The "Infocalypse," Conspiracies, and the Future of the Internet With BuzzFeed's Charlie Warzel (Ep. 334)

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 86 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by BuzzFeed senior writer Charlie Warzel to discuss the information war on the internet (6:00), the power of conspiracies (17:00), the idea of internet vigilantes (22:00), translating computer crimes into movies (38:00), misusing the internet (52:00), and the power of Twitter (1:02:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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