rosemary
Co-Host of HACKS | a tech podcast
rosemary has hosted 15 Episodes.
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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 014: islands in the stream
December 21st, 2018 | 46 mins 25 secs
movie magic, netflix, podcast, spotify, streaming, wot if your computer could play you a song
the gang ponders the impact of the streaming economy, both financially and creatively, on the artistic class.
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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 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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minisode 002: betrayed in the hexagon (sidewalk labs pt ii)
October 26th, 2018 | 21 mins 38 secs
alphabet, asphalt, google, pavement, sidewalk labs, smart cities, which shape is the strongest?
we return to the toronto smart city initiative and examine its new controversies, as well as its slick-but-sleepy podcast
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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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minisode 001: eine klein nachtmusik
September 27th, 2018 | 19 mins 57 secs
amazon, nike, podcast, politics, silicon valley, tech
On a quick stopgap episode, we ponder "tech centrism" aka "solutionism" and the myth of Silicon Valley as the land of solutions.
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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 005: disorder of the triad
September 13th, 2018 | 47 mins 11 secs
elizabeth holmes, elon musk, joe rogan, john mcafee, podcast, tech, tesla, theranos
once again we debase ourselves, this time by engaging with tech celebrities in the dim hopes of piggybacking off of their notoriety. look, it's a hustle out there
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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.