http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/10/17/498237314/how-free-web-content-traps-people-in-an-abyss-of-ads-and-clickbait http://www.npr.org/section

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/10/17/498237314/how-free-web-content-traps-people-in-an-abyss-of-ads-and-clickbait http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/10/17/498... They say what your last sentence said, so I'm guessing this is the podcast you're thinking of.