Episode 15: Hopeful Science Fiction, with Becky Chambers
This week, Adam fanboys at Becky Chambers, author of the Wayfarers series and one of his favorite science fiction writers. They talk about imagining cozy futures, hopepunk, why space ain't the place, ...
21 Juli 51min
Episode 14: Psychological Warfare, with Annalee Newitz
This week's guest is author and journalist Annalee Newitz, whose most recent nonfiction book, Stories are Weapons, is about the history of psychological warfare. Adam and Annalee discuss psyops, scien...
14 Juli 1h 1min
Episode 13: More Everything Forever, with Adam Becker
This week is a reversal: Adam is interviewed by Jack Stilgoe, professor of science and technology studies at University College London. Jack and his colleagues ask Adam about how he came to write his ...
7 Juli 1h 13min
Episode 12: The Cosmic Perspective, with Katie Mack
This week, Adam talks with Katie Mack, physicist and author, about feeling some type of way about the end of the universe. Along the way we also discuss illusions of control, entropy, and why it can b...
30 Juni 52min
Episode 11: Reverse Centaurs and AI, with Cory Doctorow
This week, Adam talks with Cory Doctorow, author, blogger, and tech policy advocate. Cory explains why your boss wants to replace you with an AI, why that won't work, and why they're trying to do it a...
23 Juni 1h 1min
Episode 10: Better Off Regulated, with Ed Zitron
This week's guest is tech critic, podcaster, and professionally angry dude Ed Zitron. Adam asks Ed what things would have to happen for him to be less angry (mostly, regulating the tech industry). Alo...
16 Juni 51min
Episode 9: Algorithmic Bias, with Safiya Noble
This week, Adam talks with Safiya Noble, professor of social science at UCLA and author of Algorithms of Oppression. They talk about how algorithms reinscribe systemic biases, what a better tech indus...
9 Juni 47min
Episode 8: Horrible Little Guys, with Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling
This week is a ✨Very Special Episode✨, a crossover with the hosts of our fellow Multitude show Wow if True! Isabel J. Kim is an award-winning science fiction author, Amanda Silberling is a journalist ...
2 Juni 1h 1min
