porn: pretty much all of us watch it or consume it in one form or another, and it takes up a measurable % of the entire internet, but what do we really know about how it's distributed and produced? here to help is pick apart the internet's largely Montreal-based pron oligarchy is film critic and occasional porn scripter Justine Smith. also maral is around for a bit. please don't play this one in front of the young'uns.
\n\nsong at the end: the move, "feel too good"
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2019-02-19T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/456ae829-0ccd-4238-93ff-060d5e7e9727.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":47896004,"duration_in_seconds":3420}]},{"id":"36599a81-ebf7-4bb2-b49f-1518a1ba8f0e","title":"minisode 004: the woke, the horny, the sentient","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/minisode-004-the-woke-the-horny-the-sentient","content_text":"we're working on a new shcedule of alternating full- and mini-sodes for the foreseeable future, so we hope you can adjust on this decidedly more frivolous outing, simon and rob have decided to offer a taxonomy and investigation into the current darkest corner of the entire god-forsaken internet: brand twitter.\n\nsong at the end: ty segall, \"the faker\"","content_html":"we're working on a new shcedule of alternating full- and mini-sodes for the foreseeable future, so we hope you can adjust on this decidedly more frivolous outing, simon and rob have decided to offer a taxonomy and investigation into the current darkest corner of the entire god-forsaken internet: brand twitter.
\n\nsong at the end: ty segall, "the faker"
","summary":"on a pared-down quickie, simon and rob dive into the dark heart of Sentient Brand Twitter for some reason","date_published":"2019-02-14T23:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/36599a81-ebf7-4bb2-b49f-1518a1ba8f0e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":20550732,"duration_in_seconds":1467}]},{"id":"fa23ed3d-2f77-4d08-b047-b6fd207cc614","title":"episode 017: the quadriga affair","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-17-the-quadriga-affair","content_text":"maral, rob, and simon get in way over their heads in a special, nearly double-length discussion of a recent financial calamity and the conspiratorial murmurs that surround it. the HACKS initiative would very much like to apologize in advance for the fact that said discussion required us to explain bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space in detail, something we were hoping to avoid forever. we hope you'll find it was for a worthwhile cause.\n\nsong at the end: john williams, theme from \"the long goodbye\"","content_html":"maral, rob, and simon get in way over their heads in a special, nearly double-length discussion of a recent financial calamity and the conspiratorial murmurs that surround it. the HACKS initiative would very much like to apologize in advance for the fact that said discussion required us to explain bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space in detail, something we were hoping to avoid forever. we hope you'll find it was for a worthwhile cause.
\n\nsong at the end: john williams, theme from "the long goodbye"
","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2019-02-07T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/fa23ed3d-2f77-4d08-b047-b6fd207cc614.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":60070923,"duration_in_seconds":4290}]},{"id":"1ad83677-0a25-40de-93ce-fe582983dc0a","title":"episode 016: the algorithmic eldritch odyssey","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/adventures-in-youtube-horror-call-mother-tell-her-im-never-coming-home","content_text":"the HACKS initiative blodly goes where no podcast has before: deep into the dark heart of The Algorithm. specifically, we're conducting a sadistic game/experiment to find out just how youtube ticks, following a rash of recent complaints about the service spitting out some rather strange (and notably conservative and conspiratorial) material seemingly unprompted. what we discovered........shook us to our core.\n\nsong at the end: enh, we stole this from a qanon podcast who gives a shit? come get us motherfuckers, we'll be waiting on the other side of the rainbow","content_html":"the HACKS initiative blodly goes where no podcast has before: deep into the dark heart of The Algorithm. specifically, we're conducting a sadistic game/experiment to find out just how youtube ticks, following a rash of recent complaints about the service spitting out some rather strange (and notably conservative and conspiratorial) material seemingly unprompted. what we discovered........shook us to our core.
