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What Drives Architects to Design Saudi Megaprojects? w/ Kate Wagner
3156
Paris Marx is joined by Kate Wagner to discuss the goals behind Saudi Arabia’s architectural megaprojects, the incentives for major architects to work on projects for despotic regimes, and how architecture’s relationship to tech is driven by profits and PR.
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Mar 30, 2023 |
Everyone Hates VCs After the SVB Collapse w/ Jacob Silverman
3608
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, how it’s part of a larger crisis in the tech sector, and why it’s turning people against the industry’s venture capitalists.
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Mar 23, 2023 |
Robots Aren’t the Solution to Elder Care w/ James Wright
3464
Paris Marx is joined by James Wright to discuss Japan’s efforts to develop robots to care for its growing elderly population, what the government hoped to achieve with that plan, and why it hasn’t worked out as planned.
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Mar 16, 2023 |
Why We Must Resist AI w/ Dan McQuillan
3566
Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss how AI systems encourage ranking populations and austerity policies, and why understanding their politics is essential to opposing them.
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Mar 09, 2023 |
What New EU Rules Might Mean for Gig Workers w/ Ben Wray
3683
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s rollout of dynamic pricing, and how Barcelona taxi workers have fought back against ride-hailing.
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Mar 02, 2023 |
The Consequences of Leaving Tech to the Private Sector w/ Rosie Collington
3820
Paris Marx is joined by Rosie Collington to discuss the consequences of outsourcing tech to the private sector, how it causes governments to lose important capacities to serve the public, and how the push for open government data empowered large tech firms.
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Feb 23, 2023 |
The Untold History of Silicon Valley w/ Malcolm Harris
4688
Paris Marx is joined by Malcolm Harris to discuss the sordid history of Silicon Valley, including the long influence of eugenics at Stanford, how Silicon Valley profited from the United States’ wars throughout the 20th century, and why the libertarian narrative of tech hide a much darker reality.
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Feb 16, 2023 |
The Tesla Crash is Only Beginning w/ Edward Niedermeyer
4220
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Niedermeyer to discuss the rollercoaster ride of Tesla’s share price, the escalating regulatory and legal scrutiny the company faces, and the challenges it faces in the electric car market.
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Feb 09, 2023 |
Why Hollywood Writers May Strike Over Streaming w/ Anousha Sakoui
3140
Paris Marx is joined by Anousha Sakoui to discuss the prospect of a writer’s strike later this year, what workers are fighting for, and how the move to streaming has affected working conditions and compensation in Hollywood.
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Feb 02, 2023 |
Will AR Glasses Die Like Google Glass? w/ Quinn Myers
3242
Paris Marx is joined by Quinn Myers to discuss the launch of Google Glass, why the product failed so badly, and what lessons we can learn from it as tech companies make another push for AR glasses.
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Jan 26, 2023 |
Don’t Fall for the AI Hype w/ Timnit Gebru
3812
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the misleading framings of artificial intelligence, her experience of getting fired by Google in a very public way, and why we need to avoid getting distracted by all the hype around ChatGPT and AI image tools.
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Jan 19, 2023 |
What the US-China Divide Means for Tech w/ Louise Matsakis
3630
Paris Marx is joined by Louise Matsakis to discuss the growing divide between the US and China, the long history of Western concern about the East, and why we should pay attention to who these anti-China narratives benefit.
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Jan 12, 2023 |
Why Tech Billionaires Want to Shape Our Future w/ Rose Eveleth
3805
Paris Marx is joined by Rose Eveleth to discuss the end of her long-running podcast, why thinking about the future is important, and how tech billionaires try to shape our idea of the future to serve their ends.
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Jan 05, 2023 |
The Year in Tech w/ Brian Merchant, Chris Gilliard, & Gita Jackson
6445
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant, Chris Gilliard, and Gita Jackson to discuss the year in tech, including Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the biggest stories of the year, what they’ll be watching in 2023, and the worst person in tech of 2022.
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Dec 29, 2022 |
FTX Goes to Zero w/ Molly White
5222
Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss the ongoing collapse of the crypto industry, what to make of the implosion of FTX and Alameda Research, and what happens next with Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Dec 22, 2022 |
Tech Billionaires Are Coming for Workers w/ Wendy Liu
3786
Paris Marx is joined by Wendy Liu to discuss what it was like to work in tech in the 2010s and why structural changes in the industry are empowering an increasingly reactionary capitalist class to strike back at workers and upend the expectations of the boom period.
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Dec 15, 2022 |
Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff
3639
Paris Marx is joined by Douglas Rushkoff to discuss why internet visions of the 1990s were wrong to ignore corporate power, how the dot-com boom was like a Ponzi scheme, and why we desperately need to stop elevating tech billionaires.
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Dec 08, 2022 |
Tech Isn’t Fixing the Crisis on Our Streets w/ David Zipper
3626
Paris Marx is joined by David Zipper to discuss how Silicon Valley pitched new technologies as the fix for a whole range of transport problems, and how that really just distracted us from solutions while allowing issues like road deaths, emissions, and traffic to get even worse.
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Dec 01, 2022 |
Why Advertising Shapes the Tech Economy w/ Daniel Joseph
3174
Paris Marx is joined by Daniel Joseph to discuss why advertising is central not just to the tech economy, but modern capitalism itself, and how the business models of companies are increasing shaped by serving ads and collecting data to inform them.
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Nov 24, 2022 |
Why Visual Effects Look the Way They Do w/ Julie Turnock
2955
Paris Marx is joined by Julie Turnock to discuss the history of the visual effects industry, the role that George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic played in setting industry standards, and what its current form dominated by Disney means for visual effects workers.
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Nov 17, 2022 |
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover is a Disaster w/ Hussein Kesvani
3720
Paris Marx is joined by Hussein Kesvani to discuss the mess of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the problem with his solution to blue check privilege, and what we should learn from how he posts.
