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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

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Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation. They're joined by special guests and talk about everything, from machine consciousness to science fiction, to political economy to art made by machines.
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Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Won’t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. It’s not your usual tech podcast.
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Bloomberg journalist Emily Chang sits down for intimate interviews with the biggest names at the intersection of tech, business, entertainment and culture. Join us every Thursday for a behind-the-scenes look at the most exciting and influential trends, and the big personalities behind them.
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Podcast featuring the best new music by Female Indie Artists and Female-Fronted Bands in all genres hand-picked by Bree Noble. Women of Substance Radio has provided a platform for female Indie talent since 2007 and was transitioned into a Podcast in 2014. Each show features 10 - 15 songs and provides interesting tidbits about the artists.
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Emily Chang visits the Stargate site in Abilene, Texas for an exclusive first look at the historic $500 billion bet on the future of AI, announced by President Trump the day after his inauguration. She speaks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the project’s origin story, ambitions, and where this megafactory will take OpenAI next. See omnystudio.com/…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Grenon - snow for a day FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mandy Lopez - Scapegoat FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Delaney Parker - Stockyard FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ana Gracey - Afterlife FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Erin Darley - NRG FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Yasmin Schancer …
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Desert Vipers - Muddy Hearts FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Janna Leduc - Drive FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Starlight and Pine - How it Was FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Maddy Ringo - Mother Tongue FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Trisha Marie - ADHD FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Sad…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Rachel Ritchie - Ride of My Life FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Annie Lee Rose - slumber party! FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Reanna Lucia - Unpack It FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Taysha Farrugia - Fearless FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Eveline - HEARTCUTS FOLLOW ON SPO…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: WINEHOUSE - Send Me The Sunrise FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Rashmi - Blame Eve FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Reema - Whole World FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Debo Ray - Take That FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Frankie Raye - Theodora FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Moxxy Jones - Fr…
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Paris Marx is joined by Casey Johnston to discuss why she pared back on social media, made her smartphone much dumber, and what she learned about how bodies are treated online through her fitness journey. Casey Johnston is the creator of the She’s A Beast newsletter and author of A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power…
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This week, Alex and Emily talk with anthropologist and immigration lawyer Petra Molnar about the dehumanizing hype of border-enforcement tech. From hoovering up data to hunt anyone of ambiguous citizenship status, to running surveillance of physical borders themselves, "AI" tech is everywhere in the enforcement of national borders. And as companies…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Aubfield - Faultline FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Monica Livorsi - What Happened FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Holly Lerski - Sweet Decline FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY EVA - Peace In Our Time FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Prima - Rust & Dust & Dirt FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY …
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Last House - Yes I Do FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Katherine Larsen - Home FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Allison Asarch - Big Apple Red FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY EMMA - Howling At The Moon FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Minni Verse - Even Kings Die FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: the artist ren - willow tree FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Magz - The Memory FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Alexandra Skora - Morning Bird FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Elisabeth Pixley-Fink - Hidden Camera FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Phoebe Vic - Mad Woman (Clean) FOL…
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Paris Marx is joined by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna to discuss the harms of generative AI, how the industry keeps the public invested while companies flounder under the weight of unmet promises, and what people can do to push back. Emily M. Bender is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at University of Washington. Alex Hanna is Director…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Renee D'Angelo - Crazy For You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY You and Your Sister - Steady and Slow FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Cassidy Waring - Hold Me Tight FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emily Anderson - What If It's Not Enough FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ava Della…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Christa Rooks - This Is Home FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Sarah Kirkland - Bloom Where I'm Planted FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY MISY - Arise My Darling FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Violin Gospel - The Night's Soft Song FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Natalie Grace - Gr…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Backyard Betties - Blame It on the Red Wine FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Fia and Hanna - It'd Be So Nice FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Jo Grange-Seaver - Don't You See FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Tamoona - Beautifully Unbroken FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Talia Lond…
