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Team Human

Team HumanEdward Ongweso JrEdward Ongweso Jr., Senior Researcher at Security in Context and co-host of This Machine Kills, journeys with us into the political economy of technology and the deep crazy that is informing the collapse of the still viable, if problematic, civilization. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth.Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/🎗️ Support Team Human on Patreon: https:www/patreon.com/teamhumanFollow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff:📷 I...2025-04-161h 17

Better Offline

Better OfflineRadio Better Offline: Allison Morrow, Paris Martineau & Ed Ongweso Jr.Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city.Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Allison Morrow of CNN, Ed Ongweso Jr. of the Tech Bubble newsletter, and Paris Martineau of The Information to talk about the collapse of the AI bubble, the goofy “AI 2027” fan fiction that has gone viral in the tech industry, and how the tech media faces a reckoning once the bubble truly bursts. Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episo...2025-04-091h 25

TRASHFUTURE*PREVIEW* Pump It! ft. Ed Ongweso JrThis Machine Kills’ Ed Ongweso Jr returns to the pod to talk about his series of essays talking about what he calls The Silicon Valley Consensus - an ongoing chapter in our interest in the convergence of reactionary politics and the profusion of data centres all over the world. Also, Trump says “everything’s computer”, and Rachel Reeves claims to eat crumbs from under couch cushions to manufacture consent for the largest act of planned social murder in the U.K. since 2010. Check out This Machine Kills here! Get the full episode on our Patreon! *M...2025-03-1410 min

System Crash

System CrashThe Promise of a New Tech Era ft. Ed Ongweso Jr.Donald Trump finally launched his trade war on Canada and Mexico. For two days. Some tariffs remain, and they could all be back in April, and who knows what happens then. As Trump abandons allies, there’s a lot of uncertainty—but there’s also opportunity. Silicon Valley wants its alliance with Trump to cement its global power, but what if the actions of the United States actually push them to end their dependence on US tech and begin building an alternative set of technologies? In the second half, writer and podcaster Ed Ongweso Jr. joins to talk about the Si...2025-03-0757 min

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 6 - EpilogueWelcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. Phil Broughton and Ed Ongweso Jr. join Ed Zitron for an epilogue on the Consumer Electronics Show and the 12+ hours of audio we've recorded - and what we're planning to do next. Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.socialThe Tech Bubble Newsletter: https://thetechbubble.substack.com/ Phillip Broughton: https://bsky.app/pro...2025-01-121h 03

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 5 - Pt. 1Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In Part 1 of our 5th day covering CES, Ed Zitron is joined by writer Ed Ongweso Jr, David Roth of Defector, Cherlynn Low of Engadget and Health Physicist Phil Broughton to talk about men and their lack of vulnerability about sex, the sex toy industry, age tech, exoskeletons…and lasers! Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigb...2025-01-111h 41

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 4 - Pt. 2Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In Part 2 of our 4th day covering CES, Ed Zitron is joined by writer Ed Ongweso Jr, David Roth of Defector, Karissa Bell of Engadget, reporter Rob Pegoraro and Senior Transportation Reporter at TechCrunch Sean O’Kane to discuss mobility at CES, violent robots, furry robots, electric boats and, well, varying levels of potential fraud. Ed Ongweso Jr...2025-01-101h 33

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 4 - Pt. 1Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In Part 1 of our 4th day covering CES, Ed Zitron is joined by Senior Review of Wearable Tech Victoria Song of The Verge, Ed Ongweso Jr, David Roth of Defector and Devindra Hardawar of Engadget to talk about the male-centric coverage of CES, personal nuclear reactors, useful wearables and tech companies that fantasize about making all of our decisions for...2025-01-101h 36

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 3 - Pt. 2Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the second episode, In this episode Ed Zitron is joined by David Roth of Defector, reporter Edward Ongweso Jr., Ed Niedermeyer of the Autonocast, and tech freelancer Jared Newman to talk about the consequences of spending days at the Consumer Electronics Show, how a show gets away with having so many booths that don’t actually seem to sell...2025-01-091h 34

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 3 - Pt. 1Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the second episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Jesse Farrar and Michael Hale of Your Kickstarter Sucks, Henry Casey of CNN Underscored, Max Cherney of Reuters, Matt Binder of Mashable, Tom McKay of ITBrew and journalist Ed Ongweso Jr. to talk about trying to find something useful that AI does in a show where everybody uses AI so liberally that it...2025-01-091h 33

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 2Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the second episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Health Physicist Phil Broughton, actual priest Gabriel Mosher, journalist Ed Ongweso Jr., and eventually Robert Evans and Gare Davis of It Could Happen Here, to talk about turning our health into an analytics nightmare, the amount of made-up stuff on the floor, how we beat the generative AI slop, and something called a...2025-01-081h 39

Better Offline

Better OfflineBetter Offline CES 2025: Day 1Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the first episode, Ed introduces you to Better Offline’s coverage, bringing in writer Edward Ongweso Jr., as well as It Could Happen Here’s Robert Evans and Gare Davis. We’ll be here all week - two episodes a day, with a finale on Saturday. A talk show in the center of the Rot Economy. Ed Ongweso Jr...2025-01-071h 15

