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Political Philosophy PodcastTECH-BRO DYSTOPIA with Dave KarpfWhat the hell is up with Silicon Valley's lurch to the far-right? Dave Karpf joins to discuss2025-06-131h 07
The Nerd Reich1. The Network State with Brooke Harrington and Dave KarpfIn the explosive first episode of The Nerd Reich podcast, host Gil Duran teams up with economic sociologist Brooke Harrington and internet politics expert Dave Karpf to decode the alarming rise of "network states."
They're diving deep into how tech billionaires like Elon Musk are trying to dismantle traditional governance to create their own power structures through crypto and artificial intelligence. They discuss the hidden dangers behind AI-driven governance, the disturbing intersection of wealth and political influence, and why understanding human behavior through humanities matters now more than ever.
Plus, they share bold predictions about...2025-03-1258 min
Movie Deputy REVIEWSMinions (2015) 6.25We've come to know the minions, but do we really. Here we get to see where they come from and why they are the way they are.
Original Review:
Minions, they've been around for thousands of years. Their only purpose, to serve the most despicable master they can find. It hasn't always worked out the best for their masters but the minions have persevered. Their upbeat demeanor and silly antics do more than just entertain one another, it keeps them going when they're masterless. When one of these time periods lasts longer than they could h...2025-01-2406 min
DissensVom Trump-Sieg zur Bundestagswahl: Elon Musk, Big Tech und die Zukunft der DemokratieDie "Was tun?"-Crew spricht mit dem US-amerikanischen Aktivisten David Karpf
"Only the AfD can save Germany" - mit Tweets wie diesem versucht Elon Musk, in den deutschen Wahlkampf einzugreifen. Nachdem Musk Donald Trump mit hunderten Millionen Dollar finanzierte, unterstützt der Milliardär jetzt die AfD in Deutschland. Das nehmen Inken Behrmann und Valentin Ihßen zum Anlass, um mit dem US-amerikanischen Kommunikationswissenschaftler und Aktivisten David Karpf über die Verbindung zwischen Big Tech und dem globalen Rechtsruck zu sprechen. Gemeinsam beleuchten sie, wie das einst liberale Silicon Valley zur Stütze autoritärer Regierungen wurde und wie Tech-Milliardäre ihre...2024-12-241h 18
Was tun?Vom Trump-Sieg zur Bundestagswahl: Elon Musk, Big Tech und die Zukunft der Demokratiemit David Karpf, Kommunikationswissenschaftler Georgetown University
"Only the AfD can save Germany" - mit Tweets wie diesem versucht Elon Musk in den deutschen Wahlkampf einzugreifen. Nachdem Musk Donald Trump mit hunderten Millionen Dollar finanzierte, unterstützt der Milliardär jetzt die AfD in Deutschland. Das nehmen Inken Behrmann und Valentin Ihßen zum Anlass, um mit dem US-amerikanischen Kommunikationswissenschaftler und Aktivisten David Karpf über die Verbindung zwischen Big Tech und dem globalen Rechtsruck zu sprechen. Gemeinsam beleuchten sie, wie das einst liberale Silicon Valley zur Stütze autoritärer Regierungen wurde und wie Tech-Miliardäre ihre Plattformen von einem Ort der...2024-12-201h 18
The Sunday ShowSilicon Valley Leaders Cast Their Lot with Donald TrumpIn the past week, multiple Silicon Valley billionaires announced endorsements of former President and 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump. To dig a bit deeper into their motivations to support Trump and his new running mate, Ohio Senator and former venture capitalist J.D. Vance, Justin Hendrix invited on three sharp observers of politics and technology, including:Henry Farrell, a professor of the international affairs and democracy at Johns Hopkins University and the recent co-author with Abraham Newman of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy.Elizabeth Spiers, a writer and digital strategist and contributing writer for the New...2024-07-2145 min
CyberWire DailyAn unprecedented surge in credential stuffing.Okta warns of a credential stuffing spike. A congressman looks to the EPA to protect water systems from cyber threats. CISA unveils security guidelines for critical infrastructure. Researchers discover a stealthy botnet-as-a-service coming from China. The UK prohibits easy IoT passwords. New vulnerabilities are found in Intel processors. A global bank CEO shares insights on cybersecurity. Users report mandatory Apple ID resets. A preview of N2K CyberWire activity at RSA Conference. Police in Japan find a clever way to combat gift card fraud. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast a...2024-04-2931 min
The Other 51Feel Like a Writer with Dave Karpf“I ended up throughout the midst of the pandemic feeling like I couldn’t write anything anymore.”Dave Karpf, author of the must-read “The Future, Now and Then” on Substack, joins Brian to talk about writing, the internet, and more. Dave and Brian discuss this week’s news about Bluesky opening itself to the public, and why the years where there wasn't a lot of money in it was when the internet was the best.Dave, a political science professor at George Washington University, talks about how he built a weekly writing practice on Substack...2024-02-0932 min
Memoir NationThe Future of the Book, featuring Maja ThomasBooks were just books for hundreds of years, but in the past 20 years, we've experienced major shifts in how we read and write. Plus, we’re on the brink of another revolution with AI that will change what we know and think we know about book publishing. This week’s guest, Maja Thomas, is the Chief Innovation Officer at Hachette, and her job, essentially, is to figure out the future of the book. She’s the only Chief Innovation Officer in all of publishing, so it’s a treat to hear what she has to say about trends, disruptions, innovati...2024-01-0849 min
Total Jason (Audio)Tech News Weekly 308: Rebutting Andreessen's Manifesto
How are humans involved in the overall AI process? 23andMe suffers another data leak by hacker "Golem". And the Meta Quest 3 is being used publicly for hilarious and interesting results.
