Connected & Disaffected
92 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA podcast about social change, technology and the future of politics with Rowan, Warren and Raj.
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S3E42 Google's Chequebook & The Media [ft. Alexander Fanta]
May 12, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 58.1 MBLEGACY PRINT MEDIA HATE THEM! Local tech company discovers one weird trick to gain positive press coverage FAST! We sit down with journalist Alexander Fanta to talk Google's place in the media landscape, how their funding of local news or grants for "innovation" may well have a more sinister purpose, and how other organisations are already using the unsteady revenue model of legacy print media to warp the media landscape to their liking. Links to Alex’s work https://netzpolitik.org/author/...
S3E41: The Public Wants Tax Justice, So Why Are Labour Dragging Their Feet?
April 08, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBThis week we're all about Tax, and kicking off we speak to Paul Hebden of Tax Justice UK about their recent survey of attitudes to tax in the UK. The results may surprise you. Suitably sprung from all the tax talk, the gang go on to talk Tax Day (it seems like it comes earlier each year.) Are the Tories actually doing something progressive about taxation? Why has the Labour response been so weak? And how do we channel public opinion into making a tax system that actually works for everyone?...
S3E40 Silenced No More in Silicon Valley (feat. Ifeoma Ozoma)
March 16, 2021 12:00 - 43 minutes - 49.6 MBThis week the gang are catching up with Ifeoma Ozoma again, to discuss her efforts to introduce legislation in California to address the muzzling of workers who have been pushed out of organisations due to discrimination. Ifeoma previously spoke with them in Episode 33 regarding her efforts to tackle disinformation on Pinterest's platform, and her decision to speak publicly about discrimination against her and others at the company. The gang follow this up with a discussion around the power...
S3E39 Can Capitalism Address Environmental Crisis? (feat Adrienne Buller, Common Wealth)
March 01, 2021 12:01 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBThe gang are talking environmental crisis this week, centred around Rowan's interview with Adrienne Buller of Common Wealth. Her recent paper explored the problems with "ESG" finance, and the issue of relying on private finance more generally to address pressing social and environmental needs. We then expand on just how much better we need to be doing, and why "WWII levels" of public sector intervention and investment may be very necessary. Adrienne is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/...
S3E38 Health & Our Infosphere [ft. Jess Morley]
January 26, 2021 09:10 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBPeople are FINALLY paying attention to the potential of health data - it just took a global pandemic to make it happen. It's kind of a no-brainer, when you dig into it, but governments apparently needed a push. Rowan interviewed Jess Morley, Policy Lead at the Evidence Based Medicine DataLab at the University of Oxford, about her recent paper on online disinformation and how our information environments impact our health. The guiding question was: Why can we quarantine people who are sick an...
S3E37 Merry Christmas, Oh Wait, Actually, No Christmas
December 23, 2020 14:56 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBThe gang return for the last one of the year, looking back across a year of pandemic, incompetence, and one more Brexit crisis. Ho Ho Ho. Rowan discusses how different countries across Europe and the world have responded to COVID, and how Britain compares. Warren takes us through the 19 U-Turns achieved in 8 months by UK's Tory Government, and the themes sitting behind these. And Raj brings the family round the bonfire for one last chat about the final failures of Brexit talks, before the...
S3E36: Is Electoral Reform The Key? with Jon Narcross of the Electoral Reform Society
November 13, 2020 16:26 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBThis week it's an election double-header. First, Warren takes us through a Week In Bullshit on Trumpism: is the USA really so polarised? Will Trump supporters ever swing back to the centre? And how much is the media exaggerating the threat of the populist right? Moving on, we interview Jon Narcross of the Electoral Reform Society about their work, what a better system of voting might look like, and how change might come about here in the UK. See the ERS's work here: https://www.electoral-re...
EP35 Diversity in Economics, A Lack Of (feat. Fadekemi Abiru of The Black Economists Network)
October 30, 2020 09:40 - 1 hour - 90 MBThe gang return this week with a special episode devoted the issue of diversity in economics, specifically Black representation and the fields relative silence in the face of upheavals we've seen this summer Rowan talks us through some of the survey research around the state of the field, and Warren sits down with Fadekemi Abiru - a female black economist and data scientist working in the UK - to discuss the issues and effects of Black representation in economics, bringing to life her own wo...
S3E34 The Keir Starmer Review Pod
September 25, 2020 16:58 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBThis week the boys are responding to a listener request, and reviewing Starmer's performance so far. Will he continue Corbynism? Is he Blair Mk.2? Is Labour guaranteed to win under his leadership? Or will he destroy Labour from the inside? TL;DR - none of these things. Featuring a potted history of Starmers political background, a Totally Reliable reddit poll run by Rowan, and a combination of our defences and concerns about Starmers leadership. As well as recognising how, at this poin...
S03E33 Inclusivity Isn't A Buzzword; It's A Matter Of Public Health
August 10, 2020 10:08 - 52 minutes - 72 MBWe've spoken about tech platforms failing to police their content several times before, but every so often we like to highlight successful examples. Back at the start of lockdown, we spoke about the amazing work being done at Pinterest to combat anti-vaxx misinformation. But it's since been revealed that the person spearheading all that work - Ifeoma Ozoma - was being underpaid and mistreated to the point that she was forced out of the company. It is reasonable to talk about the complexity...
S03E33 Diversity Isn't A Buzzword; It's A Matter Of Public Health
August 10, 2020 10:08 - 52 minutes - 72 MBWe've spoken about tech platforms failing to police their content several times before, but every so often we like to highlight successful examples. Back at the start of lockdown, we spoke about the amazing work being done at Pinterest to combat anti-vaxx misinformation. But it's since been revealed that the person spearheading all that work - Ifeoma Ozoma - was being underpaid and mistreated to the point that she was forced out of the company. It is reasonable to talk about the complexity...
S3E33 Diversity Isn't A Buzzword; It's A Matter Of Public Health (feat. Ifeoma Ozoma)
August 10, 2020 10:08 - 52 minutes - 72 MBWe've spoken about tech platforms failing to police their content several times before, but every so often we like to highlight successful examples. Back at the start of lockdown, we spoke about the amazing work being done at Pinterest to combat anti-vaxx misinformation. But it's since been revealed that the person spearheading all that work - Ifeoma Ozoma - was being underpaid and mistreated to the point that she was forced out of the company. It is reasonable to talk about the complexity...
S3E32: "S**thole Countries" are dealing with C-19 surprisingly well... (W/ Michael Hobbes)
July 27, 2020 09:35 - 48 minutes - 67 MBWe're joined by Michael Hobbes, podcasting brother and journalist for the Huffington Post, for a wide ranging episode centred on his recent article 'S**thole' Countries Have Handled The Coronavirus Better Than The United States. Covered: - Why are places like Vietnam objectively handling the Corona better than the US and UK? - Why do people get so racist when reminded about it? - What is it about modern authoritarians that makes them so bad at public health crises? Check out Mike's work at ...
S3E31: The Not-So-Simple Search For Truth On Social Media
July 02, 2020 15:42 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBIt's a social media double-header this week. First, Warren reports back from his adventures in Boomer-populated Facebook political discussion groups and the cesspool of hate he found within. After that we're joined by postdoc researcher of the University of Copenhagen Sille Obelitz Søe to talk about how just looking for "truth" in online posts isn't enough, how the distinctions between information, disinformation and misinformation make it nearly impossible for algorithms to detect them, and...
S3E30: We Watched Plandemic So You Don't Have To
May 31, 2020 12:28 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBRaj and Rowan have watched internet Coronavirus conspiracy theory movie "Plandemic" and we're here to tell you all about it. Join us on a journey through the Coronaverse, taking in HIV vaccines, Ebola, Bill Gates, and why we should be opening the beaches ASAP. Needless to say this is all nonsense and you should read the following: https://www.reddit.com/r/CovIdiots/comments/gezery/plandemic_documentary_debunked/ https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/fact-checking-judy-mikovits-controvers...
S3E29: Two Pandemics - Examining the economics of Coronavirus
April 20, 2020 11:24 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBThe medical effects of the Coronavirus are already being felt around the world. But the economic effects might be more severe, and felt for long after the medical emergency is over. We take a dive into the effects of the lockdown on the economy, the steps that states are having to take to manage it, and what could be in store for the future. Review us on iTunes: t.co/tqQtW59NVM Support us on Pateron: www.patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected Twitter: twitter.com/CandDPodcast Facebook: www.fa...
EP28 Are Political Parties Capable of Tackling Global Problems?
March 30, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBThis week we're looking at party politics. Why do so many people feel like parties no longer represent them? Can the current institutions keep up with the modern world, or do we need new ones? To help answer this we speak to Andrea Venzon and Colombe Cahen-Salvador of NOW!, a new organisation trying to build a global organisation to apply political pressure and achieve change outside of conventional national or party-political structures. Check out their work at www.now.world. Review us on ...
S3E27: Coronavirus, Online Health Misinformation and the Antivax Movement
February 24, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBThis week is all about health, fake news, and the internet. With the Coronavirus in the headlines we look at how information about the virus has spread and how the Chinese government has reacted. Then it's on to the antivax movement. How has the internet allowed these beliefs to spread? And what are the platforms doing about it. Shout out to pitchfork economics, a great podcast we've been listening to this week. You can find them on https://pitchforkeconomics.com/ or wherever you get your po...
S3E26: Badly Socialised feat. Richard Seymour and Marco Ricorda
February 05, 2020 11:55 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBIt's an interview double header this week as we tackle the topic of social media and its regulation. First, part 2 of our interview with author Richard Seymour, this time focusing on the atomising and radicalising effect of social media and what we can do about it. Then, we speak to communications expert (and bodybuilder) Marco Ricorda about political advertising, fake news, and regulation. Follow Marco at twitter.com/marcoRecorder or on his website, https://marcorecorder.com/ You can follo...
S3E26: Can Europe get social media campaigning right? Feat. Richard Seymour and Marco Ricorda
February 05, 2020 11:55 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBIt's an interview double header this week as we tackle the topic of social media and its regulation. First, part 2 of our interview with author Richard Seymour, this time focusing on the atomising and radicalising effect of social media and what we can do about it. Then, we speak to communications expert (and bodybuilder) Marco Ricorda about political advertising, fake news, and regulation. Follow Marco at twitter.com/marcoRecorder or on his website, https://marcorecorder.com/ You can follo...
S3E25: 24 Hour Sadcast/Optimismcast feat. Richard Seymour
January 06, 2020 12:01 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBWe take a deeper look into the election result with Richard Seymour, author and writer of "Why Labour Lost — And Why We Must Press On" for Jacobin. We discuss what happened, what we can do about it, and why sadness and mourning is a necessary step in rebuilding. You can follow Richard on twitter at twitter.com/leninology. He also blogs at leninology.co.uk We then go through the data from the election. Are Northern voters all Tories now? Did Labour lose popularity among the young? And what ...
S3E24: We Certainly Had An Election feat. Aline Muylaert
December 19, 2019 12:01 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBIt's been a depressing week at C&D headquarters. We review the general election: What happened? Why? Is Britain right wing now? We also discuss what politics looks like outside of election season, and hear from Aline Muylaert of CitizenLab about how they're trying to build citizen engagement in the democratic process. Find out more about Aline's work at www.citizenlab.co . In an effort to lift everyone's spirits Rowan deploys a long and detailed football analogy for youth politics. Review...
S3E24: We Certainly Had An Election
December 19, 2019 12:01 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBIt's been a depressing week at C&D headquarters. We review the general election: What happened? Why? Is Britain right wing now? We also discuss what politics looks like outside of election season, and hear from Aline Muylaert of CitizenLab about how they're trying to build citizen engagement in the democratic process. Find out more about Aline's work at www.citizenlab.co . In an effort to lift everyone's spirits Rowan deploys a long and detailed football analogy for youth politics. Review...
S3E23 The 2019 UK Election Manifesto Mixtape
December 10, 2019 12:30 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBHere we go again. Another election, another chance to weigh up the pros and cons of the major UK parties and bemoan the electoral system for forcing millions of people to settle for their second or third choices. Join us for a (relatively) even-handed look at the what we're voting on, broken down into the key battlegrounds: Environment, Education, Economy, Health and, yes, Brexit. For more information on the IFS cost analyses, take a look at this article: https://www.theguardian.com/commen...
