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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘Snowden’, Waze Vulnerability, and ‘Textalyzers’

    Edward Snowden is no longer just a symbol of the fight for freedom from surveillance, he’s become a major motion picture. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the whistleblower in Oliver Stone’s “ Snowden ”. The trailer for the film, which opens in September, was released Wednesday.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 28, 2016 • 1 min read

    Edward Snowden is no longer just a symbol of the fight for freedom from surveillance, he’s become a major motion picture. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the whistleblower in Oliver Stone’s “Snowden”. The trailer for the film, which opens in September, was released Wednesday. Xeni Jardin weighs in on that, Waze, and ‘Textalyzers’ in this week’s web roundup.

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    1. 0:30‘Moth Radio’ Helps Berkeley Scientists Map the Brain
    2. 8:40‘Weeding’ Triggers ‘Librarygate’ at Berkeley Public Library
    3. 16:34‘Snowden’, Waze Vulnerability, and ‘Textalyzers’You’re reading this
    4. 25:4140 Years After Ramones Debut, Henry Rollins Reminisces
    5. 41:10Comcast to buy Dreamworks Animation. Is the Mass Media Company Too Massive?
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Xeni Jardin

      BoingBoing.net

      News

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    The Moth Radio Hour Helps Map the Brain, and Henry Rollins on the Ramones
    1. 0:30‘Moth Radio’ Helps Berkeley Scientists Map the Brain
    2. 8:40‘Weeding’ Triggers ‘Librarygate’ at Berkeley Public Library
    3. 16:34‘Snowden’, Waze Vulnerability, and ‘Textalyzers’You’re reading this
    4. 25:4140 Years After Ramones Debut, Henry Rollins Reminisces
    5. 41:10Comcast to buy Dreamworks Animation. Is the Mass Media Company Too Massive?
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand