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Anchor Change with Katie Harbath

Welcome to Anchor Change, where we help you panic responsibly in a chaotic world. I’m Katie Harbath—a Midwesterner living in DC who’s spent two decades navigating impossible tradeoffs at the intersection of tech, politics, and democracy. Each week, I’ll break down the headlines, talk with people forging bold paths, and explore how we can face disruption with clarity and courage. This isn’t about hot takes—it’s about finding steady ground when everything feels uncertain. In a world of complexity,

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34:08

Democracy Works: Helping voters navigate the first...

Anchor Change with Katie Harbath ·

2024/03/07

We’re back! I didn’t intend to take two full months off from the podcast, but as many of you know, I started a new job in January as the Chief Global Affairs Officer of Duco Experts - a technology consulting firm. It has been overwhelming, in a good way, but it took me a bit to get started again with the podcast. I’ve got some exciting guests lined up. I figure we’ll do this season through the end of May, and then I’ll re-evaluate for the rest of the year.To kick things off, I’m excited to have Luis

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31:24

Facebook Turns 20

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2024/02/04

In this special episode of Impossible Tradeoffs, I sit down with Latika Bourke - a journalist who I first met in Sydney ten years ago - who now has her own Substack at . In celebration of Facebook’s 20th birthday we sat down to take a look back at the role the platform has played in politics and elections and what we might expect going forward. Get full access to Anchor Change with Katie Harbath at anchorchange.substack.com/subscribe

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41:30

Lessons in building a safe platform from scratch

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2023/12/28

It’s our last podcast of the year! Thank you all for joining my journey in starting this podcast. As a reminder, I’ll take some time off before restarting episodes in 2024. Don't forget to fill out this short form if you have ideas for what you’d like to see.This week’s fun trade-off is:For our last guest of 2023, I’m welcoming Sarah Oh to the podcast.Sarah is a human rights expert and tech executive who has worked at Meta, Twitter, and, most recently, Pebble. Pebble worked a lot like Twitter, but

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44:44

Elections in Mexico

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2023/12/21

You all like your guacamole! In last week's poll, 64% of you voted for it over queso. I have friends who have strong feelings on either side of this debate. Maybe someday I’ll expand this podcast beyond just impossible tradeoffs in tech. By the way, I’m on team queso.This week’s fun tradeoff question is:This week, we are traveling to Mexico. They will have their elections on June 2, 2024. Mexico’s presidents are limited to one term and only get elected every six years. That’s part of the reason it

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50:23

The Evolution of Trust and Safety

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2023/12/14

There are only a few more episodes of Impossible Tradeoffs for 2023! Today’s fun tradeoff question is a real challenge:From past tradeoff questions, most of you who took the polls prefer to live in the city (81%) rather than the country (19%). An equal number of you like to travel by plane and automobile (38%), and 25% of you like to take the train.Also, don’t forget to take this quick survey to let me know your thoughts about the podcast and what you want to see in 2024!Let’s get to this week’s

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41:44

Elections in India

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2023/12/07

Welcome to this week’s podcast. The fun question to kick things off with is …For this week’s podcast, we are heading to India. I’ve been following Indian politics since late 2013 and find it absolutely fascinating. Their elections are unlike any anywhere else in the world.To help us navigate all of that, Shoaib Daniyal joins me from the news website Scroll India. Shoaib is the political editor and walks us through everything from the mechanics of how election are run, all the various political

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54:18

Elections in the United Kingdom

Anchor Change with Katie Harbath ·

2023/11/30

Hi all, we are back after a week break for Thanksgiving with a new episode! This week, I recorded three more interviews, which, along with the ones I already have in the hopper, will take us through December 28th. After that, I plan on taking a short break - no more than a few weeks - to think about how I can make the podcast better. I’ve enjoyed putting it together and so appreciate my guests and you, the listener. To that end, I’d love your feedback. If you have a few minutes, please share your

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43:17

Elections in Africa

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2023/11/16

Hey all, since I’m off elk hunting, there’s no fun question or intro interview for this episode. Instead, we’re going to jump right into the main discussion. This week, I chatted with Phumzile Van Damme, a fellow at Harvard and a long-time expert at the intersection of technology and human rights. She was kind enough to walk me through all things elections on the continent of Africa and the role that technology has played. Get full access to Anchor Change with Katie Harbath at

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60:32

The past, present and future of platforms' approach...