Security in Context

Security in ContextAI and Global Security: Edward Ongweso Jr. Joins SiCNOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “AI and Global Security: Edward Ongweso Jr. Joins SiC” from October 23, 2024. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews our newest team member, Edward Ongweso Jr., about his work and research involving AI and global security issues. Edward Ongweso Jr. is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor, and a Senior Researcher in Technology, Finance and AI at Security in Context. He’s the finance editor at Logic(s) (a Black, Asian, and queer critical tech magazine) and the co-host of the This Machine Kills (a podcast...2024-11-2421 min

TRASHFUTUREPull Up With An App feat. Ed Ongweso Jr. and DevonEd Ongweso Jr. joins the gang (joined by Devon from Kill James Bond) to talk about new developments in the parallel economy for based chads who fear public transportation and going out of the house generally, Elon Musk’s emerging role as “first buddy” to a man who may grow to hate him, and Peter Mandelson’s campaign to cozy the UK up to the aforementioned “first buddy.” Also, we discuss a very TF Season One style startup (thank you to a listener for sending that in!). Get access to more Trashfuture episodes each week on our Patreon!...2024-11-191h 08

This Machine Kills

This Machine KillsPatreon Preview – 347. The Insulin Empire, Part 2 (ft. Athena Sofides)We keep rolling with our discussion about the Insulin Empire with Athena. ••• The Insulin Empire https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/the-insulin-empire-ongweso-jr-sofides ••• Mutual Aid Diabetes https://mutualaiddiabetes.com/ ••• T1International https://www.t1international.com/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)2024-06-1208 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills346. The Insulin Empire, Part 1 (ft. Athena Sofides)We are joined by Athena Sofides who co-wrote (with Ed) a brilliant essay in The Baffler, which provides an in-depth analysis of insulin, the social health factors of diabetes, and the global oligopoly of pharmaceutical corporations that exert total control over – and extract max profits from — this medicine that many millions of diabetics depend upon everyday and are unable to access. We go deep on how this insulin cartel is waging, as they write, “a war to remake insulin into a more profitable form, its patients into a more profitable demographic, and its market into a noncompetitive oligopoly.” ••• The Insulin Empire https...2024-06-121h 14

This Is Hell!

This Is Hell!Insulin Profiteering Kills / Edward Ongweso Jr. & Athena SofidesEdward Ongweso Jr and Athena Sofides on their Baffler essay, "The Insulin Empire: How profiteers pushed a lifesaving drug out of reach." "Rotten History" follows the interview. Check out Edward and Athena's article here: https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/the-insulin-empire-ongweso-jr-sofides Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell 2024-06-111h 31

This Is Hell!

This Is Hell!Insulin Profiteering Kills / Edward Ongweso Jr. & Athena SofidesEdward Ongweso Jr and Athena Sofides on their Baffler essay, "The Insulin Empire: How profiteers pushed a lifesaving drug out of reach." "Rotten History" follows the interview. Check out Edward and Athena's article here: https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/the-insulin-empire-ongweso-jr-sofides Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell 2024-06-111h 31

The Nation Podcasts

The Nation PodcastsKara Swisher Shows Tech Journalism’s Flaws w/ Edward Ongweso Jr. | Tech Won't Save UsParis Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss Kara Swisher’s attempt to rebrand herself as the most feared journalist in Silicon Valley, how she spent her career forwarding the industry’s narratives, and the larger problems with access journalism.Edward Ongweso Jr. is finance editor at Logics Magazine and co-host of This Machine Kills.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy 2024-04-111h 17 $Tech Won\'t Save Us$ Tech Won't Save UsKara Swisher Shows Tech Journalism’s Flaws w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss Kara Swisher’s attempt to rebrand herself as the most feared journalist in Silicon Valley, how she spent her career forwarding the industry’s narratives, and the larger problems with access journalism. Edward Ongweso Jr. is finance editor at Logics Magazine and co-host of This Machine Kills.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.The podcas...2024-04-111h 17 $Tech Won\'t Save Us$ Tech Won't Save UsTime for a Butlerian Jihad?: A ‘Dune’ Chat w/ Ed Ongweso Jr & Brian MerchantIn a bonus episode, Paris Marx is joined by Ed Ongweso Jr. and Brian Merchant to share their thoughts on Dune: Part Two, how it relates to the modern tech industry, and whether today’s Luddites can take anything from Dune’s Butlerian Jihad.Ed Ongweso Jr is finance editor at Logic(s) Magazine and cohost of This Machine Kills. Brian Merchant is a technology journalist and the author of Blood In the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wi...2024-03-181h 34

Hit Factory

Hit FactoryDENZEMBER VOL. I - Malcolm X feat. Edward Ongweso Jr.Writer, editor and podcaster Edward Ongweso Jr. returns to the show to kick off Denzember, a monthlong celebration of our greatest living actor, with a conversation about Spike Lee's seminal 1992 biopic 'Malcolm X'. It stands as one of Lee's most triumphant achievements and one of Denzel Washington's very best performances as one of the most significant figures of 20th century America. We discuss the film's trouble gestation period, taking nearly 30 years to get to the big screen then courting controversy throughout its production. We also discuss the film's portrait of Malcolm X and offer our readings of...2023-12-012h 17

