Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

Blocking Big Tech with Kashmir Hill

How soon after waking up do you check your phone? Do you compulsively refresh your Twitter feed? Can you find your way around without Google Maps? There are many obvious and tactile ways in which Silicon Valley has its hooks in our everyday lives. And as we see Big Tech face increased scrutiny, people are becoming more conscious of their interactions with technology: limiting screen time, quitting Facebook, shopping locally instead of using Amazon. But fully divorcing yourself from these companies is a lot harder than you may think, as journalist Kashmir Hill discovered. Just behind our obvious interactions with Big Tech, there are many more invisible ways they touch our lives. This is Kashmir’s story of what happens when you shine a light on those unseen encounters.Email us at WITHpod@gmail.comTweet using #WITHpodRead more at <a href="http://nbcnews.com/whyisthishappening" target="_blank">nbcnews.com/whyisthishappening</a>RELATED READING<a href="https://gizmodo.com/life-without-the-tech-giants-1830258056" target="_blank">Life Without the Tech Giants</a> by Kashmir Hill<a href="https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-paradox" target="_blank">Amazon's Antitrust Paradox</a> by Lina KhanYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/checking-amazon-s-wish-list-stacy-mitchell-podcast-transcript-ncna961391" target="_blank">Amazon's Wish List with Stacy Mitchell</a> (released Jan 22)

Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening?

This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them join Chris to break it all down and help him get a better night’s rest. “Why is this Happening?” is presented by MSNBC and NBCNews Think.