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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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00:29:38

Is AI a Little Too Human?

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2021/09/14

Podcast: What Happens Next? (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Is AI a Little Too Human?Pub date: 2021-09-02Humans have long dreamed of artificial intelligence and smart machines that can help us make better decisions or even just cut down on our own chores. What was once a sci fi fantasy is now a reality – AI is an increasing presence in our day-to-day lives. But AI is built by humans, and its algorithms are sometimes guided by very human biases. The more we rely on automated

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00:50:48

Big Tech Entrenches US Power w/ Michael Kwet

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2021/09/14

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Big Tech Entrenches US Power w/ Michael KwetPub date: 2021-09-02Paris Marx is joined by Michael Kwet to discuss how digital technologies are used to entrench the power of the United States and its dominant corporations at the expense of the Global South.Michael Kwet is a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. He got his PhD in Sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa. Follow Michael on

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00:50:48

Big Tech Entrenches US Power w/ Michael Kwet

The Machinist ·

2021/09/14

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Big Tech Entrenches US Power w/ Michael KwetPub date: 2021-09-02Paris Marx is joined by Michael Kwet to discuss how digital technologies are used to entrench the power of the United States and its dominant corporations at the expense of the Global South.Michael Kwet is a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. He got his PhD in Sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa. Follow Michael on

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00:49:00

This is the Voice, The Voice Catchers

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2021/09/07

Podcast: Radio Times (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: This is the Voice, The Voice CatchersPub date: 2021-08-27Have you ever heard a recording of your own voice and thought, “Is this what I sound like?” Our voices are so unique, with their own tones and inflections, and they reveal a lot more than you might think. In his new book, This is the Voice, journalist and author JOHN COLAPINTO explains the amazingly complex organs that produce our vocal sounds and argues that these distinct

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00:49:00

This is the Voice, The Voice Catchers

The Machinist ·

2021/09/07

Podcast: Radio Times (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: This is the Voice, The Voice CatchersPub date: 2021-08-27Have you ever heard a recording of your own voice and thought, “Is this what I sound like?” Our voices are so unique, with their own tones and inflections, and they reveal a lot more than you might think. In his new book, This is the Voice, journalist and author JOHN COLAPINTO explains the amazingly complex organs that produce our vocal sounds and argues that these distinct

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00:22:14

Digital Inequalities: The Role of Digital Media in...

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2021/09/07

Podcast: The Know Show Podcast (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Digital Inequalities: The Role of Digital Media in the Everyday Life of Disadvantaged Social Groups and Vulnerable Individuals - Prof. Ellen HelsperPub date: 2021-08-25https://www.patreon.com/user?u=31723331 Prof. Ellen Helsper is a Professor of Digital Inequalities in the Department of Media and Communications at London School of Economics and Politics. In this episode of The Know Show Podcast, we discuss the digital

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00:22:14

Digital Inequalities: The Role of Digital Media in...

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2021/09/07

Podcast: The Know Show Podcast (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Digital Inequalities: The Role of Digital Media in the Everyday Life of Disadvantaged Social Groups and Vulnerable Individuals - Prof. Ellen HelsperPub date: 2021-08-25https://www.patreon.com/user?u=31723331 Prof. Ellen Helsper is a Professor of Digital Inequalities in the Department of Media and Communications at London School of Economics and Politics. In this episode of The Know Show Podcast, we discuss the digital

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00:46:58

Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the...

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2021/09/07

Podcast: The Received Wisdom (LS 34 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the Lure of Technochauvinism ft. Meredith BroussardPub date: 2021-08-24Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the Lure of Technochauvinism featuring Meredith BroussardThis month, Jack and Shobita discuss the recent IPCC report on climate change and the politics of vaccine "hesitancy", and puzzle over the lure of technological fixes to solve complex problems. And Jack

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00:46:58

Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the...

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2021/09/07

Podcast: The Received Wisdom (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the Lure of Technochauvinism ft. Meredith BroussardPub date: 2021-08-24Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the Lure of Technochauvinism featuring Meredith BroussardThis month, Jack and Shobita discuss the recent IPCC report on climate change and the politics of vaccine "hesitancy", and puzzle over the lure of technological fixes to solve complex problems. And Jack

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00:50:51

Pradip Ninan Thomas - The Politics of Digital India

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2021/08/31

Podcast: LekhEpisode: Pradip Ninan Thomas - The Politics of Digital IndiaPub date: 2021-08-17In the eighteenth episode, I speak to Pradip Ninan Thomas, Associate Professor, University of Queensland, about his recent book The Politics of Digital India: Between Local Compulsions and Transnational Pressures published by Oxford University Press in 2019. The book situates and locates Digital India in a global and local context by identifying the pressures, local and transnational, affecting India’s

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00:46:36

Juliet Schor on Consumerism, the Platform Economy and...

