by efc8d-admin | Aug 26, 2026 | Capitalism, Democracy, Fascism, Gender, Media, Politics and Culture, Technologies
Today it’s a special pleasure to welcome Adrian Daub back to Speaking Out of Place to discuss his new book, “What Tech Calls Governing.” This is a devastatingly brilliant and immensely witty critique of Silicon Valley “disruptors” and the fragile, clueless egos of...
by efc8d-admin | May 17, 2026 | Capitalism, Democracy, Media, Technologies
Today I am delighted to talk with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. This is much more than a biography or popular account of Elon Musk, it is a radical analysis of a deeply disturbing, computational way of seeing...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 22, 2026 | Capitalism, Democracy, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Culture, Technologies, The Arts
Today I have the immense pleasure of talking with Carissa Véliz, an associate professor at the University of Oxford, about her new book, Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future—from Ancient Oracles to AI. Linking this work to her previous book,...
by efc8d-admin | Dec 8, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Art and Cultural Resistance, Capitalism, Labor, Political Economies, Politics and Culture, Technologies
Today I am delighted to welcome activist and scholar Erin McElroy to the podcast. She is the author of a remarkable book, Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies in Postsocialist Times. At the center of this rich and provocative study is the Romanian city of...
by efc8d-admin | Nov 28, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Empire and Colonialism, Environment and Biosphere, Labor, Politics and Culture, Technologies, Transnational Solidarities
Today I am both excited and frightened to talk with Tamara Kneese and Xiaowei Wang, two individuals whose research, writing, and activism has for years insisted on the materiality of the technologies that have brought us things like artificial intelligence, the Cloud,...
