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Oct 25, 2026
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Episodes
The Mirage of Classlessness: Affluence and Labour in 1950s America 17.01.2026 27:22
Podcast : Explaining History (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this? ) Episode : The Mirage of Classlessness: Affluence and Labour in 1950s America Pub date : 2025-12-20 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Episode Summary: In this episode of Explaining History , Nick continues his exploration of post-war American affluence. We often think...
Animals and Meaning 17.01.2026 41:55
Podcast : Start the Week (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : Animals and Meaning Pub date : 2025-12-29 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization What do animals mean to us? Naomi Alderman explores how animals shape human understanding, from ancient burial rites to modern science. The psychologist Justin Gregg specialises in dolphin so...
Marina Vishmidt: Speculation as a Mode of Production 17.01.2026 55:08
Podcast : e-flux podcast (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this? ) Episode : Marina Vishmidt: Speculation as a Mode of Production Pub date : 2020-06-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Andreas Petrossiants speaks with Marina Vishmidt about her book, Speculation as a Mode of Production: Forms of Value Subjectivity in Art and Capital . Marina Vi...
The AI & Crypto Czar’s Conflicts 20.12.2025 22:16
Podcast : What Next | Daily News and Analysis (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this? ) Episode : The AI & Crypto Czar’s Conflicts Pub date : 2025-12-05 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization A tech mogul who made bank from Paypal with his Stanford buddies and has endeared himself to right-wing politicians and enriched himself the same way? No not...
Is Alex Karp the Philosopher of Silicon Valley? With Michael Steinberger 20.12.2025 51:13
Podcast : Intelligence Squared (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this? ) Episode : Is Alex Karp the Philosopher of Silicon Valley? With Michael Steinberger Pub date : 2025-12-08 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Who does our data belong to? In this episode, Carl Miller speaks to NYT magazine journalist and author Michael Steinberger about Ale...
Erin McElroy: Hacking in “Postsocialist” Times—Unbecoming Silicon ValleyEpisode 20.12.2025 46:20
Podcast : Speaking Out of Place (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this? ) Episode : Erin McElroy: Hacking in “Postsocialist” Times—Unbecoming Silicon ValleyEpisode Pub date : 2025-12-08 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Today I am delighted to welcome activist and scholar Erin McElroy to the podcast. She is the author of a remarkable book, Si...
How Microsoft Excel Conquered Corporate America 20.12.2025 18:19
Podcast : Odd Lots (LS 64 · TOP 0.05% what is this? ) Episode : How Microsoft Excel Conquered Corporate America Pub date : 2025-12-07 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Excel. If you work in corporate America, that word either inspires laser-focused productivity or pure dread. Over the last 40 years, the spreadsheet software has...
#137 Book Talk: Paul Hountondji and the science question in Africa - Professor Zeyad El-Nabolsy 20.12.2025 35:50
Podcast : The Malcolm Effect (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this? ) Episode : #137 Book Talk: Paul Hountondji and the science question in Africa - Professor Zeyad El-Nabolsy Pub date : 2025-11-24 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Listen in as we discuss Zeyad's book on the science question in Africa. The podcast and artwork embedded on thi...
Approaching Peak Oil 20.12.2025 15:09
Podcast : Macrodose (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this? ) Episode : Approaching Peak Oil Pub date : 2025-12-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization On this week's episode of Macrodose, James Meadway takes a look at how the drive to produce and consume more is creating a monumental trail of waste (0:33), and what the impacts of surpassing ‘peak...
/525/ Neoliberalism in One Country? ft. Branko Milanovic 20.12.2025 1:02:03
Podcast : Bungacast (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : /525/ Neoliberalism in One Country? ft. Branko Milanovic Pub date : 2025-12-09 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization On homoploutia and national market liberalism. Branko Milanovic, Research Professor at City University of New York, talks to Phil and Alex about his most recen...
435. Schoolwork Will Set You Free 20.12.2025 1:26:42
Podcast : This Machine Kills (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : 435. Schoolwork Will Set You Free Pub date : 2025-12-09 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization After discussing the Council of Neo-Nicaea — but like, what if Jesus was an AI? — we then discuss an incredibly harrowing story of abusive practices at Alpha School, charter...
Communize the city 20.12.2025 58:49
Podcast : Minor Compositions (LS 24 · TOP 10% what is this? ) Episode : Communize the city Pub date : 2025-12-09 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 43 Communize the city This episode begins with Kike España’ presenting his essay “Communize the City: Towards an Insurgent Vicinity,” a text that examin...
