maral
Co-Host of HACKS | a tech podcast
Photo credit: Dr. Konstantin Zahariev
maral has hosted 16 Episodes.
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episode 018: incognito sicko mode (ft. justine smith)
February 19th, 2019 | 57 mins
adult entertainment, funny pictures, n00dity, podcast, pr0n, secks work, skin
the HACKS institute opens its doors to its first guest, Justine Smith, who helps us get the lay of the land when it comes to the internet pr0n industry.
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episode 017: the quadriga affair
February 7th, 2019 | 1 hr 11 mins
bitcoin, cryptocurrency, innocence, it's illegal to sue podcasters, quadriga, scams, schroedinger, true crime
in which we "playfully" skirt libel laws and plain old ethics in order to dig into a deeply strange recent case of financial calamity in the cryptocurrency sphere.
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episode 016: the algorithmic eldritch odyssey
January 24th, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
ben shapiro, fascism, food is bae, horrors beyond belief, pranks, qanon, the storm, thomas the tank engine, time travel, treats, youtube
what do thomas the tank engine, QAnon, ben shapiro, fancy desserts, """fun pranks"", time travel, ghosts, and the secret service have in common? you'll wish you never found out.
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episode 015: the 2020 holographic apology tour
January 10th, 2019 | 35 mins 29 secs
apparently we're humorists now, futurism, podcast, politics, profit, technology
in an ill-advised attempt at combining humor and prognostication, the gang looks back on 2019, the strangest year in our living memory
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episode 013: you news, you lose
December 7th, 2018 | 49 mins 33 secs
hashtags, important, journalism, much impact, podcast, pulitzer prize, very serious, writers
the gang ponders the role and place of journalism in the internet age. #important #vital #criticism #impactful #awards
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episode 012: hq2 pt. ii — the search for shatner
November 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 4 mins
amazon, failed thought experiments, hq2, jeff bezos, more like jeff bozos am i right, nerd shit, oppression olympics, urban planning
we return to the amazon well to ponder the specifics of both the winning and losing bids, before wondering what people are after when they talk about "nationalizing amazon"
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episode 011: 23andme and you and everyone we know
November 22nd, 2018 | 47 mins 35 secs
23andme, ancestry, blood blood blood, elizabeth warren, podcast, race science, skulls skulls skulls
the gang takes on 23andme, ancestry.com, their methods, and the dubious meanings ascribed to their services
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episode 010: future's so right I gotta wear shades
November 8th, 2018 | 53 mins 19 secs
alt right, cats, class war, fascism, guillotines, podcast, social media
can our social media platforms be disentangled from the reactionary right? plus, a grim survey of "alt-tech" social media platforms...
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episode 009: blaze it pal, the weed episode 420 hell yeah bro
October 18th, 2018 | 57 mins
alcohol, ecstasy, lsd, marijuana, nicotine, podcast, pot, tech, valium, vicodin, weed
in honor of pot legalization (in canada), the gang takes a sightly supersized look at the the new law's implications, as well as the culture of microdosing in tech
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episode 008: lightweight jammin'
October 11th, 2018 | 45 mins 12 secs
adbusters, culture jamming, podcast, politics, tech, telephone poles
In a very scattered but hopefully not altogether unenlightening episode, the gang ponders the properties of modern attempts at cultural disruption.
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episode 007: a touch too much
October 4th, 2018 | 45 mins 29 secs
dating apps, ethics, podcast, politics, realdolls, tech
we touch on some of the peculiarities of the internet pr0n industry, before taking a deep dive into a (very) wide variety of niche dating apps.
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episode 006: rehash power
September 23rd, 2018 | 48 mins 12 secs
bitcoin, capitalism, ethics, greenwashing, podcast, the rim
maral rejoins us for a wide/free-ranging discussion about sustainability, b*tc**n, and the inevitable death of our species (and other fun subjects!)
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episode 004: cops and LAN go hand in hand
September 6th, 2018 | 47 mins 8 secs
bofa, law enforcement, technology, waving the black flag
two recent examples of local police departments going buck wild with new technologies, and we tackle the open source community's relationship with ICE.
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episode 003: shade runner 2018
August 30th, 2018 | 43 mins 38 secs
alphabet, amazon, childbirth, google, hq2, podcast, savory snacks, sidewalk labs
simon and rosemary go on a field trip and the Initiative measures the value of "smart cities" and a potential new Amazon headquarters.
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episode 002: spooky action at the multiplex
August 23rd, 2018 | 44 mins 5 secs
gotti, innovation, morons, moviepass, spookytimes, unfriended dark web
scanning for signs of digital meaning in UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB and the life and (probable) death of MoviePass, the app that was too good to live
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episode 001: welcome to the interrortron
August 16th, 2018 | 39 mins 21 secs
anarchy, cats, documentary, investing, robo-advisors, technology, wealthsimple
on wealthsimple, "ethical investing," and weaponizing errol morris.