Best Paris Marx Podcasts (2024)

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SAMPLE: Ep 81 - Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness (Pt 2) 12:20

29m ago12:20

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This is a public SAMPLE of an upcoming episode. Please subscribe via patreon.com to hear the full episode. Part 2 is available via Patreon.com/nicemangos——-Linguist, noted ‘Pinkerologist’ and friend of the show Dr. Caitlin Green (@Caitlinmoriah) joins me to analyze and discuss the Extremely Rational thoughts of one Steven Pinker.In pt 2 we discuss …

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Generative AI is a Climate Disaster w/ Sasha Luccioni 1:00:00

1h ago1:00:00

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Paris Marx is joined by Sasha Luccioni to discuss the catastrophic environmental costs of the generative AI being increasing shoved into every tech product we touch. Sasha Luccioni is an artificial intelligence researcher and Climate Lead at Hugging Face. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society wit…

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Ep 81 - Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness (Pt 1) 1:17:33

11m ago1:17:33

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Linguist, noted ‘Pinkerologist’ and friend of the show Dr. Caitlin Green joins me to analyze and discuss the Extremely Rational thoughts of one Steven Pinker.In part 1 we discuss hats, gloves, rationality, hypocrisy, Pinker’s special brand of ‘positivity P 0rn’ and more! Links: Steven Pinker's aid in Jeffrey Epstein's legal defense renews criticism…

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SAMPLE: Ep 81 - Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness (Pt 1) 20:37

21h ago20:37

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*This is a public sample of an upcoming episode. Please subscribe via patreon.com to hear the full episode. Part 2 is available via the Premium tiers on Patreon.* ——Linguist, noted ‘Pinkerologist’ and friend of the show Dr. Caitlin Green joins me to analyze and discuss the Extremely Rational thoughts of one Steven Pinker.In part 1 we discuss hats, …

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Gayle K. Brunelle and Annette Finley-Croswhite, "Assassination in Vichy: Marx Dormoy and the Struggle for the Soul of France" (U Toronto Press, 2020) 2:26:40

2d ago2:26:40

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During the night of 25 July 1941, assassins planted a time bomb in the bed of the former French Interior Minister, Marx Dormoy. The explosion on the following morning launched a two-year investigation that traced Dormoy's murder to the highest echelons of the Vichy regime. Dormoy, who had led a 1937 investigation into the "Cagoule," a violent right…

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Jack Dorsey’s Embrace of Crypto-Libertarianism w/ David Gerard 1:01:43

2d ago1:01:43

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Paris Marx is joined by David Gerard to discuss Jack Dorsey’s decision to leave Bluesky, his obsession with Bitcoin, and his contributions (or lack thereof) to modern technology. David Gerard is the author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and Libra Shrugged. He also makes Pivot to AI with Amy Castor. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspect…

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Karine Varley, "Vichy's Double Bind: French Collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:18:46

4d ago1:18:46

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Karine Varley's book Vichy's Double Bind: French Collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War (Cambridge UP, 2023) advances a significant new interpretation of French collaboration during the Second World War. Arguing that the path to collaboration involved not merely Nazi Germany but Fascist Italy, it suggests that the Vi…

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Facebook Is the Zombie Internet w/ Jason Koebler 1:01:44

9d ago1:01:44

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Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the AI-generated spam filling Facebook, how the platform seems to have given up trying to stop it, and where the internet goes from here. Jason Koebler is the co-host of the 404 Media Podcast. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of …

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Miranda Sachs, "An Age to Work: Working-Class Childhood in Third Republic Paris" (Oxford UP, 2023) 27:56

11d ago27:56

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Childhood as lived during the French Third Republic was very different from childhood during the modern era. Working-class children laboured alongside adults in the home, on the streets, and in places of work. French authorities sought to change this and redefine childhood by means of government organizations, separate legal structures, and schools…

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Michael Sonenscher, "Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word" (Princeton UP, 2022) 51:14

