Technocracy for Dummies

Technocracy for Dummies

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Critical Scrolling with Renée DiResta

Jan 27, 2026 • 49 minutes

Episode 4: Critical Scrolling with Renée DiResta

Sam talks with researcher Renée DiResta about how online content works to shape our worldviews.

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Track or Treat: Spooky Surveillance with Andrew Couts

Oct 31, 2025 • 40 minutes

Episode 3: Track or Treat: Spooky Surveillance with Andrew Couts

Sam talks with Andrew Couts, senior editor of cybersecurity and surveillance at Wired Magazine, about what being a tech journalist in an increasingly technocratic world is like

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With vs Versus with Baratunde Thurston

Oct 9, 2025 • 52 minutes

Episode 2: With vs Versus with Baratunde Thurston

Sam has fun talking with Baratunde Thurston about ethical uses of technology in an age of digital feudalism

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Technocracy How? with Jennifer Pahlka

Sep 25, 2025 • 45 minutes

Episode 1: Technocracy How? with Jennifer Pahlka

Sam interviews Jennifer Pahlka, former Deputy CTO and founder of Code for America, about the government's dysfunctional relationship to technology

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