S3E23 The 2020 UK Election Manifesto Mixtape
December 10, 2019 12:30 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBHere we go again. Another election, another chance to weigh up the pros and cons of the major UK parties and bemoan the electoral system for forcing millions of people to settle for their second or third choices. Join us for a (relatively) even-handed look at the what we're voting on, broken down into the key battlegrounds: Environment, Education, Economy, Health and, yes, Brexit. For more information on the IFS cost analyses, take a look at this article: https://www.theguardian.com/commen...
S3E22 - The Nationalization Sensation - Elation or Indignation? (ft. Valentina Pavel)
November 26, 2019 19:47 - 59 minutes - 80.9 MBWe regret to inform you that Corbyn has officially nationalized Connected & Disaffected. Everybody is wondering who will be next. Trains? The internet? What's next - the health service!!?1 We debunk some of the hysteria around these announcements while adding a note of caution around just how ambitious the Labour plans are. The big issue is figuring out if this push towards nationalizing public assets is just a throwback to simpler times or something that can actually solve modern problem...
S3E21: Has Brexit Turned Us Into Tribal Voters? Feat. Samantha North
November 11, 2019 13:04 - 44 minutes - 61 MBIt's general election time once again! Raj is back from the Peoples' Republic, and with Warren they sit down to talk through the strategies of the major parties so far. Many pundits have been complaining for the last two years that politics is becoming more "tribal", but what is tribalism and how is it affecting the real world? Rowan interviews Samantha North, a PhD student whose work has been focusing on this very topic. Check out Samantha on twitter: https://twitter.com/sjnrth You can ...
S3E21: Tribal Politics and Brexit
November 11, 2019 13:04 - 44 minutes - 61 MBIt's general election time once again! Raj is back from the Peoples' Republic, and with Warren they sit down to talk through the strategies of the major parties so far. Many pundits have been complaining for the last two years that politics is becoming more "tribal", but what is tribalism and how is it affecting the real world? Rowan interviews Samantha North, a PhD student whose work has been focusing on this very topic. Check out Samantha on twitter: https://twitter.com/sjnrth You can ...
S3E21: Has Brexit turned us into tribal voters? Feat. Samantha North
November 11, 2019 13:04 - 44 minutes - 61 MBIt's general election time once again! Raj is back from the Peoples' Republic, and with Warren they sit down to talk through the strategies of the major parties so far. Many pundits have been complaining for the last two years that politics is becoming more "tribal", but what is tribalism and how is it affecting the real world? Rowan interviews Samantha North, a PhD student whose work has been focusing on this very topic. Check out Samantha on twitter: https://twitter.com/sjnrth You can ...
S3E20 Missing Profits & Tax Avoidance Worldwide (feat. Ludvig Wier)
October 18, 2019 09:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MB40% of multinational profits are shifted to tax havens each year. Despite the Panama Papers, despite the Occupy movement, despite rising inequality and our annual outrage over Amazon's zero tax burden, we STILL don't talk about tax avoidance nearly enough. This week we spoke to Ludvig Wier, one of a team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen who have mapped what the global tax regime really looks like about how it works, what went so wro...
S3E19 The "Brexit CHAOS" Narrative
September 23, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 63 MBThis week it's Warren and Rowan returning to the subject C&D have successfully avoided for a while - Brexit. Warren reflects on sensationalist media coverage of Parliament undermining trust in parliamentary democracy, while Rowan contrasts with coverage in Europe (spoiler: it's a lot more pragmatic) and the absence of significant EU Commission news from UK headlines. To tie it up, both lay into the David Cameron revival tour and the extremely distasteful non-apology from the man to blame fo...
S3E18 McMindfulness - ft. Ron Purser
September 02, 2019 13:49 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBThis week the gang are looking at the explosion of the Mindfulness Industry, and ask the question - is this simply individualising the stress of modern capitalist society, and seeking to neutralise us in the growing social and political problems? Ron Purser joins to discuss his book on the topic, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality. We also touch on the history of HR, and the disturbing tweets from inside Amazon's fulfilment centre. Ron's website: https://...
S3E17: The Extreme Weirdness of Facebook's Libracoin ft. Dan Murphy and Eline Chivot
August 19, 2019 11:00 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBFacebook are back in the news because they're launching a cryptocurrency. Despite missing the boat by about two years, we get some expert advice on what they're doing, why it's going to matter and some of the vast, vast challenges to implementing an idea like this. /BACKGROUND MATERIAL/ The Zuck on Facebook as a nation: https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-06-19/cryptocurrency-launch-facebook-sets-its-path-toward-becoming-independent-nation Digital identity: https://www.coindesk.com/buried-in-...
