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The Machinist

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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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00:54:21

Michael Luca and Max H. Bazerman, "The Power of...

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2022/03/01

Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Michael Luca and Max H. Bazerman, "The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World" (MIT Press, 2021)Pub date: 2022-02-16Have you logged into Facebook recently? Searched for something on Google? Chosen a movie on Netflix? If so, you've probably been an unwitting participant in a variety of experiments—also known as randomized controlled trials—designed to test the impact of different online experiences

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01:05:44

2778 - "E-Carceration" Trapping Prisoners w/ James...

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2022/03/01

Podcast: The Majority Report with Sam Seder (LS 64 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: 2778 - "E-Carceration" Trapping Prisoners w/ James KilgorePub date: 2022-02-17Emma hosts James Kilgore, Research Scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois, to discuss his recent book Understanding E-Carceration: Electronic Monitoring, the Surveillance State, and the Future of Mass Incarceration, on the technological advancements in the surveillance state at the hands of

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01:05:44

2778 - "E-Carceration" Trapping Prisoners w/ James...

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2022/03/01

Podcast: The Majority Report with Sam Seder (LS 64 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: 2778 - "E-Carceration" Trapping Prisoners w/ James KilgorePub date: 2022-02-17Emma hosts James Kilgore, Research Scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois, to discuss his recent book Understanding E-Carceration: Electronic Monitoring, the Surveillance State, and the Future of Mass Incarceration, on the technological advancements in the surveillance state at the hands of

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00:58:43

The Feminine Meme: Geeks, memes, incels and toxic...

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2022/02/22

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Feminine Meme: Geeks, memes, incels and toxic masculinity at tech hackathonsPub date: 2022-02-14Alina Utrata talks to Dr Siân Brooke, a Leverhulme Fellow in the Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics and an associate at the Oxford Internet Institute and the Alan Turing Institute. They discuss gender, memes and hackathons: What exactly is a meme? Do geeks have toxic masculinity? How does gender and

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00:58:43

The Feminine Meme: Geeks, memes, incels and toxic...

The Machinist ·

2022/02/22

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Feminine Meme: Geeks, memes, incels and toxic masculinity at tech hackathonsPub date: 2022-02-14Alina Utrata talks to Dr Siân Brooke, a Leverhulme Fellow in the Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics and an associate at the Oxford Internet Institute and the Alan Turing Institute. They discuss gender, memes and hackathons: What exactly is a meme? Do geeks have toxic masculinity? How does gender and

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00:26:42

El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment

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2022/02/22

Podcast: Nothing is Foreign (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: El Salvador's Bitcoin ExperimentPub date: 2022-02-11Can a nation — and economy — of 6.5 million people run on bitcoin? That's the real-time experiment playing out in El Salvador, where the country's tech bro president has made the cryptocurrency legal tender. We'll take you inside El Salvador and hear from locals to see how the promise of a cryptocurrency paradise by a self-professed 'world's coolest dictator' is running up

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00:26:42

El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment

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2022/02/22

Podcast: Nothing is Foreign (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: El Salvador's Bitcoin ExperimentPub date: 2022-02-11Can a nation — and economy — of 6.5 million people run on bitcoin? That's the real-time experiment playing out in El Salvador, where the country's tech bro president has made the cryptocurrency legal tender. We'll take you inside El Salvador and hear from locals to see how the promise of a cryptocurrency paradise by a self-professed 'world's coolest dictator' is running

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00:33:22

Automated surveillance in education (Chris Gilliard)

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2022/02/15

Podcast: Meet The Education Researcher (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Automated surveillance in education (Chris Gilliard)Pub date: 2022-02-07Chris Gilliard (@hypervisible) is a leading critic of surveillance technology, digital privacy, and the problematic ways that tech intersects with race and social class. We talk about the automated forms of surveillance that are coming into schools and colleges – from ‘online examination proctoring’ to the use of ‘Alexa’ in classrooms. Why

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00:33:22

Automated surveillance in education (Chris Gilliard)

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2022/02/15

Podcast: Meet The Education Researcher (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Automated surveillance in education (Chris Gilliard)Pub date: 2022-02-07Chris Gilliard (@hypervisible) is a leading critic of surveillance technology, digital privacy, and the problematic ways that tech intersects with race and social class. We talk about the automated forms of surveillance that are coming into schools and colleges – from ‘online examination proctoring’ to the use of ‘Alexa’ in classrooms. Why

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01:16:23

*Unlocked* – Socializing Machines /// Machining...

