Cory Doctorow is a digital rights activist, a podcaster, and a writer. Cory speaks with conviction against commercial data practices, which he views as opaque and untrustworthy. Cory recently wrote an article on consent theatre, [1] a concept t

Dr Darin Barney

Oct 18th, 2021 38m 29s

Dr Darin Barney is a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. His work examines the future of digital technologies in democratic life, [1] the state of citizenship is a digitally integrated society, [2] and the infrastructure of netw

Yuan Stevens

Oct 11th, 2021 25m 9s

Yuan Stevens is the policy lead on Technology, Cybersecurity, and Democracy at the Ryerson Leadership Lab. Her article The Promises and Perils of AI, [1] provides an in-depth examination into a variety of concerns surrounding AI technology impl

Dr John Cheney-Lippold

Oct 4th, 2021 24m 51s

Dr John Cheney-Lippold is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. His work uses a variety of philosophical concepts to provide an ontological review of the intersections between commercial and domestic surveillance

Hannah Mieczkowski

Sep 27th, 2021 17m 29s

Hannah Mieczkowski a PhD candidate in Psychology at the University of Stanford, USA. Hannah’s research epistemologically challenge knowledge claims made by social media researchers.[1] Hannah suggests that problematic smartphone use may be symp

Dr Alan Sears

Sep 13th, 2021 35m 30s

Dr Alan Sears is a Professor of Sociology at X University, Toronto, Canada. He can speak with authority on sociological concepts that aid in illustrating the Cycles in Algorithmic Cultivation concept, such as agency and symbolic interactionism.

The Introduction Episode

Sep 3rd, 2021 19m 38s

Bad Faith Cycles in Algorithmic Cultivation, an interview-based podcast series that explores identity, [1] defined as who we are and what we do, [2] and agency, defined as the sum total range of potential actions or our ability to make a differ

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