Anchor Change with Katie Harbath ·

2023/11/09

From last week's poll, most of you prefer physical books to digital ones. Physical books won 73 percent to 27 percent. This week’s question is:This week, we are nerding out on all things digital campaigning and the platforms’ approach to elections. First up is my interview with Henri Makembe who is the CEO of Do Big Things - a creative services firm. Henri has a long history of digital campaigns and so we talked a little bit about how the field has evolved the last 15 years and what he’s watching as

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61:32

Biden's AI executive order and all things European...

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2023/11/02

Welcome to another episode of Impossible Tradeoffs! Thank you all for bearing with me as I get used to being a podcast host. Listening to this latest episode, I realize I use some phrases a lot - like I’m always very excited for my guest. I'm going to work on standardizing some of these things.But this is another interesting episode — first, the fun tradeoff. Last week, many of you said you’d prefer to get up for a 6 a.m. flight than take a red eye. This week, the question is: Would you rather read

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64:01

From the inside: When platforms engage with government

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2023/10/26

I have to apologize to you all. I forgot to put a poll in last week’s podcast notes about our fun tradeoff, which was how you would want to unwind.I won’t make that same mistake this week! The hard question for you today is:This week, we are joined by a bunch of exciting guests.First up is Diane Chang.Diane is a journalist-turned-product manager and was most recently Meta's election integrity product manager. She is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia

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60:51

Elections galore in Latin America

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2023/10/19

We’re back after a week off! At the beginning of this month, I was freaking out that scheduling guests was going slower than expected. However, in the last ten days, I’ve recorded six episodes (including this one) and one more to come. In the hopper includes conversations on India, the European Union, Africa, the United Kingdom, the history of tech policies on elections, and jawboning.This week, I first welcome Dina Sadek from the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, where she has been

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58:16

Yoel Roth on hard tradeoffs, speaking publicly and...

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2023/10/05

Turns out I’m in the minority for last week’s fun tradeoff - 72% of you said you would choose the beach over going to the lake.This week’s question is, would you order pancakes or waffles?This week, I’m joined by two fabulous guests - Josh Lawson and Yoel Roth.Josh was a colleague of mine at Facebook and is now doing work with the Aspen Institute on AI, elections, and trust. He’s my guest host this week, and we open the show looking at the Supreme Court deciding to take up the Texas and Florida

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54:08

What you need to know about the Indonesia elections

Anchor Change with Katie Harbath ·

2023/09/28

Welcome to the second Impossible Tradeoffs podcast! This week’s fun, hard question is: Would you rather go to the lake or the beach? Vote below on what you would choose, and feel free to debate it in the comments!I’m solo this week for the opener, so I tried out sharing all my hot takes on:* The elections coming up in Slovakia and Poland.* My takeaways from Bruce Mehlman’s latest quarterly trends report about what is happening in U.S. politics and policy - including AI regulation.* The tech issues

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62:40

How will tech tackle the tsunami of elections in 2024

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2023/09/21

This week, my guest host is Crystal Patterson. She was on my team at Facebook for seven years and now is President of the Washington Media Group. She joins me to answer the hard questions such as if you could only order one of these would you choose french fries or ice cream? We also get into last week’s Congressional gathering on AI with tech executives and how companies will be preparing for the 2024 electionsThen I chatted with Rebecca Thein. Becca worked at Twitter in the pre-Musk times in trust

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Impossible Tradeoffs - Trailer

Anchor Change with Katie Harbath ·

2023/09/05

Technology and democracy are at a crossroads. Technology can potentially empower people and make our democracies more responsive. Or technology can be used to manipulate and divide us.Welcome to Impossible Tradeoffs. I’m Katie Harbath. In this weekly podcast, we’ll talk about and analyze the most fascinating headlines. We’ll make predictions about where things are going. And we’ll talk to experts about the challenges we face and how we might look for solutions.I’m a 20-year veteran in the technology

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