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405. AI is the Demon God of Capital (ft. Hagen Blix)
We chat with linguist and cognitive scientist Hagen Blix about his new book Why We Fear AI (co-authored with computer scientist Ingeborg Glimmer) about how the technical qualities of AI – especially …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Patreon Preview – 404. The Parasites that Control Pharmaceutical Prices
We take a deep dive into the lesser-known industry of “pharmacy benefits managers” (PBMs) which are parasitical companies that sit in the middle of the incredibly consolidated and vertically integrat…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
403. Perpetual Slop Machine
It’s slop world, baby! We get into how the internet has become choked by artificial intelligence systems focused on the endless production, circulation, and consumption of slop and shit. This is driv…
Published on 5 months ago
Patreon Preview – 402. Crypto Empire of the Sons
We return to an old enemy of the show by discussing the latest developments in the crypto industry. We trace how crypto has evolved from a grift largely focused on defrauding retail investors into a …
Published on 5 months ago
401. Ruled by Bastards (ft. Quinn Slobodian)
We are joined by yet another TMK favorite, Quinn Slobodian, who is author of Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. We discuss Quinn’s analysis of “new fusionism” or a…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
400. Well, Somebody Has to Do Something! (ft. Malcolm Harris)
We have a big chat with Malcolm Harris about his new book — What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis — which takes seriously the fact that “the whole total world is in crisis” and then s…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Patreon Preview – 399. The Business of Management (ft. Katie Wells)
We are joined by Katie Wells — Director of Research at Groundwork Collaborative — to discuss her new report with the Fairwork Project which examines the current labor conditions in the gig platform m…
Published on 6 months ago
398. The Treacherous Eunuch
We try to figure out what the fuck is happening in the US as we chat about the low rent car commercial at the White House, the human shields of cops protecting Tesla dealerships, how Musk has become …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Patreon Preview – 397. The Silicon Valley Consensus
We dig into a grand theory that Ed is building through a series of essays on the AI industry and the Silicon Valley Consensus, or how “a bunch of independent profit-seeking actors have converged on s…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
396. Need to Justify? Need an Alibi? Blame the AI!
We run through a roundup of recent stories about how different types of AI are already having real, material, immediate impacts on people’s lives — including AI facial recognition used by police to s…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago