Podcast Episodes featuring Jacob Silverman

Tech Billionaires Are Reshaping US Politics w/ Jacob Silverman

Tech Won't Save Us - November 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 395 ratings
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the politics of the PayPal Mafia tech billionaires, and how they’re trying to reshape US political discourse to serve themselves. Jacob Silverman is a journalist who writes for The New Republic, The Baffler, Slate,...

Shameless celebrities are hawking cryptocurrencies to the masses — Jacob Silverman (2/15/22)

Posting Through It - February 16, 2022 13:01 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 308 ratings
Jacob Silverman is a writer at The New Republic and a critic of the cryptocurrency industry. He joins SH!TPOST to talk about the ongoing wave of celebrities throwing their reputations and star powers behind the cryptocurrency industry and the potential devastation it wreak have on consumers who ...

Crypto Winter Is Coming w/ Jacob Silverman

Tech Won't Save Us - February 03, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 395 ratings
As the podcast celebrates episode 100, Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the huge drop in crypto prices, the coming threat (to crypto) of interest rate hikes and regulation, the human impact of crypto schemes, and where things may be going next. Jacob Silverman is a staff write...

Bursting the NFT Bubble w/ Jacob Silverman

Tech Won't Save Us - April 08, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 395 ratings
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the implications of the recent NFT boom, the libertarian ideology that underpins crypto, and where the hype economy goes from here. Jacob Silverman is a staff writer at The New Republic and the author of “Terms of Service: Social Media and the ...