Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Britain Killed its Computing Industry w/ Mar Hicks
Episode 53
Paris Marx is joined by Mar Hicks to discuss why we need to know the history of tech and how the British history of sexism and colonialism in…
5 years, 6 months ago
Is Bill Gates a “Good” Billionaire? w/ Tim Schwab
Episode 52
Paris Marx is joined by Tim Schwab to discuss how Bill Gates wields his wealth to shape public policy, the many conflicts of interest of Bill…
5 years, 6 months ago
How Algorithms Are Transforming Work w/ Callum Cant
Episode 51
Paris Marx is joined by Callum Cant to discuss the UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are workers, his experience organizing as a Deli…
5 years, 7 months ago
Why We Need a Luddite Politics of Tech w/ Gavin Mueller
Episode 50
Paris Marx is joined by Gavin Mueller to discuss who the Luddites really were, what they can teach us about how we think about technology tod…
5 years, 7 months ago
Australia’s Plan to Make Tech Pay for News w/ Lizzie O’Shea
Episode 49
Paris Marx is joined by Lizzie O’Shea to discuss how Australia’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers entrenches a data-extra…
5 years, 7 months ago
How Indonesian Gig Workers Are Organizing w/ Rida Qadri
Episode 48
Paris Marx is joined by Rida Qadri to discuss how gig workers in Jakarta created networks of mutual aid in the face of a lack of support from…
5 years, 7 months ago
Amazon’s Vigorous Opposition to Unions w/ Lauren Kaori Gurley
Episode 47
Paris Marx is joined by Lauren Kaori Gurley to discuss how Amazon surveils workers to stop them from organizing, the difficult working condit…
5 years, 8 months ago
How Nostalgia Serves Corporate Power w/ Grafton Tanner
Episode 46
Paris Marx is joined by Grafton Tanner to discuss how social media constantly resurfaces the past, why film and television uses nostalgia to …
5 years, 8 months ago
How YouTube Normalizes Right-Wing Extremism w/ Becca Lewis
Episode 45
Paris Marx is joined by Becca Lewis to discuss YouTube’s history of incentivizing extreme content, how the storming of the US Capitol shows t…
5 years, 8 months ago
Why We Need a Democratic Approach to Data w/ Salomé Viljoen
Episode 44
Paris Marx is joined by Salomé Viljoen to discuss existing proposals to expand individual data rights or treat it as a form of labor, why we …
5 years, 8 months ago