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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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01:06:11

Long Reads: Aaron Benanav on Automation and the Long...

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2022/11/16

Podcast: Jacobin Radio (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Long Reads: Aaron Benanav on Automation and the Long DownturnPub date: 2022-11-07Science fiction has traditionally depicted a robot takeover as a conscious bid for global domination by our mechanical offspring. From The Terminator to The Matrix, we’ve been invited to picture a war to the death between man and machine. More recently however, figures like Elon Musk have spoken about the rise of the robots as a more insidious

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01:17:19

Chris Salter, "Sensing Machines: How Sensors Shape...

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2022/11/09

Podcast: New Books in Sociology (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Chris Salter, "Sensing Machines: How Sensors Shape Our Everyday Life" (MIT Press, 2022)Pub date: 2022-11-01Sensing machines are everywhere in our world. As we move through the day, electronic sensors and computers adjust our thermostats, guide our Roombas, count our steps, change the orientation of an image when we rotate our phones. There are more of these electronic devices in the world than there are people--in 2020,

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01:17:19

Chris Salter, "Sensing Machines: How Sensors Shape...

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2022/11/09

Podcast: New Books in Sociology (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Chris Salter, "Sensing Machines: How Sensors Shape Our Everyday Life" (MIT Press, 2022)Pub date: 2022-11-01Sensing machines are everywhere in our world. As we move through the day, electronic sensors and computers adjust our thermostats, guide our Roombas, count our steps, change the orientation of an image when we rotate our phones. There are more of these electronic devices in the world than there are people--in 2020,

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00:28:53

UO Today interview: Juliet Schor, Economist and...

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2022/11/09

Podcast: UO TodayEpisode: UO Today interview: Juliet Schor, Economist and Professor of Sociology, Boston CollegePub date: 2022-10-26Juliet Schor is an Economist and a professor of Sociology at Boston College. She discusses her research on consumer society and consumer culture, working hours and lifestyles, environmental degradation, the sharing economy. Schor is the 2022 Wayne Morse Chair in Law and Politics. She gave a talk "Gig Economy: Predatory Platforms, Precarious Work" as part of the Morse

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00:28:53

UO Today interview: Juliet Schor, Economist and...

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2022/11/09

Podcast: UO TodayEpisode: UO Today interview: Juliet Schor, Economist and Professor of Sociology, Boston CollegePub date: 2022-10-26Juliet Schor is an Economist and a professor of Sociology at Boston College. She discusses her research on consumer society and consumer culture, working hours and lifestyles, environmental degradation, the sharing economy. Schor is the 2022 Wayne Morse Chair in Law and Politics. She gave a talk "Gig Economy: Predatory Platforms, Precarious Work" as part of the Morse

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00:54:08

A Harem of Computers: The History of the Feminized...

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2022/11/09

Podcast: Ideas (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: A Harem of Computers: The History of the Feminized MachinePub date: 2023-05-15Digital assistants, in your home or on your phone, are usually presented as women. In this documentary, IDEAS traces the history of the feminized, non-threatening machine, from Siri and Alexa to the "women computers" of the 19th century. *This episode originally aired on Oct. 26, 2022.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBC, which is the

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00:54:08

A Harem of Computers: The History of the Feminized...

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2022/11/09

Podcast: Ideas (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: A Harem of Computers: The History of the Feminized MachinePub date: 2023-05-15Digital assistants, in your home or on your phone, are usually presented as women. In this documentary, IDEAS traces the history of the feminized, non-threatening machine, from Siri and Alexa to the "women computers" of the 19th century. *This episode originally aired on Oct. 26, 2022.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBC, which is the

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00:44:01

Chip exports and US-China relations

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2022/11/02

Podcast: Digital Planet (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Chip exports and US-China relationsPub date: 2022-10-25The Biden administration announced a monumental policy shift earlier this month, set to limit and control the exportation of artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies to China. The restrictions will block leading U.S. chip designers from accessing the Chinese market; selling goods that form the backbone of AI and supercomputing. Gregory Allen from the Centre

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00:44:01

Chip exports and US-China relations

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2022/11/02

Podcast: Digital Planet (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Chip exports and US-China relationsPub date: 2022-10-25The Biden administration announced a monumental policy shift earlier this month, set to limit and control the exportation of artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies to China. The restrictions will block leading U.S. chip designers from accessing the Chinese market; selling goods that form the backbone of AI and supercomputing. Gregory Allen from the Centre

