Podcast Episodes
Back to Search15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian Merchant
Episode 122
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 t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Canada’s Digital Contact-Tracing Experiment w/ Bianca Wylie
Episode 121
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 probl…
4 years, 3 months ago
Technology of the Oppressed w/ David Nemer
Episode 120
Paris Marx is joined by David Nemer to discuss how residents of Brazil’s favelas reshape technologies developed in the Global North to serve …
4 years, 3 months ago
Streaming Wars: Revenge of the Cinema? w/ Gita Jackson
Episode 119
Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss how streaming has altered the film and television industry, what happens as their business mo…
4 years, 3 months ago
Privatizing the Internet Was a Mistake w/ Ben Tarnoff
Episode 118
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff to discuss why the problems with the modern internet, including its excessive concentration in the hands …
4 years, 3 months ago
Tech Media Needs to Do Better on Crypto and Elon Musk w/ Ed Zitron
Episode 117
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…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Dangerous Ideology of the Tech Elite w/ Émile P. Torres
Episode 116
Paris Marx is joined by Émile P. Torres to discuss why longtermism isn’t just about long-term thinking, but provides a framework for Silicon …
4 years, 4 months ago
(Un)Stablecoins and the Crypto Crash w/ Bennett Tomlin
Episode 115
Paris Marx is joined by Bennett Tomlin to discuss last week’s crash of Terra and Luna, the problems with stablecoins, and whether this collap…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Argument for Half-Earth Socialism w/ Drew Pendergrass & Troy Vettese
Episode 114
Paris Marx is joined by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese to discuss the environmental crises of climate change and mass extinction we face, …
4 years, 4 months ago
How IBM Workers Took On Racism and Apartheid w/ ann haeyoung
Episode 113
Paris Marx is joined by ann haeyoung to discuss IBM worker organizing in the 1970s and 1980s against racism and apartheid, and how those stor…
4 years, 5 months ago