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The Rise, Fall, and Rise of TikTok with Crystal Abidin
Jun 16, 2026
33m 39s
Community technology is the future with Dave Griffiths
Jun 2, 2026
33m 53s
The Battle Over Data Centers with Tara Merk
May 19, 2026
32m 41s
The Future of Data Centers and Digital Sovereignty with Friederike von Franque
May 5, 2026
27m 29s
The Revolutionary Microscopes Powering Global Tech Equality with Richard Bowman
Apr 21, 2026
29m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/16/26 | ![]() The Rise, Fall, and Rise of TikTok with Crystal Abidin | Most companies unwittingly undermine their biggest growth opportunities by ignoring the complex morality of social media—where good technology depends on who controls it, and who benefits. Hosted by Eleanor Drage, this episode features Crystal Abidin, Professor of Internet Studies at Curtin University, who exposes the hidden power plays behind platforms like TikTok, revealing how what’s 'good' or 'bad' technology is often a matter of perspective—and power. This eye-opening episode, Eleanor an... | 33m 39s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | ![]() Community technology is the future with Dave Griffiths✨ | community technologygrassroots design+3 | David Griffiths | Then Try This | — | community technologygrassroots design+4 | — | 33m 53s | |
| 5/19/26 | ![]() The Battle Over Data Centers with Tara Merk✨ | data centersdigital ownership+4 | Tara Merk | Germany | — | data centersdigital ownership+4 | — | 32m 41s | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() The Future of Data Centers and Digital Sovereignty with Friederike von Franque✨ | data centersdigital sovereignty+3 | Friederike von Franqué | Wikimedia Germany | FrankfurtStockholm | cloud infrastructureBig Tech+3 | — | 27m 29s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() The Revolutionary Microscopes Powering Global Tech Equality with Richard Bowman✨ | open licensingtechnology+4 | Richard Bowman | — | — | open licensingfrugal tech+5 | — | 29m 38s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() Designers: Let's Create Abolitionist and Black Liberatory Futures! with Terresa Hardaway✨ | designsocial justice+3 | Terresa Hardaway | — | — | designsocial justice+4 | — | 25m 31s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() Discovering the Universe through Knitting with Elisabetta Matsumoto✨ | knittingsustainable fashion+4 | Elisabetta Matsumoto | — | — | knittingsustainable fashion+6 | — | 31m 18s | |
| 2/24/26 | ![]() Bonus Episode: The Internet's First Influencer, Tila Tequila, with Lisa Nakamura✨ | digital laborinfluencers+5 | Lisa Nakamura | The Inattention Economy | — | digital laborinfluencers+5 | — | 26m 17s | |
| 2/10/26 | ![]() The Inattention Economy: Race, Gender, and Technology with Lisa Nakamura✨ | inattention economyrace and technology+4 | Lisa Nakamura | University of MichiganThe Inattention Economy: Seeing the Digital Labour of Women of Colour | — | inattention economydigital labor+6 | — | 33m 15s | |
| 1/27/26 | ![]() Race and Orientalism in E-Gaming with Tara Fickle✨ | racegaming+4 | Tara Fickle | Asian American studiese-sport culture | — | racegaming+5 | — | 24m 42s | |
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| 1/13/26 | ![]() The Role of Designers in AI Ethics with Tomasz Hollanek✨ | AI ethicsdesign+3 | Tomasz Hollanek | — | — | AI ethicsdesign+3 | — | 29m 27s | |
| 12/23/25 | ![]() What Makes a Drone “Good”? with Beryl Pong✨ | dronesethics+3 | Beryl Pong | University of CambridgeUKRI+1 | — | dronesethical technology+3 | — | 31m 46s | |
| 12/10/25 | ![]() The Vulnerabilities of Drone Warfare with Amy Gaeta✨ | drone warfaregender dynamics+5 | Amy Gaeta | Centre for Drones and CultureLeverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence | — | drone warfaregender dynamics+5 | — | 31m 20s | |
| 11/25/25 | ![]() AI Needs Fat Liberation! with Aisha Sobey | In this episode, Aisha Sobey, a research fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, explores how anti-fat bias shapes our digital lives. She discusses its effects on health technologies, social media, and generative AI, and explains why anti-fatness must be seen as a systemic issue. The conversation also highlights how ideas from fat liberation can help create more inclusive and fair technological design. | 32m 50s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 | ![]() Can Programming Languages be Feminist? with Felienne Hermans | In this episode, Felienne Hermans, a professor of computer science education, discusses the intersection of feminism and programming. She shares her experiences in designing programming languages, particularly Hedy, which supports 70 languages, including Arabic. The conversation explores the challenges of linguistic diversity in programming and the need for systemic change in the tech community. | 31m 16s | ||||||
| 6/24/25 | ![]() Rethinking 'Creepy' Technology with Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski | In this episode we talk to Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski, the editors of the book Technocreep. We discuss what makes a technology creepy and the rise of so-called creepy technologies during COVID-19. Neda and Nassim argue that creepiness is associated with surveillance and that privacy is posited as the solution to so-called creepy tech. However, they highlight the way that race and gender have shaped who has the right to privacy and argue that we need to go beyond the privacy/surveillanc... | 27m 09s | ||||||
