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  1. Will AI Kill Your Job? w/ Brian Merchant

    Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss whether the AI bubble is about to burst and how bosses are deploying AI tools to kill jobs and degrade work. Brian Merchant is the author of Blood in the Machine (https://bookshop.org/a/1833

  2. How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics w/ Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay

    Paris Marx is joined by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay to discuss the geopolitics behind China’s investments in green tech and electrification, and how it presents the prospect of a new development model based on renewables instead of fossil

  3. Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap

    Paris Marx is joined by Cecilia Rikap to discuss how countries’ dependence on US tech companies is harming them and why they need to get serious about digital sovereignty. Cecilia Rikap is Associate Professor in Economics at University Coll

  4. Will the Pope Be An Ally Against AI? w/ Paolo Benanti

    Paris Marx is joined by Paolo Benanti to discuss what Pope Leo XIV’s statements on AI, the publications under Pope Francis, and the ethics of AI from a theological perspective. Paolo Benanti is an author, academic, and priest. He teaches at

  5. What Google Zero Means for Journalism w/ Matt Pearce

    Paris Marx is joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google’s use of generative AI is sending far less traffic to all manner of websites, but especially news publications, and what that might mean for the future of journalism. Matt Pearce is

  6. Trump’s Crypto Profiteering Is Worse Than You Think w/ Jacob Silverman

    Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire’s Islamophobic attack on Zohran Mamdani, what it tells us about the state of tech’s politics, and how Donald Trump is enriching himself through crypto scams. J

  7. Decomputing For a Better Future w/ Dan McQuillan

    Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss the global push by governments to rapidly adopt AI at all costs and how citizens can critically rethink our dependence on these technologies while imagining a collective future that benefits

  8. Microsoft is Gutting the Video Game Industry w/ Nathan Grayson

    Paris Marx is joined by Nathan Grayson to discuss the latest round of Microsoft layoffs and how the company’s ambition to remake the video game industry around its streaming service has had significant consequences. Nathan Grayson is a co-f

  9. How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East w/ Laleh Khalili

    Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss how the United States uses its control of key technologies to shift global power dynamics, and how that specifically plays out in the Middle East. Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies a

  10. The Geopolitical Fight Over Huawei w/ Yangyang Cheng

    Paris Marx is joined by Yangyang Cheng to discuss how Huawei became one of the most powerful companies in China and how current geopolitical narratives distract from the issues at the heart of surveillance capitalism in the US and China. Ya

  11. Chatbots Are Repeating Social Media’s Harms w/ Nitasha Tiku

    Paris Marx is joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how AI companies are preying on users to drive engagement and how that’s repeating many of the problems we’re belatedly trying to address with social media companies at an accelerated pace. Ni

  12. Brazil's Battle to Rein In Big Tech w/ Laís Martins

    Paris Marx is joined by Laís Martins to discuss the recent enforcement measures against tech companies like X and Rumble in Brazil, how the country is grappling with the overreach of US tech companies, and the wider discussion about tech po

  13. We All Suffer from OpenAI’s Pursuit of Scale w/ Karen Hao

    Paris Marx is joined by Karen Hao to discuss how Sam Altman’s goal of scale at all costs has spawned a new empire founded on exploitation of people and the environment, resulting in not only the loss of valuable research into more inventive

  14. The New Military Industry Complex w/ Sam Biddle

    Paris Marx is joined by Sam Biddle to discuss how Silicon Valley is shamelessly courting government military contracts, using tactics to silence employee dissent and normalize the situation to the public, and what it all means for the futur

  15. The Case for a Digital Detox w/ Casey Johnston

    Paris Marx is joined by Casey Johnston to discuss why she pared back on social media, made her smartphone much dumber, and what she learned about how bodies are treated online through her fitness journey. Casey Johnston is the creator of th

  16. Generative AI is Not Inevitable w/ Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

    Paris Marx is joined by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna to discuss the harms of generative AI, how the industry keeps the public invested while companies flounder under the weight of unmet promises, and what people can do to push back. Emily

  17. Elon Musk is Remaking the US Space Program w/ Tim Fernholz

    Paris Marx is joined by Tim Fernholz to discuss how Elon Musk’s influence in the White House is shaping the US Space Program, why he’s pushing NASA toward Mars instead of the Moon, and whether the Starship rocket is in trouble. Tim Fernholz

  18. The Roots of Elon Musk’s War On Empathy w/ Julia Carrie Wong

    Paris Marx is joined by Julia Carrie Wong to discuss Elon Musk’s recent opposition to empathy, how it comes out of the Christian right, and the relationship it has to previous discussions of longtermism. Julia Carrie Wong is a features writ

  19. How Brainrot AI is Upending the Internet w/ Jason Koebler

    Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the economy behind AI slop generation, how people are building businesses on AI-generated images, and the wider consequences of their proliferation on social media. Jason Koebler is a cofound

  20. How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry w/ Laleh Khalili

    Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many ways he’s shaped the modern tech industry. Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at t

  21. Digital Sovereignty in a Time of Rising Fascism

    Paris Marx is doing a solo episode this week to bring together some important issues that have been on his mind lately. This is a recording of a talk Paris gave in Auckland, New Zealand on how Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump for

  22. Can Europe End Its Dependence on US Tech? w/ Aline Blankertz

    Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss whether Europe is going to finally make a serious push to end its dependence on US tech and how different European interests are trying to take advantage of those debates. Aline Blankertz i

  23. The Dirty Alliance Between Tech and the Oil Industry w/ JS Tan

    Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss his experience seeing first hand how Microsoft deployed its cloud and machine learning services to help Chevron extract more oil and gas, and the state of tech worker organizing around climate chang

  24. DOGE Is Gutting the US Digital Service w/ Kate Green and Milo

    Paris Marx is joined by Kate Green and Milo to discuss how Elon Musk’s DOGE is dismantling the US Digital Service and the consequences that has on really improving service delivery in government. Kate Green and Milo are former US Digital Se

  25. Preview: Breaking Down Canada’s Election on Campaign Cops

    Don’t worry; your regularly scheduled Tech Won’t Save Us is coming soon! But if you’re looking to try something a little different and get a critical take on the ongoing Canadian election, check out Campaign Cops, a special five-week series

  26. Canada’s Tech Leaders Want Their Own DOGE w/ Jen St. Denis

    Paris Marx is joined by Jen St. Denis to discuss how Silicon Valley thinking is creeping into Canadian politics as Donald Trump continues to threaten the country with tariffs and annexation. Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee. Tech W

  27. AI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit Gebru

    Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss where the AI industry stands in 2025 as AI increasingly becomes a geopolitical football even as the big promises made by AI companies fail to materialize. Timnit Gebru is the founder and execu

  28. The UK’s Misguided Embrace of AI Hype w/ James Meadway

    Paris Marx is joined by James Meadway to discuss how the UK Labour Party is embracing AI regardless of the cost and the consequences of allowing US companies to dominate the digital economy in so many other countries. James Meadway is an ec

  29. Protesting Tesla Can Hurt Elon Musk w/ Ed Niedermeyer

    Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the trouble with Tesla’s business model and how that makes Elon Musk’s power vulnerable to protest and boycott. Ed Niedermeyer is the author Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors

  30. How DOGE is Remaking the US Government w/ Makena Kelly

    Paris Marx is joined by Makena Kelly to discuss how Elon Musk’s DOGE is reshaping the US government and the consequences that has for government employees and the wider public. Makena Kelly is a senior writer at WIRED and writes the weekly

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