Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy the Soviet Union Didn’t Build the Internet w/ Benjamin Peters
Episode 62
Paris Marx is joined by Benjamin Peters to discuss the proposals for national computer networks in the Soviet Union, the challenges they face…
5 years, 4 months ago
Project Cybersyn Shows All Tech is Political w/ Eden Medina
Episode 61
Paris Marx is joined by Eden Medina to discuss Project Cybersyn, a technological system created by Chile’s socialist government in the 1970s …
5 years, 4 months ago
How Many Times Has the Internet Already Died? w/ Kevin Driscoll
Episode 60
Paris Marx is joined by Kevin Driscoll to discuss the history of France’s Minitel system, the insights it provides about the modern platform …
5 years, 4 months ago
How State Funding Built Silicon Valley w/ Margaret O’Mara
Episode 59
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 …
5 years, 4 months ago
Celebrating One Year of Tech Won’t Save Us!
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…
5 years, 5 months ago
What’s Next for Amazon Workers? w/ Kim Kelly
Episode 58
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 …
5 years, 5 months ago
Vaccine Passports Are Not the Solution w/ Elizabeth Renieris
Episode 57
Paris Marx is joined by Elizabeth Renieris to discuss why we should be concerned about proposals for vaccine passports and how they could cre…
5 years, 5 months ago
Bursting the NFT Bubble w/ Jacob Silverman
Episode 56
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the implications of the recent NFT boom, the libertarian ideology that underpins crypto, a…
5 years, 5 months ago
Digital Redlining in the Frictionless Society w/ Chris Gilliard
Episode 55
Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss how decisions by powerful institutions over how to implement new technologies in cities, ed…
5 years, 6 months ago
Elon Musk Isn’t Saving Humanity w/ Manu Saadia
Episode 54
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’…
5 years, 6 months ago