Host Brian Wesolowski sits down with Charles Duan, the Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the R Street Institute, to help understand how standards and patents can impact competition and consumers. \n\nThen Brian brings in CDT's own Stan Adams to talk about a new "tech 101" series from CDT, Techsplanations. The series offers accessible explainers on how core technologies and internet systems actually work.\n\nMore on Techsplanations: http://bit.ly/techsplanations\n\nMore on Charlie: http://bit.ly/RStCharles\nMore on Stan: http://bit.ly/cdtstan\nMore on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian\n\nAttribution: sounds used from Psykophobia, Taira Komori, BenKoning, Zabuhailo, bloomypetal, guitarguy1985, bmusic92, and offthesky of freesound.org.