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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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00:57:00

15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian Merchant

The Machinist ·

2022/07/12

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian MerchantPub date: 2022-06-30Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the impact of the iPhone after 15 years, including its effects on how we work, how we use technology, and what it’s meant for Apple.Brian Merchant is a tech journalist, author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and co-editor of Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn. Follow Brian on Twitter at

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00:57:00

15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian Merchant

The Machinist ·

2022/07/12

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian MerchantPub date: 2022-06-30Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the impact of the iPhone after 15 years, including its effects on how we work, how we use technology, and what it’s meant for Apple.Brian Merchant is a tech journalist, author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and co-editor of Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn. Follow Brian on Twitter at

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00:31:12

Understanding the cryptocurrency crash

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2022/07/12

Podcast: Today in Focus (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Understanding the cryptocurrency crashPub date: 2022-07-05This year has been a disaster for many investors in cryptocurrencies. Alex Hern draws the parallels of the spreading panic in the new digital economy with the 2008 financial crisis. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are

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00:31:12

Understanding the cryptocurrency crash

The Machinist ·

2022/07/12

Podcast: Today in Focus (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Understanding the cryptocurrency crashPub date: 2022-07-05This year has been a disaster for many investors in cryptocurrencies. Alex Hern draws the parallels of the spreading panic in the new digital economy with the 2008 financial crisis. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are

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01:49:14

Mark Andrejevic, "Automated Media" (Routledge, 2019)

The Machinist ·

2022/07/06

Podcast: New Books in Critical Theory (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Mark Andrejevic, "Automated Media" (Routledge, 2019)Pub date: 2022-06-24In this era of pervasive automation, Mark Andrejevic provides an original framework for tracing the logical trajectory of automated media and their social, political, and cultural consequences.Automated Media (Routledge, 2019) explores the cascading logic of automation, which develops from the information collection process through to data

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01:49:14

Mark Andrejevic, "Automated Media" (Routledge, 2019)

The Machinist ·

2022/07/06

Podcast: New Books in Critical Theory (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Mark Andrejevic, "Automated Media" (Routledge, 2019)Pub date: 2022-06-24In this era of pervasive automation, Mark Andrejevic provides an original framework for tracing the logical trajectory of automated media and their social, political, and cultural consequences.Automated Media (Routledge, 2019) explores the cascading logic of automation, which develops from the information collection process through to data

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00:16:41

Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a...

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2022/07/06

Podcast: Science Weekly (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a gamble?Pub date: 2022-06-28When the Guardian’s UK technology editor Alex Hern was contacted on Twitter to ask if he was involved in a new cryptocurrency called Tsuka, he assumed they just wanted him to buy it. He ignored the messages. But soon after Alex realised that, without knowing it, he was already involved. What happened next reveals a lot about the strange world of

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00:16:41

Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a...

The Machinist ·

2022/07/06

Podcast: Science Weekly (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a gamble?Pub date: 2022-06-28When the Guardian’s UK technology editor Alex Hern was contacted on Twitter to ask if he was involved in a new cryptocurrency called Tsuka, he assumed they just wanted him to buy it. He ignored the messages. But soon after Alex realised that, without knowing it, he was already involved. What happened next reveals a lot about the strange world of

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01:13:12

170. Seasons in the Crypto Abyss (ft. David Gerard)

The Machinist ·

2022/07/06

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 170. Seasons in the Crypto Abyss (ft. David Gerard)Pub date: 2022-06-24We are joined by David Gerard – longtime critic of blockchain, even before it was cool – to discuss the experience of staring into the crypto abyss and having it stare back into you. Follow, read, and support David here: ••• Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgerard ••• Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ ••• Libra

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01:13:12

170. Seasons in the Crypto Abyss (ft. David Gerard)

The Machinist ·

2022/07/06

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 170. Seasons in the Crypto Abyss (ft. David Gerard)Pub date: 2022-06-24We are joined by David Gerard – longtime critic of blockchain, even before it was cool – to discuss the experience of staring into the crypto abyss and having it stare back into you. Follow, read, and support David here: ••• Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgerard ••• Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ ••• Libra

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01:01:21

Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data Science, and Life.

