STEAL THIS SHOW
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDiscussions in the technology, politics and culture of decentralization. From peer-to-peer networks and cryptocurrencies to darknet markets and distributed autonomous organizations, this show looks at how decentralization is changing the world. Hosted by the creator of STEAL THIS FILM, timely, thought-provoking interviews with technologists, activists, troublemakers and thought leaders.
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Episodes
‘Juicing The Imagination’, with Rand Miller, creator of Myst
May 27, 2017 20:22 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBIf you enjoy this episode, get involved! Our patrons get access to an exclusive Slack channel, uncut interviews, and more. Your support helps keep us keep the lights on! Imagination… We wanna juice it. We...
‘Toxic Avenger Loves Pirates’, with Troma’s LLoyd Kaufman
May 10, 2017 09:19 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MBSTEAL THIS SHOW brings you stories from the frontier of the information revolution. From pirates and renegade technologists to media radicals and DIY creators, we connect with people using technology to put power back where...
The Future Of BitTorrent, with Bram Cohen
April 23, 2017 19:25 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBSTEAL THIS SHOW’s Patreon campaign helps keep us free and independent. If you enjoy the show, get involved. Our patrons get access to an exclusive Slack channel, uncut interviews, and more! In this episode, we...
‘How P2P Will Save The World’, with Samer Hassan
April 06, 2017 13:40 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIf you enjoy STEAL THIS SHOW, become a supporter!. Our Patreon campaign keeps us free and independent – and fresh shows coming your way! In this episode we meet Samer Hassan (@samerp2p) researcher in decentralized...
‘How The Internet Broke Politics’ with Peter Sunde
March 17, 2017 20:49 - 1 hour - 57 MBIf you enjoy STEAL THIS SHOW, become a patron!. Our Patreon campaign keeps us free and independent – and fresh shows coming your way! In this episode we meet Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate...
Special Episode: ‘Fake Lore, Dark Memes’, with Joe Matheny
March 11, 2017 16:46 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBIf you enjoy STEAL THIS SHOW, think about becoming a patron. Our Patreon campaign keeps us free and independent – and keeps shows coming your way! This episode is part two of our interview with...
‘How The Swarm Will Beat The Cloud’, with Storj.io’s Shawn Wilkinson
February 25, 2017 14:08 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBIf you enjoy STEAL THIS SHOW, think about becoming a patron. Our Patreon campaign keeps us free and independent – and keeps shows coming your way! In this episode, we connect with CEO of Storj.io,...
In Surveillance Valley, with Yasha Levine
February 08, 2017 07:37 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBIf you enjoy STEAL THIS SHOW, think about becoming a patron. Our Patreon campaign keeps us free and independent – and keeps shows coming your way! This episode features journalist and writer Yasha Levine discussing...
The Information Apocalypse, with LBRY’s Jeremy Kauffman.
January 20, 2017 21:18 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBEnjoyed this episode? Join us! Become a patron and get involved with the show. Check out our Patreon campaign. This episode features LBRY‘s founder and CEO, Jeremy Kauffman. Jeremy introduces us to the soon-to-be-launched, blockchain-based,...
Pirate Markets & Guerrilla Libraries, with Balázs Bodó
January 03, 2017 20:01 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBIf you enjoy this episode, join us! Become a patron and get involved with the show. Check out our Patreon campaign. In this episode we meet up with economist and piracy researcher Balázs Bodó to...
The Digital Underground, with The Grey Lodge’s Joe Matheny
December 02, 2016 13:23 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIf you enjoy this episode, join us! Become a patron and get involved with the show. Check out our Patreon campaign. The Grey Lodge was an underground private torrent tracker used by millions of people...
Kodi Addons: The New Pirate Superpower?
November 16, 2016 11:17 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBIf you enjoy this episode, join us! Become a patron and get involved with the show. Check out our Patreon campaign. With up to 22m users of Kodi Addons, it’s certainly becoming a force in...
Trolling For Justice, with Mike Bonanno of The Yes Men
November 03, 2016 08:57 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBIf you enjoy this episode, consider becoming a patron and getting involved with the show. Check out our Patreon campaign: support us and get all kinds of fantastic benefits! In this episode we meet Mike Bonanno,...
‘Decentralise All The Things’ with Ryan X. Charles and Steven McKie of yours.network
October 20, 2016 06:48 - 49 minutes - 45 MBAs the dominance of networks like Facebook, YouTube and Netflix increase, more and more control is exerted over what gets posted and stays posted online. Decentralised content networks are in many ways an idea whose...
‘The Cyberpunk Hustle’ – with sci-fi writer, director and games designer Jim Munroe
October 04, 2016 08:45 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBJim Munroe is a Canadian science fiction author, film director and games designer. He publishes his work independently under the imprint No Media Kings. Jim was managing editor at the magazine Adbusters in the 1990s,...
‘The Platform Is You’ – With Fight For The Future’s Holmes Wilson
September 14, 2016 07:12 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBReturning guest Holmes ‘I’m on a boat‘ Wilson (Fight For The Future) checks in from… a boat in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro to discuss the ongoing attempt to extradite Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom to...