The Verso Podcast

The Verso PodcastCryptocracy | Rachel O’Dwyer & Edward OngwesoOn this week’s episode of The Verso Podcast we’ll be taking a close look at the history of tokens across time, and the cultures that have grown up around them in the digital age. Rachel O’Dwyer and Edward Ongweso join our host, Eleanor Penny, to talk Bored Apes, art markets, Ponzi schemes and butter tokens. You can find Rachel's book "Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform" here: tinyurl.com/4jk9zk69 2023-11-021h 14 $Tech Won\'t Save Us$ Tech Won't Save UsAbolish Venture Capital w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss how the venture capital industry works, why the technologies it funds don’t deliver on their marketing promises, and how that’s once again being shown in the hype around AI. Edward Ongweso Jr. is a freelance journalist, co-host of This Machine Kills, and guest columnist at The Nation. You can follow Ed on Twitter at @bigblackjacobin.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better...2023-08-101h 06

The InsurgentsEp. 196: Bow Before Your AI God ft. Edward Ongweso JrThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.comTechnology reported Edward Ongweso Jr. joins Jordan for a great discussion on Ed’s new piece in The Nation about Silicon Valley’s quest to create an AI god and control humanity. We explore the key figures pushing this concept, their motives, whether it’s even possible and whether the singularity is near.Before that, we talk about Twitter’s rebrand to “X…2023-07-2603 min

The Dig

The DigAI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker, Ed Ongweso, and Sarah WestFeaturing Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to New Left Review newleftreview.org Register for the Socialism 2023 Conference socialismconference.org 2023-06-252h 22

Podcast Archives - The Dig

Podcast Archives - The DigAI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker, Ed Ongweso, and Sarah WestFeaturing Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to New Left Review newleftreview.org Register for the Socialism 2023 Conference socialismconference.org 2023-06-252h 22

Jacobin Radio

Jacobin RadioDig: AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker, Ed Ongweso, and Sarah WestFeaturing Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine.Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDigSubscribe to New Left Review newleftreview.orgRegister for the Socialism 2023 Conference socialismconference.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-06-252h 22

This Machine Kills

This Machine KillsPatreon Preview – 263. Running WildWe get into Ed’s new column for The Nation, what he’s got planned, the long arc of arguments he’s building, and how the key to good tech criticism is to talk about technology by using it as a way to talk about other things. After a while discussing the hows and whys of good old historical materialist analysis, things then go off the rails in the best ways. Ed’s column: https://www.thenation.com/authors/edward-ongweso-jr/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan S...2023-06-2307 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills*Unlocked* – 241. Euthanasia of Silicon Valley Bank (ft. Brian Merchant)We've unlocked this episode for the free feed. It's been a long time since we’ve seen a good old fashioned bank run lead to the collapse of a venerable financial institution, but leave it to Silicon Valley to rediscover something old and call it new again. We are joined by Brian Merchant — LA Times tech columnist and author of Blood in the Machine — for a post-mortem on Silicon Valley Bank, breakdown its events and effects, and hold Ed to account for his incitements to violence against the most marginalized and traumatized people of them all: venture capitalists. ••• Brian’s column: https...2023-03-231h 13

This Machine Kills

This Machine KillsPatreon Preview – 241. Euthanasia of Silicon Valley Bank (ft. Brian Merchant)Been a long time since we’ve seen a good old fashioned bank run lead to the collapse of a venerable financial institution, but leave it to Silicon Valley to rediscover something old and call it new again. We are joined by Brian Merchant—LA Times tech columnist and author of Blood in the Machine—for a post-mortem on Silicon Valley Bank, breakdown its events and effects, and hold Ed to account for his incitements to violence against the most marginalized and traumatized people of them all: venture capitalists. ••• Brian’s column: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-12/column-sil...2023-03-1808 min

Scam Economy

Scam Economy47: The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank & the Crybaby Tech VCs (w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.)Edward Ongweso Jr., writer of the Tech Bubble newsletter and co-host of This Machine Kills podcast, joins Scam Economy with Matt Binder to discuss the collapse of the tech industry's favorite financial institution, Silicon Valley Bank. Edward and Matt break down what this means, how it happen, what sparked the bank run by tech founders and VCs, what SVB's investments were, how the bank fell right around the same time two crypto-friendly banks Silvergate and Signature Bank also failed, how the VCs like David Sacks and Jason Calacanis threw a tantrum demanding a government bailout for the tech industry, and...2023-03-151h 13

Jacobin Radio

Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Tech, AI, and Luddism w/ Edward Ongweso JrKathryn Joyce discusses the far right and its internal battles. Doug then interviews Edward Ongweso Jr about tech, AI, and Luddism.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-12-2753 min

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and DemocracyCreating a Digital World of our Worst HabitsAir Date 9/17/2022 Today, we take a look at the way terrible patterns of the past like colonialism, racism, propaganda, feudalism, and abuse of corporate monopoly power are recreating and re-entrenching themselves in the digital world Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: ExpressVPN.com/BestOfTheLeft GET INTERNET PRIVACY WITH EXPRESS VPN! BestOfTheLeft.com/Libro SUPPORT IND...2022-09-171h 13

Pod Damn America

Pod Damn AmericaThe Big Chungus Short w/ Edward Ongweso JrWe're talking money this week with journalist and podcaster Edward Ongweso Jr. Also Rob Schneider's turn against the woke mob. Will they rip him limb from limb? MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica GAME BOYS: caveat.nyc/event/hard-drive-pr…ame-boys-9-16-2022/2022-09-041h 11