S3E16: Everything You Wanted To Know About Housing (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) Feat. Michael Hobbes
July 30, 2019 08:23 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBFor millennials housing has been a perpetual crisis. Our cities are getting more full and more expensive. If you aren't part of a booming sector you find yourself moving further from where you work and spending more time & money on commuting - another climate issue to feel guilty about. But what is causing the housing crisis and what can we do to solve it? We were lucky enough to have fellow podcaster and HuffPost writer Michael Hobbes on to answer all our questions and solve the issue once...
S3E15: What comes after Globalization? Feat. Michael O'Sullivan
July 15, 2019 07:40 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MBWe're talking a lot about the endings at the moment. Last time we discussed the break down of normal political discourse in rich democracies and the polarization that underpins that. This week, we zoom out and look at the end of Globalization with economist Michael O'Sullivan. Get his book here: https://www.thelevelling.blog LINKS WE DISCUSSED -- O'Sullivan sketches out a vision of a new, multipolar world. We will divide into three broad power bases and see the multinational institution...
S3E14: The End of The End Of History — Feat. Emerson T Brooking
July 03, 2019 11:00 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBWarren is sunning himself in Glastonbury this week. In his absence, Raj and Rowan talk about political polarisation and what can be done about it. Why have major political parties drifted to the right, especially in the US - and what can progressives do to combat it that isn't "get more racist?" Featuring an interview with Emerson Brooking of the Digital Forensic Research Lab on state-sponsored disinformation! The full interview will be released as a bonus later this week. Check out his w...
S3E13: White Lines
June 17, 2019 15:57 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBThis week it's a Tory special! We're so sorry. All the leadership candidates have been promising tax cuts - but is there any actual evidence that they work? Then, a fun look at the makeup and opinions of the shuffling, zombie-like Tory membership. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected Follow us on Soundcloud! Follow us on Twitter! – twitter.com/CandDPodcast We're also on iTunes and Spotify!
S3E12: Good News For Once — Feat. Volt Europa
June 03, 2019 12:49 - 48 minutes - 66 MBRaj and Rowan undertake a two-man mission to podcast. Rowan has been to a conference on misinformation, and we talk through the EU election results from a non-UK perspective. The fascists didn't do as well as people thought! Finally it's the triumphant return of Raj's Smart Money Political Betting Tips, this time for the Tory leadership elections. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected Follow us on Soundcloud! Follow us on Twitter! – twitter.com/CandDPodcast We're ...
S3 BONUS: Sir John Curtice on Local and MEP Elections
May 23, 2019 17:11 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBPoll wizard Sir John Curtice returns to the podcast to talk local election results, turnout, and what we can learn from the past about the EU elections. Follow us on Soundcloud! Follow us on Twitter! – twitter.com/CandDPodcast We're also on iTunes and Spotify!
S3E11: Misinformation Station — Feat. Heidi Tworek
May 21, 2019 12:59 - 57 minutes - 53 MBThis week it's a special triple-feature on misinformation! Warren talks us through the parties' MEP election manifestos (except the Brexit party, who don't have one). We discuss the upcoming war with Iran, and the way we're all being duped by the media. Rowan sits down with Professor Heidi Tworek to talk about her new book "News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900-1945 ", and about how we can all learn from the past how to deal with misinformation right now...
S3E10: European Elections For Dummies — Feat. #ThisTimeImVoting
May 06, 2019 12:08 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBSupport us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected This week it's a European elections special. Rowan walks us through the European parliament, our predictions for the results, and historical trends in minority parties and voter turnout. We speak to several people from the This Time I'm Voting (#TTIV) campaign which is aiming to increase participation about their work and why they think the upcoming elections matter. Check out the work of TTIV at https://www.thistimeim...
S3E09: Climate Rules and Fake News — Feat. Mick ter Reehorst
April 24, 2019 18:40 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBStill reeling from getting our fist ever patron (you can support us at patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected), we sit down to discuss two topics that require huge governmental and societal change to solve: climate change and stopping the trolls. Extinction Rebellion brought London to a standstill - was their protest effective? What has the reaction been? And what needs to happen for them to achieve their goals? The Government publishes a rare piece of actually good stuff: the Online Harms ...