Solana Larsen of the Mozilla Foundation and the IRL Podcast joins the show to talk about human beings, the data workers behind AI systems being used daily.
Dave Karpf stops by to talk about Marc Andreessen's "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto" and his passionate response to Andreessen's manifesto and the line between tech optimism and pessimism.
Mikah talks about another data leak from the 23andMe breach that includes data from "...2023-10-191h 13Total Jason (Video)Tech News Weekly 308: Rebutting Andreessen's Manifesto
How are humans involved in the overall AI process? 23andMe suffers another data leak by hacker "Golem". And the Meta Quest 3 is being used publicly for hilarious and interesting results.
Solana Larsen of the Mozilla Foundation and the IRL Podcast joins the show to talk about human beings, the data workers behind AI systems being used daily.
Dave Karpf stops by to talk about Marc Andreessen's "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto" and his passionate response to Andreessen's manifesto and the line between tech optimism and pessimism.
Mikah talks about another data leak from the 23andMe breach that includes data from "...2023-10-191h 13
Tim Peter & AssociatesTechno-Optimism and Building a Human Brand (Thinks Out Loud Episode 399)What is the point of technology? Does it exist solely for its own sake? Of course not. It’s to make our customers’ lives better. It’s really that simple. Which, happily, also plays a key role in building a brand. More importantly, it’s exactly how we build a human brand: By focusing on our customers.
Internet innovator and technology legend Marc Andreessen seems to have forgotten that fact in his latest piece of writing, "The Techno-Optimism Manifesto." Oh, there’s a lot of great ideas in the piece, and a lot we can learn from. There also...2023-10-1922 min
Reimagining the Internet83. A History of Why the Internet Sucks Right Now with Dave Karpf2010s online activism, the Reddit blackout, antitrust, academic data access, Newt Gingrich, enshitifcation. We brought scholar/activist Dave Karpf on to talk about his work leading fellow academics to fight for data access standards, and we ended up with a Reimagining greatest hits. Dave Karpf is associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs […]2023-07-2643 min
We've Got IssuesDave Karpf on how 'savvy' tech-bros blew up their favorite bankJoshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at a Florida lawmaker who may perfectly represent the modern GOP--he wrote the state's infamous 'Don't Say Gay' law while swindling tax-payers out of fraudulent covid relief funds. Then we're joined by Dave Karpf, a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University to talk about how Elon Musk is steering Twitter straight toward bankruptcy, the saga surrounding the Silicon Valley Bank and the pitfalls of covering the right's endless moral panics. PlaylistThe Big Takeover: "Love Understands"Boogie Down Productions: "The Bridg...2023-03-2445 min
Office Hours with Karpf and LogeLive Holiday Extravaganza with Special Guest Sarah IsgurPolitical analyst and former Republican strategist Sarah Isgur joins Karpf, Loge and a live studio audience to talk Senator Sinema and Republicans in 2024. Against his wishes we sing "Happy Birthday" to Dave Karpf.2022-12-1441 min
Democracy WorksWhere do the parties go from here?A few days after the midterms, a Substack post from Dave Karpf caught our eye. In it, he takes up the question of how the Republican and Democratic parties should move forward after the election. This conversation covers party networks, Karpf's lessons from environmental organizing, and how to craft political messages in a changing social media environment. Karpf is an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University. His work focuses on strategic communication practices of political associations in America, with a particular interest in Internet-related strategies. You might remember h...2022-12-1245 min
The Great BattlefieldTwitter-Famous Political Scientist Dave Karpf of George Washington UniversityDave Karpf joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as an environmental organizer at Sierra Club, an Associate Professor at GWU's School of Media and Public Affairs and his books "The MoveOn Effect" and "Analytic Activism".2022-12-071h 21
Cancel Me, DaddyThe Tesla Guy Freaked Out & Bought Twitter (ft. David Karpf)This week we're delving into the chaos happening on the bird app with Professor Dave Karpf. Katelyn talks to him about Elon's midlife crisis, the sledgehammer he seems to be taking to the app, life on social media after Twitter, the most likely outcomes for the Twitterverse and much, much more.
