Best Danny Dorling Podcasts (2025)

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Played by Plutocrats - with Danny Dorling, Meghna Jayanth and Max Haiven 1:05:49

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This episode was recorded as part of a live panel event at Pelican House on the 13 April 2025 celebrating the London launch of Max’s board game Billionaires and Guillotines, published by Pluto Press. In this episode we talked about the role of games and play in the coming revolution; the game mechanics of Billionaires & Guillotines and what its for…

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The riddle of the fascist sphinx 29:36

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A short selection from Max Haiven's forthcoming book The Player and the Played: How Gamified Capitalism led to 21st Century Fascism in which he goes over why it's fruitful for antifascists to keep three meanings of fascism in mind. For more information, visit http://maxhaiven.comBy RiVAL: The ReImagining Value Action Lab

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Don't Talk about Politics: Changing 21st Century Minds - Berlin launch 53:37

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On 21 May 2025, Sarah Stein Lubrano, author of Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds sat down with Max Haiven at Berlin's Shakespeare and Sons bookshop."Democracy is dying because we are clinging to a dangerous and outdated myth: talking about politics can change people's minds. It doesn't.This provocative debut from a bold ne…

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Foul Freedoms - Alberto Toscano on fascist swerves and authoritarian rule making/breaking (Exploits of Play S2E02) 1:46:11

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In this episode, we talked about how fascism transforms itself in and across different historical conjunctures; how the far right uses race and gender as key points of articulation and why we should be engaging with psychoanalytic theories of fascism alongside radical anti-fascist thinkers; our current moment of transition as one of systemic instab…

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From financialized capitalism to gamified fascism 41:03

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On 28 April 2025, Max Haiven presented an outline of his forthcoming book "The Player and the Played: Gamification, Financialization and (anti-)Fascism" at Brussels' Au JUS space.If fascism names a form of tyranny that incubates within capitalism and bears its' traces, what kind of 21st century fascism emerges from financialized capitalism? 1. Why …

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Property Pieties - Luce deLire on digital tyrants, trans panics, and revolutionary hospitalities 1:12:59

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In this episode we talked with Luce about her latest work on digitalised tyranny. About how private property structures the terms of the contract and gives rise to ever more terms; how the far right are both breaking the rules and playing by the rules to break the game; and about the overall structure of desire across society and what it’d mean to …

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Billionaires and Guillotines ~ Fascist Dreams ~ Don't Talk about Politics (Spring Update) 13:38

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In this short bonus episode...👹 We at Sense & Solidarity invite you to apply for our study workshop “Fascist Dreams, Antifascist Awakenings” in Palermo, May 25-29 (applications due April 7!).📘 Sarah tells you about her forthcoming book Don’t Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st Century Minds and events this Spring and Summer. 🎲 And Max tells you…

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Fascists, Rats, and Dick Pics: Holiday Special (What Do We Want S1E7) 1:17:14

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The world is giving fascism in 2025, so we’ve been away writing, reading and getting ready to serve up more on that topic. Meanwhile, here’s a chattier, less-structured version of our usual schtick - recorded over the holidays, live in front of a studio (well, living room) audience. Tune in to hear:* Sarah talk about why we shouldn’t argue with our…

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Danny Dorling: Seven typical British children today – injustice and hope 43:56

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If we found seven typical 6-year-old children to represent today’s UK, who would they be? What would their stories reveal? Amid the cost-of-living crisis, this could be a depressing story, when even the best-off of the seven is disadvantaged. Yet aspirations endure, and there are many signs that things could be getting better. What do we miss when …

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Pleasure (What Do We Want? S1E6) 55:55

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Live, in front of a seductive studio audience, Sarah and Max bring to a climax the first intoxicating season of What Do We Want? (a podcast about what brings social movements together and drives them apart) with an episode on PLEASURE.They are joined by dazzling special guests Sita Balani and Zrinka Balo, to explore salacious questions including: S…

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Fantasy (What Do We Want S1E4) 1:10:00