\n\nsong at the end: enh, we stole this from a qanon podcast who gives a shit? come get us motherfuckers, we'll be waiting on the other side of the rainbow
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2019-01-24T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/1ad83677-0a25-40de-93ce-fe582983dc0a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":51436031,"duration_in_seconds":3673}]},{"id":"cbffaa25-7ed5-4554-9faa-5c0a7fe84884","title":"minisode 003: banderscratch n' sniff","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/black-mirror-computers-are-bad-get-off-the-internet-kids","content_text":"it's the all-bro edition of HACKS, as maral and rosemary were both out of reach this week. so rob and simon decided to rewind to the hallowed days of several weeks ago to discuss the relative merits and import of Netflix's foray into interactive storytelling, BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH, aka \"wot if your life was a game, mate?\". \n\nsong at the end: foxing, \"gameshark\"","content_html":"it's the all-bro edition of HACKS, as maral and rosemary were both out of reach this week. so rob and simon decided to rewind to the hallowed days of several weeks ago to discuss the relative merits and import of Netflix's foray into interactive storytelling, BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH, aka "wot if your life was a game, mate?".
\n\nsong at the end: foxing, "gameshark"
","summary":"rob and simon ponder the impact and implications of netflix's foray into interactive storytelling","date_published":"2019-01-17T18:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/cbffaa25-7ed5-4554-9faa-5c0a7fe84884.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":26085984,"duration_in_seconds":1629}]},{"id":"1379152f-fa89-470c-b34e-71b898e18802","title":"episode 015: the 2020 holographic apology tour","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-015-were-sorry-were-trying-to-delete-it","content_text":"we decided that a regular prediction episode was too normal and boring and played out so we tried a different thing and we promise not to do it again next year, also we're back, also we're very sorry for this\n\nsong at the end: suuns, \"2020\"","content_html":"we decided that a regular prediction episode was too normal and boring and played out so we tried a different thing and we promise not to do it again next year, also we're back, also we're very sorry for this
\n\nsong at the end: suuns, "2020"
","summary":"in an ill-advised attempt at combining humor and prognostication, the gang looks back on 2019, the strangest year in our living memory","date_published":"2019-01-10T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/1379152f-fa89-470c-b34e-71b898e18802.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":34070993,"duration_in_seconds":2129}]},{"id":"16817173-db8b-49a2-b6a7-cff42faf90a3","title":"episode 014: islands in the stream","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-014-islands-in-the-stream","content_text":"in our last proper show of 2018, the gang (sadly maral-less) ponders just what the music and film/TV streaming economy has done to both creatives and consumers. in contention: algorthmic storytelling, the merist of Netflix's Hill House, whether the tracks at the end of a 25-track Drake album are markedly worse than those at the beginning.\n\nsong at the end: gruff rhys, \"slashed wrists this christmas\"","content_html":"in our last proper show of 2018, the gang (sadly maral-less) ponders just what the music and film/TV streaming economy has done to both creatives and consumers. in contention: algorthmic storytelling, the merist of Netflix's Hill House, whether the tracks at the end of a 25-track Drake album are markedly worse than those at the beginning.