Party Girls

Party GirlsHoney I Shrunk the Crypto Market w/ Edward Ongweso JrWe have all heard much talk about cryptocurrencies and NFT's. We also heard how it totally collapsed and crypto bros are shaking in their boots. Aaron and Jorge are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) from Vice Motherboard and the This Machine Kills podcast to talk about the big crypto crash and to find out what happened. Tune in to learn whether crypto is here to stay and what it means about the direction capitalism is going after neoliberalism. Edward's article quoted in the episode: Nobody Learned Anything From the Crypto Crash Check out Edward's...2022-06-291h 46

This Machine Kills

This Machine KillsPatreon Preview – 165. Phillip K. Dick MoveWe go from talking about how AI/ML research is dominated by the resources, interests, and tradeoffs of “top labs.” Then discuss how our algorithmic agents become active participants in human culture but in ways that can be unexpected and unknowable. Together these conditions are producing a world that is far more weird, bizarre and unsettling than anybody intended. Less George Orwell, more Phillip K. Dick. Some stuff we reference: ••• I don't really trust papers out of "Top Labs" anymore | https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/uyratt/d_i_dont_really_trust_papers_out_of_top_labs/ ••• The Steep Cost of Capture...2022-06-0407 min

The InsurgentsEp. 102: ft. Poster Ascendant ft. Edward OngwesoEdward Ongweso joins us today to discuss Elon Musk’s plan to purchase Twitter, what it will mean for the platform, whether concerns about him spying on people are well-founded and whether or not the deal will actually go through. We also tackle reports of Joe Biden’s admin considering cancelling some student loan debt and make (likely incorrect) predictions.You can follow Edward HERE.You can find the show on all the major streaming apps at InsurgentsPod.comReminder that you can become a paying subscriber to get access to our back catalog of & future premium episodes. Only $5 a mont...2022-04-2950 min $Tech Won\'t Save Us$ Tech Won't Save UsThe Financialization of Everything w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition, how technology is enabling an extension of speculation and gambling, and why those pressures need to be opposed.Edward Ongweso Jr. is a staff writer at Motherboard/Vice and a co-host of This Machine Kills. Follow Edward on Twitter at @bigblackjacobin.🎉 This month is the show’s second birthday. To celebrate, we want to get 100 new supporters at $5/month or above to bring on a producer to help make the show. Help us hit our goal by joining on Patre...2022-04-281h 03

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills*Unlocked* – 151. Sharecropping by Another GameWe are unlocking a premium episode in which we discuss Ed’s new reporting on the political economy of play-to-earn games, focusing on Axie Infinity and its super-exploitative system of “managers” and “scholars.” Surprise, surprise – the technological and financial foundation of Axie Infinity is just a house of cards built on a bed of sand. Its failure is inevitable. The question is: how much damage will it do along the way? Some stuff we reference: ••• The Metaverse Has Bosses Too. Meet the ‘Managers’ of Axie Infinity | Ed Ongweso Jr. https://www.vice.com/en/article/88g3ag/the-metaverse-has-bosses-too-meet-the-managers-of-axie-infinity ••• Miami Mayor Unveils Laser Eyes Robot Bul...2022-04-201h 09

This Machine Kills

This Machine KillsPatreon Preview – 151. Sharecropping by Another GameWe discuss Ed’s new reporting on the political economy of play-to-earn games, focusing on Axie Infinity and its super-exploitative system of “managers” and “scholars.” Surprise, surprise – the technological and financial foundation of Axie Infinity is just a house of cards built on a bed of sand. Its failure is inevitable. The question is: how much damage will it do along the way? Some stuff we reference: ••• The Metaverse Has Bosses Too. Meet the ‘Managers’ of Axie Infinity | Ed Ongweso Jr. https://www.vice.com/en/article/88g3ag/the-metaverse-has-bosses-too-meet-the-managers-of-axie-infinity ••• Miami Mayor Unveils Laser Eyes Robot Bull Statue at Bitcoin Conference https://www.vice...2022-04-1006 min

VICE News Reports

VICE News ReportsIs a Crypto-Utopia Possible?The dream of a crypto-powered utopia is nearly as old as Bitcoin itself. Motherboard reporter Edward Ongweso Jr. takes us through the wild visions for Cryptoland, pitched as the world’s first crypto-society, supposedly bound for an island in the Pacific. And explains why some are calling it colonialism 3.0.This episode was reported by Motherboard’s Edward Ongweso Jr. and produced by Jen KinneyVICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Egha...2022-03-1726 min

Party Girls

Party GirlsCultural Marxism: Dune w/ Edward Ongweso Jr and Aaron ThorpeJamie and Jorge are joined by guest Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) and RETURNING HOST Aaron Thorpe (@paradoomer) to discuss the science fiction epic and pop culture phenomenon Dune. Tune in to hear the diametrically opposed opinions of Edward, who loved this movie, and Aaron, who hated this movie! Is Edward right and is this movie is a masterpiece? Or is Aaron correct that this movie should be fought in a fight? DISCLAIMER: There are massive spoilers for this movie and the Dune franchise in this episode. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!! Check out Edward's podcast and...2022-03-021h 37

