The Technoskeptic Podcast
1) Ainissa Ramirez on the Consequences of Invention
2) Ben Green on Smart Enough Cities
Data technology researcher and author Ben Green punctures the myth of the smart city.
3) Clare Garvie on Facial Recognition
Facial recognition expert Clare Garvie explains how police are using (and abusing) this dangerous technology.
4) Josh Golin on Marketing to Kids
Josh Golin, Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, fights a corporate culture of consumerism and surveillance that has ensnared our kids.
5) Roald Hazelhoff’s Environmental Citizenship
Southern Environmental Center founder Roald Hazelhoff gives us a tour of his unique educational and community-building work.
6) Gail Dines on Porn Culture
Activist, author, and sociologist Gail Dines discusses the impact of pornography—particularly in its virulent and violent Internet form—on culture.
7) Jim Keenan on Catholic Environmentalism
Father Jim Keenan, director of the Jesuit Institute at Boston College, discusses Pope Francis's views on environmentalism and social justice.
8) Jonathan Taplin on Internet Aggregators
Jonathan Taplin, former music and film maven, tells what the new rentier economy of Internet aggregators has done to the arts, journalism, and democracy.
9) Robert Lustig on Biochemistry and Health
Author and endocrinologist Robert Lustig explains the neurochemical difference between happiness and pleasure and how it’s been exploited to make so many of us fat, addicted, and depressed. Then, he r...Show More
10) Episode #26: Adam Gazzaley
Neurologist Adam Gazzaley discusses how the brain's attentional system functions–or doesn't–when buffeted by digital distraction.