As smartphones have become integral parts of many people’s lives, you should always be aware of what is going on with your privacy and personal data. And as we ramp up to another round of elections in two years, there is a new frontier in campaign tech and data brokers are collecting your information for political campaigns to buy up. Evan Halper, reporter for the LA Times joins us for how political campaigns are tracking us through our phones and TVs.

Next, as social media amplifies the missteps by brands and big companies, it is forcing them to figure out a rapid response plan: acknowledge, apologize, and investigate… and then hope people forget and it all goes away. Sara Germano, reporter for the WSJ, joins us to talk about crisis management for brands and how long your window of opportunity may be… only 30 minutes in some cases.

Finally, here comes the Space Force!  The president has signed a directive to start the process for creating the Space Force within the Air Force. This is the first step in taking a rally slogan to a real national security entity aimed at protecting our interests in space from threats like China and Russia. Andrew Freedman, science editor at Axios, joins us to break it down. 

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