The Machinist ·

2022/06/28

Podcast: Make Me Data LiterateEpisode: Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data Science, and Life.Pub date: 2022-06-17“I love that the thing that I work on is actually so consequential to better decision making, to solving real world problems. To understanding and evaluating forces in our world. I just love that I’m part of a way of making a difference that has applications in so many settings.” “How do we start to… Continue reading Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data

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01:01:21

Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data Science, and Life.

The Machinist ·

2022/06/28

Podcast: Make Me Data LiterateEpisode: Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data Science, and Life.Pub date: 2022-06-17“I love that the thing that I work on is actually so consequential to better decision making, to solving real world problems. To understanding and evaluating forces in our world. I just love that I’m part of a way of making a difference that has applications in so many settings.” “How do we start to… Continue reading Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data

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01:09:08

Streaming Wars: Revenge of the Cinema? w/ Gita Jackson

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2022/06/28

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Streaming Wars: Revenge of the Cinema? w/ Gita JacksonPub date: 2022-06-16Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss how streaming has altered the film and television industry, what happens as their business models are coming under question, and whether cinemas have reason to celebrate streaming’s woes.Gita Jackson is a staff writer at Motherboard, Vice’s tech vertical. Follow Gita on Twitter at @xoxogossipgita.Tech

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01:09:08

Streaming Wars: Revenge of the Cinema? w/ Gita Jackson

The Machinist ·

2022/06/28

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Streaming Wars: Revenge of the Cinema? w/ Gita JacksonPub date: 2022-06-16Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss how streaming has altered the film and television industry, what happens as their business models are coming under question, and whether cinemas have reason to celebrate streaming’s woes.Gita Jackson is a staff writer at Motherboard, Vice’s tech vertical. Follow Gita on Twitter at @xoxogossipgita.Tech

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00:35:50

Critical submarine cables: a deep dive into undersea...

The Machinist ·

2022/06/28

Podcast: The National Security Podcast (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Critical submarine cables: a deep dive into undersea infrastructurePub date: 2022-06-16In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Samuel Bashfield and Anthony Bergin join William Stoltz to discuss the importance and vulnerabilities of submarine cables.In the Indo-Pacific, submarine cables carry over 95 per cent of international data traffic, including telephone and data communications. But they are

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00:35:50

Critical submarine cables: a deep dive into undersea...

The Machinist ·

2022/06/28

Podcast: The National Security Podcast (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Critical submarine cables: a deep dive into undersea infrastructurePub date: 2022-06-16In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Samuel Bashfield and Anthony Bergin join William Stoltz to discuss the importance and vulnerabilities of submarine cables.In the Indo-Pacific, submarine cables carry over 95 per cent of international data traffic, including telephone and data communications. But they are

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00:59:58

Automated Warfare

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2022/06/21

Podcast: KPFA - Against the Grain (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Automated WarfarePub date: 2022-06-08Many U.S. military establishment bigwigs are pushing the development of automated and autonomous weapons systems. Roberto González questions whether this robo-fanaticism, as he calls it, is justified. He also describes efforts to address human warfighters’ distrust of machines. Roberto J. González, War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future

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00:59:58

Automated Warfare

The Machinist ·

2022/06/21

Podcast: KPFA - Against the Grain (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Automated WarfarePub date: 2022-06-08Many U.S. military establishment bigwigs are pushing the development of automated and autonomous weapons systems. Roberto González questions whether this robo-fanaticism, as he calls it, is justified. He also describes efforts to address human warfighters’ distrust of machines. Roberto J. González, War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future

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01:21:31

Depeche Modem w/ Kevin Driscoll on early net culture...

The Machinist ·

2022/06/21

Podcast: New Models (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Depeche Modem w/ Kevin Driscoll on early net culture (NM44)Pub date: 2022-06-01NM speaks with Kevin Driscoll, author of The Modem World: A Pre-history of Social Media (Yale Univ. Press, 2022), which examines the physical — and social — technology that underpinned the DIY side of networked technology’s evolution in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Parallel to institutional network culture were the proto-dark-forest communities of BBS networks and

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01:12:17

The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence w/...

The Machinist ·

2022/06/15

Podcast: FUTURES Podcast (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence w/ Isabel MillarPub date: 2022-06-06Psychoanalytic theorist Isabel Millar explains the role psychoanalysis can play in helping us to understand what artificial intelligence means for humanity, what modern science fiction reveals about our fascination with sex-robots, and what is driving a desire to replicate human attributes in silicon. Dr Isabel Millar is a philosopher and cultural

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