The podcast episodes discuss the challenges and potential solutions for implementing effective age verification on online platforms, particularly social media.

The episodes cover topics such as the need for age restrictions on social media to protect children's mental health, the legal and technical obstacles to age verification, and the debate around government regulation versus corporate responsibility in this area.

Examples of relevant episodes include No Mercy / No Malice: Age Gating, The rocky road ahead for New York's new social media law, and (Preview) Mailbag: AI Hardware, NBA Newsbreakers as Aggregators, Reels vs. Shorts, The Best Approach to Age Verification.