From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Can humanity survive technology?

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is our last radio broadcast of To the Point.

We started this program 17 years ago. Google and Apple were losing money.

Now 80% of Americans are walking search engines with smartphones. Driverless cars are on the horizon.

Robots already in factories may take over white-collar jobs. We're being warned that our species is subject to capture by artificial intelligence.

In the meantime, social problems aren't going away. We'll trace the rise of the iPhone,

how it's changed our lives for better or worse, and what to expect from technology in the future.

Later on, our talking point, speaking of the future, we'll hear about the next iteration of To the Point.

It's not going away. It's going to be podcasting. First, the news.

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Hello again, Warren. I'm only back with To The Point. Today on our final radio broadcast, we'll look at how new technology has changed everything since we first went on the air in the year 2000. It's Google, the iPhone, and much, much more. Today's talking points on 42 million

Americans listen to podcasts every week. That's more than go to the movies. With To the Point

leaving radio to become a podcast only, we'll hear how audio on demand has become a booming industry.

First, this news update, it's well known that Special Counsel Robert Mueller

is investigating former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Today, the Wall Street Journal

reports that Mueller wants to know about alleged plans to transport a controversial

Muslim cleric from the U.S. to Turkey in exchange for $15 million.

James Grimaldi is a prize-winning, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the journal.

It's great to have you on our program.

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