Marketplace Tech

Meghan McCarty Carino

Booking Overview

A weekday technology news and explainer show focused on the digital economy, with brief episodes combining host-led reporting and interviews with journalists, researchers, technical experts, and people with relevant firsthand experiences. Credible pitches include AI researchers, cybersecurity specialists, technology executives, consumer-tech experts, and authors or journalists who can explain timely developments; booking difficulty is medium because opportunities are editorially driven and highly topical.

Metrics

Episodes: 150

Frequency: Daily

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 160.0k subscribers

Instagram: 85.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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podcasts@americanpublicmedia.org

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Host

Meghan McCarty Carino - Technology and business journalist and host covering the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and the changing technology industry.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Technology journalists, AI researchers and writers, technical specialists, consumer-technology experts, and people with directly relevant firsthand experiences.

Required Achievements:

Specialized expertise in artificial intelligence or digital technology, Published technology journalism or research, A distinctive firsthand experience illustrating the impact of technology on consumers

Recent Guest Discussions

Will Oremus - AI Model Behavior, Social Media Policy For Children, And Apple’s Device-leasing Plans.

Dillon Thompson - The Difficulties Of Resolving Consumer Issues Through AI Chatbots And Automated Customer Service.

Janelle Shane - Why Large Language Models Retain Seemingly Random Or Irrelevant Personal Details.

Recent Topics

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, Technology, Cybersecurity, Consumer Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Marketplace Tech

The cost of digitally disconnecting

September 22, 2026

Sure, you can put down your phone and go touch grass for free. But for those looking for a little help committing to a more disconnected lifestyle, there's a growing market of products and services from retreats to apps to devices that promise to supercharge your ability to unplug — for a price. Paula Mejia has covered the booming digital detox industry for Mother Jones, and spoke with “Marketplace Tech” host Meghan McCarty Carino about her reporting.More on this:“Adventures in Unplugging” fr...

How attitudes toward AI differ across generations

September 21, 2026

At this point we've probably all been a part of heated dinner conversations about AI. Rana el Kaliouby has them almost nightly at home. She's an AI scientist and investor who hosts the podcast Pioneers of AI. But her own daughter is an AI skeptic, her teenage son, on the other hand, is an AI super user — which makes for some pretty interesting conversations at home.

Trump rejects AI's "effective altruism" movement

September 18, 2026

Congress is looking to rein in Flock cameras; plus, Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos are real.But first, it's been a wild week in AI. After the freakout over an Anthropic researcher quitting in protest last week, CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI, and his counterpoints Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed. President Donald Trump? Not so much. He called fears of rogue AI a hoax, and even went after a niche intellectual community that's deeply invested in AI safety: the Eff...

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