\n\nsong at the end: gruff rhys, "slashed wrists this christmas"
","summary":"the gang ponders the impact of the streaming economy, both financially and creatively, on the artistic class.","date_published":"2018-12-21T00:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/16817173-db8b-49a2-b6a7-cff42faf90a3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":44581453,"duration_in_seconds":2785}]},{"id":"ace4a36f-13f6-4c5f-9b5e-b2d72c8397cb","title":"episode 013: you news, you lose","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-013-journalism-is-a-bad-career-choice","content_text":"after a new raft of high-profile site closures, the HACKS Institute gang, properly reassembled at last, ponders the current state of journalism On The Internet, including a recent, apparently failed attempt to bring journalism to the (shudder) blockchain, the fate of the \"pivot to video\" movement, and what the story of Gawker tells us about our current moment. also peter thiel is a literal bloodsucker who can fall in a rank ditch tbh. also also please enjoy the hilda cameo\n\nsong at the end: her space holiday, \"death of a writer\"","content_html":"after a new raft of high-profile site closures, the HACKS Institute gang, properly reassembled at last, ponders the current state of journalism On The Internet, including a recent, apparently failed attempt to bring journalism to the (shudder) blockchain, the fate of the "pivot to video" movement, and what the story of Gawker tells us about our current moment. also peter thiel is a literal bloodsucker who can fall in a rank ditch tbh. also also please enjoy the hilda cameo
\n\nsong at the end: her space holiday, "death of a writer"
","summary":"the gang ponders the role and place of journalism in the internet age. #important #vital #criticism #impactful #awards","date_published":"2018-12-07T00:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/ace4a36f-13f6-4c5f-9b5e-b2d72c8397cb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":47588325,"duration_in_seconds":2973}]},{"id":"777c8b7e-d533-4fa8-9bd3-392df2d35d92","title":"episode 012: hq2 pt. ii — the search for shatner","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-012-hq2-part-2","content_text":"a big news week demands a supersized episode, so the hacks reassemble (once again missing Rosemary, present only in digital spirit form) to properly tackle the bidding process for Amazon's HQ2, which this past week set its final \"winning\" locations as long island, virginia, as well as an extra facility in nashville. what does this expensive campaigning process mean for public-private relations in our highly neoliberalized present? which city debased themselves the most, to noo particular end? is it even possible to imagine a repurposed \"nationalized\"Amazon doing us any good? all this and less on our longest episode to date.\n\nsong at the end: the replacements, \"customer\"","content_html":"a big news week demands a supersized episode, so the hacks reassemble (once again missing Rosemary, present only in digital spirit form) to properly tackle the bidding process for Amazon's HQ2, which this past week set its final "winning" locations as long island, virginia, as well as an extra facility in nashville. what does this expensive campaigning process mean for public-private relations in our highly neoliberalized present? which city debased themselves the most, to noo particular end? is it even possible to imagine a repurposed "nationalized"Amazon doing us any good? all this and less on our longest episode to date.
\n\nsong at the end: the replacements, "customer"
","summary":"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\"","date_published":"2018-11-29T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/777c8b7e-d533-4fa8-9bd3-392df2d35d92.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":62219461,"duration_in_seconds":3888}]},{"id":"97d7e146-5148-47ef-afb8-ac4568e8d774","title":"episode 011: 23andme and you and everyone we know","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-11-23andme-and-you","content_text":"we are sadly rosemaryless this week, but we're still excited to finally tackle one of the most annoying and pervasive subjects of the modern era: that's right, it's race science baby!! well, specifically, we're taking a look at 23andme and other ancestry websites and services designed to tell you who you REALLY are. what are these companies really selling, and what are they doing with all this danged data? all this and more!\n\nsong at the end: tindersticks, \"blood\"","content_html":"we are sadly rosemaryless this week, but we're still excited to finally tackle one of the most annoying and pervasive subjects of the modern era: that's right, it's race science baby!! well, specifically, we're taking a look at 23andme and other ancestry websites and services designed to tell you who you REALLY are. what are these companies really selling, and what are they doing with all this danged data? all this and more!
\n\nsong at the end: tindersticks, "blood"
","summary":"the gang takes on 23andme, ancestry.com, their methods, and the dubious meanings ascribed to their services","date_published":"2018-11-22T08:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/97d7e146-5148-47ef-afb8-ac4568e8d774.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":45687480,"duration_in_seconds":2855}]},{"id":"2fdd9886-52cf-4d4d-8d11-8d3c6d4e4c85","title":"episode 010: future's so right I gotta wear shades","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-010-future-so-right","content_text":"the rise of neo-fascist Bolsonaro in Brazil prompted a new wave of relection on the role of major social media apps and networks in aiding and abetting the last few years of reactionary political movements around the world. to what extent is technology itself wagging the dog on this issue? the whole gang is here to try to parse it out, along with pondering how opposing sides of the political spectrum use these tools differently.\n\nsong at the end: arizona dranes, \"lamb's blood has washed me clean\"","content_html":"the rise of neo-fascist Bolsonaro in Brazil prompted a new wave of relection on the role of major social media apps and networks in aiding and abetting the last few years of reactionary political movements around the world. to what extent is technology itself wagging the dog on this issue? the whole gang is here to try to parse it out, along with pondering how opposing sides of the political spectrum use these tools differently.