The FlashpointCrypto commodification of everything (with Edward Ongweso)Are NFTs and crypto really a “thing” now or is it all a hustle? Edward Ongweso joins me to talk about the digital economy. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com 2022-02-1556 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine KillsPatreon Preview – 136. NFT: ‘Nother Financialization TacticWe dig into the complete disaster that is the NFT ecosystem before zooming out to discuss how the real promise and purpose of NFTs is as an instrument for total financialization of everything. Turning every piece of data about any little thing into a commodity that can then be securitized, collateralized, and speculated with. Contained within this little dumb oddity is the seeds for a world designed and defined by fictitious capital – which firms like a16z are doing their damndest to make grow. Some things we reference: ••• The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster | Edward Ongweso Jr. https://www.vice.com...2022-02-1209 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills128. – The Year of Magical Thinking (ft. Wendy Liu)Kicking off the new year, we are joined by returning champion Wendy Liu – author of Abolish Silicon Valley – to look back on all the very dumb things the tech sector has forced us take seriously in 2021. We talk about how free flowing capital has both created and accelerated a world built on sand. Where all the vaporware, bullshit, and grifts of things like NFTs, DAOs, and web3 seemingly come from nowhere and become all we can talk about. We wrap up with our hopes that 2022 will be a year that proves one thing: the luddites were right. • Follow Wendy: twitter.com/de...2022-01-121h 14

The FlashpointGhislaine Maxwell Guilty On Five of Six Counts (with Edward Ongweso)I was joined by reporter Edward Ongweso to review the year in tech, but then the Ghislaine Maxwell verdict dropped and we pivoted to that. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com 2021-12-301h 08

The Machinist

The MachinistCryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob Silverman Podcast: The Dig (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Cryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob SilvermanPub date: 2021-12-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationEdward Ongweso Jr. and Jacob Silverman on cryptocurrency, NFTs, Elon Musk, the metaverse, meme stocks, and techno-utopianism amid the crushing reality of our neoliberal hellscape. The first in a two-episode series on crypto. Read Dan's new essay on border control politics: nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/border-crises/ Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDigThe podcast and artwork embedded on...2021-12-212h 13

Jacobin Radio

Jacobin RadioDig: Cryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob SilvermanEdward Ongweso Jr. and Jacob Silverman on cryptocurrency, NFTs, Elon Musk, the metaverse, meme stocks, and techno-utopianism amid the crushing reality of our neoliberal hellscape. The first in a two-episode series on crypto. Read Dan's new essay on border control politics: nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/border-crises/Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-12-162h 13

Working People

Working PeopleCA Rideshare Driver Strike (w/ Ahmad Moss)On Wednesday, July 21, across California, rideshare drivers with Rideshare Drivers United are going on a one-day strike against the exploitative practices of tech giants Uber and Lyft (which have only gotten worse since the passage of Prop 22 in November), and to demand Congress pass the PRO Act. We talk with Ahmad Ibrahim Moss, a rideshare driver in San Francisco, about how drivers' pay, conditions, and work experience has changed since the passage of Prop 22 (and before), and we talk about the dark truth at the center of the "gig economy." Additional links/info below... Ride...2021-07-2145 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills82. Crisis in the Gig MillsFurther notes toward a ruthless criticism of digital capitalism — we lay out how the inherent contradictions of the “gig economy” are starting to slip into crisis, the need to recognize and reject the propaganda that has been embedded in our everyday way of thinking and talking about these companies, and the creative accounting practices they use to cover up the absence of value and instances of death. 200 years ago, the Luddites smashed the gig mills used by capital to rob them of autonomy. They did not set out to create a more humane version of machinic dispossession. Today, the task before...2021-06-301h 18

The Arts of Travel

The Arts of TravelEdward Ongweso Jr: Peter Thiel & The Post-Capitalism of Tech's Far RightWe conclude our conversation with Vice's Edward Ongweso Jr. by looking at Peter Thiel's role in bankrolling Uber as the 'Tip of the Spear' for rolling back labor laws, workers' rights and Unions. All in the name of creating a 'Post-capitalist' future of monopoly, dominance and control. We also discuss the shocking (and shockingly underreported) collaboration between Jackson, Mississippi's Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and Amazon's Ring program. Why is the leader of 'Cooperation Jackson', working with Jeff Bezos? Listen to find out. Lastly, we offer a brief post-mortum on the failure of Proposition 22 and what new batt...2021-06-2751 min

Eat The Rich

Eat The RichEp 081 - Bill Gates with Edward Ongweso Jr.Man, breakups are the worst, right? At least when your marriage is on the rocks and you're about to lose half of your billions of dollars, you can always reach out to a certain private island owning, convicted sex offender friend. This week, Edward Ongweso Jr. (@bigblackjacobin) of the This Machine Kills podcast (@machinekillspod) joins us again to discuss Microsoft founder, tech pirate, and all-around creep, Bill Gates.2021-06-182h 06

The AntifadaEp 141 - The Long March Through The Applications w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.Jamie and Sean are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. (@bigblackjacobin), staff writer at Motherboard and co-host of This Machine Kills (@machinekillspod), for a discussion of all things tech. Rather than freeing us from drudgery, technology has been used by capitalists to make things worse for the vast majority of humanity. How did we get here? How can workers fight back? What does it mean to be a 21st century Luddite? How does this relate to police abolition? Plus: Edward's answer to Andy's Twitter poll about turning off the internet. Outro music: Chumbawumba - the Triumph of General...2021-04-281h 14

