Steven Overly
@stevenoverly.bsky.social
Editorial Director, POLITICO Live and Host, POLITICO Tech. Journalist covering politics and policy on stage and behind the mic. Write me: soverly@politico.com.
“Make a law that says your digital self belongs to you.”
That’s what actor and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants policymakers to do as AI transforms not only Hollywood but every industry.
🎧 Listen to our conversation on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast:
www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
That’s what actor and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants policymakers to do as AI transforms not only Hollywood but every industry.
🎧 Listen to our conversation on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast:
www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
June 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Make a law that says your digital self belongs to you.”
That’s what actor and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants policymakers to do as AI transforms not only Hollywood but every industry.
🎧 Listen to our conversation on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast:
www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
That’s what actor and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants policymakers to do as AI transforms not only Hollywood but every industry.
🎧 Listen to our conversation on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast:
www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
Could Trump’s tariffs be used as leverage against foreign tech regulation and taxes? Silicon Valley hopes so — but it all depends on how Trump negotiates.
More with Council on Foreign Relations president Mike Froman on POLITICO Tech.
🎧Listen and subscribe: politico.com/podcasts/tech
More with Council on Foreign Relations president Mike Froman on POLITICO Tech.
🎧Listen and subscribe: politico.com/podcasts/tech
April 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Could Trump’s tariffs be used as leverage against foreign tech regulation and taxes? Silicon Valley hopes so — but it all depends on how Trump negotiates.
More with Council on Foreign Relations president Mike Froman on POLITICO Tech.
🎧Listen and subscribe: politico.com/podcasts/tech
More with Council on Foreign Relations president Mike Froman on POLITICO Tech.
🎧Listen and subscribe: politico.com/podcasts/tech
Were the messages “war plans” or “attack plans”? Was the information classified, sensitive or something in between?
Regardless, Graham Brookie from the Atlantic Council tells me the conversation never should have been on Signal.
🎧 Listen on POLITICO Tech: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Regardless, Graham Brookie from the Atlantic Council tells me the conversation never should have been on Signal.
🎧 Listen on POLITICO Tech: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
March 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Were the messages “war plans” or “attack plans”? Was the information classified, sensitive or something in between?
Regardless, Graham Brookie from the Atlantic Council tells me the conversation never should have been on Signal.
🎧 Listen on POLITICO Tech: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Regardless, Graham Brookie from the Atlantic Council tells me the conversation never should have been on Signal.
🎧 Listen on POLITICO Tech: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
On POLITICO Tech, I spoke with Andreessen Horowitz general partner Katherine Boyle about Silicon Valley’s embrace of Trump and whether the firm’s American Dynamism practice is MAGA motivated.
🎧 Listen to the full show: www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
🎧 Listen to the full show: www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
March 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
On POLITICO Tech, I spoke with Andreessen Horowitz general partner Katherine Boyle about Silicon Valley’s embrace of Trump and whether the firm’s American Dynamism practice is MAGA motivated.
🎧 Listen to the full show: www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
🎧 Listen to the full show: www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
What would war with China look like?
That’s a question GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher has been gaming out with defense and finance experts. Now, he says it would be “useful” to do it with tech firms as well.
Listen to more on POLITICO Tech: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
That’s a question GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher has been gaming out with defense and finance experts. Now, he says it would be “useful” to do it with tech firms as well.
Listen to more on POLITICO Tech: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
September 15, 2023 at 3:58 PM
What would war with China look like?
That’s a question GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher has been gaming out with defense and finance experts. Now, he says it would be “useful” to do it with tech firms as well.
Listen to more on POLITICO Tech: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
That’s a question GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher has been gaming out with defense and finance experts. Now, he says it would be “useful” to do it with tech firms as well.
Listen to more on POLITICO Tech: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
What’s on the tech agenda as the Senate returns tomorrow?
Reporters @rebeccamkern and @BrendanBordelon join me on tomorrow’s @POLITICO Tech to break it down.
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Reporters @rebeccamkern and @BrendanBordelon join me on tomorrow’s @POLITICO Tech to break it down.
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September 4, 2023 at 3:22 PM
What’s on the tech agenda as the Senate returns tomorrow?
Reporters @rebeccamkern and @BrendanBordelon join me on tomorrow’s @POLITICO Tech to break it down.
Subscribe now:
Apple: tinyurl.com/yeym2psk
Spotify: tinyurl.com/p6mxpamf
Google: tinyurl.com/5crh8779
Reporters @rebeccamkern and @BrendanBordelon join me on tomorrow’s @POLITICO Tech to break it down.
Subscribe now:
Apple: tinyurl.com/yeym2psk
Spotify: tinyurl.com/p6mxpamf
Google: tinyurl.com/5crh8779
What happened when comedy writer Simon Rich asked AI to write a poem about humans? It predicted robots would “inherit the Earth.”
On POLITICO Tech, Rich warns about the secret, problematic side to AI that people aren’t fully aware of yet.
Listen: bit.ly/politico-tech
On POLITICO Tech, Rich warns about the secret, problematic side to AI that people aren’t fully aware of yet.
Listen: bit.ly/politico-tech
August 25, 2023 at 7:28 PM
What happened when comedy writer Simon Rich asked AI to write a poem about humans? It predicted robots would “inherit the Earth.”
