# Sundance 2026 - Joybubbles and Ghost in the Machine

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Published: 2026-02-25T21:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail This episode brings you two Sundance documentaries that show very different ways that technology can have an impact on our lives. Joybubbles is a biopic about a blind man (born decades before the internet or the computer) who learns how to manipulate the telephone system by whistling, and inadvertently lays the groundwork for the future of hacking and technology. Director Rachel J. Morrison joins us to share how she learned about Joybubbles from his obituary in the NY Times, ...

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