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Nov 10, 2022 |
Tech Billionaires Are Reshaping US Politics w/ Jacob Silverman
4320
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the politics of the PayPal Mafia tech billionaires, and how they’re trying to reshape US political discourse to serve themselves.
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Nov 03, 2022 |
Mark Zuckerberg is Burning Meta to the Ground w/ Dave Karpf
4272
Paris Marx is joined by Dave Karpf to discuss Meta’s misguided attempt to turn Facebook into a metaverse company, how Wired Magazine has evolved, and why the tech billionaires are destroying the world.
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Oct 27, 2022 |
Don’t Fall for the Longtermism Sales Pitch w/ Émile Torres
3824
Paris Marx is joined by Émile Torres to discuss the ongoing effort to sell effective altruism and longtermism to the public, and why they’re philosophies that won’t solve the real problems we face.
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Oct 20, 2022 |
How Tech is Remaking the Food System w/ Jim Thomas
3279
Paris Marx is joined by Jim Thomas to discuss how digital technologies are being integrated into the industrial food system, how it empowers agribusiness firms and major tech companies, and its implications for farmers and farm workers.
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Oct 13, 2022 |
Why Green Capitalism Won’t Fix Climate Change w/ Adrienne Buller
3207
Paris Marx is joined by Adrienne Buller to discuss how the tech and finance industries are selling us false solutions to the climate crisis that are designed for their own benefit.
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Oct 06, 2022 |
Why Google’s Toronto Smart City Failed w/ Josh O'Kane
3282
Paris Marx is joined by Josh O’Kane to discuss how Sidewalk Labs decided to build a city “from the internet up” in Toronto, the concerns that existed with the project, and why it ultimately fell apart.
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Sep 29, 2022 |
Science Fiction As Tech Criticism w/ Brian Merchant and Claire Evans
2737
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant and Claire Evans to discuss their new science fiction anthology, how it uses the genre to critically interrogate the technologies being rolled out around us, and how it pushes back on the desire of tech billionaires to use science fiction to get the public to buy into their corporate futures.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Electric Vehicles Are Driving a Mining Boom w/ Thea Riofrancos
4145
Paris Marx is joined by Thea Riofrancos to discuss how the push for electric vehicles is driving governments in the United States and Europe to onshore mining after decades of doing the reverse, what that means for companies in the sector, and how movements are pushing back against this resource-intensive vision for a green transition.
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Sep 15, 2022 |
Surveillance Won’t Protect Students w/ Chris Gilliard
3424
Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss the push to expand surveillance technologies in schools during the pandemic and in response to school shootings, and why they’re making life worse for students without addressing the problems they claim to solve.
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Sep 08, 2022 |
Amazon’s Highly Subsidized Foray Into Middle-Earth w/ Thomas Coughlan
3052
Paris Marx is joined by Thomas Coughlan to discuss Amazon’s foray into Tolkien’s fantasy world, the big subsidies it received to film in New Zealand, and how its decision to move the series to the UK is giving fuel to demands to reassess the support for Hollywood productions.
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Sep 01, 2022 |
Who’s Winning in China’s Fight Against 996? w/ JS Tan
2957
Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss how Chinese tech workers fought against “996” work practices and whether the its phaseout is being driven by that movement or by the changing needs of the government and tech companies.
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Aug 25, 2022 |
How the Modem World Shaped the Internet w/ Kevin Driscoll
3728
Paris Marx is joined by Kevin Driscoll to discuss the networks and services built by volunteers and hobbyists on top of the telephone network before the internet took over the in the 1990s, and what it can teach us about the internet and social media today.
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Aug 18, 2022 |
Keep Capitalism Out of Space w/ Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
3453
Paris Marx is joined by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to discuss the science behind the new space telescope, the problems with the billionaire space race, and why we need to challenge the capitalist and colonial forces driving the the effort to commercialize space.
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Aug 11, 2022 |
Competition Won’t Fix Canada’s Telecom Woes w/ Fenwick McKelvey
3225
Paris Marx is joined by Fenwick McKelvey to discuss the massive outage at Rogers, why it’s challenging the narrative that more competition will fix Canada’s telecom sector, and the need for better regulation and even public ownership.
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Aug 04, 2022 |
The Real Legacy of Stewart Brand w/ Malcolm Harris
3466
Paris Marx is joined by Malcolm Harris to discuss the legacy of Stewart Brand and why the myth we’re often told about him overstates the reality of his impact.
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Jul 28, 2022 |
How the Cloud Reshaped the Internet w/ Dwayne Monroe
4063
Paris Marx is joined by Dwayne Monroe to discuss what it’s like to work in a data center, how the cloud came to hold a dominant position, and the consequences of its control by companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
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Jul 21, 2022 |
The Dangers of Tech that Tracks Everything We Do w/ Shoshana Wodinsky
3391
Paris Marx is joined by Shoshana Wodinsky to discuss how the digital infrastructure that companies have built out over the past couple decades to track everything we do in order to serve us ads places us at risk, and how that’s come into focus since the overturning of abortion rights in Roe v Wade in the United States.
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Tech Won’t Fix the Transport System w/ Paris Marx
3856
In a special episode to celebrate the release of host Paris Marx’s new book Road to Nowhere, Brian Merchant takes over as guest host to interview Paris about the book, the tech industry’s visions for transportation, and why they don’t solve our mobility challenges.
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Jul 07, 2022 |
15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian Merchant
3420
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the impact of the iPhone after 15 years, including its effects on how we work, how we use technology, and what it’s meant for Apple.
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Jun 30, 2022 |
Canada’s Digital Contact-Tracing Experiment w/ Bianca Wylie
3389
To kick off a new monthly bonus series on tech in Canada, Paris Marx is joined by Bianca Wylie to discuss Canada’s COVID Alert app, the problems with the digital contract-tracing experiment, and why we need a public post-mortem so lessons are learned for next time.
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Jun 27, 2022 |
Technology of the Oppressed w/ David Nemer
3787
Paris Marx is joined by David Nemer to discuss how residents of Brazil’s favelas reshape technologies developed in the Global North to serve their needs, and how technology alone does not solve social oppression.
