The Creation of a Black Cyberculture w/ André Brock
Paris Marx is joined by André Brock to discuss the history of Black people’s online activity, the internet’s association with whiteness, and what Black Twitter can tell us about the centrality of Blac...
9 Sep 202148min
Big Tech Entrenches US Power w/ Michael Kwet
Paris 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 Kw...
2 Sep 202150min
Blockchain Won’t Save the Global South w/ Olivier Jutel
Paris Marx is joined by Olivier Jutel to discuss blockchain’s pivot to humanitarianism, the questionable people behind the technology, and how their projects in the Pacific have benefited capitalist a...
26 Aug 202158min
How Neoliberalism Seized the Internet w/ Dan Greene
Paris Marx is joined by Dan Greene to discuss how the Clinton administration reframed poverty through the lens of the internet and how that transformed the missions of key institutions like libraries ...
19 Aug 202157min
How Smart is the Smart City? w/ Shannon Mattern
Paris Marx is joined by Shannon Mattern to discuss what we miss when we see the city solely through the lens of the computer, and how other institutions and ways of knowing can help inform richer ways...
12 Aug 202148min
How Australia Used Tech Against Welfare Recipients w/ Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran
Paris Marx is joined by Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran to discuss Australia’s robodebt scandal where automated decision-making was used against welfare recipients, and how exploitative AI implementations ...
5 Aug 202141min
How Streaming is Reshaping the Film Industry w/ Peter Labuza
Paris Marx is joined by Peter Labuza to discuss how streaming is reconfiguring Hollywood, what that means for the film and television we consume, and whether it’s time to consider antitrust action aga...
29 Jul 202156min
Demystifying the Billionaire Space Race
Paris Marx takes a solo episode to discuss the billionaire space race. Specifically, how billionaires are selling grand futures of space travel as a PR scheme to get huge public contracts that will al...
22 Jul 202143min