\n\nsong at the end: arizona dranes, "lamb's blood has washed me clean"
","summary":"can our social media platforms be disentangled from the reactionary right? plus, a grim survey of \"alt-tech\" social media platforms...","date_published":"2018-11-08T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/2fdd9886-52cf-4d4d-8d11-8d3c6d4e4c85.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":51194726,"duration_in_seconds":3199}]},{"id":"4bf16b86-f4b7-4fb6-bbe8-b2b8e8c4ff8d","title":"minisode 002: betrayed in the hexagon (sidewalk labs pt ii)","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/minisode-002","content_text":"we decided to take a quick return to sidewalk labs (aka alphabet aka google) and their attempt to transform a chunk of toronto's aterfront into the \"city of the future.\" turns out that's also the name of their podcast, which rob and rosemary bravely tuned into....and emerged changed people. we also talk about the new measures they've announced to help with data governance, as well as a round of high-profile resignations from their tech advisory board.\n\nsong at the end: anika, \"in the city\"","content_html":"we decided to take a quick return to sidewalk labs (aka alphabet aka google) and their attempt to transform a chunk of toronto's aterfront into the "city of the future." turns out that's also the name of their podcast, which rob and rosemary bravely tuned into....and emerged changed people. we also talk about the new measures they've announced to help with data governance, as well as a round of high-profile resignations from their tech advisory board.
\n\nsong at the end: anika, "in the city"
","summary":"we return to the toronto smart city initiative and examine its new controversies, as well as its slick-but-sleepy podcast","date_published":"2018-10-26T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/4bf16b86-f4b7-4fb6-bbe8-b2b8e8c4ff8d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":20781503,"duration_in_seconds":1298}]},{"id":"78461042-3c24-493a-a825-ed81ce207b3c","title":"episode 009: blaze it pal, the weed episode 420 hell yeah bro","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-009-the-weed-special-blaze-it-420","content_text":"bro!!!! have you heard that pot is legal in canada??? we ponder the rollout and the ramifications, before moving onto our main topic: the still-illegal drugs! specifically, we dive into microdosing in tech and its class dimensions, as well as the broader phenomenon of \"consciousness hacking\" among the CEO class. and some more things.\n\nsong at the end: jolie holland, \"old fashion morphine\"","content_html":"bro!!!! have you heard that pot is legal in canada??? we ponder the rollout and the ramifications, before moving onto our main topic: the still-illegal drugs! specifically, we dive into microdosing in tech and its class dimensions, as well as the broader phenomenon of "consciousness hacking" among the CEO class. and some more things.
\n\nsong at the end: jolie holland, "old fashion morphine"
","summary":"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","date_published":"2018-10-18T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/78461042-3c24-493a-a825-ed81ce207b3c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":55505710,"duration_in_seconds":3420}]},{"id":"f471246f-0046-45a6-8a9a-8331f83332fe","title":"episode 008: lightweight jammin'","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-008-culture-jamming","content_text":"using a silly McDonald's prank as our starting point, the hacks ensemble goes off on a lot of freewheeling tangents concerning the somehow-still-running \"culture jamming\" outlet Adbusters, the alt-right, incels, what it means to try to effect change on the internet or IRL, and how mad can simon get at the west coast??\n\nthe song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, \"The Happiest Guy Around\"","content_html":"using a silly McDonald's prank as our starting point, the hacks ensemble goes off on a lot of freewheeling tangents concerning the somehow-still-running "culture jamming" outlet Adbusters, the alt-right, incels, what it means to try to effect change on the internet or IRL, and how mad can simon get at the west coast??