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Jun 23, 2022 |
Streaming Wars: Revenge of the Cinema? w/ Gita Jackson
4148
Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss how streaming has altered the film and television industry, what happens as their business models are coming under question, and whether cinemas have reason to celebrate streaming’s woes.
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Jun 16, 2022 |
Privatizing the Internet Was a Mistake w/ Ben Tarnoff
4361
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff to discuss why the problems with the modern internet, including its excessive concentration in the hands of a few companies and the way its dominant firms shape our interactions to generate profit, find their root in the decision to privatize the network. To fix them, that needs to be changed.
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Jun 09, 2022 |
Tech Media Needs to Do Better on Crypto and Elon Musk w/ Ed Zitron
4076
Paris Marx is joined by Ed Zitron for a wide-ranging discussion on the responsibility tech media has to its readers, the problems with crypto, and why bosses like Elon Musk are desperate to force workers back into the office.
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Jun 02, 2022 |
The Dangerous Ideology of the Tech Elite w/ Phil Torres
3303
Paris Marx is joined by Phil Torres to discuss why longtermism isn’t just about long-term thinking, but provides a framework for Silicon Valley billionaires to justify ignoring the crises facing humanity so they can accumulate wealth and go after space colonization.
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May 26, 2022 |
(Un)Stablecoins and the Crypto Crash w/ Bennett Tomlin
3300
Paris Marx is joined by Bennett Tomlin to discuss last week’s crash of Terra and Luna, the problems with stablecoins, and whether this collapse will finally force regulators to take action on cryptocurrency.
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May 19, 2022 |
The Argument for Half-Earth Socialism w/ Drew Pendergrass & Troy Vettese
3532
Paris Marx is joined by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese to discuss the environmental crises of climate change and mass extinction we face, and why taking them seriously while providing for everyone requires a radical change to how we structure society.
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May 12, 2022 |
How IBM Workers Took On Racism and Apartheid w/ ann haeyoung
3021
Paris Marx is joined by ann haeyoung to discuss IBM worker organizing in the 1970s and 1980s against racism and apartheid, and how those stories are important to informing tech organizing in the present.
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May 05, 2022 |
The Financialization of Everything w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.
3802
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition, how technology is enabling an extension of speculation and gambling, and why those pressures need to be opposed.
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Apr 28, 2022 |
We Can’t Allow Tech Solutions to Delay Climate Action w/ Molly Taft
3529
Paris Marx is joined by Molly Taft to discuss why we need to act now to reduce emissions, what role carbon removal technologies can play, and how Silicon Valley is trying to shift our focus to future technologies rather than taking drastic action today.
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Apr 21, 2022 |
Who’s to Blame When a Self-Driving Car Kills Someone? w/ Lauren Smiley
3801
Paris Marx is joined by Lauren Smiley to discuss what we’ve learned about the Uber crash since in happened in March 2018, what that’s meant for the vehicle operator who’s been charged, and whether the justice system made the right call in blaming her instead of Uber.
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Apr 14, 2022 |
How to Unionize Amazon w/ Justine Medina & Karen Ponce
3070
Paris Marx is joined by Justine Medina and Karen Ponce to discuss how the Amazon Labor Union succeeded in unionizing Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, what it’s like working for Amazon, and where the movement to unionize Amazon goes next.
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Apr 07, 2022 |
Web3 is Not Going Great w/ Molly White
3849
Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss the big Axie Infinity hack, what’s wrong with the New York Times’ Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto, and what Molly’s years as a Wikipedia editor have taught her about the problem with web3’s vision of total commercialization.
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Apr 01, 2022 |
Digital Tech Didn’t Democratize the Film Industry w/ Will Tavlin
2877
Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss the history of the film industry, how the digital revolution was promised to democratize film, and how it actually helped cement the power of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
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Mar 24, 2022 |
Can Higher Interest Rates Tame Big Tech And Inflation? w/ Grace Blakeley
3538
Paris Marx is joined by Grace Blakeley to discuss how low interest rates and quantitative easing fueled the tech economy’s post-recession growth, why raising them won’t fix the problems that’s created, and whether higher interest rates are the solution to rising inflation.
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Mar 17, 2022 |
How Peter Thiel Wields His Power in Silicon Valley w/ Moira Weigel
3721
Paris Marx is joined by Moira Weigel to discuss Peter Thiel’s history, how the network he cultivated has influenced Silicon Valley, and his recent move into funding Republican candidates.
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Mar 10, 2022 |
War in the Content Economy w/ Ryan Broderick & Hussein Kesvani
3905
Paris Marx is joined by Ryan Broderick and Hussein Kesvani to discuss how war gets filtered through social media and the content economy, and what that means for how we make sense of it.
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Mar 03, 2022 |
Can Tesla Survive Elon Musk? w/ Edward Niedermeyer
3474
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Niedermeyer to discuss how Elon Musk got involved in Tesla, promised things he couldn’t deliver to raise funds, and where it goes next now that he’s becoming a more controversial figure.
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Cringe Raps and $5 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin w/ Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
2758
Paris Marx is joined by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai to discuss the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan for trying to launder the $5 billion in Bitcoin stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack, how they were moving the money, how the authorities found them, and what lessons the case might hold.
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Feb 17, 2022 |
The Poorly Paid Workers Powering Automation w/ Phil Jones
2964
Paris Marx is joined by Phil Jones to discuss the hidden microworkers behind supposedly AI-powered automation from major tech companies, how it differs in the Global North and South, and what it means for how we think about the future.
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Feb 10, 2022 |
Crypto Winter Is Coming w/ Jacob Silverman
4089
As the podcast celebrates episode 100, Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the huge drop in crypto prices, the coming threat (to crypto) of interest rate hikes and regulation, the human impact of crypto schemes, and where things may be going next.
