The Great Indoors

Who Gets to Learn from AI? Equity, Access, and the New Digital Divide

A modern AI education has to wrestle with more than just new tools. It has to ask deeper questions, like how do we understand the models we’re building? Who trains them? And who actually gets access to the results?To explore those questions, Matthew Roberts is joined by Dr. Kiesha King, Head of Education Strategy, as they compare the classroom to the boardroom on technology readiness. With this in mind, they look at the ethics, equity, and access challenges of artificial intelligence, discussing the models that can both empower and exclude. And despite all the innovation, Dr. King makes it clear why the teacher still matters. Finally, they look at both the promise and the pressure of AI in education, taking a close look at over-reliance, protection laws, and the other checks that need to be in place. If you want to understand how people are really learning with AI, let this episode be your lesson.

The Afterlife of Data – What Happens to Your Data When You Die?

Are you ready for an uncomfortable question… What happens to your data after you die?Buckle up — in this episode, Matthew Roberts is joined by Carl Öhman, Associate Professor at Uppsala University and author of The Afterlife of Data, to explore what becomes of our personal information after death and the ethical, political, and cultural consequences of our digital legacies.Tune in as Matt seeks Carl’s perspective on what happens when today’s tech giants gain access to the data of millions of deceased users. Together, they dive into how “death data” might be regulated, monetized, and ultimately controlled. From advertising and memorialized profiles to data ownership and the recording of history, this episode opens Pandora’s box at the intersection of morality, business, and memory.This episode may not have all the answers, but it undeniably has all the questions you should be asking.

How to Make the Wrong Data Right: Addressing Hidden Bias in Healthcare

Modern technology doesn’t run on code alone, it runs on data. Generated constantly and often invisibly, it shapes how our health is understood, and few people understand this better than Sheena Franklin.Joining Matthew Roberts in this episode, Sheena is a digital health founder, women’s health advocate, and recognized voice in inclusive data and AI policy. Together, they unpack the historical biases embedded in clinical research, the challenges of unstructured and siloed healthcare data, and the growing role of wearables, AI, and regulation in shaping modern care.The conversation looks beyond innovation to stewardship, examining who owns health data, how it is governed, and why women’s health has become a catalyst for broader transformation across the healthcare ecosystem.Technology is only as powerful as the care and consideration behind it—this episode is a reminder of what’s at stake, and who the future of healthcare is really being built for.

Twelve Months On: Marcus Collins and the Reality Check for Culture

In his second appearance on The Great Indoors, Marcus Collins, cultural strategist and best-selling author, returns to pick up where we left off in Season Nine. Over the past twelve months, culture, technology, and commerce have moved fast, but not always forward. This conversation revisits the ideas that defined our last discussion and stress tests them against a year marked by generative AI acceleration, shifting cultural power, brand anxiety, and renewed questions around meaning, identity, and trust. Together, we explore what these developments mean for Marcus’s work today, and for anyone tasked with building relevance, resonance, and responsibility in an increasingly automated world. A grounded, incisive dialogue on culture not as a trend to chase, but as a force to understand, especially when the ground keeps moving.

Closing the door on 2025 - What 2025 Revealed, and What 2026 Will Demand

2025 was supposed to be a year of stability for telecom. Instead, it exposed where the industry’s assumptions no longer held.In this opening episode of The Great Indoors, now in its 11th season, Matthew Roberts is joined by Craig Moffett who is a co-founder and senior analyst at MoffettNathanson. Craig brings decades of experience tracking broadband, cable, and satellite and has a reputation for clear-eyed analysis that cuts through consensus thinking. They discussed what last year revealed, and what 2026 will demand. Together, they explore why cable may be far better positioned than market sentiment suggests, how competitive pressure continues to weigh on traditional wireless players, and why pricing power proved harder to sustain than many expected. The conversation spans the year’s biggest surprises, from EchoStar’s spectrum-driven turnaround to the growing, but still limited, role of satellite connectivity. If 2025 tested the narrative, 2026 will test execution.