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Why do so many people insist on believing in systems that hurt them? Why do so many of us dwell in fantasy, rather than facing reality? (Wait, is dwelling in fantasy an option? Why weren’t we told?) In this episode of WHAT DO WE WANT? (a podcast about what brings social movements together and drives them apart) Max and Sarah dive deep into the murk…

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Despair (What Do We Want? S1E3) 50:03

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Do you sometimes feel like a little cartoon dog, surrounded by flames? Is the dog also our movements for justice? Are the flames systems of domination? Is nothing, in fact, at all “fine”?Then break out the marshmallows and join us for an episode of What Do We Want? (a podcast about what brings social movements together and drives them apart) about …

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Shame (What Do We Want S01E05) 1:01:32

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We, an unnamed collective, must sanctimoniously inform would-be listeners that the SHAME episode of WHAT DO WE WANT? (a podcast about what brings social movements together and drives them apart) has been summarily cancelled. The hosts, Sarah and Max, have been found preemptively guilty of causing grievous harms to the left by asking questions inclu…

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Conspiracy (What Do We Want? S1E2) 54:08

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Unless you are a lizard person hiding under a tin-foil rock, you, dear activist, have met your fair share of conspiracists.What the f*ck is wrong with these people? And why are they so damn successful in attracting others when their stories are so implausible?In this episode of What Do We Want? (a podcast about what brings social movements together…

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Heartbreak (What Do We Want? S1E1) 48:11

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“Heartbreak is at the heart of revolutionary consciousness” writes Gargi Bhattacharyya. So let’s get used to it! In this episode of What Do We Want? (a podcast about what brings social movements together and drives them apart), Sarah and Max ask the tear-jerking questions about movement breakups, wounded hearts and petty revenge fantasies.Should we…

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Wait... what DO we want? (trailer s01) 3:06

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In this trailer, Max and Sarah discuss what motivated them to produce WHAT DO WE WANT? (a podcast about what draws movements together... and drives them apart) and what they're looking forward to in season 1, with episodes on heartbreak, conspiracy, despair, fantasy, shame and pleasure and special guests including Rachel Donald, Lola Olufemi, Brent…

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Cooperative Speculative Fiction Writing as Activism 1:21:06

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What can speculative fiction offer today's movements for collective liberation?On this panel, assembled to celebrate the launch of The World After Amazon: Stories from Amazon Workers (http://afteramazon.world), four activist writing facilitators share their perspectives: Max Haiven (editor of the collection), Lola Olufemi, Phil Crockett Thomas, Sar…

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Danny Dorling and Poly Toynbee discuss the book: "Seven Children". 44:43

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Social scientist and inequality expert Danny Dorling discusses his latest work, Seven Children, an immersive and highly original study of child inequality, in a conversation at Foyles with Polly Toynbee. Foyles bookshop, Charring Cross Road, London, September 12th 2024.By Danny Dorling

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Thalia In Albios, by Cory Gluck 24:46

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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New Entry, by Worker #4 15:49

10M ago15:49

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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The Museum Of Prime, by Worker #2 21:05

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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The Dark Side Of Convenience, by Worker #1 25:47

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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ANYBODY HOME?, by Pearl Cecil Sigur Ramsey 27:58

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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Life After Amazon, by Anneth Chepkoech 19:39

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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Relentless, by Dartagnan 26:27

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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Forever On The Clock, by Worker #3 24:47

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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The Iron Uprising By Ibrahim Alsahary 17:58

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toili…

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Max Haiven (Capitalism's Sacrifice of Humanity series, with Free City Radio) 30:00

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This podcast is a collaboration with Stefan Christoff of Free City Radio (freecityradio.org/)========================Capitalism’s sacrifice of humanity:An interview series produced for broadcast on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff in consultation and collaboration with Max Haiven, for broadcast on Free City Radio.This program is the second in a …

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Keren Wang (Capitalism's Sacrifice of Humanity series, with Free City Radio) 30:00

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This podcast is a collaboration with Stefan Christoff of Free City Radio (freecityradio.org/)========================Capitalism’s sacrifice of humanity:An interview series produced for broadcast on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff in consultation and collaboration with Max Haiven, for broadcast on Free City Radio.This program is the second in a …