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00:58:44

On Social Media and Hinduism

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2022/11/02

Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: On Social Media and HinduismPub date: 2022-10-25Dheepa Sundaram (she/her/hers) is scholar of performance, ritual, yoga, and digital culture in South Asia at the University of Denver which sits on the unceded tribal lands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe people. Her research examines the formation of Hindu virtual religious publics through online platforms, social media, apps, and emerging technologies such as virtual

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00:58:44

On Social Media and Hinduism

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2022/11/02

Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: On Social Media and HinduismPub date: 2022-10-25Dheepa Sundaram (she/her/hers) is scholar of performance, ritual, yoga, and digital culture in South Asia at the University of Denver which sits on the unceded tribal lands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe people. Her research examines the formation of Hindu virtual religious publics through online platforms, social media, apps, and emerging technologies such as virtual

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01:04:35

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East &...

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2022/11/02

Podcast: POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East & Authoritarian Adaptation (S. 12, Ep. 6)Pub date: 2022-10-20Marc Owen Jones Hamad bin Khalifa University joins Marc Lynch on this week's podcast to discuss his new book, Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media. The book analyzes how social media has been weaponised by states and commercial entities in the

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01:04:35

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East &...

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2022/11/02

Podcast: POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East & Authoritarian Adaptation (S. 12, Ep. 6)Pub date: 2022-10-20Marc Owen Jones Hamad bin Khalifa University joins Marc Lynch on this week's podcast to discuss his new book, Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media. The book analyzes how social media has been weaponised by states and commercial entities in the

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00:55:58

Dead End: How Tech is driving gridlock

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2022/10/26

Podcast: Burning PlatformsEpisode: Dead End: How Tech is driving gridlockPub date: 2022-10-16The future of transportation is abuzz with disruption, from ride-sharing to electric vehicles to AI traffic flows. Burning Platforms asks - will these build transport systems for the better or worse? With special guest Paris Marx, Author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation, and host of 'Tech Won't Save Us' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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00:55:58

Dead End: How Tech is driving gridlock

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2022/10/26

Podcast: Burning PlatformsEpisode: Dead End: How Tech is driving gridlockPub date: 2022-10-16The future of transportation is abuzz with disruption, from ride-sharing to electric vehicles to AI traffic flows. Burning Platforms asks - will these build transport systems for the better or worse? With special guest Paris Marx, Author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation, and host of 'Tech Won't Save Us'. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the

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01:01:13

The Anti-Fascist Approach to AI

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2022/10/26

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Anti-Fascist Approach to AIPub date: 2022-10-19The Anti-Dystopians is back from its summer hiatus! In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Dan McQuillan, a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths University of London, about his new book “Resisting AI: An Anti-Fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence.” They discuss how the dangers of automated bureaucracy and algorithmic

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01:01:13

The Anti-Fascist Approach to AI

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2022/10/26

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Anti-Fascist Approach to AIPub date: 2022-10-19The Anti-Dystopians is back from its summer hiatus! In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Dan McQuillan, a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths University of London, about his new book “Resisting AI: An Anti-Fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence.” They discuss how the dangers of automated bureaucracy and algorithmic

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01:00:32

Geert Lovink, "Stuck on the Platform: Reclaiming the...

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2022/10/26

Podcast: New Books in Sociology (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Geert Lovink, "Stuck on the Platform: Reclaiming the Internet" (Valiz, 2022)Pub date: 2022-10-13We’re all trapped. No matter how hard you try to delete apps from your phone, the power of seduction draws you back. Doom scrolling is the new normal of a 24/7 online life. What happens when your home office starts to feel like a call center and you’re too fried to log out of Facebook? We’re addicted to large-scale platforms,

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01:00:32

Geert Lovink, "Stuck on the Platform: Reclaiming the...

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2022/10/26

Podcast: New Books in Sociology (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Geert Lovink, "Stuck on the Platform: Reclaiming the Internet" (Valiz, 2022)Pub date: 2022-10-13We’re all trapped. No matter how hard you try to delete apps from your phone, the power of seduction draws you back. Doom scrolling is the new normal of a 24/7 online life. What happens when your home office starts to feel like a call center and you’re too fried to log out of Facebook? We’re addicted to large-scale platforms,

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01:01:50

197. The Limits of Tech Inquiry

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2022/10/18

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 197. The Limits of Tech InquiryPub date: 2022-10-06We discuss recent events of a report by Tech Inquiry about big tech’s military contracts was pulled by its funders — a major union and a major social democratic party — over Tech Inquiry’s refusal to censor its criticism of Microsoft. We offer our own critical analysis of organizations focused on building short-term, self-interested alliances with capital instead of ones

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