Episodes
The complete archive. Exploring the tech, policy, and investigations shaping the future.

What is reWandt? Behind the Scenes of AI-Narrated Tech Education
What happens when one of the top minds in cybersecurity and AI decides that the conversations shaping our future shouldn’t happen behind closed doors? In the inaugural episode of *reWandt*, we explore Professor Adam Scott Wandt's mission to democratize technology education using artificial intelligence. Discover how this new series transforms complex lectures from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice into accessible, cinematic explainers.

Survival Trips & the AI Revolution: Preparing for the Great Compression
As AI starts reshaping entry-level work, management layers, and career paths across the economy, one question becomes urgent. How do you stay valuable? Professor Wandt offers a direct answer. Adapting to this shift requires specific tactical steps to protect your livelihood within the changing economy. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt breaks down the 'Great Compression'—the looming reality of AI automating entry-level and mid-management roles across the global economy. Discover why career survival doesn't require a computer science degree, but rather 'hyper-specialization' in your specific field using AI tools. Watch now to learn how to swim with the current of technological integration and protect your livelihood. Read more at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

Students Changed, Colleges Didn't: Surviving the AI Plagiarism Trap
While many focus on students using AI, higher education faces a far more pressing problem. The belief that this technology can still be banned. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt from John Jay College tackles the crisis of AI writing in higher education. Why is banning ChatGPT a failing strategy? We explore how universities must shift from policing AI to teaching critical prompt engineering and verification. Watch to see how the modern classroom can adapt to the algorithm. Learn more at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

The Trojan Plant: Hidden Hazards and the Power of AI Identification
A seed blowing onto a sunny terrace can stay hidden in plain sight for weeks, growing into a toxic threat right next to your bed. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt shares a chilling personal story about a mysterious seedling on his terrace that grew into a biological hazard right next to his bed. Discover how a simple AI visual identification app revealed the 'Trojan Plant'—Deadly Nightshade—and exposed the danger of simple assumptions. Learn how artificial intelligence serves as an objective observer to verify our surroundings. Watch the full story at reWandt.com! #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

Death of the Smartphone: The Rapid Rise of Spatial Computing
People once laughed at the smartphone. Professor Wandt argues we are making the same mistake again, and its replacement may already be taking shape. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt argues that the smartphone’s dominance is coming to an end. Just as the iPhone replaced the Blackberry, 'Spatial Computing' devices like the Apple Vision Pro are laying the groundwork for a world without screens. Discover why wearable tech will soon absorb your TV, laptop, and phone into a single visual overlay. Learn more at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

The Milkman, the Iceman, and AI
Before the refrigerator, entire industries depended on the milkman and the iceman. They seemed essential until technology made them disappear. The same thing may now be happening to us. In the 1930s, the invention of the electric refrigerator destroyed the entire ice delivery industry overnight. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt argues that AI is the refrigerator of our era. From autonomous trucking fleets replacing physical supply chains to AI deleting entry-level white-collar jobs in law and accounting, discover how massive segments of the modern workforce are standing on the precipice of obsolescence. Learn more at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

The Data Playbook of Future Policing
Your phone helps companies predict what you'll buy. What happens when police use the exact same technology to predict what you'll do? In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt explores the controversial shift toward Predictive Policing, where law enforcement adopts advanced commercial marketing algorithms to track, trace, and forecast human behavior based on invisible IoT data. Explore the ethics of the modern surveillance state at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

More Than a Camera: How License Plate Readers Help Solve Major Crimes
Modern criminal investigations often begin with a single license plate. These automated cameras have evolved into a high-speed investigative network, capable of breaking major cases. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt breaks down how the Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) has evolved from an isolated tool into a massive national investigative grid. By connecting private shopping mall cameras with police networks, systems like FLOCK are helping solve major homicides. Watch to understand how retroactive data mapping is becoming modern law enforcement's most powerful tool. Learn more at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

A peek inside one of Professor Wandt's law enforcement trainings
In our highly-connected digital age, it is a fact that nearly every single crime leaves a traceable digital trail. Take an exclusive look inside Professor Adam Scott Wandt's law enforcement training where he breaks down why modern criminals can't hide. From IoT pacemakers destroying alibis to the critical importance of digital OPSEC for investigators, learn why nearly every crime today leaves a massive digital footprint. Watch the full breakdown of how modern forensics is fundamentally changing law enforcement. Visit reWandt.com for more. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

