Waze
Israeli navigation app acquired by Google
Episodes
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#5399: Who's Actually Behind the AI? Fauxtomation ExplainedAmazon's Just Walk Out needed 1,000 workers in India. Google Duplex, Facebook M — the pattern of selling humans as software goes deep. -
#5394: Why Waze Sends You Into a Jerusalem AlleyA listener's complaint about Waze turns into a tour of how routing apps actually work — graphs, shortcuts, and a map that's always slightly wrong. -
#4507: The 30-Year Plastic Crate That Runs Global LogisticsHow an Israeli injection-moulded polypropylene box became invisible infrastructure powering global supply chains for decades. -
#4504: When Cars Took Over: Traffic Engineering's Origin StoryHow 1920s traffic engineers borrowed from fluid dynamics, and whether AI routing could be a public utility. -
#4349: The Hidden Tax in Israel’s PlugWhy Israel’s unique SI-32 plug costs consumers millions—and what it reveals about regulatory friction. -
#4188: Find the Quietest Time to Drive Using Google's APIQuery Google's Routes API to find statistically optimal driving times in Jerusalem — no gut feelings required. -
#4017: When Your City Becomes a Construction SiteWhy a 30-minute bus ride became a 2-hour maze of blocked sidewalks, and what cities can learn from it. -
#3084: How Jerusalem’s Light Rail Broke WalkingWhy a 90-minute walk for a package reveals everything broken about how cities manage construction. -
#3017: Why Every Restaurant Has 4.6 StarsGoogle Maps ratings are broken. Here's how four mechanisms inflate them — and what actually works instead. -
#2283: Why Israel Leads the Startup WorldHow Israel became the global leader in startups, outpacing wealthier nations like Japan and Germany. -
#1306: The Psychology of Hidden PlacesThink you’ve seen all of Israel? Explore the "blind spots" of the map and the hidden micro-geographies that tourists and locals overlook. -
#824: When Bureaucracy Fails the Final YardWhen the sirens sound, why are the doors locked? We explore the "UX of survival" and the dangerous gaps in our public shelter infrastructure. -
#250: The Crowdsourced Map That Knows Your LaneExplore how AI, computer vision, and crowdsourced data allow navigation apps to map every painted line on the road with precision. -
#164: The Invisible Traffic Jam: Who Owns the Airwaves?Discover the "invisible highway" of radio frequencies and why maintaining "RF hygiene" is critical for modern life and national security.