One-Time Pod

One-Time Pod

One-Time Pod explores the history of cryptography through episodes produced by students in Derek Bruff's first-year writing seminar at Vanderbilt University.

Episodes

August 12, 2021 9 mins
Should people have the right to have their personal data deleted from databases and websites?
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After Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA's surveillance programs, how can Americans trust their government again?
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August 10, 2021 10 mins
Did the US government create a surveillance state in its response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
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August 9, 2021 10 mins
Can the US Constitution keep up with changing surveillance technology?
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August 8, 2021 9 mins
What might happen if all modern encryption techniques are rendered useless?
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August 7, 2021 19 mins
Who is behind one of the internet's most intricate and mysterious scavenger hunts?
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August 6, 2021 10 mins
Why are privacy rules for people entering the US so different from the rules that apply within the US?
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August 5, 2021 11 mins
What happens if facial recognition technology is used to exert government power?
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August 4, 2021 8 mins
How might our lives change when we can be identified just by the way that we walk?
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August 3, 2021 11 mins
How much privacy does the American public deserve?
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August 2, 2021 10 mins
Is it legal for police to track suspected criminals using location data from their cellphone providers?
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August 1, 2021 9 mins
Should users of apps like TikTok fear that their data may fall into the wrong hands?
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July 29, 2021 3 mins
Welcome to Season 4 of One-Time Pod. Each student-produced episode tells a story from the recent history of cryptography, one that explores the role of encryption in the world today.
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December 19, 2019 11 mins
How can you hide a message in a piece of music? Today on One-Time Pod, Audrey explores musical steganography, with examples from classical to trance.
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December 18, 2019 9 mins
Sure, breaking the Enigma was hard. But breaking the Lorenz cipher? Without having even seen a Lorenz machine? That’s impressive. Spencer takes us to Bletchley Park in today’s One-Time Pod.
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December 17, 2019 10 mins
His death was mysterious enough. But when encrypted messages were found on his body, things got weird. Chandu explores the McCormick cipher on today’s One-Time Pod.
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December 16, 2019 11 mins
Thomas Jefferson… diplomat, politician, and cryptographer? On today’s One-Time Pod, Stella hops in her time machine to talk with a founding father about his little known cipher machine.
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December 13, 2019 10 mins
It took 150 years, but a cipher challenge posed by none other than Edgar Allen Poe was finally solved. Who was W. B. Tyler and why were his cryptograms so hard to crack? Wayne explores the mystery of Tyler’s cryptograms on today’s One-Time Pod.
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December 12, 2019 9 mins
Twenty years after the Unabomber’s arrest, the FBI published his encrypted journals. Kellia steps into the mind of a killer on today’s One-Time Pod.
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December 11, 2019 9 mins
In today’s One-Time Pod, Daniel explores the parallels between breaking codes and uncovering a lost language.
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