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Feb 03, 2022 |
Microsoft Wants to Dominate the Games Industry w/ Rob Zacny
3270
Paris Marx is joined by Rob Zacny to discuss the potential consequences of Xbox’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and what subscriptions and consolidation might mean for the future of games and the industry.
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Jan 27, 2022 |
How Evangelicals Emulate Startup Culture w/ Corrina Laughlin
2929
Paris Marx is joined by Corrina Laughlin to discuss how evangelical Christians have adapted to modern technologies, how churches have emulated startups, the growth of the faith tech sector, and whether there’s anything that can be learned from their tech experiments.
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Jan 20, 2022 |
Envisioning Platform Socialism w/ James Muldoon
3247
Paris Marx is joined by James Muldoon to discuss his vision for platform socialism and the different ways we could reorganize platforms to serve the public good over corporate profit.
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Jan 13, 2022 |
How Roblox Exploits Children w/ Quintin Smith
2747
Paris Marx is joined by Quintin Smith to discuss how Roblox profits from the labor of children, built an exploitative in-game economy, and needs to be regulated as soon as possible.
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Jan 06, 2022 |
Happy Holidays from Tech Won’t Save Us!
731
To end 2021, Paris Marx provides a quick update on the podcast and what’s coming next year.
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Dec 30, 2021 |
Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get Science Fiction w/ Annalee Newitz
3426
Paris Marx is joined by Annalee Newitz to discuss what’s wrong with Silicon Valley’s understanding of science fiction, and how tech leaders use it to justify terrible futures.
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Dec 23, 2021 |
The Video Game Industry Needs Unions w/ Gita Jackson
3367
Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss the revelations of sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision Blizzard, how workers have organized in response to them, and what it all could mean for the future of the video games industry.
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Web3 is a Scam, Not a Revolution w/ Stephen Diehl
3529
Paris Marx is joined by Stephen Diehl to discuss why technologists are divided on crypto, what’s wrong with blockchain, why crypto assets are scams, and why web3 is a rebranding effort.
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Dec 09, 2021 |
Who Inspired Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ Space Visions? w/ Fred Scharmen
3233
Paris Marx is joined by Fred Scharmen to discuss Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ visions for space colonization, the inspiration they draw from the work of Wernher von Braun and Gerard O’Neill, and what’s wrong with basing our future on those ideas.
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Don’t Give Surveillance for Christmas w/ Chris Gilliard
3425
Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss the ethics of tech media recommending surveillance devices, aspects of “smart” technologies you might not have considered, and why we should think twice about surrounding ourselves with cameras and microphones.
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Nov 25, 2021 |
Net-Zero Uses Technofixes to Delay Climate Action w/ Sabrina Fernandes
3487
Paris Marx is joined by Sabrina Fernandes to discuss what came out of COP26, what it actually means to have net-zero emissions by 2050, and all the mechanisms that countries are developing to delay necessary action to reduce emissions.
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Nov 18, 2021 |
How Amazon is Changing the Books We Read w/ Mark McGurl
2949
Paris Marx is joined by Mark McGurl to discuss how Amazon is reshaping the publishing industry and altering the form of the novel itself.
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Why the Metaverse Must Be Stopped w/ Brian Merchant
4098
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s big plans for the metaverse, everything that’s wrong with it, the concept’s scifi origins, and why Silicon Valley is desperate to make it happen.
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Can Nostalgia Inspire a Better Future? w/ Grafton Tanner
3275
Paris Marx is joined by Grafton Tanner to discuss how social and environmental crises fuel nostalgia, how companies profit from it, and whether it can be reoriented to inspire a better future.
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Oct 28, 2021 |
What Gig Work Means for Women in India w/ Noopur Raval
3220
Paris Marx is joined by Noopur Raval to discuss India’s gig economy, the specific conditions of women who provide services through beauty and wellness apps, and how workers organize to improve their conditions.
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Oct 21, 2021 |
Beating Uber at the UK Supreme Court w/ Yaseen Aslam
2544
Paris Marx is joined by Yaseen Aslam to discuss the UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are not self-employed, the long fight to reach that point, and the next steps in the push for gig workers’ rights in the UK.
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Oct 19, 2021 |
Solidarity in Canada’s Gig Economy w/ Jennifer Scott & Brice Sopher
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Paris Marx is joined by Jennifer Scott and Brice Sopher to discuss the campaign to unionize Foodora and the fight for gig workers’ rights in Canada.
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Oct 14, 2021 |
Gig Work is Not a Novelty in Brazil w/ Rafael Grohmann
2817
Paris Marx is joined by Rafael Grohmann to discuss the state of app-based work in Brazil, organizing by food delivery workers to demand better conditions, and even a recent strike by click farm workers.
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Oct 12, 2021 |
The Fight for Gig Workers’ Rights in Europe w/ Ben Wray
2793
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the state of the gig economy in Europe, including the Spanish riders law, recent court ruling on employment status in the Netherlands, strikes in Germany and Greece, and the forthcoming platform workers directive from the European Commission.
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Oct 07, 2021 |
Migrant Workers in Australia’s Gig Economy w/ Tyler Riordan
2590
Paris Marx is joined by Tyler Riordan to discuss the state of the gig economy in Australia, the ongoing efforts to improve their conditions, and Tyler’s research on migrant food couriers in Brisbane.
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Oct 05, 2021 |
How Race Was Central to Prop 22 w/ Veena Dubal
2743
Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Proposition 22 and the contract status of gig workers is reminiscent of the United States’ history of racial wage codes, which codified lower wages for Black workers.
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Sep 30, 2021 |
The Amazon Union Drive Comes to Canada w/ Sara Mojtehedzadeh
3062
Paris Marx is joined by Sara Mojtehedzadeh to discuss the Teamsters’ organizing at Amazon warehouses in Canada and the working conditions that workers face at those facilities.
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Sep 23, 2021 |
What Apple Won’t Tell You About the iPhone w/ Brian Merchant
4351
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the development of the iPhone, how Apple manages the press, and how the parts of the company’s supply chain that get too little attention.
