Why Uber Failed at Micromobility w/ Aaron W. Gordon
Paris Marx is joined by Aaron W. Gordon to discuss how VC-backed tech companies upended the bike-share industry, how that specifically played out in the case of Uber and Jump, and why the dockless bik...
2 Juli 202041min
Technofascism in India w/ Banu Subramaniam & Debjani Bhattacharyya
Paris Marx is joined by Banu Subramaniam and Debjani Bhattacharyya to discuss Indian politics under Narendra Modi and the BJP; how contract-tracing apps and geofencing are being used to monitor people...
25 Juni 202040min
Amazon Wants to Dominate Everything w/ Brian Merchant
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss how Amazon’s response to COVID-19 has put its workers in danger, how big tech companies are partnering with oil and gas companies, and why the pandemi...
18 Juni 202044min
Tech Giants Don't Care About Black Lives w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss how the labor practices, tech products, and global supply chains of tech companies prove they don't care about Black lives — regardless of what th...
11 Juni 202041min
Art is More Than Ones and Zeroes w/ Nika Roza Danilova
Paris Marx is joined by Nika Roza Danilova to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting artists, the privileged worldview of tech, the human essence of art, and why that can’t be replicated by artificial inte...
4 Juni 202040min
A Cooperative Vision for Technological Innovation w/ Dan Hind
Paris Marx is joined by Dan Hind to discuss the problems with the existing tech industry and its links to the state, and his proposal for reorienting technological development to promote human flouris...
28 Maj 202037min
Uber's War on Drivers w/ Veena Dubal
Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Uber's misclassification of drivers of independent contractors denies them rights and protections granted to other workers; how that's causing even m...
21 Maj 202038min
How Tech Platforms Affect Our Digital Lives w/ Joanne McNeil
Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss how our experience online has evolved over the past three decades, the class backgrounds of tech founders, how the AIDS crisis robbed us an important c...
19 Maj 202038min