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2021/08/31

Podcast: The Drayton DiscourseEpisode: Juliet Schor on Consumerism, the Platform Economy and the Social Media AgePub date: 2021-08-23Could the platform/gig economy become sustainable? To what extent can the education system help people lower their consumption levels? In our 3rd episode of The Drayton Discourse, we are proud to host Prof Juliet Schor, a sociologist at Boston University. Hear her talk on her career shift from economics to sociology, the challenges of the platform economy, and the

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00:46:36

Juliet Schor on Consumerism, the Platform Economy and...

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2021/08/31

Podcast: The Drayton DiscourseEpisode: Juliet Schor on Consumerism, the Platform Economy and the Social Media AgePub date: 2021-08-23Could the platform/gig economy become sustainable? To what extent can the education system help people lower their consumption levels? In our 3rd episode of The Drayton Discourse, we are proud to host Prof Juliet Schor, a sociologist at Boston University. Hear her talk on her career shift from economics to sociology, the challenges of the platform economy, and the

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00:55:19

Digital Sociology Podcast Episode 25: Scott Timcke,...

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2021/08/31

Podcast: Digital Sociology Podcast (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Digital Sociology Podcast Episode 25: Scott Timcke, algorithms, politics, capitalism & racismPub date: 2021-08-11In this episode I spoke to Scott Timcke who is a comparative historical sociologist, with an interest in race, class, and technology in modernity. He is a research associate with the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change and a fellow at the University of Leeds’ Centre for African

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00:55:19

Digital Sociology Podcast Episode 25: Scott Timcke,...

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2021/08/31

Podcast: Digital Sociology Podcast (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Digital Sociology Podcast Episode 25: Scott Timcke, algorithms, politics, capitalism & racismPub date: 2021-08-11In this episode I spoke to Scott Timcke who is a comparative historical sociologist, with an interest in race, class, and technology in modernity. He is a research associate with the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change and a fellow at the University of Leeds’ Centre for African

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01:05:29

Me Myself and AI

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2021/08/10

Podcast: The Vocal Fries (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Me Myself and AIPub date: 2021-08-02Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at University of Washington, about her paper "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜", Google firing Drs. Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, two of the co-authors, and the dangers of large language models and NLP.We also briefly discuss Lord Digby Jones and his classism and

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01:05:29

Me Myself and AI

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2021/08/10

Podcast: The Vocal Fries (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Me Myself and AIPub date: 2021-08-02Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at University of Washington, about her paper "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜", Google firing Drs. Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, two of the co-authors, and the dangers of large language models and NLP.We also briefly discuss Lord Digby Jones and his classism and

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01:39:59

Episode 206 - Wrecked by Tech

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2021/08/10

Podcast: Delete Your Account Podcast (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 206 - Wrecked by TechPub date: 2021-08-01This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by labor and tech reporter extraordinaire Edward Ongweso Jr., a staff writer at Vice’s Motherboard and cohost of This Machine Kills, a podcast about the political economy of tech. Ed shares a bit about his own history as an organizer, which saw him involved in the successful campaign to pass the country's first ride-hail

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01:39:59

Episode 206 - Wrecked by Tech

The Machinist ·

2021/08/10

Podcast: Delete Your Account Podcast (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 206 - Wrecked by TechPub date: 2021-08-01This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by labor and tech reporter extraordinaire Edward Ongweso Jr., a staff writer at Vice’s Motherboard and cohost of This Machine Kills, a podcast about the political economy of tech. Ed shares a bit about his own history as an organizer, which saw him involved in the successful campaign to pass the country's first ride-hail

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01:20:07

THIS IS REVOLUTIONpodcast Ep. 162: The New Lords of...

The Machinist ·

2021/08/10

Podcast: THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 162: The New Lords of Creation w/ Corey PeinPub date: 2021-07-30“Though there was much sheer rascality in the Wall Street of the nineteen-twenties, much sheer greed roaming at large, and a widespread betrayal of the fiduciary principle, it may be that none of these things did as much damage to the country, in the sum total, as the sheer irresponsibility of men who, possessing vast

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01:20:07

THIS IS REVOLUTIONpodcast Ep. 162: The New Lords of...

The Machinist ·

2021/08/10

Podcast: THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 162: The New Lords of Creation w/ Corey PeinPub date: 2021-07-30“Though there was much sheer rascality in the Wall Street of the nineteen-twenties, much sheer greed roaming at large, and a widespread betrayal of the fiduciary principle, it may be that none of these things did as much damage to the country, in the sum total, as the sheer irresponsibility of men who, possessing vast

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