How Sports Betting Is Fueling Gambling Addiction w/ Alex Shephard
Tech Won't Save Us18 Huhti 2024

How Sports Betting Is Fueling Gambling Addiction w/ Alex Shephard

Paris Marx is joined by Alex Shephard to discuss the legalization of sports betting in the United States, the growing influence of gambling in professional sports, and its negative impact on the lives of sports fans.Alex Shephard is a senior editor at The New Republic.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.Also mentioned in this episode: Alex wrote about sports gambling for The New Republic. The Wall Street Journal recent explored the wider backlash to sports betting in light of the Shohei Ohtani scandal. Last year, the New York Times gutted its unionized sports section to replace it with non-union writers at The Athletic. Psychologist Meredith K. Ginley explained how sports betting apps hook people on regular gambling. Support the show

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Fighting Back Against the Tech Monopolies w/ Grace Blakeley

Fighting Back Against the Tech Monopolies w/ Grace Blakeley

Paris Marx is joined by Grace Blakeley to discuss how neoliberal capitalism benefits the tech monopolies, how they’re thriving as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and how workers fight back after the ...

7 Touko 202043min

Elon Musk is a Cult Leader w/ Ilari Kaila

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Paris Marx is joined by Ilari Kaila to talk about Elon Musk's latest unhinged tweeting episode, his self-serving calls to end COVID-19 lockdowns, and how the outlandish promises he makes and stories h...

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How Tech Distracts Us From the Bigger Picture w/ Bianca Wylie

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Paris Marx is joined by Bianca Wylie to talk about the response to COVID-19, how governments’ emphasis on tech solutions ignores (and potentially entrenches) social inequalities, and how we might take...

30 Huhti 202055min

Bursting the Reality Bubble w/ Ziya Tong

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Transit is the Future w/ James Wilt

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Tech's Response to COVID-19 w/ Wendy Liu

Paris Marx is joined by Wendy Liu to talk about how the tech industry is responding to COVID-19, how tech workers may find their jobs at risk in the aftermath, and why we need to change the system to ...

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A Brief Introduction

A Brief Introduction

Tech Won't Save Us challenges the notion that technology alone can solve our problems. Full episodes coming very soon. Support the show

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