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Sep 16, 2021 |
The Creation of a Black Cyberculture w/ André Brock
2917
Paris Marx is joined by André Brock to discuss the history of Black people’s online activity, the internet’s association with whiteness, and what Black Twitter can tell us about the centrality of Black people to digital culture.
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Sep 09, 2021 |
Big Tech Entrenches US Power w/ Michael Kwet
3048
Paris Marx is joined by Michael Kwet to discuss how digital technologies are used to entrench the power of the United States and its dominant corporations at the expense of the Global South.
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Sep 02, 2021 |
Blockchain Won’t Save the Global South w/ Olivier Jutel
3533
Paris Marx is joined by Olivier Jutel to discuss blockchain’s pivot to humanitarianism, the questionable people behind the technology, and how their projects in the Pacific have benefited capitalist and imperial power.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
How Neoliberalism Seized the Internet w/ Dan Greene
3440
Paris Marx is joined by Dan Greene to discuss how the Clinton administration reframed poverty through the lens of the internet and how that transformed the missions of key institutions like libraries and schools.
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Aug 19, 2021 |
How Smart is the Smart City? w/ Shannon Mattern
2886
Paris Marx is joined by Shannon Mattern to discuss what we miss when we see the city solely through the lens of the computer, and how other institutions and ways of knowing can help inform richer ways of understanding the city.
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Aug 12, 2021 |
How Australia Used Tech Against Welfare Recipients w/ Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran
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Paris Marx is joined by Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran to discuss Australia’s robodebt scandal where automated decision-making was used against welfare recipients, and how exploitative AI implementations are being deployed by governments in social welfare and at the borders.
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Aug 05, 2021 |
How Streaming is Reshaping the Film Industry w/ Peter Labuza
3410
Paris Marx is joined by Peter Labuza to discuss how streaming is reconfiguring Hollywood, what that means for the film and television we consume, and whether it’s time to consider antitrust action against the streaming giants.
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Jul 29, 2021 |
Demystifying the Billionaire Space Race
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Paris Marx takes a solo episode to discuss the billionaire space race. Specifically, how billionaires are selling grand futures of space travel as a PR scheme to get huge public contracts that will allow them to control the infrastructure of space.
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Jul 22, 2021 |
“Sleep Dealer” and the Border Politics of Tech w/ Alex Rivera
3055
Paris Marx is joined by Alex Rivera to discuss his 2008 film Sleep Dealer and how it imagined exploitative technologies being implemented in a future Mexico of hardened borders and limited migration.
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Jul 15, 2021 |
Tech Criticism Before the Techlash w/ Zachary Loeb
3221
Paris Marx is joined by Zachary Loeb to discuss the history of tech criticism with a focus on Joseph Weizenbaum and Lewis Mumford, as well as why the techlash is a narrative that suits Silicon Valley.
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Jul 08, 2021 |
Bitcoin is a Right-Wing Technology w/ David Golumbia
3138
Paris Marx is joined by David Golumbia to discuss the ideology of cyberlibertarianism, the right-wing politics of cryptocurrencies and blockchains, and why the left shouldn’t embrace them.
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Jul 01, 2021 |
VCs Want to Disrupt the Media w/ Eoin Higgins
2211
Paris Marx is joined by Eoin Higgins to discuss why tech companies and venture capital firms are launching their own media verticals, what Marc Andreessen hopes to get out of Clubhouse and Substack, and why Jeff Bezos may have a better approach to media.
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Jun 24, 2021 |
Facebook Is A Battleground w/ Avi Asher-Schapiro and Maya Gebeily
2508
Paris Marx is joined by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Maya Gebeily to discuss how Facebook isn’t fully enforcing its ban on conversion therapy in Arabic, what that means for LGBTQ people in Arabic-speaking countries, and how social media has become a battleground.
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Jun 17, 2021 |
Embracing Glitch Feminism w/ Legacy Russell
2837
Paris Marx is joined by Legacy Russell to discuss how glitch feminism challenges existing ideas of what constitutes the body and the effects of having those conceptions embedded within our technological systems.
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Jun 10, 2021 |
The Sunset of the Californian Ideology? w/ Richard Barbrook
3786
Paris Marx is joined by Richard Barbrook to discuss how the Californian Ideology illustrated the neoliberalism of Silicon Valley, whether it’s still relevant in the present, and how games can be used for political purposes.
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Jun 03, 2021 |
Why the Soviet Union Didn’t Build the Internet w/ Benjamin Peters
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Paris Marx is joined by Benjamin Peters to discuss the proposals for national computer networks in the Soviet Union, the challenges they faced in getting approval, and what lessons they hold for how we think about networks.
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May 27, 2021 |
Project Cybersyn Shows All Tech is Political w/ Eden Medina
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Paris Marx is joined by Eden Medina to discuss Project Cybersyn, a technological system created by Chile’s socialist government in the 1970s to manage production, and what it can teach us about political technology and innovation outside the Global North.
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May 20, 2021 |
How Many Times Has the Internet Already Died? w/ Kevin Driscoll
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Paris Marx is joined by Kevin Driscoll to discuss the history of France’s Minitel system, the insights it provides about the modern platform economy, and whether the internet will one day be shut down too.
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May 13, 2021 |
How State Funding Built Silicon Valley w/ Margaret O’Mara
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Paris Marx is joined by Margaret O’Mara to discuss how the state and military have been at the center of the US tech industry since the very beginning, but how it was written out of the popular narrative during the neoliberal turn in the 1980s.
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May 06, 2021 |
Celebrating One Year of Tech Won’t Save Us!
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Paris Marx is solo this week, providing an update on the podcast, the series of guests planned for May, and what’s coming next for Tech Won’t Save Us!
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Apr 29, 2021 |
What’s Next for Amazon Workers? w/ Kim Kelly
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Paris Marx is joined by Kim Kelly to discuss what it was like on the ground in Bessemer as workers tried to form a union at Amazon, the mood after the results came in, and where the organizing effort against Amazon goes from here.