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2022/02/15

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: *Unlocked* – Socializing Machines /// Machining Society (ft. Nick Chavez)Pub date: 2022-02-08Because it was so damn good, we’re unlocking part two of our discussion with Nick Chavez, focusing on the possibilities and limitations of reengineering capitalist forces of production for communist social relations. We discuss the need for epistemic luddism—or breaking the way we understand and use technologies—and why militancy at

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01:16:23

*Unlocked* – Socializing Machines /// Machining...

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2022/02/15

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: *Unlocked* – Socializing Machines /// Machining Society (ft. Nick Chavez)Pub date: 2022-02-08Because it was so damn good, we’re unlocking part two of our discussion with Nick Chavez, focusing on the possibilities and limitations of reengineering capitalist forces of production for communist social relations. We discuss the need for epistemic luddism—or breaking the way we understand and use technologies—and why militancy at

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01:07:29

Episode 75 - A Cybernetic Future

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2022/02/15

Podcast: Advent of Computing (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Episode 75 - A Cybernetic FuturePub date: 2022-02-07Cybernetics is broadly defined as the study of control and communications, with a special emphasis on feedback-based systems. Put another way: cybernetics is the study of the flow of data. Predating computer science by decades, cybernetics offers up an interesting view of computing. But of course, there's a lot more to the picture than just computers. This episode we are

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01:07:29

Episode 75 - A Cybernetic Future

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2022/02/15

Podcast: Advent of Computing (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Episode 75 - A Cybernetic FuturePub date: 2022-02-07Cybernetics is broadly defined as the study of control and communications, with a special emphasis on feedback-based systems. Put another way: cybernetics is the study of the flow of data. Predating computer science by decades, cybernetics offers up an interesting view of computing. But of course, there's a lot more to the picture than just computers. This episode we are

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00:59:45

Instagram, the Self, and the City with Justus Uitermark

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2022/02/15

Podcast: Global Digital CulturesEpisode: Instagram, the Self, and the City with Justus UitermarkPub date: 2022-02-03In this episode, we had drinks with Justus Uitermark at Cafe Droog, where we discussed the theories, methods, and work processes driving his and John Boy’s upcoming book: On Display: Instagram, the Self, and the City. Justus Uitermark is professor of Urban Geography at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam. He studies cities from a comparative

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00:59:45

Instagram, the Self, and the City with Justus Uitermark

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2022/02/15

Podcast: Global Digital CulturesEpisode: Instagram, the Self, and the City with Justus UitermarkPub date: 2022-02-03In this episode, we had drinks with Justus Uitermark at Cafe Droog, where we discussed the theories, methods, and work processes driving his and John Boy’s upcoming book: On Display: Instagram, the Self, and the City. Justus Uitermark is professor of Urban Geography at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam. He studies cities from a comparative

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00:21:03

The social life of programmers

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2022/02/08

Podcast: UCL Minds (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: The social life of programmersPub date: 2022-01-26Computer applications dominate contemporary social life, but who are the programmers who build these applications and what cultural values do they share? Combining the knowledge of programming with training in anthropology is one way of trying to understand the social life of programmers. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Gui Heurich. Gui studied anthropology in Brazil. In 2016 he

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00:21:03

The social life of programmers

The Machinist ·

2022/02/08

Podcast: UCL Minds (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: The social life of programmersPub date: 2022-01-26Computer applications dominate contemporary social life, but who are the programmers who build these applications and what cultural values do they share? Combining the knowledge of programming with training in anthropology is one way of trying to understand the social life of programmers. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Gui Heurich. Gui studied anthropology in Brazil. In 2016 he

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00:55:36

Who is Amazon?

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2022/02/08

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Who is Amazon?Pub date: 2022-01-30In this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Rowena Squires, an ancient historian, asks Alina Utrata everything you ever wanted to know about Amazon. How did Amazon go from online bookstore to commercial empire? Is Amazon Alexa really recording everything you say? How was AWS cloud computing invented? And why is the Library of Alexandria such a good origin story for the Amazon Alexa?You can

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00:55:36

Who is Amazon?

The Machinist ·

2022/02/08

Podcast: The Anti-Dystopians (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Who is Amazon?Pub date: 2022-01-30In this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Rowena Squires, an ancient historian, asks Alina Utrata everything you ever wanted to know about Amazon. How did Amazon go from online bookstore to commercial empire? Is Amazon Alexa really recording everything you say? How was AWS cloud computing invented? And why is the Library of Alexandria such a good origin story for the Amazon Alexa?You can

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00:35:20

Crypto, The Uberization of Money, and Why Central...

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2022/02/08

Podcast: DeepMacro: Future of FinanceEpisode: Crypto, The Uberization of Money, and Why Central Banks Want Digital CurrenciesPub date: 2022-02-01Jeff Young spoke with Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He recently published the book The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance, where he looks at Bitcoin and the transformative potential of the blockchain, the pros and cons of central bank

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