Doorbell cameras, license plate readers, and social media platforms are just a few of the tech products that make up an ever-growing surveillance network in the United States. ICE’s use of surveillance tools as part of its immigration crackdown has brought that into focus. On today’s show, Kimberly talks with investigative journalist and co-founder of 404 Media Joseph Cox about the growth of the American surveillance state and simple steps you can take to protect your privacy.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet" from 404 Media
• "Surveillance company Flock generates controversy, and L.A. customers" from The L.A. Times
• "Ring Ends Deal to Link Neighborhood Cameras After Backlash to Super Bowl Ad" from The New York Times
• "All the Ways Big Tech Fuels ICE and CBP" from Wired
• "Inside a Powerful Database ICE Uses to Identify and Deport People" from 404 Media

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This week’s launch of Artemis II marked the first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years. This time around, the spaceflight industry looks pretty different, with private companies playing a more dominant role. On today’s show, Kimberly gets into the future of NASA and the commercial space sector with Ars Technica’s senior space editor Eric Berger. Plus, why are we going back to the moon, anyway?

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "Artemis II is unlikely to be the cultural touchstone Apollo 8 was, and that's OK" from Ars Technica
• "Isaacman aims to reinvigorate NASA’s image, starting with the moon" from Politico
• "Trump FY2027 NASA Budget Supports Moon Missions, But Cuts Everything Else" from SpacePolicyOnline.com
• "Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX’s I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk’s Grok" from The New York Times
• "SpaceX quietly files for big bang IPO" from SpaceNews
• "Artemis II: What's on the Menu?" from NASA
• "Astronaut Reid Wiseman was wrong about how rockets get to space" from Marketplace

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Happy first tariff-versary? Despite the fact that many of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs were recently struck down, small businesses across the country are still dealing with the aftermath. On today’s show, Kimberly talks with two small business owners: Justine Kahn, founder of Botnia Skincare in Sausalito, CA and Will Sissle, owner of Sissle & Daughters Cheesemongers & Grocers in Portland, ME, about how they’ve navigated a year of tariffs.