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills62. Amazon, Vanguard of Class War (ft. Alex N. Press)To conduct a post-mortem investigation on the Amazon warehouse union vote in Bessemer, Alabama, we’re joined by Alex N. Press—staff writer for Jacobin and one of our favorite labor reporters. As Alex wrote recently, “In the United States, every step of the unionization process is stacked against workers. It is a miracle that anyone ever unionizes.” We discuss the militancy of capital, the organizing conditions of labor today, and the battle for building worker power. The deck was stacked. We lost this fight. But the class war wages on. Follow Alex: https://twitter.com/alexnpress Read Alex: https://www.jaco...2021-04-211h 29

Struggle Session

Struggle SessionCulturally Black - Coming 2 America w/ Briahna Joy Gray, Trevor Beaulieu, and Edward Ongweso Jr. [Trailer]Hear the full episode at sesh.plus or patreon.com/strugglesession On this special podcast event Leslie, Briahna Joy Gray (Bad Faith), Trevor Beaulieu (Champagne Sharks), and Edward Ongweso Jr. (This Machine Kills) come together to discuss Coming 2 America. Track: Mass Potential - Miami Heat - twitter.com/MassPotential ★ Support this podcast ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.2021-03-2601 min

Struggle Session

Struggle SessionCulturally Black - Coming 2 America w/ Briahna Joy Gray, Trevor Beaulieu, and Edward Ongweso Jr. [Trailer]Hear the full episode at sesh.plus or patreon.com/strugglesession On this special podcast event Leslie, Briahna Joy Gray (Bad Faith), Trevor Beaulieu (Champagne Sharks), and Edward Ongweso Jr. (This Machine Kills) come together to discuss Coming 2 America. Track: Mass Potential - Miami Heat - twitter.com/MassPotential ★ Support this podcast ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.2021-03-2601 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills50. King of SPACs v. HindenburgCold open: Chamath, Clover, CNBC https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/video/chamath-palihapitiya-addresses-some-concerns-surrounding-clover-health-spac/vp-BB19KRae SPACs are blowing up. Everywhere you turn, it’s SPAC this, SPAC that. What the frack is a SPAC? After an explainer on this cool new financial innovation, we dive into a juicy story of a SPAC in action – SPACtion, if you will – Clover Health. This hot new insurtech company is being taken public by a SPAC sponsored by Chamath Palihapitiya, famed venture capitalist, wannabe California governor, so-called King of SPACs. But as a long, in-depth report by Hindenburg Research details, could Clover Health be riddle...2021-03-101h 21

TRASHFUTURE

TRASHFUTURE*PREVIEW* Unionise Amazon (The Democrats Hate This!) feat. Ed Ongweso JrWe're joined by Ed Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) of This Machine Kills Podcast (@machinekillspod) to discuss the Fight for $15, the efforts to unionise Amazon facilities in Bessemer, Alabama, the Biden Administration making publicly pro-union statements while appointing the architects of Proposition 22 to advisory roles, and much more. If you want to hear the whole thing, you can get it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48327354 We support the London Renters Union, which helps people defeat their slumlords and avoid eviction. If you want to support them as well, you can here: https://londonrentersunion.org/donate 2021-03-0510 min

TRASHFUTURE*PREVIEW* Unionise Amazon (The Democrats Hate This!) feat. Ed Ongweso JrWe're joined by Ed Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) of This Machine Kills Podcast (@machinekillspod) to discuss the Fight for $15, the efforts to unionise Amazon facilities in Bessemer, Alabama, the Biden Administration making publicly pro-union statements while appointing the architects of Proposition 22 to advisory roles, and much more. If you want to hear the whole thing, you can get it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48327354 We support the London Renters Union, which helps people defeat their slumlords and avoid eviction. If you want to support them as well, you can here: https://londonrentersunion.org/donate 2021-03-0510 min

The Arts of Travel

The Arts of TravelEdward Ongweso - Proposition 22, Gig Economics & why Obama Liberals support Far-Right Capitalists (Part 1)I spoke to Edward Ongweso Jr. of Vice for a two-part interview on Proposition 22, the gig economy and the devastating effects it will have on labor in both in the US and globally. In Part 1 we discuss the propaganda, strategy and money behind proposition 22. We also discuss why so many ex-Obama officials teamed up with Gig Economy capitalists. Why are those whose claim to represent progress, condemning black and brown Americans to a near-feudal existence at the feet of Uber, Lyft and other Gig Economy monopolists? Edward explains all this and more in a fascinating tw...2021-03-011h 03

Left Reckoning

Left ReckoningEpisode 5 - The Chicago Teacher's Strike & Section 230 & You ft. Edward Ongweso Jr & Kenzo ShibataSupport the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.OpeningClass rootedness vs. class focusedMAS vs. SyrizaBernie on political educationEdward Ongweso Jr (@Bigblackjacobin) of the This Machine Kills podcast and a writer for Vice's Motherboard gives us a primer on Section 230: Last summer, Trump hit us with the all-caps “REPEAL SECTION 230!!!” tweet. Biden also said it should also be revoked but not the dumb way Trump wanted to do it. What is it/ why is it so important re: inter...2021-02-051h 36

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills40. The Boardroom of Global Capitalism{The first 15 minutes or so of this episode is a little glitchy, but it gets better} We could have done a full episode about the GameStop affair, but there’s already so many good (and bad) explainers and analysis of that, so let’s talk about the real winners in an economy where the line just keeps going up forever: index funds and passive investment. We talk through the operations of indexation, one of the most important – and hugely overlooked – trends in the modern financial system, and discuss what John C. Coates calls the Problem of Twelve: “The likelihood that in the nea...2021-02-041h 23

