Podcast Episodes

PU 43: The Vehicle Kill Switch Law

Dissecting Biden’s 2021 law that will require cars in the US to monitor drivers and to turn themselves off if the AI thinks the driver is impaired. I…

2 months, 1 week ago

PU 42: Why Podcasts Matter

In this somewhat different episode, I explain my passion for podcasting, try to give an overview of what constitutes a podcast (technically and in sp…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

PU 41: The Iran Peace Deal

An analysis of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran. What does it mean for the future of world politics and how has it b…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

PU 40: The First Trillionaire

The company pulling off the most successful IPO in the history of stock exchanges, SpaceX, is losing money hand over fist. And its promised future mo…

3 months ago

PU 39: The Dead Internet Theory Was Right

Are humans on the internet being pushed out by bots? Is this a lunatic fringe conspiracy theory or does Cory Doctorow’s thesis of enshittification ac…

3 months, 1 week ago

PU 38: Is Chat Control Finally Dead?

The EU’s attempt to assume that all of its citizens are guilty of crimes and to then scan all of their communications is finally dead. But the danger…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

PU 37: How Not to Report an Aviation Accident

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed into a hill near Wuzhou in 2022, killing 132 people. What do we know about this Boeing 737 crash and what …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

PU 36: Dire Straits of Hormuz

The Straits of Hormuz are closed, blocking about 20% of oil shipments from reaching the global economy. But what does closed actually mean?

Punching U…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

PU 35: The Horror of Computerised War

How the Pentagon switched decision making from humans to machines. And what it means for the future that computers now decide who lives and dies.

Punc…

4 months ago

PU 34: Scam Altman

A deep dive on investigative journalist Ronan Farrow’s profile of Sam Altman’s leadership at OpenAI. The piece lays bare many of the enduring issues …

4 months, 1 week ago