Patreon Preview – 474. Gym, Tan, Leverage
We bring together two different stories about the tech sector and speculative real estate booms. First, how Netflix promises to turn the Jer...
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A podcast about technology and political economy /// Agitprop against innovation and capital /// Hosted by Jathan Sadowski and Edward Ongweso Jr., Produced by Jereme Brown /// Hello friends...
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473. Tech Workers of the World, Unite (ft. JS Tan, Clarissa Redwine)
[We had technical difficulties and had to use a backup recording, sorry!] We chat with JS Tan and Clarissa Redwin — both veteran tech worker...
Premium – 472. Australia’s AI Pitch Deck
We turn our sights down under by taking a closer look at the new all-of-government strategy for AI in Australia’s Interests. Australia has p...
471. Breaking the Leviathan
We take a deep dive into New York’s police-surveillance infrastructure, a sprawling leviathan that Mayor Zohran Mamdani was outspoken agains...
Patreon Preview – 470. Choking on Data Exhaust
We chat about Ed’s engagement with communities pushing back against data center development in Tulsa, plus some major reporting showing the...
469. The Maniacs are Running the Asylum (ft. Nikhil Suresh)
We’re joined by Nik Suresh, director of Hermit Tech and excellent blogger on the software industry. You might know Nik for an incredible ess...
Patreon Preview – 468. Vibes Make the World Go Round
First we get into a very circular (the strongest shape in nature) deal between Nvidia, OpenAI, and Softbank to finance a $250 billion 10-gig...
467. Industrial Policy by Other Means (ft. Matt Haugen, Jesse Goldstein)
We chat with Matt Haugen and Jesse Goldstein from the Climate + Community Institute about a new report they co-authored laying out how the U...
Patreon Preview – 466. I’m Evil as Shit
We first open a door by talking about the great new ‘right to repair’ ruling from the FTC, which is the result of a long fight against renti...
465. Malcolm X1 Technologies
We chat all about the growing market for humanoid robots. What are the financial incentives and social ideologies driving the creation of te...
Patreon Preview – 464. Pep Rally
Miracle cures! Get your miracle cures! What the hell are peptides? Why is this class of black/gray market drugs on everyone’s lips and being...
463. The Abuse is the Point (ft. Ben Somers)
(Sorry we’re a little late; blame producer pneumonia) We open the nightmare world folder and go through a series of stories about technology...
Patreon Preview – 462. Somebody’s Really Gotta Do Something
If every billionaire is a policy failure, then the world’s first trillionaire is a far more serious omen of collapse. We spend this episode...
461. The Book of Ludd
“Welcome to the Church of Ludd, it’s nice to see you join our congregation. Please pick up a pamphlet as you walk in, which explains how to...
Patreon Preview – 460. Mr. Worldspirit
It’s a news roundup! First, in a duo of stories designed to make Ed jealous, Australia has seized 20 million illegal vapes at the border sin...
459. One Border After Another (ft. Gaby Del Valle)
We chat with Gaby Del Valle—policy reporter at the Verge—about her excursion to the Border Security Expo, the new hardware and software bein...
Patreon Preview – 458. Seduced by the Slop Tsunami
We chat about how so many people keep getting seduced into thinking chatbots are conscious, or just keep hedging their bets in some kind of...
457. DC3: The Terraforming
We’re going in for a threepeat – it’s Data Centers 3, as we continue with our analysis of the data center industry, the opposition to these...
Patreon Preview – 456. Do Not Question Project Cannoli
We go in for a second helping on analysing the opposition to data centers. After further deconstructing the arguments against opposition, we...
455. The Anti-Anti-Anti-Data-Centers Social Club
We deconstruct the confused arguments – from the left – against moratoriums for data centres. These positions set up a false dichotomy betwe...