The first episode of the Ada's Sisters podcast introduces co-hosts Angela Misri and Eden Spodek as they discuss the digital culture they are surrounded by and the technology they both love. Starting with the short-lived Instagram ban on #curvee and then delving into vocal fry, they have lots to say about both along with Natalie Zina Walschot's update on Gamergate one year later.

The background music is 'Funky Element' from BenSound.com and is used with attribution.

Episode 1: #curvee, Gamergate, vocal fry and who is Ada Lovelace?

This was a special episode we recorded using BLAB featuring a panel discussion with Connie Crosby (@conniecrosby) and Kim Vallee (@kimvalee)

Episode 13: Panel discussion on working for exposure vs working for cash

IBM has once again proved how disconnected it is from the general population by offending more than half of it with their #hackyourhairdryer campaign aimed at women in STEM professions.

Fortunately, both France and the Donald threw out the idea of banning public wi fi (because terrorists are easily dissuaded from their targets by using a data plan to communicate) so maybe IBM won't be able to stick their entire foot in their mouth digitally.

But just in time to restore our faith in the world, a Girl Scout group in Orange County, Florida just earned their STEM badges.

All this AND a talk about Trudeau gracing the pages of Vogue magazine means this is a podcast you MUST listen to.

Episode 18: A STEM badge, Vogue, WiFi anti-terrorism, #hackyourhairdryer

Oh Steve Harvey, it could have happened to anyone, but not everyone would be able to recover from naming the wrong Miss Universe, with a photo and a tweet.

Was 2015 the year of Open Source? According to Wired Magazine it was. And on the other side of the spectrum, you’ve got FastCo predicting the End of the Infographic.

Think you’re gluten-intolerant? Yeah, you and everyone else. Now, if you’re really gluten-intolerant, you might be interested in the Nima food detector.

And our tooltip for this week comes from the AppSumo newsletter and it’s called the PushBullet.

Episode 20: Steve Harvey, Nima, gender bias in animation, and the death of the infographic

We loved the Golden Globes support of Amy Poehler’s #SmartGirlsAsk campaign, encouraging people to ask the kinds of questions of actresses that are worthy of them. 

We think that’s fabulous. 

We also think Carrie Fisher is three kinds of fab for her response to the body-shamers who attacked her on social media after her stellar appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The Code-a-pillar from Fisher Price is one of the cool items that popped up around CES 2016, and we also love the Prizm — we’ll tell you why.

And we’re NOT SORRY to tell you about the new ‘Just Not Sorry’ Chrome extension that will help all of us limit our ‘dampening phrases.’

Episode 21: CES 2016, Code-a-pillar, Just not sorry extension & Carrie Fisher

Ada's Sisters is a weekly podcast about technology and digital culture hosted by Angela Misri and Eden Spodek.