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Apr 22, 2021 |
Vaccine Passports Are Not the Solution w/ Elizabeth Renieris
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Paris Marx is joined by Elizabeth Renieris to discuss why we should be concerned about proposals for vaccine passports and how they could create a precedent for a larger rollout of digital identity documents.
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Apr 16, 2021 |
Bursting the NFT Bubble w/ Jacob Silverman
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Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the implications of the recent NFT boom, the libertarian ideology that underpins crypto, and where the hype economy goes from here.
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Apr 08, 2021 |
Digital Redlining in the Frictionless Society w/ Chris Gilliard
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Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss how decisions by powerful institutions over how to implement new technologies in cities, education, health, and more have the effect of creating a form of digital redlining that hides existing social problems.
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Apr 01, 2021 |
Elon Musk Isn’t Saving Humanity w/ Manu Saadia
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Paris Marx is joined by Manu Saadia to discuss the roots of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ visions for space, and why they serve the billionaires’ need for control, not the betterment of humanity.
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Mar 25, 2021 |
How Britain Killed its Computing Industry w/ Mar Hicks
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Paris Marx is joined by Mar Hicks to discuss why we need to know the history of tech and how the British history of sexism and colonialism in computing has lessons for the present-day US tech industry.
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Mar 18, 2021 |
Is Bill Gates a “Good” Billionaire? w/ Tim Schwab
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Paris Marx is joined by Tim Schwab to discuss how Bill Gates wields his wealth to shape public policy, the many conflicts of interest of Bill and his Foundation, and how legitimate criticism of power is being positioned as conspiracy.
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Mar 11, 2021 |
How Algorithms Are Transforming Work w/ Callum Cant
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Paris Marx is joined by Callum Cant to discuss the UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are workers, his experience organizing as a Deliveroo worker, and how algorithmic management is transforming work.
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Mar 04, 2021 |
Why We Need a Luddite Politics of Tech w/ Gavin Mueller
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Paris Marx is joined by Gavin Mueller to discuss who the Luddites really were, what they can teach us about how we think about technology today, and why they show the need for a decelerationist politics of the future.
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Feb 25, 2021 |
Australia’s Plan to Make Tech Pay for News w/ Lizzie O’Shea
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Paris Marx is joined by Lizzie O’Shea to discuss how Australia’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers entrenches a data-extractive business model and aligns the interests of tech giants and media companies against those of the public.
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Feb 18, 2021 |
How Indonesian Gig Workers Are Organizing w/ Rida Qadri
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Paris Marx is joined by Rida Qadri to discuss how gig workers in Jakarta created networks of mutual aid in the face of a lack of support from companies and the government, and how their experiences show the importance of workers’ local knowledge for delivery platforms.
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Feb 11, 2021 |
Amazon’s Vigorous Opposition to Unions w/ Lauren Kaori Gurley
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Paris Marx is joined by Lauren Kaori Gurley to discuss how Amazon surveils workers to stop them from organizing, the difficult working conditions in warehouses and for delivery drivers, and whether Jeff Bezos become Executive Chair will change anything.
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Feb 04, 2021 |
How Nostalgia Serves Corporate Power w/ Grafton Tanner
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Paris Marx is joined by Grafton Tanner to discuss how social media constantly resurfaces the past, why film and television uses nostalgia to keep us engaged, and whether there’s a way to wield nostalgia in pursuit of a better world.
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Jan 28, 2021 |
How YouTube Normalizes Right-Wing Extremism w/ Becca Lewis
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Paris Marx is joined by Becca Lewis to discuss YouTube’s history of incentivizing extreme content, how the storming of the US Capitol shows the power of media spectacle, and why we should see social media platforms as media companies.
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Jan 21, 2021 |
Why We Need a Democratic Approach to Data w/ Salomé Viljoen
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Paris Marx is joined by Salomé Viljoen to discuss existing proposals to expand individual data rights or treat it as a form of labor, why we instead need to see data governance as a collective democratic project, and how that would give us the power to decide what data is collected and what it’s used for.
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Jan 14, 2021 |
The Frictionless World of Silicon Valley w/ Anna Wiener
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Paris Marx is joined by Anna Wiener to discuss her journey into the tech industry, how Silicon Valley’s desire for a “frictionless” world is affecting culture, and why it’s important to analyze Substack’s claims about the future of journalism.
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Jan 07, 2021 |
Platforms for Public Good w/ Mathew Lawrence & Thomas Hanna
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Paris Marx is joined by Mathew Lawrence and Thomas Hanna to discuss the problems with platforms, why antitrust alone is not enough to fix them, and how we can encourage the creation of democratic platforms that serve the public good.
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Dec 30, 2020 |
The Complex Systems that Govern Our Lives w/ Tim Maughan
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Paris Marx is joined by Tim Maughan to discuss the exploitative infrastructures that make the modern world possible, how complex technological systems rob us of our power to control our collective destiny, and why predicting trends isn’t hard when you understand capitalism.
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Dec 23, 2020 |
How Urban Tech Increases Corporate Control w/ David Banks
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Paris Marx is joined by David Banks to discuss how tech solutions to increase corporate control in cities will be sold to us as fun and convenient, and what that will actually means for access and equity in urban life.
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Dec 17, 2020 |
Why Game and Tech Workers Are Organizing w/ Emma Kinema
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Paris Marx is joined by Emma Kinema to discuss how workers are organizing in the video game and tech industries, the challenges faced by those workers, and the importance of organizing to improve workplaces, but also larger economic structures.
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Dec 10, 2020 |
Fighting for Gig Workers’ Rights After Prop 22 w/ Wilfred Chan
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Paris Marx is joined by Wilfred Chan to discuss how gig companies misled California voters to back Prop 22, whether the Biden administration will be an ally to gig workers, and the need for solidarity in the fight to preserve (and expand) labor rights.
