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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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00:39:24

How China Regulates Tech

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2024/07/05

Podcast: The Sunday Show (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: How China Regulates TechPub date: 2024-06-23Angela Zhang is the author of High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, published this year by Oxford University Press. With a career in the practice of law and in teaching it, Zhang has held roles King’s College London and at New York University School of Law, and most recently served as Director ofPhilip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law at the University of

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00:48:46

The geopolitics of undersea cables in the Indo-Pacific

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2024/06/27

Podcast: Ear to Asia (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: The geopolitics of undersea cables in the Indo-PacificPub date: 2024-06-18Undersea cables underpin global communication and the digital economy, with between 95-99% of data for international banking, e-commerce, video calls, and intelligence sharing travelling via these largely hidden transoceanic routes. However, this critical multi-billion-dollar infrastructure faces increasing risks from shipping accidents, natural disasters,

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00:59:57

Silicon Valley is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI...

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2024/06/20

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Silicon Valley is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI w/ Nitasha TikuPub date: 2024-06-13Paris Marx is joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how US tech companies are flocking to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fund their expensive AI ambitions.Nitasha Tiku is a tech culture reporter at the Washington Post.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of

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00:59:57

Silicon Valley is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI...

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2024/06/20

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Silicon Valley is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI w/ Nitasha TikuPub date: 2024-06-13Paris Marx is joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how US tech companies are flocking to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fund their expensive AI ambitions.Nitasha Tiku is a tech culture reporter at the Washington Post.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of

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00:55:28

Episode 486: The Computable City

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2024/06/15

Podcast: Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 486: The Computable CityPub date: 2024-06-06This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Michael Batty, Professor of Planning at the University College London. We chat about his book The Computable City: Histories, Technologies, Stories, Predictions which includes histories of computing, smart city critiques, what the discourse on AI should really be about, and discussions on the future of urban

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00:55:28

Episode 486: The Computable City

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2024/06/15

Podcast: Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 486: The Computable CityPub date: 2024-06-06This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Michael Batty, Professor of Planning at the University College London. We chat about his book The Computable City: Histories, Technologies, Stories, Predictions which includes histories of computing, smart city critiques, what the discourse on AI should really be about, and discussions on the future of urban

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00:40:33

A Perspective on Meta's Moderation of Palestinian Voices

The Machinist ·

2024/06/06

Podcast: The Sunday Show (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: A Perspective on Meta's Moderation of Palestinian VoicesPub date: 2024-05-26A conversation with Marwa Fatafta, who serves as policy and advocacy director for the nonprofit Access now, which has worked on digital civil rights, connectivity and censorship issues for the past 15 years. Along with other groups, Access Now has engaged Meta in recent months over what it says is the “systematic censorship of Palestinian voices” amidst

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00:40:33

A Perspective on Meta's Moderation of Palestinian Voices

The Machinist ·

2024/06/06

Podcast: The Sunday Show (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: A Perspective on Meta's Moderation of Palestinian VoicesPub date: 2024-05-26A conversation with Marwa Fatafta, who serves as policy and advocacy director for the nonprofit Access now, which has worked on digital civil rights, connectivity and censorship issues for the past 15 years. Along with other groups, Access Now has engaged Meta in recent months over what it says is the “systematic censorship of Palestinian voices” amidst

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00:31:43

Human Rights & Robot Wrongs w/ Dr. Susie Alegre

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2024/06/02

Podcast: FUTURES Podcast (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Human Rights & Robot Wrongs w/ Dr. Susie AlegrePub date: 2024-05-22 Human rights lawyer Dr. Susie Alegre shares her insights into the threat artificial intelligence poses to human creativity, the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in safeguarding freedom of thought, and applying existing laws to regulate the development and deployment of emerging technologies. Dr. Susie Alegre is a leading

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00:31:43

Human Rights & Robot Wrongs w/ Dr. Susie Alegre

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2024/06/02

Podcast: FUTURES Podcast (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Human Rights & Robot Wrongs w/ Dr. Susie AlegrePub date: 2024-05-22 Human rights lawyer Dr. Susie Alegre shares her insights into the threat artificial intelligence poses to human creativity, the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in safeguarding freedom of thought, and applying existing laws to regulate the development and deployment of emerging technologies. Dr. Susie Alegre is a leading

