Data Cartels

Podcast: Future Knowledge (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?) Episode: Data Cartels Pub date: 2026-04-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In Data Cartels, legal scholar Sarah Lamdan exposes the shadowy industry built around collecting, packaging, and selling our personal data. She reveals how powerful companies hoard information and use aggressive tactics to maintain control—turning data into a commodity that can deepen inequality and restrict the democratic flow of knowledge. Heather Joseph, executive director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) speaks with Lamdan about the hidden power structures behind the data economy. Grab your copy of Data Cartels: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33205 This conversation was recorded on 11/30/2022. Watch the full video recording at: https://archive.org/details/book-talk-data-cartels Check out all of the Future Knowledge episodes at https://archive.org/details/future-knowledge The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Internet Archive & Authors Alliance, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.