# Inside DuckDuckGo A podcast by DuckDuckGo. Behind the scenes with the DuckDuckGo team — sharing insights on product, engineering, leadership, and AI. insideduckduckgo.substack.com Feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/5965917.rss ## Latest episodes - [Duck Tales: The performance review process at DuckDuckGo (Ep.47)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/9f67c5a7e8c0) (2026-10-07, 14 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/219093012/5f835fc1236e41b8c6ce75ef264ba5ba.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The team and process behind DuckDuckGo’s customer support (Ep.46)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/17f62662efd3) (2026-09-30, 18 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/217976600/5e9c8804e311e6f5bee228ac1d6c9930.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How we use AI at DuckDuckGo while staying true to our principles (Ep.45)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/5b88e9d06bd4) (2026-09-23, 17 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/216754098/8742cea3472161cf366e16f27c1ecad3.mp3 - [Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo will find and remove your personal information — like your name and email — from sites that store and sell it (Ep.44)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/bb5aafb55180) (2026-09-09, 20 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/214158666/9941425817078a1596ecb57f078b67a1.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The 3Ds of DuckDuckGo. Delight, discovery, and dependability (Ep.43)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/76625fa71181) (2026-09-02, 20 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213137035/78cbe778c5d504a064b733d8d35c9e27.mp3 - [Duck Tales: 32% of AI users tell AI things they've kept from other people. Our new study on AI's privacy problem (Ep.42)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/283adfda9b61) (2026-08-26, 31 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212141208/f200b0d7d0a1eea13cfd6143b8eceeeb.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The DuckDuckGo Subscription Pro-tier — private AI for AI power users (Ep.41)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/3e7b7e720eca) (2026-08-05, 23 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209263333/959e66de7b6f6c76bcd6d505f0e7256b.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How we're making it easier to use Duck.ai, our private AI chat. (Ep.40)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/7ed1a0b98345) (2026-07-29, 25 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208677703/8fe20b94056790392b491e68f5259197.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How we use mental models and operational defaults to improve decision making (Ep.39)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/68c4eff40267) (2026-07-22, 18 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207781611/d8c9c8ff767a909bb1f0f762f8442e64.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Our first major Duck.ai ad, and how we develop creative at DuckDuckGo (Ep.38)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/ddce8d94c2d7) (2026-07-15, 16 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206850492/2464aba609ae7df39d63493454bfe5a9.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The DuckDuckGo browser now blocks ads on YouTube videos, so you can watch without interruption (Ep.37)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/e6b074f42e0c) (2026-07-08, 13 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205473371/73876911b1dbc92c62b1809cd0e457c4.mp3 - [Duck Tales: AI in the DuckDuckGo browser — private, useful & optional (Ep.36)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/afa8c8f0eedc) (2026-07-01, 22 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203563768/b7fb463469eec6a8249dc84db42b8673.mp3 - [Duck Tales: AI optionality, and why DuckDuckGo installs are up ~40% since Google swapped search for AI mode (Ep.35)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/810d2047ece0) (2026-06-24, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202725635/78eaeccd110f3709d98f882b3ff95b9e.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Voice-mode in Duck.ai. The private, hands-free way to chat with popular AIs (Ep.34)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/137fc0c96c7d) (2026-06-17, 14 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201749226/c7f0be30e1b9a8e5e162e1cdc3859d77.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How we've made it easier to generate images privately in Duck.ai (Ep.33)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/3a594da44acd) (2026-06-10, 14 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201122928/9a844288e4e71b4582890e3816c9f9c4.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Dax (our mascot) is coming to the physical world, on shoes, shirts, and security keys (Ep.32).](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/ae98f0ee95d4) (2026-06-03, 24 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200094019/0e3a319965e823939a9e30e62c26831b.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The role of user research, A/B testing, and "dogfooding" at DuckDuckGo (Ep.31)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/61efa5a054bf) (2026-05-20, 20 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197846394/fd9f2998b6f8ee5001cd7dc7a9b14b14.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo provides useful “near me” search results, while keeping your location private.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/55d79c8cf5af) (2026-05-13, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196903782/c19a62dc51bf8f5aa510ccd1c645af6c.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo uses data science to measure marketing effectiveness, privately (Ep.29)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/a49abe379f79) (2026-05-06, 13 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196104508/86254cf5005b3d719cd547a1b809c774.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The fire button, a delightful way to delete your browsing data (Ep.28)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/98413fa0cfa7) (2026-04-29, 20 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195596772/28cfa69b1e12cebe4e8dd2bab1be139d.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How we privately sync bookmarks, passwords & AI chats across your devices, without you needing an account (Ep.27)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/fae36b898aa7) (2026-04-22, 17 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194790500/ca12e00c45774c9bf874d47efe64ad35.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How we build, design, and trigger instant answers on DuckDuckGo search (Ep.26)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/02b0a85adbe3) (2026-04-08, 19 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193451165/4fca3ac6ecb18e8eabbece9db5f40655.