13d ago51:14

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What exactly is capitalism? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time? And what’s at stake in our understanding or misunderstanding of it? In Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word (Princeton UP, 2022), Michael Sonenscher examines the history behind the concept and pieces together the range of subjects bound up with the word. Sonenscher sh…

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The (ir)Rational Mob: On the Life and Legacy of Gustave Le Bon 57:09

14d ago57:09

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Every protest movement has been dismissed as a mere ‘mindless mob,’ caught in a psychological frenzy. Where did this idea come from, and why does it last? Gustave Le Bon. This is episode one of Cited’s returning season, The Rationality Wars. This season tells stories of political and scholarly battles to define rationality and irrationality. For a …

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How Degrowth Will Reshape Technology w/ Jason Hickel 56:58

21d ago56:58

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Paris Marx is joined by Jason Hickel to discuss how technology would change in a degrowth society and why it doesn’t make sense to organize society around profit and infinite expansion. Jason Hickel is the author of Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. He’s also a Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology at the…

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Ep 80 - Ex-Mus to TradFash Pipeline 15:57

19d ago15:57

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I’m writing a series over on my patreon…on something thats pretty personal to me - the Ex-Mus to TradFash pipeline. It’s a path I’ve seen too many go down and completely descend into blatant far right f*ckery. I’ve dedicated a fair bit of time this month to unpacking this phenomenon more broadly and to documenting the far right trajectory of one Ex…

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Matthijs Lok, "Europe Against Revolution: Conservatism, Enlightenment, and the Making of the Past" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 56:51

19d ago56:51

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Contemporary Europe seems to be divided between progressive cosmopolitans sympathetic to the European Union and the ideals of the Enlightenment, and counter-enlightened conservative nationalists extolling the virtues of homelands threatened by globalised elites and mass migration. Europe Against Revolution: Conservatism, Enlightenment, and the Maki…

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Can Europe Chart Its Own Path on Tech? w/ tante 1:03:12

1M ago1:03:12

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Paris Marx is joined by tante to discuss why it’s hard for Europe to challenge the US and China on tech and why we should change how we think about innovation. tante is a writer, speaker, and Luddite working on tech and its social impact. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of ins…

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UNLOCKED: Global Far Right 4 - Israel & The Jewish Far Right (FULL) 1:18:31

25d ago1:18:31

1:18:31

Researcher (from Political Research Associates) & co-author of Safety through Solidarity, Ben Lorber (@BenLorber8 on Twitter) Joins me for a conversation about the far right in both Israel and more broadly, the Jewish far right. We discuss far-right Israeli ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich, the rhetoric we are seeing coming from so many Israeli offi…

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Silicon Valley is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI w/ Nitasha Tiku 59:57

1M ago59:57

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Paris Marx is joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how US tech companies are flocking to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fund their expensive AI ambitions. Nitasha Tiku is a tech culture reporter at the Washington Post. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring pe…

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Elisa Camiscioli, "Selling French Sex: Prostitution, Trafficking, and Global Migrations" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:08:24

1M ago1:08:24

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Selling French Sex: Prostitution, Trafficking, and Global Migrations (Cambridge UP, 2024) is an illuminating account of the cultural, social, and economic history of the sale of 'French sex'. It explores the discourses and experiences surrounding the early twentieth century debate on sex trafficking, which mobilized various international reform mov…

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Ep 79 - Left Reckoning 1:39:30

1M ago1:39:30

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I was joined by the wonderful hosts of Left Reckoning for this episode, David Griscom (@DavidGriscom on Twitter) & Matt Lech (@Mattlech on Twitter), many of you may know Matt Lech from Majority Report too. (Pls note this episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago, which is why you wont hear us mention more recent developments) We chat about a lot o…

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How the FBI Tapped the Encrypted Chats of Criminals Around the World w/ Joseph Cox 1:03:29

1M ago1:03:29

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Paris Marx is joined by Joseph Cox to discuss how the FBI created an encrypted phone company called Anom to read criminals’ messages and eventually carry out the largest international sting operation by law enforcement. Joseph Cox is the author of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever and the host of the 404 Media…