‘The End Of The Copyright Whack-A-Mole?’ – with Zeronet’s Tamas Kocsis
August 26, 2016 21:11 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this first episode of our new season, we interview Tamas Kocsis, founder and developer of the potentially revolutionary P2P platform, Zeronet. While it’s a relatively new project with just a few thousand users, we...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E15: ‘The Time Travelling Pirate’, with Trevor Haldenby
August 12, 2016 16:54 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBThis episode of STEAL THIS SHOW is the last in Season One, Distribution On The Edge. Our next season will broaden its focus to look at how P2P is changing everything from media to money,...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E14: Kickass Down – with Peter Sunde, Gary Fung and Andrew Norton
July 26, 2016 08:18 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBThe alleged owner of KickassTorrents was arrested last week, to be extradited from Poland to the United States. The site – at least the original version – remains offline. In this episode of STEAL THIS...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E13: Emergency Episode! Save P2P, Save The Internet!
July 15, 2016 04:28 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBEuropean Regulators are about to decide whether to give big telecoms corporations the power to influence what we can (and can’t) do online. In this emergency episode of STEAL THIS SHOW, Thomas Lohninger of Save...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E12: ‘Pirates – The Indie Producer’s Best Friend?’ – with Brian Newman
June 28, 2016 10:21 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this episode Brian Newman, CEO of SubGenre, discusses entertainment artists against the DMCA, British Lords against copyright trolls, and Dutch film producers suing ISPS. Brian brings fresh perspective on the question of whether piracy’s...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E11: ‘Is Pirate Party The Private Party?’ – with Rick Falkvinge
June 13, 2016 11:01 - 26 minutes - 24 MBIn this special episode Rick Falkvinge, founder of The Pirate Party, talks about the origins of the party, its relationship to The Pirate Bay and Pirate Bureau, his experience of taking it to the European Parliament,...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E10: ‘The Dark Side Of OTT’ – with The Drum
May 21, 2016 10:27 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBIn this episode Natan Edelsburg and Minda Smiley, executive editor and reporter at media and advertising platform The Drum respectively, reflect on the future of Over The Top TV. We discuss how streaming services could...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E09: ‘Fairtade For Music: Can The Blockchain Fix Copyright? ‘ – with Benji Rogers
April 27, 2016 08:41 - 28 minutes - 26 MBThis special episode of STEAL THIS SHOW features Benji Rogers of the direct-to-fan music platform, PledgeMusic. As we find out, Benji’s an independent musician who founded his platform to offer artists a unique way to engage...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E08: ‘Maybe Free Is Not The Future’ – with Ashwin Navin & Dave Harrison
April 08, 2016 09:39 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBFeaturing Ashwin Navin and Dave Harrison. Ashwin was one of the founders of BitTorrent Inc., and is now CEO of Samba TV; Dave was one of the inventors of BitTorrent streaming and is Samba’s CTO. We discuss...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E07 – with Mike Masnick & Evan Engstrom: Did P2P Break the Law?
March 07, 2016 12:04 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBFeaturing Mike Masnick – CEO & Editor of Techdirt, and Evan Engstrom, Executive Director of Engine. After discussing the extraordinary growth of academic filesharing site SciHub, the new Zeronet distributed torrent application Play, and yet another comeback from Popcorn...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E06 – with Lance Weiler: How To Hijack Sherlock Holmes
February 16, 2016 06:19 - 31 minutes - 29 MBThis special episode features Lance Weiler – writer, director & experience designer. Lance is creator of movies The Last Broadcast(1998) and Head Trauma (2005). WIRED magazine named him ‘one of 25 people helping to re-invent entertainment and change the...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E05 – With OpenBazaar & Frostwire
January 30, 2016 06:41 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBWith Washington Sanchez, co-founder of P2P marketplace Open Bazaar, and Angel Leon, founder of popular torrent client Frostwire and OpenBazaar contributor. We discuss Netflix and the use of VPNs by its content-hungry customers to evade geoblocking ;...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E04 – With The Decentralized Library of Alexandria
January 11, 2016 08:17 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBIn this episode we’re joined by Devon Read and Ryan Taylor, co-founders of peer-to-peer upstart The Decentalized Library Of Alexandria. After discussing the blockbuster hack of Amazon’s Fire TV stick, the increasing power of pirate...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E03 – with Gavin McGarry & David Newhoff
December 19, 2015 09:29 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBIn this episode, Founder & CEO of Jumpwire Media Gavin McGarry, and publisher of The Illusion Of More and consultant to the Copyright Alliance David Newhoff agree to disagree on geoblocking, ISPs’ liability for their infringing customers, the...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E02 – Rebel Librarians & Pirate Academics
December 05, 2015 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBRadical librarians Lawrence Liang (Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore) and Tomislav Medak (MAMA, Zagreb), discuss the recent release of the Megaupload programmer sentenced to a year in a US jail, and why pirates have always attracted...
STEAL THIS SHOW S01E01 – With Fight For The Future
November 21, 2015 00:17 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this first episode of STEAL THIS SHOW, we connect with Tiffiniy Cheng and Holmes Wilson, founders and co-directors of Fight For The Future, to discuss Popcorn Time’s return from the grave; why filesharing Anne Frank might...