Michael and Us

Michael and UsPREVIEW - Exit Through the Gamestonk w/ Edward Ongweso JrPATREON EXCLUSIVE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/interview-exit-w-47079354 We all got a kick out of watching the Redditors beat the hedge funds. But can finance be democratized within the framework of capitalism? That answer may not surprise you! Luke talks to Edward Ongweso Jr., a labor and technology reporter at Motherboard and cohost of the This Machine Kills podcast, about the Robinhood trading app and the implications of l'affaire Gamestop.2021-02-0402 min

POWER REPORT with dan from the internet

POWER REPORT with dan from the internet#19 - The Future Beyond Big Tech [feat. Edward Ongweso, Jr.]Disrupt the way you think about big tech and its role in politics and society. Dan does an interview episode with VICE + Motherboard journalist Edward Ongweso, Jr to discuss everything about big tech that no mainstream media outlet would ever touch: Unions vs. Tech Executives, Silicon Valley's revolving door with government, and reimagining the gadgets that run our modern lives.Timecodes: 0:00 - Cold Open3:21 - Workers Take On Big Tech34:38 - Trust Or Bust1:07:23 - The Better FutureFollow Edward Ongweso, Jr. on Twitter:https://twitter.com/b...2021-01-241h 35

The Nomiki Show1/12/21 - Impeaching Trump is Essential - w/ Hector Oseguera + Akela Lacy, Edward Ongweso, Jr.Today, Nomiki explains why impeaching Trump is so important. Then, anti-money laundering expert Hector Oseguera describes how the US government will likely dig into the finances of last week’s insurrectionists. And later, Akela Lacy of the The Intercept and Motherboard 's labor reporter Edward Ongweso, Jr. discussion of what happened last week at the Capitol cannot be divorced from a discussion about the power of big tech, and the algorithms they weild. http://www.patreon.com/thenomikishow » We need your help to keep providing free videos! Make sure to click Like & Subscribe! And we encourage you to...2021-01-131h 13

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéSurveillance in Tech, 'Biracial Commercials,' and Obama's Drones with Edward Ongweso JrVice writer Edward Ongweso Jr joins the show to discuss surveillance by tech companies, Biden's 'Biracial Commercial' thoughts, the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against Google, and more. Matt breaks down a recent piece from his substack, 'TK Media,' about the flailing efforts by democrats to pass the Covid relief package. Merch Link: https://teespring.com/stores/useful-idiots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesOur Sponsors:* Check out American Giant and use my code USEFUL for a great deal: https://www.american-giant.com* Check out American Giant and use my code USEFUL for...2020-12-181h 30

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéSurveillance in Tech, 'Biracial Commercials,' and Obama's Drones with Edward Ongweso JrVice writer Edward Ongweso Jr joins the show to discuss surveillance by tech companies, Biden's 'Biracial Commercial' thoughts, the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against Google, and more. Matt breaks down a recent piece from his substack, 'TK Media,' about the flailing efforts by democrats to pass the Covid relief package.Merch Link: https://teespring.com/stores/useful-idiotsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe 2020-12-181h 30

Eat The Rich

Eat The RichEp 057 - Biden's Cabinet Picks with Edward Ongweso Jr.These people have selflessly dedicated their lives and careers to their passion of public service. Sorry, you mean Biden's cabinet? Oh no they're just all from the same hedge fund. This week, Edward Ongweso Jr. (@bigblackjacobin) joins us to go through Biden's cabinet picks and their various maladies.2020-12-151h 35

Physical Attraction

Physical AttractionSoftbank's Singularity with Edward Ongweso Jr. of This Machine Kills PodcastTo close our series on Softbank's Vision Fund, I interviewed tech journalist and scholar Edward Ongweso Jr. of "This Machine Kills" podcast about Softbank, the corrosive nature of VC on the tech sector and our society, and the Vision that Masoyoshi Son really dreams of... along with whether it will all fall apart, and how we can build a society that uses technological innovations in a less destructive way.2020-11-191h 44

Diversity HireEpisode 20 - Abolishing Tech with Edward Ongweso Jr.Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyHello and welcome to our 20th episode of Diversity Hire. Today's guest is tech writer and Vice/Motherboard staffer Edward Ongweso Jr. We talked to Edward about living a post-Prop 22 world, his winding path to the media which includes stops in labor organizing, politics, and other random gigs, the ways in which hollowness of diversity in the media overlaps with the tech industry, how to center tech reporting on workers, and much more. Kevin and Arjun also talked about what they did the day Biden...2020-11-131h 03

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills16. Who Owns the Future City?Cold open: The Ballot or the Bullet So obviously this was recorded before the election, but our topic for this week’s episode is the exact analysis you need to understand how something like Prop 22 could pass in a landslide. We dive into the rise of smart/platform urbanism by guiding you through the urbanization of technology capital over three phases, each one grabbing more power: oversight of city governance, operation of city services, and ownership of city space. This episode builds on two academic articles Jathan recently wrote on platform urbanism. Here’s paywalled links, which you can unlock by p...2020-11-041h 28