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00:56:47

Digital surveillance and reproductive rights

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2024/05/23

Podcast: Technically Optimistic (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: Digital surveillance and reproductive rightsPub date: 2024-05-15Digital surveillance is becoming increasingly threatening to the reproductive rights of women and pregnant people in America after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Behavioral data collected from apps can be used to catalog — and criminalize — our health care choices. In this “wild west” surveillance economy, who is responsible for safeguarding our privacy? Could more

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00:56:47

Digital surveillance and reproductive rights

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2024/05/23

Podcast: Technically Optimistic (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Digital surveillance and reproductive rightsPub date: 2024-05-15Digital surveillance is becoming increasingly threatening to the reproductive rights of women and pregnant people in America after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Behavioral data collected from apps can be used to catalog — and criminalize — our health care choices. In this “wild west” surveillance economy, who is responsible for safeguarding our privacy? Could more

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00:54:20

Episode 370 - Escaping Surveillance Capitalism (w/...

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2024/05/17

Podcast: Bad Faith (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 370 - Escaping Surveillance Capitalism (w/ Matthew Crain)Pub date: 2024-05-09Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Associate Professor of Media & Communication at Miami University Matthew Crain joins Bad Faith to explain how surveillance advertising took over the internet, the threat current monetization strategies pose to journalism,

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00:54:20

Episode 370 - Escaping Surveillance Capitalism (w/...

The Machinist ·

2024/05/17

Podcast: Bad Faith (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Episode 370 - Escaping Surveillance Capitalism (w/ Matthew Crain)Pub date: 2024-05-09Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Associate Professor of Media & Communication at Miami University Matthew Crain joins Bad Faith to explain how surveillance advertising took over the internet, the threat current monetization strategies pose to journalism,

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00:49:26

Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?

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2024/05/10

Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?Pub date: 2024-04-24From deepfakes to the fear of AI taking jobs, to the social media giants making money from abusive content, our technology dominated world is in a crisis – what are the solutions?AI researcher Kerry McInerney applies a feminist perspective to data, algorithms and intelligent machines. AI-powered tech, and generative AI in particular, pose new

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00:49:26

Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?

The Machinist ·

2024/05/10

Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?Pub date: 2024-04-24From deepfakes to the fear of AI taking jobs, to the social media giants making money from abusive content, our technology dominated world is in a crisis – what are the solutions?AI researcher Kerry McInerney applies a feminist perspective to data, algorithms and intelligent machines. AI-powered tech, and generative AI in particular, pose new

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01:23:47

New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common...

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2024/05/01

Podcast: This Is Hell! (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common Good / Loretta NapoleoniPub date: 2024-04-23Loretta Napoleoni returns to discuss her new book, “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good.” "Rotten History" follows the interview.Check out Loretta's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access

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01:23:47

New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common...

The Machinist ·

2024/05/01

Podcast: This Is Hell! (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common Good / Loretta NapoleoniPub date: 2024-04-23Loretta Napoleoni returns to discuss her new book, “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good.” "Rotten History" follows the interview.Check out Loretta's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access

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00:38:59

Heather Parry, "Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and...

The Machinist ·

2024/04/23

Podcast: New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex WorkEpisode: Heather Parry, "Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism" (404 Ink, 2024)Pub date: 2024-04-20In the future, we’ll all be having sex with robots… won’t we?Roboticists say they’re a distracting science fiction, yet endless books, films and articles are written on the subject. Campaigns are even mounted against them. So why are sex robots such a hot topic?Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism (404

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00:38:59

Heather Parry, "Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and...

The Machinist ·

2024/04/23

Podcast: New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex WorkEpisode: Heather Parry, "Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism" (404 Ink, 2024)Pub date: 2024-04-20In the future, we’ll all be having sex with robots… won’t we?Roboticists say they’re a distracting science fiction, yet endless books, films and articles are written on the subject. Campaigns are even mounted against them. So why are sex robots such a hot topic?Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and Failed Promises of Capitalism (404

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