Podcast

In this podcast series, Sebastiaan van der Lans embarks on a journey among thought leaders, discovering how a Trusted Web will arise in this decade – because that’s what we need: a trustworthy and inclusive web, where all generations can find truth and feel safe.

“To save the world, we need to fix the internet.”

Sebastiaan van der Lans,
Founder of the Trusted Web Foundation

Episodes

AI and Search: Exploring the Impact

Listen on: Joost de Valk is an entrepreneur and investor from the Netherlands who is…

Digital Content Provenance

Listen on: My guest and I share a very deep passion for a trustworthy internet,…

Timestamps, Society, and Mass Adoption of a Trusted Web

Listen on: Scott Stornetta is a Grandfather, Teacher, Investor and scientific researcher – and an…

Managing Day-to-day Verifications

Listen on: Karen Mahabir is the AP’s Fact Check and Misinformation Editor, based in New…

Social Media and Trust

Listen on: Amy Mitchell is director of journalism research at Pew Research Center. She is…

Building a Public Consensus on Truth

Listen on: Matt Carmichael is the vice president of editorial and content strategy for Ipsos…

Optimizing Content for Audience Trust

Listen on: Helen Havlak, Vice President of The Verge, shares how the organization has built…

Can Technology Combat Fake News?

Listen on: Henry Pickavet is the editorial director of TechCrunch, which he joined nine years…

The Trust Barometer

Listen on: Tonia Ries has more than 30 years of experience in marketing, research, strategy…

Building Public Trust with Transparency

Listen on: As managing editor, Scott Kraft oversees the Los Angeles Times newsroom, including Column…

Building Trust With The Most Innovative Business Leaders

Listen on: Anyone with an internet connection can be a publisher, so what does it…

Trust and Editing

Listen on: The consumption and distribution of media has changed drastically over the past decade.…

Corrections in The Era of Fake News

Listen on: BuzzFeed is the leading independent digital media and tech company delivering news and…

Disrupting Politics with Non-Partisan Journalism

Listen on: As POLITICO’s Editor-in-Chief, Matt Kaminski oversees all editorial operations of the publication. Starting…

The Power of Progressive Journalism

Listen on: Katherine Bell is Editor-In-Chief at Quartz. She previously served as editor-in-chief of Barron’s…

A Vision For Journalism

Listen on: Christophe Deloire’s career trajectory is impressive. He ran one of the leading French…

Regulations for Misinformation

Listen on: Fil is a Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, and the former director…

Organizing the Fight Against Misinformation

Listen on: ‘Fake news’ has multiple definitions, which can be a problem. Ferdi Özsoy helps…

Correcting Social Media

Listen on: Today’s guest extensively researches about the focus on exposure to and correction of…

Lessons from Philosophy

Listen on: As a Philosopher by trade, Justin McBrayer is not afraid to ask the…

An Evolving Internet

Listen on: A lot has happened since 1994, when David Mikkelson founded the fact-checking website…

Disinformation Across Cultures

Listen on: Today’s guest comes with a really broad perspective. Costanza Sciubba Caniglia is currently…

The Newsletter as the Ultimate News Format

Listen on: Ever find you can’t keep up with the news? In today’s world of…

Lessons from the Pro-Truth Movement

Listen on: Today’s guest is a real expert when it comes to communications. Tim Ward…

Building a Strong Media Ecosystem

Listen on: Dan Gillmor is an internationally recognized leader in new media and digital media…

Blockchain in the Newsroom

Listen on: It’s been a remarkable 15 years for the news industry. Today’s guest, Dwayne…

Nutritional Information for Content

Listen on: There’s no doubt that the state of fake news today is strong, and…

“Iffy” Sites

Listen on: Today’s guest is an expert in identifying real vs fake content that’s circulating…

Misinformation Cycles

Listen on: Alan Duke has had a fascinating career trajectory to date. As a US…

Misinformation vs Disinformation

Listen on: Based in New Delhi, Pamposh Raina is an independent journalist. Her recent work…

Context is King

Listen on: Online Anonymity is to be cherished according to Ed Bice, CEO of Meedan,…

Creating News Literacy

Listen on: Alan is the founder and CEO of the News Literacy Project. Established in…

Information Silos

Listen on: For many people Fake News started to be associated with primarily right-wing, Russian…

Combatting Information Warfare

Listen on: “The Internet can be an overwhelming place”, as today’s guest Molly McKew simply…

Solving Misinformation through Journalism

Listen on: Misinformation is not new, but the internet has helped scale its reach now…

The Trusted Web Manifesto

To save the world, we need to fix the internet. And here's how!