Podcast: Crypto Critics' Corner (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Stablecoins, CBDCs, and the STABLE Act with Rohan GreyPub date: 2021-07-21Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Assistant Professor of Law at Willamette University and one of the authors of the STABLE Act, Rohan Grey. We discuss how stablecoins operate, what he hopes to see from CBDCs and the problems he sees in all kinds of new(er) money markets. Find him on Twitter @rohangreyThe podcast and artwork embedded on

Podcast: Podcasts - Future Left (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Ep. 214: Evil Empire (Ft. Alex Press)Pub date: 2021-07-19Labor journalist Alex Press is joining us this week to talk about her new podcast, Primer, which focuses on Amazon, one of the most exploitative and inescapable corporations on the planet.Listen to Primer Podcast on Jacobin Radio, found on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, and other podcast platforms. Support Primer on Patreon at

Podcast: The Sound of Economics (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Are robots taking our jobs?Pub date: 2021-07-20In the future, what forces will cause the economy to grow and stagnate? What impact will AI and automation have on the economy? Is capitalism a sustainable economic model? Today on The Sound of Economics, we're asking the big questions. In order to find answers, our own Giuseppe Porcaro hosts Aaron Benanav, recent author of Automation and the Future of Work. Benanav argues

Podcast: Crypto Critics' Corner (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Stablecoins, CBDCs, and the STABLE Act with Rohan GreyPub date: 2021-07-21Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Assistant Professor of Law at Willamette University and one of the authors of the STABLE Act, Rohan Grey. We discuss how stablecoins operate, what he hopes to see from CBDCs and the problems he sees in all kinds of new(er) money markets. Find him on Twitter @rohangreyThe podcast and artwork embedded on

Podcast: Podcasts - Future Left (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Ep. 214: Evil Empire (Ft. Alex Press)Pub date: 2021-07-19Labor journalist Alex Press is joining us this week to talk about her new podcast, Primer, which focuses on Amazon, one of the most exploitative and inescapable corporations on the planet.Listen to Primer Podcast on Jacobin Radio, found on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, and other podcast platforms. Support Primer on Patreon at

Podcast: Intelligence Squared (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: The Truth about Fake News, with Marcus Gilroy-Ware and Richard SeymourPub date: 2021-07-13We are supposed to have more information at our disposal now than at any time in history. So why, in a world of rising sea levels, populist leaders and a global pandemic, do so many people believe bizarre and untrue things? In this week's episode Marcus Gilroy-Ware speaks to Richard Seymour about his new book 'After the Fact?' what

Podcast: Intelligence Squared (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Truth about Fake News, with Marcus Gilroy-Ware and Richard SeymourPub date: 2021-07-13We are supposed to have more information at our disposal now than at any time in history. So why, in a world of rising sea levels, populist leaders and a global pandemic, do so many people believe bizarre and untrue things? In this week's episode Marcus Gilroy-Ware speaks to Richard Seymour about his new book 'After the Fact?' what

Podcast: Machines Like Us (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Hong Shen on How Tech Really Works behind the Great FirewallPub date: 2021-07-08Western democracies and tech companies have long painted the Chinese tech sector as not only a threat to the US sector but also as operating in direct conflict with American companies. They say that China is walled off from the rest of the world, that these tech companies are just an extension of the state, and that they create and promote state

Podcast: PUSHBACK Talks (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Platform Capitalism – Air BnB’s Takeover + the Cities that ResistPub date: 2021-07-14Send us a Text Message.Summer! Time to kick-back and get away. With holidays on the agenda, The Filmmaker and the Advocate take a deeper dive into Air BnB and the short-term rental world. Joined by Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at University College London, Claire Colomb, Leilani and Fredrik discuss the rapid rise of Air BnB in 16

Podcast: Big Tech (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Hong Shen on How Tech Really Works behind the Great FirewallPub date: 2021-07-08Western democracies and tech companies have long painted the Chinese tech sector as not only a threat to the US sector but also as operating in direct conflict with American companies. They say that China is walled off from the rest of the world, that these tech companies are just an extension of the state, and that they create and promote state

