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FreshEd #336 – Digital Humanitarianism (Fleur Johns) 05.07.2026 41:23
Podcast : FreshEd (LS 40 · TOP 2% what is this? ) Episode : FreshEd #336 – Digital Humanitarianism (Fleur Johns) Pub date : 2026-06-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Today we look at digital humanitarianism and how digital interfaces are constructing new forms and modes of governance. My guest is Fleur Johns, who has recently autho...
Helping schools respond to misogyny and the manosphere (ft. Professor Harriet Over) 05.07.2026 28:33
Podcast : PSHE Talks by The PSHE Association Episode : Helping schools respond to misogyny and the manosphere (ft. Professor Harriet Over) Pub date : 2026-06-17 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this episode of PSHE Talks we catch up with Harriet Over, professor of developmental and social psychology at the University of York, to learn mo...
Do Your Own Research: AI Is Not A Bubble. The Reality Is Far Worse w/ Garrison Lovely 05.07.2026 1:40:34
Podcast : Novara Media (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : Do Your Own Research: AI Is Not A Bubble. The Reality Is Far Worse w/ Garrison Lovely Pub date : 2026-05-30 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization AI progress isn’t slowing down. The bubble doesn’t seem to be popping. And who in power actually cares about the environmental...
Extremist Billionaires are Taking Over the Internet | Taylor Lorenz interview 20.06.2026 49:50
Podcast : PoliticsJOE Podcast (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this? ) Episode : Extremist Billionaires are Taking Over the Internet | Taylor Lorenz interview Pub date : 2026-05-31 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Taylor Lorenz is the journalist mapping out the culture of the internet and everything surrounding it. She took time out to swing...
It's giving incel: The evolution of internet slang 20.06.2026 24:05
Podcast : Code Switch (LS 76 · TOP 0.01% what is this? ) Episode : It's giving incel: The evolution of internet slang Pub date : 2026-05-27 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization How have recommendation algorithms affected language? Linguist Adam Aleksic — aka the Etymology Nerd — says most “Gen-Z slang” is either appropriated from Black p...
Fund Drive Special: Artificial Intelligence, the Media, and the Billionaire Class 14.06.2026
Podcast : KPFA - Against the Grain (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this? ) Episode : Fund Drive Special: Artificial Intelligence, the Media, and the Billionaire Class Pub date : 2026-05-20 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization If it weren’t obvious before, the Trump administration has exposed the enormous power, as well as astounding wealth, of t...
E248 - Journalism in the Age of Oligarchy w/ David Sirota 07.06.2026 1:06:52
Podcast : American Prestige (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : E248 - Journalism in the Age of Oligarchy w/ David Sirota Pub date : 2026-05-12 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 speak with David Sirota , founder and EIC of The Lever , about journalism,...
Journalism in the Age of Techno-Kings 07.06.2026 1:04:03
Podcast : Journalism 2050 Episode : Journalism in the Age of Techno-Kings Pub date : 2026-05-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Before Elon Musk, there was Henry Ford: an attention-seeking car manufacturer, newspaper owner, and media celebrity who pushed reactionary views on the public and transformed society around his business interests....
The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 1 - Planting a Flag 09.05.2026 40:54
Podcast : Building Local Power (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this? ) Episode : The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 1 - Planting a Flag Pub date : 2026-04-30 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Welcome to Building Local Power’s “The Data Centers Are Coming,” where we journey to some of the most active places in the cross-country battle over dat...
AIxMultilateralism: Why We Need Redlines for Data, with Emily Tucker 02.05.2026 32:20
Podcast : The Next Page (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this? ) Episode : AIxMultilateralism: Why We Need Redlines for Data, with Emily Tucker Pub date : 2026-04-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization This is AI x Multilateralism, a playlist of conversations at the UN Library & Archives Geneva where we’re joined by experts who help us unpa...
The Digital Infrastructure of New York Citys New Chinatown (Intro Excerpt) 02.05.2026 16:46
Podcast : Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY) Episode : The Digital Infrastructure of New York Citys New Chinatown (Intro Excerpt) Pub date : 2026-04-13 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Prof. Yuchen Chen will present on their project examining Chinese immigrants and real estate entrepre...
Hany Farid on the erosion of shared reality in the age of deepfakes 26.04.2026 51:21
Podcast : Berkeley Talks (LS 30 · TOP 10% what is this? ) Episode : Hany Farid on the erosion of shared reality in the age of deepfakes Pub date : 2026-04-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Two decades ago, when Hany Farid first began studying digital misinformation and manipulated media, fake content was easier to detect. Today, th...