Digital Intelligence: Secure Communication Protocols and Operational Security
Every time an investigator tracks a suspect online, they leave a digital footprint that flows right back to them, tipping off the very targets they're trying to catch and putting themselves at risk. In this heavily requested reWandt episode, Professor Adam Scott Wandt outlines the critical rules of Digital OPSEC for modern investigators. If you visit a cyber criminal's website on your office computer, they instantly know who you are. Discover the rigorous operational protocols used to mask an investigator's digital and physical presence—from cash-purchased burner phones to hardware network firewalls. Watch the full OPSEC breakdown at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

The Best and Worst Technology the Professor Used in Scandinavia
All right, let's jump right in with a story. So imagine you're on a trip. You walk into this gorgeous fine dining restaurant, and you're expecting warm personal service, right? Then later, you check into a super automated hotel, and you're kind of bracing for a cold robotic experience. But what if you got the complete opposite? A professor on a trip to Scandinavia experienced just that, and it tells us something really fascinating about technology's real place in our lives. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt travels to Scandinavia to experience the best and worst of modern hospitality tech. First, a disastrous digital experience at a fine dining restaurant in Stockholm. Then, a perfectly automated hotel stay in Copenhagen. Discover the fundamental rule of technology context: When does technology serve you, and when do you serve it? Watch the full breakdown at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

The Hidden Mistakes AI Slipped Into the Final Ad
He used AI to make a simple class advertisement, and the final version came back with two hidden mistakes no one expected. Professor Adam Scott Wandt used AI to generate a simple promotional poster for a new class. What he received was a design containing two catastrophic hidden mistakes. In this reWandt episode, we explore the 'whack-a-mole' problem of AI regeneration, and why treating unverified generative AI output as finished work is a massive professional liability. See the disastrous glitches for yourself at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

The AI in Your Pocket
We keep talking about a Genetic AI as if it is somewhere in the future, but the first version may already be sitting in your pocket, reading context and trying to act on your behalf. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt shows how 'Agentic AI' is replacing passive AI. The smartphone in your pocket is no longer waiting for commands; it is actively scanning your text messages and emails to decipher the context of your daily life. Discover the incredible conveniences—and hilarious failures—of background algorithmic screening. Watch the full episode at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

The Sentient Investigation
Our movements are no longer unrequited. Every interaction leaves a persistent digital footprint in the environments we inhabit. Professor Wandt came to explain how AI is changing investigations. Then the lecture revealed something stranger. AI was already helping shape the story. Professor Adam Scott Wandt came to explain how AI is changing investigations. Then the lecture revealed something stranger: AI was already helping shape the story. In this episode of reWandt, explore how passive human existence is fading. Learn how smart watches, connected cars, and AI algorithms are creating a persistent digital web that makes it almost impossible for criminals to remain off the grid. Watch the full breakdown at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

Will AI End Crime?
Every time your phone warns you that you're speeding, it reveals the architecture of a future where most crime simply no longer happens. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt asks the ultimate question: Will AI end crime? From insurance apps 'nudging' our driving psychology to massive 'Digital Twin' simulations of entire cities like Dubai, discover how predictive algorithms are turning the physical environment itself into a deterrent. Watch how technology is systematically squeezing out the opportunity to offend. Full breakdown at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

Lessons Learned reWandting: The Artificial Intelligence Production Workflow
What you are watching did not start as a video. It started as a problem. How do you return sharing your research online when the old way of making content takes days you no longer have? How do you return to sharing your research online when the old way of making content takes days you no longer have? In this behind-the-scenes episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt breaks down the exact digital architecture powering this channel. Learn how he built two custom GPT agents and utilized Notebook LM to condense a grueling 2-day manual video production workflow into just 10 minutes of human oversight. Learn more at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt

QRLoom: Secure QR Analysis and Forensic Investigation
We scan them for menus, parking, and flights without a second thought. But for investigators, scanning a suspect QR code is incredibly dangerous. How does Professor Adam Scott want safely analyze these digital threats without compromising his own devices? We scan them for menus and parking without a second thought. But for investigators, scanning a suspect QR code is incredibly dangerous. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt unpacks 'Quishing' (QR-based phishing) and how malicious stickers placed over EV charging stations are compromising phones. Learn why standard public QR scanners violate government privacy rules, and discover how QRLoom solves the operational paradox. Watch at reWandt.com. #reWandt #AdamScottWandt #wandt