This Machine Kills Podcast
1) 294. The Material Power That Rules Computation (ft. Cory Doctorow)
Returning champion Cory Doctorow joins us to discuss his latest book, The Internet Con, which lays out how the basis of so much material power in the world exists at the intersection of information te...Show More
2) 439. Do Socialists Dream of Electric Institutions, Part 2 (ft. Aaron Benanav)
We’re joined yet again by Aaron Benanav to chat about his essays Beyond Capitalism. In this episode we discuss what it means to lay out concrete models for an alternative world—ones that are not overs...Show More
3) Patreon Preview – 438. Bloodsport for Billionaires
We offer projections for the year to come in tech. What might happen with our big beautiful bubble of overinflated assets, overinvested infrastructure, and overhyped technology? Plus, we speculate abo...Show More
4) 437. Do Socialists Dream of Electric Institutions, Part 1 (ft. Aaron Benanav)
We’re joined by Aaron Benanav to get into his magisterial essays laying out a vision of society beyond capitalism. In part 1 of our conversation, we lay out his incisive analysis of how capitalism is ...Show More
437. Do Socialists Dream of Electric Institutions, Part 1 (ft. Aaron Benanav)
1:24:08 | Dec 23rd, 2025
5) Patreon Preview – 436. Panic! Attack the User
We go through a number of moral panics about technology — vaping in schools,porn consumption online, social media use by teens — that are boiling over right now. In each of these cases, real problems ...Show More
6) 435. Schoolwork Will Set You Free
After discussing the Council of Neo-Nicaea — but like, what if Jesus was an AI? — we then discuss an incredibly harrowing story of abusive practices at Alpha School, charter schools structured around ...Show More
7) Patreon Preview – 434. Gang Stalking Palantir
We dig into a new interview with Alex Karp as part of his ongoing Crash Out Tour and learn about the paranoid delusions of a man being sacrificed by the new pagans of a global woke religion — all whil...Show More
8) 433. How to Think About Disability (ft. Becca Monteleone)
We chat with Becca Monteleone — author of The Double Bind of Disability: How Medical Technology Shapes Bodily Authority — about the critical intersection of disability and technology. Among many thing...Show More
9) Patreon Preview – 432. Shadowbanned From Candy Crush
Fresh off the New Luddism conference and Luddite Tribunal in New York City, we talk shit about gamerism and the tough solutions required, then get into the deeply sinophobic China envy that motivates ...Show More
10) 431. How Amazon Workers are Organizing for Climate Justice (ft. Eliza Pan, Dawn)
[This episode was recorded before Amazon announced its massive layoffs.] We chat with Eliza and Dawn from the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice about their organizing campaigns and how they are hol...Show More
431. How Amazon Workers are Organizing for Climate Justice (ft. Eliza Pan, Dawn)
1:18:11 | Nov 12th, 2025