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Nick Partyka (Capitalism's Sacrifice of Humanity series, with Free City Radio) 30:00

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This podcast is a collaboration with Stefan Christoff of Free City Radio (https://freecityradio.org/)========================Capitalism’s sacrifice of humanity:An interview series produced for broadcast on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff in consultation and collaboration with Max Haiven, for broadcast on Free City Radio.This program is the firs…

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Our Moves and Movements- Jay Jordan and Isa Fremeaux on playfully subverting capitalism (EoP10) 1:14:22

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What is the anti-capitalist game? For several decades, Jay Jordan and Isa Fremeaux of the game-changing Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination have been using play and games as methods of class war: from the disruptive frivolity of Reclaim the Streets marches to a Carnival Against Capitalism that shut down the London Stock Exchange; from the Cli…

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The Singularity Bluff - Christian Nagler on Silicon Valley's Dangerous Dreams (EoP09) 1:32:22

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What if we handed some of the most consequential decisions about the future of humanity and the planet to a bunch of game-obsessed nerds? From artificial intelligence to the future of money, from the way we find love to the way we come to know our bodies and communities, Silicon Valley has become one of the most revolutionary and transformative for…

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How Oxford has changed, the work of Donnington Doorstep, and something personal 19:06

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Donnington Doorstep is a community-based family centre delivering a range of universal and specialist services. It was set up in 1984 by local parents, who knew that caring for children can be hard. My mum was involved a little at the start, and I was one of the children that it was hard to care for (unruly, etc). Forty years on Donnington Doorstep…

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Welcome to Oxford? Refugees, migrants, incomers who have made the city their home 1:41:45

1y ago1:41:45

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Who are the incomers who have made the city of Oxford, England their home? Social policy scholar Elizabeth Peretz, geographer Danny Dorling, historian Maurice East and activist Jabu Nala-Hartley lead a discussion about migrants' histories and realities in a Refugee Week event organised by the Coalition To Keep Campsfield Closed. The speakers explor…

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Toyed With - Alfie Bown on the gamification of love (EoP08) 1:16:03

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In an age when our most intimate connections with others are mediated by gamified interfaces, it’s high time to revisit how the game of love became the plaything of capital. Alfie Bown joins us for episode 8 to explore the joys and horrors of the ero-tech and the burning question: can hookup apps, dating sims and thirst traps can be reclaimed for t…

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"It Is What It Is" - Sophie Lewis on Love Island and the banality of capitalist eros (EoP07) 1:20:57

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On the blockbuster "reality" tv show "Love Island," an even number of conventionally attractive cis men and women compete to partner up and win the audience's affection in a spectacle that, like most of its kind, sees producers push heteronormative cliches to their absurd and humiliating limits. On this episode, theorist and author Sophie Lewis joi…

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How did Britain become so divided? Danny Dorling on our shattering nation 1:11:48

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Why is the UK so unusual – and not at all in a good way? How did the Conservative Party end up having more in common with European political parties such as Germany]s far-right AfD than with other “conservative” parties on the continent – as far back as the prime ministership of David Cameron? How did a recent Scottish government policy that most p…

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Gaming Authority - Thiago Falcão on exploitation & far-right politics in the games industry (EoP06) 52:15

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The worldwide gaming market is estimated at $347 billion. That's a hefty chunk of change, power and influence which lies in the hands of an exceptionally few game makers primarily in the global north. How does the culture of an industry like gaming leak into the broader political sphere? Episode 6 of "The Exploits of Play" features guest Thiago Fal…

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The Cheating Other - Gargi Bhattacharyya on how racial capitalism scams us twice (EoP05) 1:03:01

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Race and capitalism have always shaped one another, but what do we make of their relationship in an age when both systems increasingly toy with our lives in apocalyptic ways? How has the rhetoric of the cheat become part of a vicious racist reactionary politics, and what's the role of humour and fun in the struggle for a better world?Gargi Bhattach…

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Frontiers of Play - Mary Flanagan on games, colonialism, and imagination (EoP04) 53:24

