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A curated playlist of the best new podcasts on technology. Powered by The Syllabus. (To see the articles, books, reports and videos that are also part of the Machinist, check out our site: the-syllabus.com)

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00:52:18

Lawfare Daily: The Defense Tech Paradox, with...

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2025/12/20

Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Lawfare Daily: The Defense Tech Paradox, with Susannah GlickmanPub date: 2025-12-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSusannah Glickman, an assistant professor of history at Stony Brook University who specializes in the political economy of computation and information, sat down withLawfareAssociate Editor Olivia Manes to discuss the role of defense tech in the second

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00:59:11

Europe’s Subservience to the United States w/ Ben Wray

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2025/12/20

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Europe’s Subservience to the United States w/ Ben WrayPub date: 2025-12-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationParis Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the Europe’s capitulation to pressure from the United States on Nexperia, as well as on digital protections and labor rights that could have big implications for the future of work.Ben Wray is a researcher specializing

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00:25:35

Data center backlash!

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2025/12/20

Podcast: Today, Explained (LS 74 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Data center backlash!Pub date: 2025-12-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAI data centers are driving up the cost of energy — and it's starting to get political. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. This

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01:22:45

433. How to Think About Disability (ft. Becca...

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2025/12/20

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 433. How to Think About Disability (ft. Becca Monteleone)Pub date: 2025-11-25Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWe chat with Becca Monteleone — author of The Double Bind of Disability: How Medical Technology Shapes Bodily Authority — about the critical intersection of disability and technology. Among many things, we get into the politics of how knowledge about the

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00:52:40

E334 - Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation w/...

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2025/12/04

Podcast: American Prestige (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: E334 - Silicon Valley and the Israeli Occupation w/ Omar ZahzahPub date: 2025-11-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSubscribe now to skip the commercials and get all of our content.Derek is joined by Omar Zahzah, Assistant Professor of Arab Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies at San Francisco State University, to talk about his book Terms of Servitude: Zionism,

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00:52:28

Surveillance, with Justin Hendrix

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2025/11/30

Podcast: The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Surveillance, with Justin HendrixPub date: 2025-11-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, I speak with Justin Hendrix, the CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press, a nonprofit media venture concerned with the intersection of technology and democracy.We talk about ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement), surveillance, and AI. Recorded Oct 21,

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01:02:46

Why We Need a War on Cars w/ Doug Gordon and Sarah...

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2025/11/18

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Why We Need a War on Cars w/ Doug Gordon and Sarah GoodyearPub date: 2025-11-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationParis Marx is joined by Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear to discuss the many ways cars have negatively affected society, how tech companies seek to entrench those problems, and what can really be done to improve mobility in our communities.Doug Gordon is a TV

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00:46:14

You might be paying Amazon’s power bill

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2025/11/08

Podcast: KERA's Think (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: You might be paying Amazon’s power billPub date: 2025-10-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBig tech pretty much runs our lives; will these companies one day own power grids, too? Karen Weise, technology correspondent for The New York Times, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how tech is driving up electricity costs for everyone, why municipalities are scrambling to upgrade

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01:33:30

Kate Epstein on How Twentieth-Century Technology...

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2025/11/08

Podcast: Peoples & Things (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Kate Epstein on How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National-Security State" (U Chicago Press, 2024)Pub date: 2025-10-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode I sit down with Kate Epstein, an associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Camden, as she details her research on the intersection of defense contracting, intellectual property, and

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00:29:43

546. Digital placemaking with marginalized...

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2025/11/01

Podcast: Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for PeopleEpisode: 546. Digital placemaking with marginalized communities - Sirin Hassan and Vineeta ShettyPub date: 2025-10-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDigital Placemaking with Marginalized Communities, focusing on indigenous and marginalized groups from across four regions share how placemaking becomes a form of resistance and empowerment. From Palestinian activists using digital storytelling, to

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00:46:25

Will A.I kill imagination?

