31

10M ago26:31

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We unpack the most hotly contested pre-trial hearings to date. Check us out online: www.instagram.com/kt_studios www.tiktok.com/@officialktstudios www.kt-studios.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Mind of a Murderer 39:59

10M ago39:59

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We take a deep dive into the many factors believed to shape the mind of a murderer. Check us out online: www.instagram.com/kt_studios www.tiktok.com/@officialktstudios www.kt-studios.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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Pings and DNA Admissibility 42:06

11M ago42:06

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We discuss the cell phone pings and DNA evidence at the center of this case, from admissibility to potential impact during trial. Check us out online: www.instagram.com/kt_studios www.tiktok.com/@officialktstudios www.kt-studios.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts

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