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills*UNLOCKED* 15. The Extermination (of) ImaginationWe’re unlocking the Patreon episode this week to give you a taste of that premium content. Subscribe at patreon.com/thismachinekills to hear more premium episodes every week! We continue the conversation about Aaron Benanav’s book by getting into how fictitious capital is not only breaking from, but totally consuming, reality. Accelerating us deeper into an economy built on immiseration and a society based on extermination. We have no choice but to recapture the utopian imagination from capital and reassert our capacity for socialist innovation. Come with me / and you’ll see / a world of pure imagination. Hosted by Jat...2020-10-291h 10

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills14. Deus Ex Growth Machina (ft. Aaron Benanav)We’re joined by Aaron Benanav, author of Automation and the Future of Work, to discuss his excellent and necessary analysis of what the automation discourse gets wrong, the economic history that has led us to where we are now, and the science fiction and utopian ideas that should inspire a post-scarcity world—a world which is not only possible but necessary. Grab a copy of Aaron’s book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3717-automation-and-the-future-of-work and follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/abenanav Subscribe to TMK on patreon for access to premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thisma...2020-10-271h 34

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills13. - TMK Origins (teaser)In our first Patreon premium episode, the TMK boys get loose and personal while talking about our political origin stories. We chat about our weird and twisting paths to where we are now, drop some bombshells about how our lives could have been totally different, how we got radicalized through music and sci-fi, and why dialectical materialism always leads to the most correct takes. Thanks for subscribing! Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).2020-10-2404 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills12. The E-CONomy (ft. Danielle Carr)Cold open: Channel surfing We’re joined by Danielle Carr, who wrote a killer essay debunking the myth of Neuralink and Elon Musk, to talk about the broader political economy of shitty "science” and shittier "innovators" that have captured the collective imagination. As Danielle writes, “Technology critique should not buy into the hyped fantasies people like Elon Musk peddle. [...] What we have to worry about is something much more disappointing—that the future will look like the present, only more so. In that way, Musk is right: the future is already here.” Check out Danielle’s essay in the Baffler: https://theb...2020-10-211h 28

The Nomiki Show9/24/20 - BONUS - Chris Rabb, Edward Ongweso Jr.Chris Rabb has represented the 200th District (Philadelphia County) in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2017. He is also a board member of Friends of the Wissahickon and Race Forward and has also been on the faculty of the Institute for Strategic Leadership at Drexel University's Bennett S. LeBow College of Business. He has been a fellow at Demos, the Poynter Institute, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States Edward Ongweso Jr. is a writer on the labor and technology beat for @Motherboard by @VICE . He is also the co-host with Jathan Sadowski of the...2020-10-2012 min

The Nomiki Show9/24/20 - Joe Sanberg, Chris Rabb, Edward Ongweso Jr.Joe Sanberg is the leading advocate for California’s new Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income families, including lobbying California to pass the credit and creating CalEITC4Me in 2015 when the state didn’t allocate enough money for outreach. He is the co-founder of https://www.aspiration.com/ Chris Rabb has represented the 200th District (Philadelphia County) in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2017. He is also a board member of Friends of the Wissahickon and Race Forward and has also been on the faculty of the Institute for Strategic Leadership at Drexel University's Bennett S. LeBo...2020-10-2055 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills11. Anonymous AuthorityCold open: Crazy Currency with Jack Jammer We enter the “parliament of extrastatecraft” and discuss the actually existing world order — we're talking the techno-politics of standardization, the transnational institutions that establish the rules and structures for essentially everything, and the geopolitical struggle between the US and China over who will wield the technocratic power of standards setting. Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).2020-10-141h 51

Working People

Working PeopleThis Could Change Everything (w/ Veena Dubal)Everyone who is a worker or who cares about workers should pay attention to Prop 22 in California and understand the potentially devastating impact it could have. Professor Veena Dubal joins us on the show to talk about why. Additional links/info below... Veena's faculty page and Twitter page Sarah Ashley O'Brien, CNN Business, "The $185 Million Campaign to Keep Uber and Lyft Drivers as Contractors in California" Alexander Sammon, The American Prospect, "How Uber and Lyft Are Buying Labor Laws" Edward Ongweso Jr., Vice, "Uber, Lyft Give California GOP Millions While Fighting Driver Reclassification" Veena Dub...2020-10-0935 min

This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills10. This Movie Kills: A Scanner DarklyCold open: What does a scanner see? Welcome to the first installment of This Movie Kills! This week we discuss the film A Scanner Darkly (2006), an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel. What do you get when you shake together drug psychosis, police paranoia, distorted perception, atmospheric anxiety, and identity crisis? Bad vibes all around! Or, maybe just another day in “a world getting progressively worse.” The story is from the seventies, the movie feels like the 90s, but the themes are all about today. Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Produc...2020-10-081h 22

Citations Needed

Citations NeededEpisode 120: 30 Under 30 Lists and the Problem with Our Youth-Obsessed 'Success' NarrativesEvery year, a series of highly anticipated listicles of "successful" and "influential" people hailed for their accomplishments surface in corporate media. Forbes reveals the most successful 30 people under the age of 30, and Fortune hails the most successful 40 Under 40. Meanwhile, other business outlets like TechCrunch, Fast Company and CNBC seek a taste of the hype with their own spinoffs. Each time one of these lists is published, a flurry of meta-press ensues. CNN, BBC, and The Los Angeles Times run pieces fawning over these high-profile lists, cementing their status as career launchers within the worlds of tech, politics...2020-09-301h 14