A special thanks to our Cancellation List and above Patreons Megg, I Beauregard, Adrienne Stewart, Diego Sanchez, Mae Ehrnfelt and Siobhan Green for making this episode possible.
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Culturally DeterminedMusk Takes Twitter, with Dave KarpfAryeh and Dave Karpf, an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, discuss Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter. Is he going to run the company into the ground—and would that be good for America? Is Twitter in fact the online public square? What would a non-toxic version of the site look like? Plus: Why does Mark Zuckerberg think we all want to join him in the metaverse?Recorded November 4, 2022LINKS:Dave's post, "Elon's Twitter-Tilt"https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/elons-twitter-tilt?utm_so...2022-11-061h 05
Tech Won't Save UsMark Zuckerberg is Burning Meta to the Ground w/ Dave KarpfParis Marx is joined by Dave Karpf to discuss Meta’s misguided attempt to turn Facebook into a metaverse company, how Wired Magazine has evolved, and why the tech billionaires are destroying the world.Dave Karpf is an Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University. He’s also the author of The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy and Analytic Activism: Digital Listening and the New Political Strategy. Follow Dave on Twitter at @davekarpf.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider societ...2022-10-271h 11Office Hours with Karpf and LogeThe Inflation Reduction Act and Mar a What a MessComms lessons from the Inflation Reduction Act and what activists should do next, and the hot mess and comms challenges of the Trump investigation(s). Plus Loge worries about five foot bats and warns about Donald Trump shaped MDMA and Dave Karpf is troublingly hopeful.2022-08-1733 minThe Sunday ShowRescuing the Future from Silicon Valley: A Conversation with Dave KarpfWhen it comes to visions of the way that technology will intersect with society in the future, Silicon Valley has a near monopoly. It’s been nearly 30 years since Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron published the essay The Californian Ideology, which they say naturalized and gave a “technological proof to a libertarian political philosophy, and therefore foreclosing on alternative futures,” a “faith” that is “made possible through a nearly universal belief in technological determinism.”Now, the economic power of Silicon Valley has left its billionaire class fairly certain it is above reproach, unchecked and unchallenged, even as some of the bi...2022-06-1442 min
Office Hours with Karpf and LogeAmerica's political trailer park of doomDave Karpf and Peter Loge talk about responding to the Supreme Court probably overturning Roe v. Wade and America's political trailer park of doom. Plus Loge urges journalists to ignore the squirrels, and Karpf mocks Loge for still having an AOL account.
Footnotes: Links to some of what we referenced in the podcast, and to other readings our listeners might find interesting.
Abortion
Liberate Abortion has links to ways to promote and protect women’s rights locally and nationally.
The Stanford Social Innovation Review has a terrific piece worth che...2022-05-1036 min
Office Hours with Karpf and LogeStrategic Comms and Judge JacksonIn this episode Dave Karpf and Peter Loge talk about the strategic communications around Judge Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, and Karpf both warns about the “shadow docket” and makes a play for a mattress sponsor.
Footnotes – Some of the sources we referenced in the discussion.
The Pew Research Center on public opinion of the Supreme Cour
Professor Rachel Shelden in the Washington Post – “The Supreme Court used to be openly political
Ilya Shapiro for the Cato Institute – “Just Accept It: The Supreme Court Has Always Been Political
Robert Dahl “The Concep...2022-03-2936 minOffice Hours with Karpf and LogeIntroducing: Office Hours with Karpf and LogeIn this episode Dave Karpf and Peter Loge talk about how to talk about something other than Ukraine and the mask as the message. Their hot takes are supported by the following footnotes:
New Yorker review of Philip Tetlock's Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? "Human beings who spend their lives studying the state of the world, in other words, are poorer forecasters than dart-throwing monkeys..."