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Paris Marx is joined by Tim Fernholz to discuss how Elon Musk’s influence in the White House is shaping the US Space Program, why he’s pushing NASA toward Mars instead of the Moon, and whether the Starship rocket is in trouble. Tim Fernholz is a senior reporter at Payload Space and the author of Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the N…
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Emily and Alex pore through an elaborate science fiction scenario about the "inevitability" of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI by the year 2027 - which rests atop a foundation of TESCREAL nonsense, and Sinophobia to boot. References: AI 2027 Fresh AI Hell: AI persona bots for undercover cops Palantir heart eyes Keir Starmer Anti-vaxxers are …
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: CMAGIC5 - Happy Never After FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Luciana Lariccia - Masterpiece FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY B. Hawksley - Kansas FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Fiona Glatki - glad you're here FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY HRZN - Haunted FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY North…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Alli Brown - Some People Never Change FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Neon Massacre - Hey Siri FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Leanne Lightfoot - The Game FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Joanna Finnis - Love Story FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ghostwood Empire - Supernova FOL…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Meadowsweet - The Sound of Coming Home FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY EVA - Mother, Mother FOLLOW ON SOUNDCLOUD Jackie Morris - Last Leaf FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY David Vito Gregoli & Jennifer Silver feat Teresa James - May All Your Dreams Ca…
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Paris Marx is joined by Julia Carrie Wong to discuss Elon Musk’s recent opposition to empathy, how it comes out of the Christian right, and the relationship it has to previous discussions of longtermism. Julia Carrie Wong is a features writer at The Guardian. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Amy Hooper - Apples and Trees FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Susie Maddocks - Yesterday_Belong FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Prettier Than Matt - Better Me FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ed & Carol Nicodemi - Look At You Now FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY BuZZFoX - Nobody …
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Melyssa Lee - My Guarantee FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Lisa P. Medina - A Mother's Love FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ed & Carol Nicodemi - A Mother's Love (Reimagined) FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Susie Maddocks - In Your Eyes FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Audra Wat…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Wild As Her - Heatwave FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kristan Mikala - Candy Lover (Acoustic) FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emma Hughes - Jealousy FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY CELINE - Bound In Breath FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mia Lee - Over You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ca…
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Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the economy behind AI slop generation, how people are building businesses on AI-generated images, and the wider consequences of their proliferation on social media. Jason Koebler is a cofounder of 404 Media and cohost of the 404 Media Podcast. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech,…
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It's been 4 months since we've cleared the backlog of Fresh AI Hell and the bullshit is coming in almost too fast to keep up with. But between a page full of awkward unicorns and a seeming slowdown in data center demand, Alex and Emily have more good news than usual to accompany this round of catharsis. AI Hell: LLM processing like human language p…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: JENNY & ME - I Like The Way FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY DuoLia. - Go Back To Sleep FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Sara Abraham - Never Leave Again FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Team Toxic - Better Run FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Shedonist - Weight of Your World FOLLO…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Molly Devine - To Be FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Efi Gjika - 4 Likes FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Victoria Marie - ghosts FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Bonnie Cash - Stranger FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Slung - Collider FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Avery Fortune - Cowboy FOLL…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Crista Phoenix - Jwsu (Just Wanna Satisfy You) FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emily Myers - Behind Closed Doors FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Alexa Kate - I Want It FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kierra Noelle - Identity FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY AUBRIANA - 14 FOLLOW …
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Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many ways he’s shaped the modern tech industry. Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade and her forthcoming book Extractive Capitali…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Baba - Love Like This FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Amy Pinkus - How's Your New Wife FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Victoria July - The Girl I Wanted to Be FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Signe Nørgaard - Don't Hang Up the Phone FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Gabriela - Mor…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Orchard Sky - Good Intentions FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY xoxodubstep - Don't Lie FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY NJ - the beast FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Lexi Faye - How Do I Let You Go FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ellie Reed - You Weren't Mine FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY A…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Correna - Coming For You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Adela - The Kiss FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mandy Cole - Wild Hearts FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Camilla Wickman - Cailleach FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY REGINA - Age of Aquarius FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY BIRD AKA JAN…
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After "AI" stopped meaning anything, the hype salesmen moved on to "AI" "agents", those allegedly indefatigable assistants, allegedly capable of operating your software for you -- whether you need to make a restaurant reservation, book a flight, or book a flight to a restaurant reservation. Hugging Face's Margaret Mitchell joins Emily and Alex to h…