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Dec 03, 2020 |
How Spotify is Built On Artist Exploitation w/ Liz Pelly
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Paris Marx is joined by Liz Pelly to discuss how the Spotify model of streaming music continues a long trend of exploitation in the music industry and why musicians need to organize around a vision for a different world of music.
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Nov 26, 2020 |
The Injury Crisis in Amazon Warehouses w/ Will Evans
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Paris Marx is joined by Will Evans to discuss how excessive productivity targets are causing high rates of injury at Amazon warehouses, how executives have misled the public about the problem, and what that suggests about the impacts of the company’s “customer obsession.”
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Nov 19, 2020 |
How Video Games are Shaped by Capitalism w/ Daniel Joseph
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Paris Marx is joined by Daniel Joseph to discuss the relationship between video games and capitalism, how the gaming experience has become increasingly commercialized, and what the new consoles — Xbox Series X|S and Playstation 5 — herald for the future of the industry.
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Nov 12, 2020 |
Jobs Suck, But Not Because of Automation w/ Aaron Benanav
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Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss why jobs are getting worse because the economy’s slowing down, not because technology is speeding up, and why that requires a vision of post-scarcity centered around human relationships instead of technological change.
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Nov 05, 2020 |
Section 230 Protects Free Expression Online w/ Evan Greer
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Paris Marx is joined by Evan Greer to discuss Republican and Democratic desires to amend or revoke Section 230, why the proposals won’t solve problems with Big Tech, and the international implications of US decisions about moderation.
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Oct 29, 2020 |
What Rural China Teaches Us About the Future of Tech w/ Xiaowei Wang
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Paris Marx is joined by Xiaowei Wang to discuss how technology is being used to connect rural China to global supply chains, what that means for life and work in those communities, and how China also holds inspiration for a different way of organizing production and technological development.
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Oct 22, 2020 |
Why Google’s Ad Business Could Implode w/ Tim Hwang
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Paris Marx is joined by Tim Hwang to discuss how digital ad markets became financialized, why Google and Facebook have an incentive to hide how poorly digital ads actually work, and how a financial bubble in digital advertising could usher in a better future of the internet.
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Oct 15, 2020 |
Silicon Valley is Embracing Anti-China Nationalism w/ JS Tan
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Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss the internet’s connection with neoliberalism, China’s protectionist measures to develop its own tech industry, and how the new tensions between the United States and China are leading Silicon Valley to embrace nationalism.
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Oct 08, 2020 |
Major Publishers Want to Shut Down Digital Lending w/ Maria Bustillos
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Paris Marx is joined by Maria Bustillos to discuss the important work of the Internet Archive, why it opened a digital National Emergency Library during the pandemic, how access to culture is essential for the social good, and why the major publishers are trying to permanently restrict digital lending in a narrow-minded bid for short-term profit.
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Oct 01, 2020 |
How Google & Facebook Dominate Digital Ads w/ Shoshana Wodinsky
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Paris Marx is joined by Shoshana Wodinsky to discuss how digital ad markets work, how Google and Facebook maintain their dominance, and why the TikTok saga wasn’t really about China getting people’s data at all. |
Sep 24, 2020 |
How Foxconn Treats the Workers Who Built Your iPhone w/ Jenny Chan
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Paris Marx is joined by Jenny Chan to discuss the difficult lives of Foxconn factory workers, the company’s relationship with Apple, the structural roadblocks to better working conditions, and how Chinese workers are trying to push back. |
Sep 17, 2020 |
A Better Internet Requires Ending the Monopolies w/ Cory Doctorow
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Paris Marx is joined by Cory Doctorow to discuss how the problems we associate with Big Tech aren’t the result of mind-control systems, but corporation consolidation. Cory argues we need to stop buying the overblown sales pitch, stop collecting so much data, and enforce antitrust legislation against the tech monopolies. |
Sep 10, 2020 |
Thinking about Tech in the Present Tense w/ Ben Tarnoff
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Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff to discuss why we should look to the Luddites for inspiration, how history could inform a better future of technology, and what tech organizing might look like under a Joe Biden administration.
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Sep 03, 2020 |
We Can’t Talk About Tech Without Talking About Resources w/ Thea Riofrancos
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Paris Marx is joined by Thea Riofrancos to discuss why we should care about the supply chains of technology, what that resource extraction means for people in Latin America, and how we should think about a less resource-intensive future.