KidSave in Ukraine
Airbnb offering free short term housing, and people paying for Airbnbs they won't use
The Black B...2022-03-1532 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookDrop Me Here, Darling: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama Audiobook by Andrew PalmerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 530729
Title: Drop Me Here, Darling: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama
Author: Andrew Palmer
Narrator: Full Cast , Joan Sanderson, Kenneth Connor, Leslie Phillips, Norma Ronald
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:17:03
Language: English
Release date: 10-21-21
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Summary:
All 13 episodes of the classic role-reversal comedy starring Leslie Phillips and Jill Bennett
It's not easy, being chauffeur to your ex-wife. Especially when she's wealthy and you're broke...'
Leslie Duggan was once a high-flying property tycoon - but then came the 1980s property crash, which...2021-10-215h 17
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, FantasyDrop Me Here, Darling: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama by Andrew PalmerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/530729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drop Me Here, Darling: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama Author: Andrew Palmer Narrator: Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Connor, Joan Sanderson, Norma Ronald, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 21, 2021 Genres: Fantasy Publisher's Summary: All 13 episodes of the classic role-reversal comedy starring Leslie Phillips and Jill Bennett It's not easy, being chauffeur to your ex-wife. Especially when she's wealthy and you're broke...' Leslie Duggan was once a high-flying property tycoon - but then came the 1980s property crash, which wiped out his business and left...2021-10-2105 min
On the MediaThe Wrong FiresAs wildfires blaze across the United States, some right-wing politicians and pundits are blaming racial justice protesters. On this week’s On the Media, how to stay focused on the realities of climate change when everything is politicized. Plus, the mistakes we make when we talk about human trafficking. And, the Gamergate playbook is the template for a coordinated attack on Netflix and an indie film on its platform.
1. Dave Karpf [@davekarpf], professor at George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs, on the tension between business-as-usual campaign coverage and serious concerns about election integrity. Listen.
2...2020-09-1850 min
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology PodcastDid Cambridge Analytica exaggerate their abilities and not actually do anything impressive?, with Dave KarpfPolitical scientist David Karpf talks about Cambridge Analytica, and about how their perception by many as masters of advanced digital influence (as portrayed in, for example, the documentary The Great Hack) is inaccurate and exaggerated. Dr. Karpf talks about the effects of political ads, about the role of social media and the internet in politics, and what he sees as the real problems we're facing as a modern society. He also talks about the time he made a tweet comparing Bret Stephens to a bedbug and crazy things ensued. Support the showTo get ad-free e...2020-08-221h 18
IXNAYSparing The Donald no quarter - IXNAY on repeatDoes the news feel like it's on repeat? Yes it does. Everyday The Donald does something dumb and or harmful for America. Trump fatigue, COVID fatigue, Fatigue Fatigue.
Tweet, rinse, repeat.
Since repeats are all the rage, here are some of our favorite moments from IXNAY podcast guests who've spared the Donald no quarter: Alethea Brown, David Guinan, William Arkin, Dave Karpf, & Jeff Sharlet.
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Sorry for RamblingDave KarpfDave Karpf is an associate professor at the George Washington University and the author of the MoveOn Effect and Analytic Activism. In this episode, we discuss his work and how technology and social media continue to change both electoral politics and activism.
More Dave: https://davidkarpf.com https://twitter.com/davekarpf
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sorryforrambling/s...2020-06-2947 minIXNAYDave Karpf on Trump's TikTok Tulsa Rally and the enduring wisdom of Saul Alinsky - IXNAY - Ep 4In this episode: We talk to David Karpf, an associate professor at George Washington University, about how the Trump Campaign fell right into an trap straight out of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals when it went into the Tulsa rally believing its own hype.