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Paris Marx is doing a solo episode this week to bring together some important issues that have been on his mind lately. This is a recording of a talk Paris gave in Auckland, New Zealand on how Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump forces us to reassess the politics of the internet and challenge our collective dependence on US tech as it embra…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Blue Rose - If I Had a Rose FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Davvn - Any Other Girl FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kat Ivy - Autumn FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Loulita Gill - Here to Stay FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Maggie Baugh - Other Side Of The World FOLLOW ON SPOTI…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Restore to Past - Your Song Again FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Christa Wells - The Voice FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Jayla Gray - Mine FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mandi Macias - Lovesick FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Bonnie And The Jets - Regatta FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY …
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Frankeke - My Helper FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Layla Capri - Beautiful Plan FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Catherine Feeny - Make Us Whole Again FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Red Letter Society - Friend Of Sinners FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Tammie Lecque - Just Da…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Erica Daniels - It Probably Ain't FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Tova Glyt - Heading North FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Field+Fire - Watch FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kamala - Peaceful FOLLOW ON SHAZAM Andrea Jean - So, I Sing a Song FOLLOW ON YOUTUBE Aman…
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Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss whether Europe is going to finally make a serious push to end its dependence on US tech and how different European interests are trying to take advantage of those debates. Aline Blankertz is an economist working on digital policy. She currently works with Rebalance Now and was previously at Wikimed…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Van Darien - Bummertown FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ren Martinez - Bad Days Too FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Katy Hurt x Joey Landreth - Seasons FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Beth Sarah - Scared FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kyla Gabka - Advantage FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY G…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Shara Strand - Anthem FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Carly Carroll - Until It Goes Away FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Tori Leppert - Berry Bush FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Katie Klein - If You Change Your Mind FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Pam Ross - Kansas FOLLOW ON S…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Royal Blush - Ice Age FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Samana Rising - Bully FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Carrie Sue & The Wood Burners - Don't FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY emstuu - Don't Look At Me FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Waking Stone - Age of Rage FOLLOW ON SPOTI…
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Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss his experience seeing first hand how Microsoft deployed its cloud and machine learning services to help Chevron extract more oil and gas, and the state of tech worker organizing around climate change. JS Tan is a PhD student at MIT, researching cloud computing in the US and China. He’s a a member of Collect…
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Measuring your talk time? Counting your filler words? What about "analyzing" your "emotions"? Companies that push LLM technology to surveil and summarize video meetings are increasingly offering to (purportedly) analyze your participation and assign your speech some metrics, all in the name of "productivity". Sociolinguist Nicole Holliday joins Ale…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Luck - Sweet Love FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Katie MAC - Wannabe FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Renee Coughlin - Happy In The Quiet FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Tia McGraff - Avalanche FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Piper Connolly - Warning FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Sophia De…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Jenna May - Slow Burn FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY NYRE - It Should Be You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY The Pairs - Good Bad Day FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mathilda Bohman - I'm Okay FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emily Mac - Buried Alive FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Tori Lepp…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Elle Vance - Destined to Be FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Gwendolyn Spire - Not Enough Sage FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Rachel Hull - Lead The Way FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Olivia Aliotti - breakfast buffet FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY 12 Notes - Are You Ready FO…
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Paris Marx is joined by Kate Green and Milo to discuss how Elon Musk’s DOGE is dismantling the US Digital Service and the consequences that has on really improving service delivery in government. Kate Green and Milo are former US Digital Service engineers. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society wi…
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Don’t worry; your regularly scheduled Tech Won’t Save Us is coming soon! But if you’re looking to try something a little different and get a critical take on the ongoing Canadian election, check out Campaign Cops, a special five-week series hosted by Paris Marx and Rachel Gilmore. The first episode is here for you to try out, but if you want to kee…
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To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Reanne - This Body FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Camryn Quinlan - Ex Box FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emma Mowery - erased me FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Malene Markussen - Calling FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Nadia Vaeh - R!OT FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Amber Ais - Love You…
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