The Vaporstate: ID in India
Our first exploration of The Vaporstate takes us to India, home of Aadhaar: a mammoth digitisation project that charts a path from technical solution for public service delivery, through mission creep...
16 Jan 50min
The Vaporstate: A New Mini-Series
This is The Vaporstate, a new series on the worldwide government bonanza of enthusiastic digitisation: Digital IDs, digital payment systems, massive data exchange platforms. What are the every-day imp...
9 Jan 2min
The Age of Noise w/ Eryk Salvaggio (replay)
Infinite AI slop means we are moving away from our the age of information into what Eryk Salvaggio calls ‘the age of noise’.More like this: Straight to Video: From Rodney King to Sora w/ Sam GregoryWe...
9 Jan 48min
Gotcha! Enshittification w/ Cory Doctorow (replay)
Welcome to the final boss of scams in the age of technology: EnshittificationMore like this: Nodestar: The Eternal September w/ Mike MasnickWe’re replaying five deep conversations over the Christmas p...
6 Jan 56min
Worker Power & Big Tech Bossmen w/ David Seligman (replay)
Litigator David Seligman describes how big tech companies act brazenly as legal bullies to extract wealth and power from the working class in the US.More like this: The Human in the Loop: The AI Suppl...
2 Jan 46min
Reporting on AI’s climate injustices w/ Karen Hao (replay)
Reporting on the tech industry proves a huge challenge due to how opaque it all is — Empire of AI author Karen Hao talks us through her investigative methods in a conversation from November 2024.More ...
30 Dec 202527min
How to (Actually) Keep Kids Safe Online w/ Kate Sim (replay)
A replay of our conversation with Kate Sim, on the state of child safety online.More like this: Dogwhistles: Networked Transphobia OnlineWe’re replaying five deep conversations over the Christmas peri...
26 Dec 202549min
Digitisation, Privatisation, and Human Centipedes: Our Learnings from 2025
Before we break for the year we wanted to reflect on what the podcast brought us in 2025, and what we want to see for 2026This week Alix is joined by two members of The Maybe team: Prathm Juneja and G...
19 Dec 202552min