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Polo B. Moji, "Gender and the Spatiality of Blackness in Contemporary AfroFrench Narratives" (Routledge, 2022) 55:06

2M ago55:06

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Polo B. Moji's book Gender and the Spatiality of Blackness in Contemporary AfroFrench Narratives (Routledge, 2022) approaches the study of AfroEurope through narrative forms produced in contemporary France, a location which richly illustrates race in European spaces. Moji adopts a transdisciplinary lens that combines critical black and urban geogra…

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PREMIUM (SAMPLE) Global Far Right 4 - Israel & The Jewish Far Right 22:20

1M ago22:20

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[This is a SAMPLE of my new Premium Miniseries, pls subscribe to the premium tiers via patreon.com/nicemangos to access the full episode]Researcher (from Political Research Associates) & co-author of Safety through Solidarity, Ben Lorber (@BenLorber8 on Twitter) Joins me for a conversation about the far right in both Israel and more broadly, the Je…

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GoFundMe Profits from People’s Pain w/ Nora Kenworthy 57:27

2M ago57:27

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Paris Marx is joined by Nora Kenworthy to discuss how people rely on GoFundMe to access healthcare and the further inequities that adds to an already deeply unequal healthcare system. Nora Kenworthy is the author of Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare and an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the U…

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58: Her: OpenAI v. Scarlett Johansson 50:25

2M ago50:25

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Scam Economy host Matt Binder breaks down the latest OpenAI scandal: an AI Voice Assistant that its CEO Sam Altman not so subtly tweeted "Her" about, resulting in a cease and desist from actress Scarlett Johansson. Is this just a voice impersonator or did OpenAI really use an AI voice trained on Johansson's? Visit: ScamEconomy.com Support the show:…

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Twitter Space: IDW - ‘Heterodox or RW Rebrand’? (Full episode) 1:53:44

2M ago1:53:44

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Since we are around the 6 year anniversary of the IDW debut in the NYT, myself and political writer/podcaster (former rightwinger himself) Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield on Twitter) did a Twitter Space last week (14th May 2024) to honour this magnificent group of intellectual giants…We took an in-depth look at the history of both the ‘Intellectu…

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Torden-frø-solsort: Et lydbillede 14:14

2M ago14:14

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Jeg har aflyttet noget natur - på landet og i byen - og klippet lidt rundt i det så der er en slags forløb i hørebilledet. Det hele er optaget i mono på en lille Sennheiser memory mic. Og nej, der sker ikke ret meget. Det er meningen.By Anders Kjærulff

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XXL HYPE: AI som religion og fantasi - mød Paris Marx 1:27:00

2M ago1:27:00

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Aflyttet har været til foredrag, 'Dont Buy The AI-fantasy' med den canadiske teknologikritiker Paris Marx på Museum 'Enigma' på Østerbro i København, og lavede et interview med ham bagefter. Det hele er optaget via scenemikrofoner og lyder lidt anderledes end det plejer, men det der bliver sagt er interessant - så interessant, at denne podcast må v…

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Adam Zientek, "A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2024) 44:56

2M ago44:56

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Adam Zientek, Assistant Professor of History at UC Davis joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024). Beginning in the fall of 1914, every French soldier on the Western Front received a daily ration of wine from the army. At …

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Tech’s Plan to ‘Ethnically Cleanse’ San Francisco w/ Gil Duran 1:00:40

2M ago1:00:40

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Paris Marx is joined by Gil Duran to discuss Balaji Srinivasan’s plan to implement “tech Zionism” in San Francisco and the threat posed by Silicon Valley's growing opposition to democracy. Gil Duran is an independent journalist and former editorial page editor for the Sacramento Bee. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its wor…

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Ep 78 - Technofascism w/ Paris Marx 1:48:59

2M ago1:48:59

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Tech critic Paris Marx (@parismarx on Twitter) of the excellent ‘Tech Won’t Save us’ Podcast joins me for a fascinating & frightening discussion about the intersection of Tech & Fascism.Tech Won’t Save Us is a podcast that critically examines the tech industry.———Links:Find Tech Won’t Save us Here:https://open.spotify.com/show/3UhsI7s4bkH1FcMZI5u9i…