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2025/10/24

Podcast: KERA's Think (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Will A.I kill imagination?Pub date: 2025-10-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIf A.I. can write a song with just you in mind, will you still be able to share that musical experience with others? Joshua Rothman, a staff writer for The New Yorker, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens to culture when we rely on A.I. to generate visual art or music, what it means for

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01:00:28

Is Tesla Still a Car Company? w/ Ed Niedermeyer

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2025/10/04

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Is Tesla Still a Car Company? w/ Ed NiedermeyerPub date: 2025-09-25Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationParis Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the mission to turn Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire, Tesla’s growing interest in making robots instead of cars, and how other automakers are coming for the EV market it once dominated.Ed Niedermeyer is the

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00:28:47

FreshEd #399 – EdTech Philanthropy in South Africa...

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2025/10/04

Podcast: FreshEd (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: FreshEd #399 – EdTech Philanthropy in South Africa (Amy Stambach)Pub date: 2025-09-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThanks for listening to FreshEd. It’s rewarding to produce for the thousands of listeners around the world. But it takes a lot of work to make regular episodes. What sustains our effort are voluntary memberships from paying supporters. If you are enjoying FreshEd

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01:00:35

A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology w/ Aaron...

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2025/09/19

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology w/ Aaron BenanavPub date: 2025-09-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationParis Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates. It’s a plan to center human experience through democratic discourse while driving true social and

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00:41:53

Big Tech Emissions and the Truth About Corporate...

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2025/09/19

Podcast: Climate Confident (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Big Tech Emissions and the Truth About Corporate Climate PledgesPub date: 2025-09-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSend me a messageIn this episode of the Climate Confident Podcast, I sit down with Tom Day from the NewClimate Institute to unpack one of the thorniest issues in corporate climate action: credibility. Over the past few years, big tech companies and

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00:58:40

Petter Törnberg and Justus Uitermark, "Seeing Like a...

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2025/09/04

Podcast: New Books Network (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Petter Törnberg and Justus Uitermark, "Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity" (Taylor & Francis, 2025)Pub date: 2025-08-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization'Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity (Taylor & Francis, 2025)' by Petter Törnberg & Justus UitermarkIn my conversation with Petter

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01:15:07

417. Whose AI Bubble Is It Anyways? (ft. Paris Marx,...

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2025/08/26

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 48 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 417. Whose AI Bubble Is It Anyways? (ft. Paris Marx, Brian Merchant)Pub date: 2025-08-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, Ed chats with Paris Marx and Brian Merchant about artificial intelligence and the political coalitions behind its development in the United States and abroad. Are we all living in the same AI bubble? Europe, China, and America all

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00:47:21

Feature 6: CYBORG RIGHTS & THE CITY? A conversation...

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2025/08/18

Podcast: Urban RadarEpisode: Feature 6: CYBORG RIGHTS & THE CITY? A conversation on tech & urbanism with Simon Marvin & Allan McCayPub date: 2025-07-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this month's special feature, Tom and Beth are joined by Simon Marvin and Allan McCay to discuss how advances in neurotechnology - specifically Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) - are changing the way we think about urban infrastructures and

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00:48:41

Abolishing Silicon Valley, Building the Commons--A...

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2025/08/18

Podcast: Speaking Out of Place (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Abolishing Silicon Valley, Building the Commons--A Different Way to Spend Your Life: A Conversation with Wendy LiuPub date: 2025-07-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationEver since its publication, Abolish Silicon Valley—How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism has proven to be more urgent and insightful. Today I talk with author Wendy Liu about how developments like

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00:33:30

Laura Bates: AI is reinventing sexism

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2025/08/02

Podcast: The Prospect Podcast (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Laura Bates: AI is reinventing sexismPub date: 2025-07-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis week, writer and activist Laura Bates joins Ellen and Alona to discuss her latest bookThe New Age of Sexism.Best known for founding the Everyday Sexism project in 2012, Laura has spent more than a decade documenting the realities of gender-based discrimination. In her new

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