The Rise of the Far Right in Europe w/ David Broder 20.12.2025 44:48
Podcast : The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this? ) Episode : The Rise of the Far Right in Europe w/ David Broder Pub date : 2025-12-07 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Only a few years ago, European elites were patting themselves on the back for fending off the tide of right-wing anti-system parties (often...
‘Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran on the Tech Authoritarian Movement 20.12.2025 54:41
Podcast : KQED's Forum (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : ‘Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran on the Tech Authoritarian Movement Pub date : 2025-12-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Journalist Gil Duran’s newsletter “The Nerd Reich” documents the latest developments in anti-democracy extremism within Silicon Valley. These extrem...
From Mongolia to Silicon Valley: A Venture Capitalist's American Dream 20.12.2025 50:26
Podcast : Keen On America (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this? ) Episode : From Mongolia to Silicon Valley: A Venture Capitalist's American Dream Pub date : 2025-12-04 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization If you think the American Dream is dead, then you probably don’t know the story of Lu Zhang . Born in Mongolia and educated in China, Zhang...
39. Dissociation (w/ McKenzie Wark) 20.12.2025 52:23
Podcast : Disintegrator (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this? ) Episode : 39. Dissociation (w/ McKenzie Wark) Pub date : 2025-12-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization We're so so so honored to be joined by McKenzie Wark, the writer, theorist, and unmissable figure in the development of critical thought around information, class, and embodiment...
New Thinking: Financialisation of Football w/ James Jackson 20.12.2025 45:36
Podcast : SPERI Presents... Episode : New Thinking: Financialisation of Football w/ James Jackson Pub date : 2025-12-03 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Who makes money out of football: broadcasters, clubs, players, or investment banks? Why are clubs selling their own assets to themselves? How do fans and players take collective action to r...
Spotify unwrapped w/ Liz Pelly 20.12.2025 1:36:23
Podcast : Politics Theory Other (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : Spotify unwrapped w/ Liz Pelly Pub date : 2025-12-03 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In 2006, the music streaming service Spotify, founded by Swedish entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon was launched in the context of widespread music piracy, file sh...
Literary hoaxes and an underground cathedral 20.12.2025 1:01:21
Podcast : The History Hour (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this? ) Episode : Literary hoaxes and an underground cathedral Pub date : 2025-11-29 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is literature lecturer Dr Hetta Howes on major lite...
Origins of Chocolate 20.12.2025 44:45
Podcast : The Ancients (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this? ) Episode : Origins of Chocolate Pub date : 2025-12-04 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Cameron McNeil, Mesoamerican archaeologist, to explore cacao, in ancient Mesoamerican societies like the Maya, Aztecs, and Olmecs. They discuss how was used as...
E226 - The Political Economy of Porn w/ Molly Lambert 20.12.2025 58:28
Podcast : American Prestige (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : E226 - The Political Economy of Porn w/ Molly Lambert Pub date : 2025-12-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek welcome to the show Molly Lambert, creator of the JENNAWORLD podcast, to talk a...
How to Think about Fear 20.12.2025 29:44
Podcast : The Measure of Everyday Life (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this? ) Episode : How to Think about Fear Pub date : 2025-12-03 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Emotion, including fear, is an important part of us. What we fear and how we react can be shaped and influenced, though. On this episode, we talk with Ruth DeFoster of the Uni...
The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America (with Mehrsa Baradaran) 20.12.2025 48:25
Podcast : Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this? ) Episode : The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America (with Mehrsa Baradaran) Pub date : 2025-11-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran joins Nick and Goldy to reveal how neoliberalism wasn’t just a misguided eco...
Chinese Prestige: From May Fourth to Mao w/ Yidi Wu 20.12.2025 55:57
Podcast : American Prestige (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : Chinese Prestige: From May Fourth to Mao w/ Yidi Wu Pub date : 2025-11-25 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In lieu of a typical Tuesday episode this week, we are releasing the first episode of our new miniseries Chinese Prestige . Annual subscribers already have...
Voices in Brazil for Radical Ecological Struggle (feat. Peter Gelderloos and Gah Te Iracema) 20.12.2025 1:02:48
Podcast : The Final Straw Radio (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this? ) Episode : Voices in Brazil for Radical Ecological Struggle (feat. Peter Gelderloos and Gah Te Iracema) Pub date : 2025-11-23 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization This week, we're featuring three segments. Transcript Peter Gelderloos Gah Te Iracema Mask Off-Maersk PDF (Unimpo...
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