S3E08: My Brexit Life So Far
April 01, 2019 14:44 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBAfter putting it off for the longest time, this week we talk about Brexit: where we are, how we got here, and what's next. For our interview, Brendan from ECanvasser sits down with Rowan to talk about the increasingly important role of data in political campaigns, and what we can expect to see in Europe for the European Parliament elections in May. Find out more about ECanvasser's work at www.ecanvasser.com We have a patreon now! www.patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected Support us if you l...
S3E07 - Knife Crime and Punishment ft. Ken Banks
March 13, 2019 22:07 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBThe team are back together this week for a discussion of knife crime. Is it really that bad? How did this happen? And what can be done? For our interview, Rowan sits down with Ken Banks of Yoti to talk digital identities and proving you are who you say you are in the 21st century. Find out more about Yoti and Ken's work there at https://www.yoti.com/ Find him on twitter twitter.com/kiwanja We have a patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected Support us if you like our wo...
S3E06: Cruel Britannia? w/Rianna Walcott & Genista Tate-Alexander
February 27, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MBRaj is holidaying with bae this week, so Warren and Rowan are left to pick up the pieces - joined by friend-of-the-pod Genista Tate-Alexander. We chat the new Independent Group of MPs; highlight the Government's worrying ability to strip citizenship without due process; and chat the whitewashing and nostalgia for the British Empire - a major narrative behind Brexit. We finish with Genista's interview with Rhianna Walcott, co-founder of Project Myopia - seeking to diversify and decolonise un...
S3E05 - Where There's a Weyl, There's a Radical Market ft. Glen Weyl
February 11, 2019 17:45 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MBThe gang return with a single-issue episode - discussing Eric Posner and Glen Weyl's book "Radical Markets", bringing together ideas from the extremes of the political spectrum. Ideas include eradicating private property, redistributing wealth, pursuing social justice... through a free market encompassing *everything*. They've also got interesting ideas about direct democracy, immigration, anti-trust laws and personal data. Rowan interviews one of the authors, Glen Weyl, who explains the g...
S3E04: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Credulous ft. Giusppe Porcaro
January 21, 2019 12:03 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBCovering things we missed in the last two weeks: The big vote of no confidence! We are referring of course to Greek president Alexis Tsipras, who survived a confidence vote this week, something that as many as six people in the UK noticed. Brexit continues to be a straightforward affair for everyone, and Berlusconi wants to be EU Commission president. Right-Wing Watch: Old People are sharing fake news at an astonishing rate. I feel like we knew this already, but now it's confirmed by academ...
S3E03: Algorithms are Policy feat. Carla Hustedt (Bertelsmann Foundation)
January 07, 2019 13:58 - 47 minutes - 64.5 MBAfter a few quick news hits we missed over Christmas, we launch straight into: Right Wing Watch: the so called "migrant crisis", and how we do almost nothing to help refugees compared to basically everyone else. An interview with Carla Hustedt of the Bertelsmann Foundation about how algorithm design affects us all and her work to inject some ethics into their creation. Finally, some reasons to be cheerful in 2019! We're leaving depressing stuff in 2018! Read about Carla's work here: h...
S3E02: Architecture is Policy with Cindy Cohn
December 24, 2018 11:59 - 43 minutes - 59 MBIn this slightly depressing pre-Christmas episode we talk to Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about her work in digital rights, how we can build a more free digital realm, and the EFF's issue of McSweeneys, "The End of Trust". We then talk about homelessness and how it's been made much, much worse by the Tories. We promise to have a more cheerful episode next week. Merry Christmas! Check out the Electronic Frontier Foundation and their book "The End of Trust" here: https:/...
S3E01: A Startling Return To Jaunes
December 10, 2018 13:20 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBWe're back for another season! This week we're talking about the yellow jackets protest in France - where has this come from, an is this a movements progressives can support? Brexit rumbles inexorably onwards and we bring you a special, comprehensive update. What will happen now? Who knows, but it's probably going to be a nightmare. Finally we speak to Sophie of Berlin think tank Polis-180 about how they're building a democratic, crowdsourced think tank to get people closer to Government. ...