Emerson Collective Podcast ‘Technically Optimistic’ Wants to Save Your Digital Soul
variety.comMatt Donnelly Senior Film Writer As consumers turn apathetic toward information collecting online — and Washington cracks down on foreign-owned apps like TikTok — the urgency of data privacy and protection seems increasingly unavoidable in daily life. “Technically Optimistic,” a podcast from Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective, seeks to address that in ways that don’t make the average listener’s eyes glaze over. “I’m trying to break this information down in a way that my mother-in-law would find interesting,” said Raffi Krikorian, host of the series which began a Season 2 rollout in April.
Krikorian is the chief technology officer at Emerson Collective, which Jobs founded to bolster education, the environment, immigration and health equity through philanthropy.
The portfolio operation also counts a strategic investment in Hollywood production and talent representation firm Anonymous Content.
Krikorian was the first CTO at the Democratic National Committee, in addition to stints at Uber and the former Twitter (now named X).
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