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SAMPLE: Twitter Space: IDW - ‘Heterodox or RW Rebrand’? 16:06

2M ago16:06

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Since we are around the 6 year anniversary of the IDW debut in the NYT, myself and political writer/podcaster (former rightwinger himself) Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield on Twitter) did a Twitter Space last week (14th May 2024) to honour this magnificent group of intellectual giants…We took an in-depth look at the history of both the ‘Intellectu…

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Nicholas Underwood, "Yiddish Paris: Staging Nation and Community in Interwar France" (Indiana UP, 2022) 1:04:06

2M ago1:04:06

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Nick Underwood's Yiddish Paris: Staging Nation and Community in Interwar Paris (Indiana University Press, 2022) is a captivating study of the culture and politics of the vibrant community of Yiddish-speaking immigrants to Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Making their way to the French capital from various sites in Eastern Europe, members of this Jewis…

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Alexandra Paulin-Booth, "Time and Radical Politics in France: From the Dreyfus Affair to the First World War" (Manchester UP, 2023) 39:03

2M ago39:03

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People experience and comprehend time in different fashions in response to events occurring around them. The experience of time and the speed at which change is perceived to occur may alter during eras of crisis. Time can feel compressed for some and broad or flat for others. These comprehensions of time in turn give form to political views and pro…

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SAMPLE: Ep 78 Technofascism w/Paris Marx 12:50

2M ago12:50

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This is a SAMPLE version of the episode, access the full episode via patreon.com/nicemangos——Tech critic Paris Marx (@parismarx on Twitter) of the excellent ‘Tech Won’t Save us’ Podcast joins me for a fascinating & frightening discussion about the intersection of Tech & Fascism. Tech Won’t Save Us is a podcast that critically examines the tech indu…

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How BYD is Upending the EV Market w/ Paolo Gerbaudo 54:52

2M ago54:52

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Paris Marx is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss how Chinese electric car maker BYD operates, its growing international success against Tesla, and whether it will be able to move into the North American market. Paolo Gerbaudo is the author of The Digital Party and The Great Recoil. He’s a senior research fellow at the Department of Political Histo…

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Karen Sullivan, "Eleanor of Aquitaine, As It Was Said: Truth and Tales about the Medieval Queen" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 42:50

2M ago42:50

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Karen Sullivan of Bard College talks to Jana Byars about her recent book, Eleanor of Aquitaine, As It Was Said: Truth and Tales about the Medieval Queen (U Chicago Press, 2023). A reparative reading of stories about medieval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Much of what we know about Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and then Queen of England, we kn…

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Full Interview with David Moscrop 1:01:53

2M ago1:01:53

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David was one of the first person’s I thought of when I thought about making Man V/s Machine because I wanted someone to talk about the weird political climate that was happening online and he didn’t disappoint.In this interview we talk about how we started on the internet since we’re about similar ages, as well as how gender plays into how we thin…

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Tesla is Choosing Hype Over Substance w/ Edward Niedermeyer 1:07:14

2M ago1:07:14

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Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss Tesla's stagnation as an electric vehicle manufacturer and what that could mean for its future as competitors cut into their market share. Ed Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors and co-host of the Autonocast. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective …

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Francesca Trivellato, "The Promise and Peril of Credit: What a Forgotten Legend about Jews and Finance Tells Us about the Making of European Commercial Society" (Princeton UP, 2019) 1:02:04

2M ago1:02:04

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In 1647, the French author Étienne Cleirac asserted in his book Les us, et coustumes de la mer that the credit instruments known as bills of exchange had been invented by Jews. In The Promise and Peril of Credit: What a Forgotten Legend about Jews and Finance Tells Us about the Making of European Commercial Society (Princeton University Press, 2019…

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RISKO OG TECHGIGANTER: Kan vi klare os uden dem - og er det farligt? 58:30

