Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDon’t Fall for the AI Hype w/ Timnit Gebru
Episode 151
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the misleading framings of artificial intelligence, her experience of getting fired by Google…
3 years, 8 months ago
What the US-China Divide Means for Tech w/ Louise Matsakis
Episode 150
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…
3 years, 8 months ago
Why Tech Billionaires Want to Shape Our Future w/ Rose Eveleth
Episode 149
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…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Year in Tech w/ Brian Merchant, Chris Gilliard, & Gita Jackson
Episode 148
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant, Chris Gilliard, and Gita Jackson to discuss the year in tech, including Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover,…
3 years, 9 months ago
FTX Goes to Zero w/ Molly White
Episode 147
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 …
3 years, 9 months ago
Tech Billionaires Are Coming for Workers w/ Wendy Liu
Episode 146
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 emp…
3 years, 9 months ago
Trusting Tech Billionaires is a Recipe for Disaster w/ Douglas Rushkoff
Episode 145
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 b…
3 years, 9 months ago
Tech Isn’t Fixing the Crisis on Our Streets w/ David Zipper
Episode 144
Paris Marx is joined by David Zipper to discuss how Silicon Valley pitched new technologies as the fix for a whole range of transport problem…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why Advertising Shapes the Tech Economy w/ Daniel Joseph
Episode 143
Paris Marx is joined by Daniel Joseph to discuss why advertising is central not just to the tech economy, but modern capitalism itself, and h…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why Visual Effects Look the Way They Do w/ Julie Turnock
Episode 142
Paris Marx is joined by Julie Turnock to discuss the history of the visual effects industry, the role that George Lucas’ Industrial Light and…
3 years, 10 months ago