| 6/3/25 | ![]() Symbiosis From Bacteria to AI with N. Katherine Hayles | In this episode, we talk to N. Katherine Hayles who's the distinguished research professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the James B. Duke Professor Emerita from Duke University. Her prolific research focuses on the relationship between science, literature and technology in the 20th and 21st centuries. We explore her newest book, Bacteria to AI: Human Futures with Our Nonhuman Symbionts, and discuss how the biological concept of symbiosis can inform the relationships ... | 35m 38s | ||||||
| 5/13/25 | ![]() Transhumanist Fantasies with Alexander Thomas | In this episode, Eleanor talks to Alexander Thomas, a filmmaker and academic who leads the BA in Media Production at the University of East London. They discuss his new book about transhumanism, a philosophical movement that aims to improve human capabilities through technology and whose followers includes Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Larry Page, and also apparently the DJ Steve Aoki. Alex is himself one of the foremost commentators on transhumanism. He explores transhumanist fantasies about the fu... | 36m 02s | ||||||
| 4/29/25 | ![]() Data Bodies and Arab Futurisms with Laila Shereen Sakr | In this episode, we talk to digital media theorist and artist Laila Shereen Sakr, who also performs under the name VJ Um Amel. We discuss her work making data about the outer world both visible and emotional. We explore what Laila calls the "surveyed and targeted Arab data body" and the incredible work she does creating Arab futuristic video games that both represent Arab cultures and project them into the future. We hope you enjoy the show. | 25m 56s | ||||||
| 4/1/25 | ![]() Managing the Body through Food Law and Policy with Kyla Wazana Tompkins | In this episode we talk to Kyla Wazana Tompkins, chair of the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality studies at the University of Buffalo. She gives incredible insight into the relationship between the history of science and the history of food law and policy. We look at legislation like the 1906 Food and Drug Act to examine how food policy shaped and was shaped by American ideas about race, national identity, and the body. From $40 LA smoothies to the fermentation practices of the Appalac... | 38m 11s | ||||||
| 3/11/25 | ![]() Re-imagining Voice Assistants with Stina Hasse Jørgensen and Frederik Juutilainen | To develop voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, companies spend years investigating what sounds like a human voice and what doesn't. But what we've ended up with is just one possibility of the kinds of voices that we could be interacting with. In this episode, we talked to sound engineer Frederik Juutilainen, and Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Stina Hasse Jørgensen, about their participation in [multi'vocal], an experimental research project that created an alternative ... | 33m 46s | ||||||
| 2/11/25 | ![]() Critiquing Tech through Comedy with Laura Allcorn | In this episode, we go shopping with artist and performer, Laura Allcorn. We enter into her practice, which is called the Institute for Comedic Inquiry, to learn how she pairs humour and entertainment with participatory public engagement methods to raise awareness about bizarre and dangerous uses of AI. Laura uses comedy to skewer all manner of ethically questionable technologies, from gait surveillance to shopping algorithms. We participate in one of Laura's performances in this episode, 'S... | 32m 47s | ||||||
| 1/21/25 | ![]() Surfing the Web in Sync with the Sun with Anne Pasek | In this episode, we talk to Anne Pasek, the Canada Research Chair in Media Culture and the Environment, and an Associate Professor between the Department of Cultural Studies and the School of the Environment at Trent University. We love Anne for lots of reasons, not least because she has a 50 watt solar panel, a little Raspberry Pi computer, and an acid battery, all in her backyard, hosting a server. Together we discuss pleasurable ways of responding to climate anxiety, what would happe... | 28m 45s | ||||||
| 1/7/25 | ![]() Using Feminist Chatbots to Fight Trolls With Sarah Ciston | In this episode, we talk to Sarah Ciston, an artist, coder, writer, and critical AI scholar. We asked Sarah to talk about this badass chatbot they created called Ladymouth, which responds to trolls and incels on hate forums. We discussed the difficult labor of content moderation and the long lasting effects of trying to do feminist work online. We also talk about the surprising things that incels and feminists have in common and whether you can use AI to change people's minds and establish co... | 27m 11s | ||||||
| 12/24/24 | ![]() Resisting Mental Health Ward Surveillance with Stop Oxevision | In this episode we talk to two activists, Hat and Nell, from the organisation Stop Oxevision, who are fighting against the rollout of surveillance technologies used on mental health wards in the United Kingdom (UK). We explore how surveillance on mental health wards affects patients who never know exactly when they're being watched, and how surveillance technologies in mental health wards are implemented within a much wider context of unequal power relationships. We also reflect on resistance... | 30m 46s | ||||||
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