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Aug 27, 2020 |
How Tech Journalism Legitimized the Gig Economy w/ Sam Harnett
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Paris Marx is joined by Sam Harnett to talk about how the flaws in tech journalism provide a distorted view of what “tech” companies are actually doing and why it looks like California will finally force ride-hail drivers to be recognized as employees (without Uber and Lyft). |
Aug 20, 2020 |
What the History of TV Can Teach Us About Netflix w/ Tom Evens
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Paris Marx is joined by Tom Evens to discuss how the history of the television industry can give us important insights into the state of streaming video services and how regulators might respond to ensure they serve the public good instead of just their private goals. |
Aug 13, 2020 |
How to Defeat an Apple Store w/ Tania Davidge
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Paris Marx is joined by Tania Davidge to discuss the campaign to stop Apple from building a store in the middle of Melbourne’s Federation Square and how the company’s vision of a town square differs from what a true public space should be. |
Aug 06, 2020 |
The Boring Company is a Complete Joke w/ Alissa Walker
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Paris Marx is joined by Alissa Walker to discuss how Elon Musk’s Boring Company transportation system has changed over the past few years, what his plans in Las Vegas mean for workers and transit users, and why tech companies are distracting us from a real vision of better cities. |
Jul 30, 2020 |
Space Mining Brings Capitalism to the Cosmos w/ Julie Michelle Klinger
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Paris Marx is joined by Julie Michelle Klinger to discuss the myths around rare earth elements and how they’re fueling a movement to enclose and mine space. But a better, more collaborative future that treats space as a commons is still possible, and the Global South may show us the way forward. |
Jul 23, 2020 |
The Global South Holds a Better Future of Tech w/ Juan Ortiz Freuler
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Paris Marx is joined by Juan Ortiz Freuler to discuss the recent global negotiations on the taxation of multinational corporations, how Africa is demanding the digital labor of its citizens be accounted for, how these tensions threaten to fragment the web, and why the Global South may hold a better future of technology that transcends the capitalist, centralized, and individualist platforms which currently dominate. |
Jul 16, 2020 |
Smart Tech Is Designed For Control w/ Jathan Sadowski
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Paris Marx is joined by Jathan Sadowski to discuss the politics of smart technology, how it enables powerful actors to further control the population, and why we should be more comfortable dismantling technologies that don’t serve the public good. |
Jul 09, 2020 |
Why Uber Failed at Micromobility w/ Aaron W. Gordon
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Paris Marx is joined by Aaron W. Gordon to discuss how VC-backed tech companies upended the bike-share industry, how that specifically played out in the case of Uber and Jump, and why the dockless bike and scooter model is failing. |
Jul 02, 2020 |
Technofascism in India w/ Banu Subramaniam & Debjani Bhattacharyya
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Paris Marx is joined by Banu Subramaniam and Debjani Bhattacharyya to discuss Indian politics under Narendra Modi and the BJP; how contract-tracing apps and geofencing are being used to monitor people during COVID-19; and how Hindu nationalism is informing responses to the pandemic on WhatsApp. |
Jun 25, 2020 |
Amazon Wants to Dominate Everything w/ Brian Merchant
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Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss how Amazon’s response to COVID-19 has put its workers in danger, how big tech companies are partnering with oil and gas companies, and why the pandemic makes it clear that shopping at Amazon is unethical. |
Jun 18, 2020 |
Tech Giants Don't Care About Black Lives w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.
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Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss how the labor practices, tech products, and global supply chains of tech companies prove they don't care about Black lives — regardless of what they've said in recent statements. Edward also explains why we should defund the police. |
Jun 11, 2020 |
Art is More Than Ones and Zeroes w/ Nika Roza Danilova
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Paris Marx is joined by Nika Roza Danilova to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting artists, the privileged worldview of tech, the human essence of art, and why that can’t be replicated by artificial intelligence. She also provides advice on how to best support artists and her hopes for what a better world for artists might look like. |
Jun 04, 2020 |
A Cooperative Vision for Technological Innovation w/ Dan Hind
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Paris Marx is joined by Dan Hind to discuss the problems with the existing tech industry and its links to the state, and his proposal for reorienting technological development to promote human flourishing and a cooperative economy. |
May 28, 2020 |
Uber's War on Drivers w/ Veena Dubal
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Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Uber's misclassification of drivers of independent contractors denies them rights and protections granted to other workers; how that's causing even more problems during the pandemic; the ongoing fight in California to get drivers recognized as employees under Assembly Bill 5; and how ride-hailing services ushered in a second wave of deregulation in the taxi industry. |
May 21, 2020 |
How Tech Platforms Affect Our Digital Lives w/ Joanne McNeil
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Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss how our experience online has evolved over the past three decades, the class backgrounds of tech founders, how the AIDS crisis robbed us an important contribution to the early web, and whether COVID-19 will change how we use platforms in the future. |
May 19, 2020 |
History Shows Radical Futures Are Possible w/ Lizzie O'Shea
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Paris Marx is joined by Lizzie O’Shea to discuss how learning about history can empower us to imagine more radical futures, how COVID-19 could create the opportunity to demand a better world, and how the praise for essential workers could help us rethink our ideas about work and the economy. |
May 14, 2020 |
Tech Billionaires Think They’re Better Than You w/ Rob Larson
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Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss how tech billionaires use philanthropy to massage their images, how they're creating a world that leaves nearly everyone else worse off, and how we need to respond with an online socialism to bring tech platforms under worker control. |
May 12, 2020 |
Fighting Back Against the Tech Monopolies w/ Grace Blakeley
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Paris Marx is joined by Grace Blakeley to discuss how neoliberal capitalism benefits the tech monopolies, how they’re thriving as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and how workers fight back after the defeat of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn. |
May 07, 2020 |
Elon Musk is a Cult Leader w/ Ilari Kaila
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Paris Marx is joined by Ilari Kaila to talk about Elon Musk's latest unhinged tweeting episode, his self-serving calls to end COVID-19 lockdowns, and how the outlandish promises he makes and stories he makes result in a cult-like devotion by those who follow him. |
May 05, 2020 |
How Tech Distracts Us From the Bigger Picture w/ Bianca Wylie
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Paris Marx is joined by Bianca Wylie to talk about the response to COVID-19, how governments’ emphasis on tech solutions ignores (and potentially entrenches) social inequalities, and how we might take control of technology to ensure it works for the public good. |
Apr 30, 2020 |
Bursting the Reality Bubble w/ Ziya Tong
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Paris Marx is joined by Ziya Tong to talk about how COVID-19 is helping us to see the world in a new way, and how that might open the door to reimagining how we organize society. Our "reality bubbles" about work, the food system, technology, and our relationship to nature are being severely challenged, but the question remains whether we can seize this moment to build a better world in the pandemic's aftermath. |
Apr 27, 2020 |
Transit is the Future w/ James Wilt
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Paris Marx is joined by James Wilt to talk about how COVID-19 is affecting transportation systems, the flaws in tech’s auto-oriented visions of the future, and why we need to fight for better transit systems to more equitably serve everyone. |
Apr 23, 2020 |
Tech's Response to COVID-19 w/ Wendy Liu
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Paris Marx is joined by Wendy Liu to talk about how the tech industry is responding to COVID-19, how tech workers may find their jobs at risk in the aftermath, and why we need to change the system to build tech for the public good instead of in service to private capital. |
Apr 20, 2020 |
A Brief Introduction
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Tech Won't Save Us challenges the notion that technology alone can solve our problems. Full episodes coming very soon. Support the show |
Apr 12, 2020 |