1y ago53:24

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Leading game scholar, game designer and game company impresario Mary Flanagan joins us to talk about themes in her new book (co-authoered with Mikael Jakobsson) Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games. Along the way we speak about the yet fully realized potential of games to transform society.Mary Flanagan i…

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All Against All - Tom Boland on our modern gladiators and the real-world hunger games (EoP03) 57:12

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From Squid Game to Hunger Games to Fortnite, how did the trope of cruel, inescapable games become so central to the stories that animate 21st century neoliberal capitalism? With tom Boland We explore how the game changes the player and how this fits into western literature's beloved 'character arc', as well as the new-age obsession with personal tr…

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Brexit is a failed project: a brighter future is possible 1:26:36

1+ y ago1:26:36

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Danny Dorling, Liz Webster, and Willow Fisher, speaking on "Brexit is a failed project: a brighter future is possible", a Public Meeting organised by Oxford for Europe, Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford, March 20th 2024. A summary for part of the first part is here: https://www.dannydorling.org/?p=9917 and full report which that part is based on is he…

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"BRITISH CULTURE" by Danny Dorling, at the Sunday Papers Live, 17 March 2024 24:27

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13:10-13.35 - "BRITISH CULTURE" Danny Dorling at the Sunday Papers Live, March 17th 2024 (One Marylebone, 1 Marylebone Rd, London) Is there any hope? What do we do? Join Danny Dorling, professor in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford, as he explores the options, and how Geography shows you a way out for London, E…

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The Game at War with the World- S.M. Amadae on the powers behind the prisoners' dilemma (EoP02) 1:21:31

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From military strategy to the corporate imaginary, from public policy to the worldview of Big Tech, game theory has dramatically reshaped power and the way live. On this second episode of THE EXPLOITS OF PLAY we speak with S. L. Amadae about how game theory and its elemental puzzle, the prisoner's dilemma, won the war for our hearts and minds, and …

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Conspiracy Plays - Hugh Davies on the temptations of alternate reality (EoP01) 1:16:10

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On this first episode of THE EXPLOITS OF PLAY we speak with Hugh Davies about alternate reality games and gaming and the paranoid world of conspiracism.More information: https://weirdeconomies.com/podcasts/exploits-of-playTHE EXPLOITS OF PLAY is a 10-episode podcast about how games and play have moved from the margin to the centre of global capital…

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Colour, corporations and other fictions - Max Haiven 24:41

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This essay, which explores histories of the corporation, race and (intellectual) property regimes, appeared in a catalogue published to accompany Danish artist Hannibal Andersen’s 2022 exhibition The Abstract Expression of Privatization. In that work, an installation and a large mural explored corporate claims to the ownership of certain colours. T…

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Writing SF with Amazon Workers: Introducing the Worker as Futurist Project (Max Haiven) 19:50

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Amazon, a corporation that is by some estimates the world's largest private employer, has succeeded in part because of a kind of sci-fi storytelling that places the firm at the forefront of capitalism, technology and human achievement. But if it presents a utopian narrative of itself, its workers pay the price, many of them toiling in dystopian con…

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Failing neoliberalism: How Britain changed from a shining social and economic example to a nearly failed state 1:29:57

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A public talk given by Danny Dorling at the Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development, University of Groningen, House of Connections, Oude Ebbingestraat, Groningen, The Netherlands, 19 December 2023. Based on the book "Shattered Nation" and concerning recent events and more long term trends in the UK, the Netherlands, and elsehwhere. Intro…

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What should Labour do on housing - and would it be indulgent? 46:38

1+ y ago46:38

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Danny Dorling, speaking after John Broughton and Peter Apps, on the housing Policies of the British Labour Party, at the Labour Housing Group Conference: Tackling London's Housing Crisis, Camden London Borough Council, December 9th 2023By Danny Dorling

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Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State 1:03:14

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Danny Dorling asking how Britain became so divided. Recorded at Toppings book shop in Edinburgh on 7 December 2023. Britain was once the leading economy in Europe; it is now the most unequal. In Shattered Nation, leading geographer and author of Inequality and the 1% shows that we are growing further and further apart. Visiting sites across the Bri…