2M ago58:30

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1 og 2 maj var der igen V2 Security i Øksenhallen i København - Aflyttet var med og spurgte til TechGiganterne - kan vi leve uden dem? Og så har jeg talt med en ekspert i risiko, Johan Koop - VP for Marsh McLelland Nordic, der er en af bidragyderne til World Economic Forums Global Risk rapport, som du kan læse her: https://www.weforum.org/publicati…

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Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac, "The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality" (Harvard UP, 2023) 1:03:52

2M ago1:03:52

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In many countries, property law grants equal rights to men and women. Why, then, do women still accumulate less wealth than men? Combining quantitative, ethnographic, and archival research, The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality (Harvard UP, 2023) explains how and why, in every class of society, women are economically disa…

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How SHEIN Took Over Fast Fashion w/ Nicole Lipman 56:51

3M ago56:51

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Paris Marx is joined by Nicole Lipman to discuss SHEIN’s rise to the top of the fast fashion industry and how it exacerbates the sector’s labor and environment problems. Nicole Lipman is a writer and assistant editor at n+1. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people …

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Éric Fassin, "State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race: Illiberal France and Beyond" (CEU Press, 2024) 43:24

3M ago43:24

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In this episode of the CEU Press Podcast, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press/CEU Review of Books) sat down with Éric Fassin (Université Paris 8) to discuss his new book with CEU Press entitled, State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race: Illiberal France and Beyond (2024). Éric Fassin examines the trend of state anti-intellectualism…

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Ep 77 Pt 2 - Decoding the Decoders w Chris Kavanagh 1:28:08

3M ago1:28:08

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In part 2 of this conversation we get into more specific concerns - issues about responsible framing, softballing, etc. At what point do we recognize and consciously not contribute to maintaining the perception of “reasonable intellectual” for someone as far gone (imo) as Harris? At what point has he crossed the line into being as embarrassing as s…

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Episode 5: The Age of Distortion (w/ David Moscrop) 37:17

3M ago37:17

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There’s a common sentence you hear that the online world is not real. That whatever happens in social media is not real. This is factually incorrect, everything that happens online is part of the world world whether we like it or not. and if we take his statement at face value, this can be dangerous. Our social lives revolve around the technology w…

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Alexander Statman, "A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 50:02

3M ago50:02

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Alexander Statman's book A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science (U Chicago Press, 2023) is a revisionist history of the idea of progress reveals an unknown story about European engagement with Chinese science. The Enlightenment gave rise not only to new ideas of progress but consequential debates about them. Did distant times …

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The Religious Foundations of Transhumanism w/ Meghan O’Gieblyn 56:33

3M ago56:33

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Paris Marx is joined by Meghan O’Gieblyn to discuss parallels between transhumanism and Christian narratives of resurrection, despite the fact many transhumanists identify as staunch atheists. Meghan O’Gieblyn is an advice columnist at Wired and the author of God, Human, Animal, Machine. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its…

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Ep 77 Pt 1 - Decoding the Decoders w Chris Kavanagh 1:19:28

3M ago1:19:28

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This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation. Part 2 is available early via patreon.com/nicemangos. Join me for a discussion with Chris Kavanagh of the Decoding the Gurus Podcast. In part one we chat more about the broader questions …like the eternal ‘litmus test’ question of “Is Sam Harris Rightwing?” and I try to get a sense of Chris’ own politics and…

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Jeremy Black, "Paris: A Short History" (Thames & Hudson, 2024) 39:03

3M ago39:03

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Once described as "that metropolis of dress and debauchery" by the Scottish poet David Mallet, Paris has always had a reputation for a peculiar joie de vivre, from art to architecture, cookery to couture, captivating minds and imaginations across the Continent and beyond. In Paris: A Short History, historian Jeremy Black examines the unique cultura…

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How Sports Betting Is Fueling Gambling Addiction w/ Alex Shephard 54:10

3M ago54:10

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Paris Marx is joined by Alex Shephard to discuss the legalization of sports betting in the United States, the growing influence of gambling in professional sports, and its negative impact on the lives of sports fans. Alex Shephard is a senior editor at The New Republic. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wi…

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