On POLITICO Tech, Rich warns about the secret, problematic side to AI that people aren’t fully aware of yet.
Listen: bit.ly/politico-tech
On POLITICO Tech, Rich warns about the secret, problematic side to AI that people aren’t fully aware of yet.
Listen: bit.ly/politico-tech
Hackers used to play "Spot the Fed" at DEF CON. Now, government officials are speaking on stage, endorsing cyber "attacks" & asking for help.
How has this alliance evolved and where does it go now?
https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/washington-asked-for-hackers-help-what-happens-now
How has this alliance evolved and where does it go now?
https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/washington-asked-for-hackers-help-what-happens-now
August 17, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Hackers used to play "Spot the Fed" at DEF CON. Now, government officials are speaking on stage, endorsing cyber "attacks" & asking for help.
How has this alliance evolved and where does it go now?
https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/washington-asked-for-hackers-help-what-happens-now
How has this alliance evolved and where does it go now?
https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/washington-asked-for-hackers-help-what-happens-now
Rep. Ken Buck helped lead a push to check Big Tech’s market power. It largely fell short.
On POLITICO Tech, Buck tells me the fight isn’t dead, but, for now, he’s moving on.
Listen: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/this-republican-fought-tech-market-power-and-lost-he-hasnt-given-up
On POLITICO Tech, Buck tells me the fight isn’t dead, but, for now, he’s moving on.
Listen: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/this-republican-fought-tech-market-power-and-lost-he-hasnt-given-up
August 16, 2023 at 11:29 AM
Rep. Ken Buck helped lead a push to check Big Tech’s market power. It largely fell short.
On POLITICO Tech, Buck tells me the fight isn’t dead, but, for now, he’s moving on.
Listen: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/this-republican-fought-tech-market-power-and-lost-he-hasnt-given-up
On POLITICO Tech, Buck tells me the fight isn’t dead, but, for now, he’s moving on.
Listen: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/this-republican-fought-tech-market-power-and-lost-he-hasnt-given-up
I’ll be on C-SPAN this morning talking about our new POLITICO Tech podcast, and major issues in tech policy, from AI to chips to China.
Tune in at 9:15 am ET!
Tune in at 9:15 am ET!
August 12, 2023 at 12:27 PM
I’ll be on C-SPAN this morning talking about our new POLITICO Tech podcast, and major issues in tech policy, from AI to chips to China.
Tune in at 9:15 am ET!
Tune in at 9:15 am ET!
Meet the EU tech “ambassador” wooing and warning Silicon Valley on today’s episode of POLITICO Tech: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/the-eu-diplomat-wooing-and-warning-silicon-valley?source=email
August 8, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Meet the EU tech “ambassador” wooing and warning Silicon Valley on today’s episode of POLITICO Tech: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/the-eu-diplomat-wooing-and-warning-silicon-valley?source=email
Let's talk "embassies"... in Silicon Valley. Countries are sending envoys to the heart of the U.S. tech industry to develop closer ties to companies.
Hear what these outposts are all about on POLITICO Tech: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/inside-the-tech-embassies-of-silicon-valley
Hear what these outposts are all about on POLITICO Tech: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/inside-the-tech-embassies-of-silicon-valley
August 7, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Let's talk "embassies"... in Silicon Valley. Countries are sending envoys to the heart of the U.S. tech industry to develop closer ties to companies.
Hear what these outposts are all about on POLITICO Tech: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/inside-the-tech-embassies-of-silicon-valley
Hear what these outposts are all about on POLITICO Tech: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/inside-the-tech-embassies-of-silicon-valley
What do movies and TV look like in an AI world? Filmmaker Justine Bateman paints a bleak picture on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast.
Listen to the fascinating interview here: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/justine-bateman-says-the-ai-apocalypse-is-coming-for-hollywood
Listen to the fascinating interview here: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/justine-bateman-says-the-ai-apocalypse-is-coming-for-hollywood
August 4, 2023 at 4:24 PM
What do movies and TV look like in an AI world? Filmmaker Justine Bateman paints a bleak picture on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast.
Listen to the fascinating interview here: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/justine-bateman-says-the-ai-apocalypse-is-coming-for-hollywood
Listen to the fascinating interview here: https://politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/justine-bateman-says-the-ai-apocalypse-is-coming-for-hollywood
I’ve made a cheddar jalapeño focaccia so ghost pepper could be next…
May 3, 2023 at 5:00 AM
I’ve made a cheddar jalapeño focaccia so ghost pepper could be next…
I keep an album of my best bakes on my phone and show them off the way some people show off their kids
May 3, 2023 at 4:41 AM
I keep an album of my best bakes on my phone and show them off the way some people show off their kids
Can confirm POLITICO is now on Bluesky! 👋 @politico.bsky.social
May 2, 2023 at 9:40 PM
Can confirm POLITICO is now on Bluesky! 👋 @politico.bsky.social
Bluesky makes an appearance in Politico’s California Playbook this morning.
May 2, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Bluesky makes an appearance in Politico’s California Playbook this morning.
As soon as I get an invite code I’m offering it to Lil Nas X
May 2, 2023 at 1:09 AM
As soon as I get an invite code I’m offering it to Lil Nas X