Épisodes

  • Ernest Farmer: What it takes to build T&S teams
    Oct 6 2026

    In this episode of Safe Space, Cassie Coccaro and Pailes Halai talk with Ernest Farmer, who leads Rover’s incident safety team. Ernest spent years in emergency management and disaster response. That background gives him a unique approach to T&S in Rover’s online-offline marketplace.

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    50 min
  • TrustCon Roundtable: Telling trust & safety’s story
    Sep 1 2026

    This roundtable episode features Ben Whitelaw, founder and editor of Everything in Moderation; Vaishnavi J, founder of the child safety advisory firm Vys; and Yoel Roth, Head of Trust and Safety at Match Group. Together, they discuss how the T&S field can tell its story more effectively.

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    1 h et 13 min
  • Marc Leone: Moderation challenges for visual platforms
    Jul 7 2026

    In this episode of Safe Space, host Cassie Coccaro sits down with Marc Leone, Head of Trust and Safety at Giphy, for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of trust and safety, the challenge of moderating visual content, and what it takes to build child safety programs at scale.

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    30 min
  • Alice Hunsberger: The need for checks and balances
    Jun 2 2026

    In this episode of Safe Space, hosts Cassie Coccaro and Pailes Halai talk with Alice Hunsberger, Head of Trust & Safety at Musubi. Alice has spent years working in trust and safety, with experience in online communities, dating apps, vendor operations, and AI safety tools.

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    1 h et 3 min
  • Dr. Rachel Kowert: Why gaming moderation is different
    May 12 2026

    In this episode of Safe Space, hosts Cassie Coccaro and Pailes Halai sit down with Dr. Rachel Kowert, research psychologist and one of the leading voices connecting gaming, mental health, and trust and safety.

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    27 min
  • Lauren Jonas: Prioritizing teen well-being in AI safety
    Oct 27 2025

    In this episode of Safe Space, hosts John Starr and Pailes Halai sit down with Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI, to talk about what it takes to design technology that truly supports and protects young people in the age of AI.


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    27 min
  • Ryn Linthicum: Applying data, research, and psychology to AI safety
    Sep 29 2025

    Join us for a fascinating conversation with Ryn Linthicum, who brings a unique perspective to AI safety at Anthropic. Ryn shares insights from time spent at TikTok and their current work on Anthropic's safeguards team, where they help build safety into AI models from the ground up.


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    35 min
  • David Polgar: Building Community Around Responsible Technology
    Aug 25 2025

    David Polgar, founder of All Tech is Human, shares how he built a 55,000-member community focused on responsible technology without a tech background. Polgar reveals the motivations driving trust and safety professionals as they seek to reclaim the internet's original promise of global connection.

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    36 min