Tag: Technology
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S4E21 – Analysing the Spotify “Mood Machine” with Liz Pelly
Today we speak to music writer Liz Pelly about her recent book “Mood Machine” – a critique of algorithmic streaming monolith Spotify and what it is doing to the way we play and listen to music. Originally broadcast 15/08/25
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S3E11 – Tech criticism with Cory Doctorow
Today we chat with novelist and tech critic Cory Doctorow. Cory has done a lot of work analysing and describing tech capitalism, and we talk about some of his concepts like “enshittification” and “chokepoint capitalism” as well as AI, the hopes for a better internet, and plenty more! Originally broadcast 31/05/24
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S2E30 – Technocriticism with Richard King
Today we chat to author Richard King. His new book “Here Be Monsters” is a critical look at the way ideas about technological progress are shaping both our future and our selves in ways that are not necessarily beneficial and certainly not inevitable. Originally broadcast 16/06/23
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S2E27 – Artificial Intelligence and Killer Robots – Radio Against The Machine!
Today’s show is Radio Against The Machine! I speak with Oscar Delaney about the potential existential threats from Artificial Intelligence, and to Matilda Byrne about the campaign to stop lethal autonomous weapons. Originally broadcast 11/08/23
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S1E19 – Platform capitalism and social movements
Today we have a wide-ranging chat with Ray Grenfell – community radio host, activist and who is writing a phd on social media and its effects on social movements. We talk about the history of activists using the internet, about the wide-ranging effects of social media, and about the radical of creating autonomous social centres.…
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S1E17 – Posthumanism and the Cyborg Manifesto
On today’s show we explore the overlap between human and machine – are we recognising the ways this is happening? Is it a good or bad thing? What should we do about it? I chat to media studies academic Emily McAvan, and we get a bit of assistance from Donna Haraway’s influential essay “The Cyborg…
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