Lisa Nakamura, "The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet" (U Minnesota Press, 2026) 05.04.2026 43:37
Podcast : New Books in Economic and Business History (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this? ) Episode : Lisa Nakamura, "The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet" (U Minnesota Press, 2026) Pub date : 2026-03-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet (U Minnesota Pr...
How to Think About the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute 21.03.2026 44:01
Podcast : The Tech Policy Press Podcast (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this? ) Episode : How to Think About the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute Pub date : 2026-02-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization The Pentagon wants AI that can fight wars — without limits. One of the United States’ leading AI companies says there are lines it won't cross. And...
Your data, commodified 07.03.2026 46:05
Podcast : Click Here (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : Your data, commodified Pub date : 2026-02-24 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization You’ve likely received a scam call or text at some point. Some of these messages come from elaborate compounds found mostly in Southeast Asia. These compounds look like call centers but operat...
Building the plane while it’s flying: data centers, utilities, and the new rules of power 21.02.2026 44:06
Podcast : Interchange Recharged (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : Building the plane while it’s flying: data centers, utilities, and the new rules of power Pub date : 2026-02-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization After more than a decade of flat demand, the US power sector is now facing explosive growth, arriving faster than...
The people vs. the cloud 15.02.2026 22:47
Podcast : Click Here (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : The people vs. the cloud Pub date : 2026-02-03 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization When Big Tech brought plans for a giant data center to St. Charles, Missouri, one college student decided to fight back. And it raises a question that small towns all over the US are asking:...
Truth and AI in Minneapolis 15.02.2026 1:15:22
Podcast : The Vergecast (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this? ) Episode : Truth and AI in Minneapolis Pub date : 2026-01-27 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Like so many others, we’re still reeling from the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. To open the show, we talk with Adi Robertson about how videos of the incident moved around soc...
441. The Fight Over AI Use in Mental Healthcare (ft. Ciara Keegan, Ilana Marcucci-Morris) 06.02.2026 1:09:46
Podcast : This Machine Kills (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : 441. The Fight Over AI Use in Mental Healthcare (ft. Ciara Keegan, Ilana Marcucci-Morris) Pub date : 2026-01-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization We chat with Ciara Keegan and Ilana Marcucci-Morris from the National Union of Healthcare Workers about their ongoing...
Counter-app (2/4): What is Uberisation? 24.01.2026 23:55
Podcast : etui.podcast Episode : Counter-app (2/4): What is Uberisation? Pub date : 2026-01-12 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization STRUCTURE Introduction: 00:00 to 00:54 00:55 to 2:32: Part 1: What is Uberisation? 02:33 to 07:25: Part 2: What makes an industry vulnerable to Uberisation? 07:26 to 09:58: Part 3: 5 industries vulnerable to Uberis...
News Brief: How Corporate Media Laid the Groundwork for a Rightwing Incitement Campaign in Minnesota 18.01.2026 27:42
Podcast : Citations Needed (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this? ) Episode : News Brief: How Corporate Media Laid the Groundwork for a Rightwing Incitement Campaign in Minnesota Pub date : 2026-01-07 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this News Brief, we detail how CBS, Fox, WSJ, and NYT promoted an essentialized, overblown narrative on...
E230 - Manosphere Politics and the Climate Crisis w/ Daniel Waite Penny 17.01.2026 53:00
Podcast : American Prestige (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : E230 - Manosphere Politics and the Climate Crisis w/ Daniel Waite Penny Pub date : 2025-12-30 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Subscribe now to skip commercials and get all of our episodes. Use the code XMAS2025 for a $45 annual subscription! Danny and Derek spea...
Lawfare Daily: The Defense Tech Paradox, with Susannah Glickman 20.12.2025 52:18
Podcast : The Lawfare Podcast (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this? ) Episode : Lawfare Daily: The Defense Tech Paradox, with Susannah Glickman Pub date : 2025-12-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Susannah Glickman, an assistant professor of history at Stony Brook University who specializes in the political economy of computation and in...
Europe’s Subservience to the United States w/ Ben Wray 20.12.2025 59:11
Podcast : Tech Won't Save Us (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : Europe’s Subservience to the United States w/ Ben Wray Pub date : 2025-12-11 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the Europe’s capitulation to pressure from the United States on Nexperia, as well as on digital protections...
Data center backlash! 20.12.2025 25:35
Podcast : Today, Explained (LS 74 · TOP 0.01% what is this? ) Episode : Data center backlash! Pub date : 2025-12-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization AI data centers are driving up the cost of energy — and it's starting to get political. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by...
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