Also, Trace lets you in on how fun and easy it is to use voteforward.org to send letters to voters in the swing states that are actually going to decide this election, we get a Scene Report from Texas, and there are random references to The Evil Dead and Mr. Robot...2020-06-2622 min
Reply All#148 Bedbugs and AliensThis week, Yes Yes No returns with a raid on Area 51, and the very worst name you can call a New York Times writer.Listen to the 1st episode of Mogul Season 2: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/mogul/z3hwzx/s2-part-1-the-walls-were-sweatingFurther Reading:The tweet from this week's Yes Yes No.Bret Stephens' interview on MSNBCBret Stephens' column: 'World War II and the Ingredients of Slaughter'Professor Dave Karpf's interview on NPRLil Nas X's Area 51-themed music video ...2019-09-2646 min
DOOMED with Matt Binder73: Bedbugs & Bret Stephens (w/ Dave Karpf)Dave Karpf, an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss calling conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens a metaphorical bedbug and the "feud" that has now sprung out of it. Dave shares with us what happened when Stephens emailed him and his provost, the MSNBC interview after Stephens quite Twitter when "Bretbug" began trending, what's going on at the NY Times?, the piece Stephens published basically equating Dave (who is Jewish) to a nazi for calling him a bedbug, how a digital media professor is...2019-09-0451 min
Getting to the Bottom of It'Getting to the Bottom of It':Tweeting about bedbugsOn this week’s episode, "Getting to the Bottom of It" checks in with professor Dave Karpf in the aftermath of his Twitter battle with New York Times columnist Bret Stephens.2019-09-0312 min
The Katie Halper Show230 - Bugging Bret Stephens with Dave KarpfHear the rest of this episode here https://www.patreon.com/posts/29559089 I talk to the man who called Brett Stephens a bedbug about the hypocrisy and entitlement of the NY op-ed writer.2019-08-3023 min
Do By FridayAlex CooladultThis week's challenge: read "Married to the Mouse."
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
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Show Notes
"Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando" by Richard E. Foglesong
Disney World: Celebrating Utopia — Nice Try! — Overcast
Jia Tolentino on what happens when life is an endless performance — The Ezra Klein Show — Overcast
The Land of the Large Adult Son | The New Yorker
Dave Karpf On Calling Bret Stephens a 'Bedbug' and Free Speech
Little Snitch 4
Guardian...2019-08-291h 18
The Advocacy IcebergAnalytic ActivismEp 12 – Dave Karpf talks about his book, Analytic Activism, and how digital listening is being, and could be, used as a tool to support decision making2017-04-2834 min
New Books in TechnologyDave Karpf, “Analytic Activism: Digital Listening and the New Political Strategy” (Oxford UP, 2016)For the start of 2017, Dave Karpf is back on the podcast with his new book, Analytic Activism: Digital Listening and the New Political Strategy (Oxford University Press, 2016). Karpf is associate professor of media and public affairs at The George Washington University and author of The MoveOn Effect also published by Oxford. Much of the attention paid to digital politics is about speech. What did Donald Trump say on Twitter today? And who responded? Karpf’s book suggest that that attention has overlooked the other side of digital politics: listening. In Analytic Activism, Karpf focuses on how organizations use the di...2017-01-0932 min
Sydney IdeasAnalytic ActivismIt is now well established that digital media has given rise to new forms of political speech. Just as importantly though, the new media environment has also created space for new types of listening. Media scholar Dave Karpf discusses the role that digital listening, measurement, and experimentation play in shaping the contours of ‘analytic activism’.
More info: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/david_karpf.shtml2016-05-1937 minNew Books in TechnologyJennifer Stromer-Galley, “Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age” (Oxford UP, 2014)The Oxford University Press series on digital politics has produced several new books that we have featured on the podcast. Interviews with Dave Karpf, Dan Kreiss, and Muzammil Hussain are available in previous podcasts. One of the latest from the series is Jennifer Stromer-Galley new book Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age (OUP 2014). Stromer-Galley is associate professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University.
This excellent new book is a bit of a walk down memory lane. Do you remember the early search features on Yahoo! and those slow loading webpages of the late 1990s...2014-05-0526 min
New Books in Big IdeasJennifer Stromer-Galley, “Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age” (Oxford UP, 2014)The Oxford University Press series on digital politics has produced several new books that we have featured on the podcast. Interviews with Dave Karpf, Dan Kreiss, and Muzammil Hussain are available in previous podcasts. One of the latest from the series is Jennifer Stromer-Galley new book Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age (OUP 2014). Stromer-Galley is associate professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University.
This excellent new book is a bit of a walk down memory lane. Do you remember the early search features on Yahoo! and those slow loading webpages of the late 1990s...2014-05-0526 min
PolicyCast | Harvard Kennedy SchoolDave Karpf describes the MoveOn Effect | PolicyCastGeorge Washington Unviersity Professor David Karpf explains how the internet and social media have transformed political advocacy, who has benefited from the shift and what might be in store for the future.2013-05-1519 min