Technology is changing fast. And it's changing our world even faster. Host Alix Dunn interviews visionaries, researchers, and technologists working in the public interest to help you keep up. Step outside the hype and explore the possibilities, problems, and politics of technology. We publish weekly.
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The Vaporstate: All Hail Scale at the India AI Summit (00:47:51)
In The Vaporstate, we have traveled to Brazil, India, and the UK. But what does this look like as a global movement of nations and companies evangelising technology as the key to solving all problems,...
The Vaporstate: Buy Blair, Sell AI (00:45:01)
What does US tech billionaire Larry Ellison get when he gives the Tony Blair Institute hundreds of millions of dollars?More like this: The Vaporstate: ID in IndiaIn our third installment of The Vapors...
The Vaporstate: Brazil is Banking on Apps (00:54:01)
What happens when the very way you prove who you are is stolen by someone else? And what happens when a country stands up to Meta and builds their own.More like this: The Vaporstate: ID in IndiaFor ep...
The Vaporstate: ID in India (00:50:29)
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...
The Vaporstate: A New Mini-Series (00:02:13)
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...
The Age of Noise w/ Eryk Salvaggio (replay) (00:48:56)
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...
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...
Worker Power & Big Tech Bossmen w/ David Seligman (replay) (00:46:44)
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...
Reporting on AI’s climate injustices w/ Karen Hao (replay) (00:27:29)
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 ...
How to (Actually) Keep Kids Safe Online w/ Kate Sim (replay) (00:49:33)
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...
Digitisation, Privatisation, and Human Centipedes: Our Learnings from 2025 (00:52:54)
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...
Ben Collins: Computer Says MozFest (00:10:47)
The Onion CEO Ben Collins has successfully turned political satire into a sustainable business. He explains why humorous messaging is important to understand times like these — and why he’s dead serio...
Audrey Tang: Computer Says MozFest (00:23:14)
Audrey Tang has some big ideas on how we can use collective needs to shape AI systems — and avoid a future where human life is seen as an obstacle to paper clip production. She also shares what might ...
You can’t build a digital rights movement if you don’t know what you’re fighting for. Luisa says that we’re in a crisis of imagination, and that participation — the non-performative kind — is one big ...
Abeba Birhane: Computer Says MozFest (00:17:42)
Earlier this year Abeba Birhane was asked to give a keynote at the AI for Good Summit for the UN — and at the eleventh hour they attempted to censor any mention of genocide in Palestine, and their Big...
Computer Says MozFest 2025 (00:53:44)
Mozilla Festival 2025. Barcelona. Three days in a bonanza of interesting people, ideas, and technology politics. These were our highlights!More like this: FAccT 2025 episodes one and twoThis is an ext...
Who Knows? Fact-Finding in a Failing State w/ HRDAG and Data & Society (00:59:17)
Everything is happening so fast. And a lot of it’s bad. What can research and science organizations do when issues are complex, fast-moving, and super important?More like this: Independent Researchers...
Who Knows? Independent Researchers in a Platform Era w/ Brandi Geurkink (00:48:15)
Imagine doing tech research… but from outside the tech industry? What an idea…More like this: Nodestar: Turning Networks into Knowledge w/ Andrew TraskSo much of tech research happens within the tech ...
Tres Publique: Algorithms in the French Welfare State w/ Soizic Pénicaud (00:52:22)
Governments around the world are using predictive systems to manage engagement with even the most vulnerable. Results are mixed.More like this: Algorithmically Cutting Benefits w/ Kevin De LibanLuckil...
Straight to Video: From Rodney King to Sora w/ Sam Gregory (01:00:15)
Seeing is believing. Right? But what happens when we lose trust in the reproductive media put in front of us?More like this: The Toxic Relationship Between AI and Journalism w/ Nic DawesWe talked to a...
The Toxic Relationship Between AI & Journalism w/ Nic Dawes (00:41:47)
What happens when AI models try to fill the gaping hole in the media landscape where journalists should be?More like this: Reanimating Apartheid w/ Nic DawesThis week Alix is joined by Nic Dawes, who ...
Unlearning in the AI Era w/ Nabiha Syed at Mozilla Foundation (00:45:59)
Mozilla Foundation wants to chart a new path in the AI era. But what is its role now and how can it help reshape the impacts and opportunities of technology for… everyone?More like this: Defying Dataf...
You Seem Lonely. Have a Robot w/ Stevie Chancellor (00:52:58)
Loneliness and mental health illnesses are rising in the US, while access to care dwindles — so a lot of people are turning to chatbots. Do chatbots work for therapy?More like this: The Collective Int...
Local Laws for Global Technologies w/ Hillary Ronen (00:58:54)
What’s it like working as a local representative when you live next door to Silicon Valley?More like this: Chasing Away Sidewalk Labs w/ Bianca WylieWhen Hilary Ronen was on the board of supervisors f...
Welcome to the final boss of scams in the age of technology: Enshittification More like this: Nodestar: The Eternal September w/ Mike MasnickThis is our final episode of Gotcha! — our series on scams,...
