Silicon Valley Deserves Your Anger w/ Ed Zitron
Paris Marx is joined by Ed Zitron to discuss the public’s growing disillusionment with the tech industry as it pivoted to chasing profits instead of providing us with anything useful. Ed Zitron is the...
14 Mar 20241h 1min
Plastic Recycling Is a Scam w/ Dharna Noor
Paris Marx is joined by Dharna Noor to discuss widely-held misconceptions about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and how industry lobbies invented them to protect the market for plastic products...
7 Mar 20241h
A Setback for Gig Workers’ Rights in Europe w/ Ben Wray
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss why the European Union’s Platform Work Directive isn’t moving forward, what hope remains for gig workers’ rights in Europe, and what we should make of Uber’...
29 Feb 20241h 1min
How Foreverism Degrades Our Culture w/ Grafton Tanner
Paris Marx is joined by Grafton Tanner to discuss the dangers and consequences of companies and politicians leveraging nostalgia for their own purposes. Grafton Tanner is the author of Foreverism. He...
22 Feb 202457min
How Interfaces Shape Our Relationship to Tech w/ Zachary Kaiser
Paris Marx is joined by Zachary Kaiser to discuss the power of tech interfaces, why data isn’t an accurate reflection of the world, and why we need to discuss democratic decomputerization.Zachary Kais...
15 Feb 20241h 2min
France’s Start-Up Nation Is a Neoliberal Hell w/ Nastasia Hadjadji
Paris Marx is joined by Nastasia Hadjadji to discuss Emmanuel Macron’s plan to run France like a start-up, how that justified a further dismantling of France's welfare state, and how his desire to cre...
8 Feb 202454min
What’s Really Killing the News Media? w/ Victor Pickard
Paris Marx is joined by Victor Pickard to discuss the continued layoffs in news media, and how they are symptomatic of a deeper, structural crisis in journalism.Victor Pickard is Professor of Media Po...
1 Feb 20241h 3min
How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting w/ Eric Silver
Paris Marx is joined by Eric Silver to discuss Spotify’s big plan to dominate podcasting, why it’s now pulling back from those efforts, and the difference between highly produced and more independent ...
25 Jan 202459min