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Hack Days at DuckDuckGo — why we do them, and the role of trust (Ep.25)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/44655ef62aa4) (2026-04-01, 21 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192604342/9881c7f32b4154365e432901a59ca0f3.mp3 - [Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo browser updates — custom themes and password manager (Ep.24)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/89d77c06af58) (2026-03-25, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191255794/fa137c022de14d2db7a6e770b748e36b.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo is giving users a choice about if and how they use AI (Ep.23)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/0b1fd3f5250f) (2026-03-18, 21 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191106324/48df1b506e7cea309df7a4bcf2616409.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo is building its own web search index (Ep.22)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/8d453d0440b7) (2026-03-11, 14 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190493081/a0668ec59fbb00d852dfb06f75871d5f.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Browser onboarding — why first impressions matter, user education, and the role of personality (Ep.21)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/44af875ae892) (2026-03-04, 23 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189357826/552f644cde41ed4ffab8a86e2e81fce2.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How we work at DuckDuckGo — remote-first, with memorable meetups (Ep20).](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/245a58ecb40d) (2026-02-25, 28 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188879547/ed38ce2a89478bb4a04c371db775cf10.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo acquired Removaly to expand its privacy offering (Ep.19)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/fea9ac5607cf) (2026-02-18, 12 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188124317/17bda9a0c275c4e9e27eb95da627f178.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Duck Sans — designing a typeface that balances functionality and brand (ep.18)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/90e9769771ad) (2026-02-11, 24 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187492880/721fd4e433f0e746ed9b128c53bd082b.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo blocks trackers on third-party websites (Ep.17)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/a3b421497c2b) (2026-02-04, 16 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186627241/bad1d5ff307f3ac30c159b0b6e32c5c7.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Yes AI or No AI? The thinking behind DuckDuckGo’s public AI vote (Ep.16)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/1dd583845464) (2026-01-28, 18 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185408353/dbe93e0963a5993d708e4d319b860abc.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Duck Player — a free, private way to watch YouTube videos, with fewer ads & no distractions (Ep.15)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/c9f9fa037099) (2026-01-14, 13 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/184313014/fa59cac9b4c203078a67581c5ee74b35.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Building useful, private, optional AI directly into search, with Search Assist (Ep.14)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/2ae32000f720) (2026-01-07, 21 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/183535170/2d44b0ff488eef236cd71ba382514398.mp3 - [Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo donations — why we’ve donated $8M+ to organizations that align with our vision (Episode 13)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/bf80ce5d1d27) (2025-12-17, 20 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181668804/57f35d7204a52c7d0aeaaa3e33bbbbe4.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Hiring at DuckDuckGo, and why we have a 95% employee retention rate (Episode 12)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/b0619a3a1538) (2025-12-10, 20 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181052512/43ce2a43aa144cd00f6814d1b2279969.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo makes the sites you visit less annoying and more private (Episode 11)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/7c554c4e690d) (2025-12-03, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/180485478/395b7e132fe191f5014c9d07f97079aa.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The DuckDuckGo Subscription — more protection & peace of mind (Episode 10)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/8e1ae653c953) (2025-11-26, 26 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179560443/7215726990584b755dc3e38ec12f3f91.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Marketing at DuckDuckGo — how we practice the privacy we preach (Episode 9)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/0d8133dad694) (2025-11-19, 10 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179143801/bc71e4ec0869bf01f6aaca8e7d25ce7e.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Improving AI chat organization, and feature decisions at DuckDuckGo (Episode 8)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/0a7473a6b57c) (2025-11-12, 12 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/178169149/9684cf1a39e29dc3b7644ba3fb0bb78c.mp3 - [Duck Tales: How DuckDuckGo protects users from different types of scams (Episode 7)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/59704bf7bfcc) (2025-11-05, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/177898723/3089fef7bdd08b77a06ef937746593ca.mp3 - [Duck Tales: The internet’s privacy problem, and how DuckDuckGo is solving it (Episode 6)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/a0c2b856a0c3) (2025-10-29, 17 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176915000/613ddd48d0b2dad30ee80cff6933d5c2.mp3 - [Duck Tales: More ways to customize DuckDuckGo — now you can exclude certain websites from search results (episode 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/02b6df11bacf) (2025-10-22, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176335918/5eb9b7e9475f5b8cc9ea51648fccb642.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Delight at DuckDuckGo — and why we’ve created 350+ versions of our mascot (Dax the Duck) (Episode 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/0a62183b6a3d) (2025-10-15, 24 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176018165/318ebcc0dc96b253ce97d6d02bc78724.mp3 - [Duck Tales: DuckDuckGo now lets you customize the ‘personality’ of AI responses (episode 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/8c81b52fd272) (2025-10-08, 19 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/175175664/a92f6055842c540eb9ca1ec770862c27.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo built a way to filter out AI-generated images (episode 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/e189bdd37a38) (2025-10-01, 14 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/174339786/282049a9eb98b53442a685beb9ae4f43.mp3 - [Duck Tales: Why DuckDuckGo Added the ‘More’ Button for AI-Assisted Answers (Episode 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1839957193/f3215a748169) (2025-09-15, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/171391451/d3ed0de803358d3770091ce10b0fbf1a.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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