Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Online Shopping Boom Is Over w/ Amanda Mull
Episode 170
Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Mull to discuss the history of consumerism and where ecommerce goes in the next few years as interest rates ri…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race w/ Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Episode 169
Paris Marx is joined by Mary-Jane Rubenstein to discuss how ideas that underpinned colonization and Manifest Destiny are now setting the foun…
3 years, 4 months ago
Pronatalism and Silicon Valley’s Right-Wing Turn w/ Julia Black
Episode 168
Paris Marx is joined by Julia Black to discuss tech billionaires’ embrace of pronatalism and how it’s part of a broader rationalist project t…
3 years, 4 months ago
How Cities Sell Themselves to the Tech Industry w/ David A. Banks
Episode 167
Paris Marx is joined by David A. Banks to discuss how cities have been reshaped to attract tech companies and what the consequences have been…
3 years, 4 months ago
Elon Musk Is Destroying Twitter w/ Matt Binder
Episode 166
Paris Marx is joined by Matt Binder to discuss Elon Musk’s first six months at Twitter and how his obsession with blue checks has decimated t…
3 years, 5 months ago
Does Banning TikTok Make Sense? w/ Shoshana Wodinsky & Daniel Greene
Episode 165
Paris Marx is joined by Shoshana Wodinsky to discuss the unconvincing arguments being made for a TikTok ban in the United States, then by Dan…
3 years, 5 months ago
Chatbots Won’t Take Many Jobs w/ Aaron Benanav
Episode 164
Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss OpenAI’s claims that generative AI will take our jobs, how previous periods of automation hy…
3 years, 5 months ago
ChatGPT Is Not Intelligent w/ Emily M. Bender
Episode 163
Paris Marx is joined by Emily M. Bender to discuss what it means to say that ChatGPT is a “stochastic parrot,” why Elon Musk is calling to pa…
3 years, 5 months ago
How Amazon Reshapes Small Business to Serve Itself w/ Moira Weigel
Episode 162
Paris Marx is joined by Moira Weigel to discuss the third-party sellers who supply many of the goods sold through Amazon, how the company’s p…
3 years, 6 months ago
Celebrating Three Years of Tech Won’t Save Us!
Tech Won’t Save Us is turning three years old, so Paris recorded a quick update on the show and announced plans for a new Elon Musk series if…
3 years, 6 months ago