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This Machine Kills — 500 episodes · page 3 of 5
*Unlocked* – 259. The Forever Polymers in Our Blood
Patreon Preview – 284. The Techno-Jingoism Will Continue Until Morale Improves
283. Nerds of the Lowest Order (ft. Quinn Slobodian)
Patreon – 282. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Ch. 2
281. The Smoking Gun of Techno-Capitalism (ft. Meredith Whittaker)
Preview – 280. Step into the Saudi Zone
279. The Power of Wellness Capitalism (ft. Tamara Nopper, Eve Zelickson)
Preview – 278. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Ch. 1
*Unlocked* – 275. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Introduction
Patreon Preview – 277. All the World’s a Casino / And All the People Merely Gamblers
276. China’s Zombie Economy and Capital Crackdown
Patreon Preview – 275. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Introduction
274. Uber’s Politics of Low Expectations (ft. Katie Wells, Kafui Attoh)
Patreon Preview – 273. Checking on Enemies, Old and New
272. Locked into Starlink’s Low Earth Iron Cage
Premium – 271. Kill the Ecomodernist in Your Head
Patreon Preview – 270. The Kayfabe of Climate Capital
269. The Mythology of Cybersyn (ft. Evgeny Morozov)
268. High Quality, Certified Organic, Entertainment Product
*Unlocked* – For a Political Theory of Insurance
Patreon Preview – 267. Psychonauts for Capital
266. Your Own Personal Intelligence
Patreon Preview – 265. For a Political Theory of Insurance
264. Every Dealership a Fiefdom, Every Middleman a Lord (ft. Alex Sammon)
Patreon Preview – 263. Running Wild
262. – How Israel Battle Tests Occupation for the World (ft. Antony Loewenstein)
Patreon Preview – 261. The Reality Distortion Field Comes For Us All
260. Organizing Tech Labor (ft. Alphabet Workers Union)
Patreon Preview – 259. The Forever Polymers in Our Blood
*Unlocked* – The Tescreal Theology
Patreon Preview – 258. A Writer, Producer, and Robot Walk Into a Mini-Room…
257. Red Team Blues (ft. Cory Doctorow)
Patreon Preview – 256. The Tescreal Theology
255. Saudi Arabia x Silicon Valley (ft. Jonathan Guyer)
Patreon Preview – 254. The Healthcare System Works, It Just Doesn’t Work For You
253. The Cold War Origins and Future of Today’s AI
Patreon Preview – 252. Taco Bell Sublime
251. The Triforce of Corporate Power in AI (ft. Sarah Myers West)
249/250. We Built This City on Authenticity (ft. David A. Banks)
Patreon Preview – 248. Capitalism With All the Cheat Codes
247. Automated Welfare – the Simple Violence of Complex Machines
Patreon Preview – 246. American Psycho 2.0 // SPAC Jesus Returns
245. Shook Ones (Tech Style)
Patreon Preview – 244. Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming to Hack Civilization
243. GPT-4 and the Politics of OpaqueAI (ft. Abeba Birhane)
Patreon Preview – 242. Time Bombs in the Financial System
*Unlocked* – 241. Euthanasia of Silicon Valley Bank (ft. Brian Merchant)
Patreon Preview – 241. Euthanasia of Silicon Valley Bank (ft. Brian Merchant)
240. Anthropology of Algorithms, Ethnography of Engineers, Theory of Traps (ft. Nick Seaver)
Patreon Preview – 239. Ventures in Capitalist Innovation, Part 2: Constraints and Consequences
238. Ventures in Capitalist Innovation, Part 1: History and Mechanics
Patreon Preview – 237. Kissinger Has Seen the True Face of AI God
236. Butterflies on History’s Collage (ft. Malcolm Harris)
Patreon Preview – 235. Fired By an Al-guy-rithm Named Bob
234. Supermarket Data Sweep!
Patreon Preview – 233. Floating Objects, Vinyl Chloride, Buy American
232. 400 Hundred Years of Capitalism Led Directly to Microsoft Viva Sales
231. Paris Syndrome
229. Capitalist Manufacturing // Manufacturing Communism – Part 1 (ft. Nick Chavez)
Patreon Preview – 228. “Big” “Ideas” in “Tech” for 2023
227. Don’t Bootstrap the Eschaton
Patreon Preview – 226. Changing the World, One Rogue Geoengineer at a Time
225. How AI Makes Living Labor Undead
Patreon Preview – 224. The Bleakness of Low Expectations
223. Money for Nothing? In this Economy?
Patreon Preview – 222. Weird That All These Canaries of Tech Capitalism Keep Dying
*Unlocked* – The Insurtech Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Patreon Preview – 221. ChatGPT: From Fetish Object to AI Oracle
220. The Landlords Who Own the Internet (ft. Dan Greene)
Patreon Preview – 219. The Insurtech Will Continue Until Morale Improves
218. Ecosystems-as-a-Service (ft. Mél Hogan)
Patreon Preview – 217. How ESG Investing is Making Capitalism Sustainable
216. How Green Finance is Making an Investable Future
Patreon Preview – 215. Ed, Ed, and Aaron’s Shitposters Party (ft. Ed Zitron, Aaron Thorpe)
*Unlocked* – 202. New Guy Who is Going to Hell Just Dropped
Patreon Preview – 214. The People’s Ledger (part 2)
213. The People’s Ledger (part 1)
Patreon Preview – 212. TMK BC4: Can’t All Be Winners
211. Living in the Aftermath // Death of Dark Stores, Ghost Kitchens (ft. Aaron Shapiro)
Patreon Preview – 210. worldoptimization.tumblr
209. NOFTX
Patreon Preview – 208. TMK BC4: An Engine, Not a Camera (Chapter 3)
207. Rent High? Blame Bob
Patreon Preview – 206. Chief Twit and the Hostile Takeover
205. Profits of Doom (ft. Jacob Silverman)
Patreon Preview – 204. TMK BC4: An Engine, Not a Camera (Chapter 2)
203. Saving the Planet with Green Crypto Arbitrage (ft. Avi Asher-Schapiro)
Patreon Preview – 202. New Guy Who is Going to Hell Just Dropped
201. We Are All Surplus (ft. Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant)
Patreon Preview – 200. TMK BC4: An Engine, Not a Camera (Chapter 1)
199. The CIA is a Land of Contrasts
Patreon Preview – 198. The Eye of Sauron is Ethical
197. The Limits of Tech Inquiry
Patreon Preview – 196. Rich, Powerful, Idiotic, Pathetic
*Unlocked* – 185. In the Long Term We Are All Dead
Patreon Preview – 195. Vegas, Baby!
194 – Cultural Capture by Chokepoint Capitalism (ft. Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow)
Patreon Preview – 193. We Live in a Surveillance Society
192. Why the Trains Don’t Run on Time (ft. Justin Roczniak)
Patreon Preview – 191. Family Policing Services