Podcast: PUSHBACK Talks (LS 37 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Platform Capitalism – Air BnB’s Takeover + the Cities that ResistPub date: 2021-07-14Summer! Time to kick-back and get away. With holidays on the agenda, The Filmmaker and the Advocate take a deeper dive into Air BnB and the short-term rental world. Joined by Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at University College London, Claire Colomb, Leilani and Fredrik discuss the rapid rise of Air BnB in 16 cities across Europe – going

Podcast: The Black Myths Podcast (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Myth: Algorithms are Colorblind Pt. 2 (W/ Michael Kwet & Tshi Malatji)Pub date: 2021-07-01In part 2, expanding upon the impact of algorithms designed as racism --- we discuss the implications of Big Tech and Big Data on the global south with a focus on South Africa. We examine the notion of digital colonialism, how controlled opposition to it mutes our understanding of western tech hegemony and how a People's Tech

Podcast: The Black Myths Podcast (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Myth: Algorithms are Colorblind Pt. 2 (W/ Michael Kwet & Tshi Malatji)Pub date: 2021-07-01In part 2, expanding upon the impact of algorithms designed as racism --- we discuss the implications of Big Tech and Big Data on the global south with a focus on South Africa. We examine the notion of digital colonialism, how controlled opposition to it mutes our understanding of western tech hegemony and how a People's Tech

Podcast: 1919RadioEpisode: Surveilling Blackness With Dr. Simone BrownePub date: 2021-07-02Welcome to 1919Radio’s Black Geographies podcast series! This 4-part Black Geographies podcast series brings together four authors in the emerging field of Black geographies to explore the conditions of Blackness across multiple spatial dimensions. The goal of this series is to bring radical ideas of race, space, and the politics of place out of academia and into our community and streets through an engaging

Podcast: Political Economy Forum (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: #47 - Is Silicon Valley upending Democracy? - w/ Carles BoixPub date: 2021-07-05In this episode, Prof. Carles Boix of Princeton University discusses his latest book - “Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads - Technological Change and the Future of Politics” with Nicolas Wittstock. The two debate the effects of recent technological changes on the economic structure of rich societies - and what their political effects

Podcast: 1919RadioEpisode: Surveilling Blackness With Dr. Simone BrownePub date: 2021-07-02Welcome to 1919Radio’s Black Geographies podcast series! This 4-part Black Geographies podcast series brings together four authors in the emerging field of Black geographies to explore the conditions of Blackness across multiple spatial dimensions. The goal of this series is to bring radical ideas of race, space, and the politics of place out of academia and into our community and streets through an engaging

Podcast: Political Economy Forum (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: #47 - Is Silicon Valley upending Democracy? - w/ Carles BoixPub date: 2021-07-05In this episode, Prof. Carles Boix of Princeton University discusses his latest book - “Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads - Technological Change and the Future of Politics” with Nicolas Wittstock. The two debate the effects of recent technological changes on the economic structure of rich societies - and what their political effects

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 82. Crisis in the Gig MillsPub date: 2021-06-30Further notes toward a ruthless criticism of digital capitalism — we lay out how the inherent contradictions of the “gig economy” are starting to slip into crisis, the need to recognize and reject the propaganda that has been embedded in our everyday way of thinking and talking about these companies, and the creative accounting practices they use to cover up the absence of value

Podcast: Machines Like Us (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Victor Pickard on the Future of JournalismPub date: 2021-06-24The journalism industry in America has grown and adapted over its 300-year history. Different business models and ownership schemes have been tried, mostly in an attempt to establish an independent free press. Social media platforms have contributed to both the decline in revenue for news outlets and the echo-chamber effect that results when users are only consuming

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 82. Crisis in the Gig MillsPub date: 2021-06-30Further notes toward a ruthless criticism of digital capitalism — we lay out how the inherent contradictions of the “gig economy” are starting to slip into crisis, the need to recognize and reject the propaganda that has been embedded in our everyday way of thinking and talking about these companies, and the creative accounting practices they use to cover up the absence of value