\n\nthe song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, "The Happiest Guy Around"
","summary":"In a very scattered but hopefully not altogether unenlightening episode, the gang ponders the properties of modern attempts at cultural disruption.","date_published":"2018-10-11T04:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/f471246f-0046-45a6-8a9a-8331f83332fe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":43404091,"duration_in_seconds":2712}]},{"id":"140a4bca-7ca4-42a3-bdfe-06331187a810","title":"episode 007: a touch too much","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-007-touch-too-much","content_text":"the gang is all back, and with a topic we have not even remotely touched on before: sex! sex! sex! in the first (and briefer) segment, we spend a little time pondering the vagaries of the internet pr0n industry and its resurgent role in the montreal economy, then move onto the main event: rob has assembled a huge lineup of \"niche\" dating apps. listen to us review this lineup with a mix of amusement and horror.\n\nsong at the end: NoMeansNo, \"Sex Mad\"","content_html":"the gang is all back, and with a topic we have not even remotely touched on before: sex! sex! sex! in the first (and briefer) segment, we spend a little time pondering the vagaries of the internet pr0n industry and its resurgent role in the montreal economy, then move onto the main event: rob has assembled a huge lineup of "niche" dating apps. listen to us review this lineup with a mix of amusement and horror.
\n\nsong at the end: NoMeansNo, "Sex Mad"
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2018-10-04T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/140a4bca-7ca4-42a3-bdfe-06331187a810.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":43675888,"duration_in_seconds":2729}]},{"id":"90d5b0fd-f454-4c24-9bc7-3dc0531d7691","title":"minisode 001: eine klein nachtmusik","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/minisode-001","content_text":"We didn't have time to do a full court press this week, so a slightly diminished gang quickly assembled to dive deep on a narrowed topic (or at least that was the plan). On our first \"minisode\", Rob, Simon and Rosemary tackle the polite centrism of Ezra Klein and the \"solutionism\" a specific tweet of his describes. We touch on labour laws/organizing, Nike's image rehabilitation, union busting, and more.","content_html":"We didn't have time to do a full court press this week, so a slightly diminished gang quickly assembled to dive deep on a narrowed topic (or at least that was the plan). On our first "minisode", Rob, Simon and Rosemary tackle the polite centrism of Ezra Klein and the "solutionism" a specific tweet of his describes. We touch on labour laws/organizing, Nike's image rehabilitation, union busting, and more.
","summary":"On a quick stopgap episode, we ponder \"tech centrism\" aka \"solutionism\" and the myth of Silicon Valley as the land of solutions.","date_published":"2018-09-27T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/90d5b0fd-f454-4c24-9bc7-3dc0531d7691.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":19166569,"duration_in_seconds":1197}]},{"id":"5fed3398-fec0-408d-8d46-64023393c2b0","title":"episode 006: rehash power","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-006-rehash-power","content_text":"blame simon the birthday bitch, as well as a wide variety of behind-the-scenes recording issues, for the late appearance this week. after our traumatically maral-less outing last week, the gang reassembles properly for a free-flowing conversation about the ecological impacts of disruptive technologies, the decline of the species, and other super-fun topics. this was a nightmare to edit so you dross all better enjoy it.\n\nmusic: com truise","content_html":"blame simon the birthday bitch, as well as a wide variety of behind-the-scenes recording issues, for the late appearance this week. after our traumatically maral-less outing last week, the gang reassembles properly for a free-flowing conversation about the ecological impacts of disruptive technologies, the decline of the species, and other super-fun topics. this was a nightmare to edit so you dross all better enjoy it.
\n\nmusic: com truise
","summary":"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!)","date_published":"2018-09-23T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/5fed3398-fec0-408d-8d46-64023393c2b0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":46286854,"duration_in_seconds":2892}]},{"id":"b3fc82cf-0b8d-452a-84f5-9dc98544cb97","title":"episode 005: disorder of the triad","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/musk-holmes-mcafee-danger-zone","content_text":"with the hacks shorthanded for the first time, they decide to once again go after low-hanging fruit in search of sweet, sweet #content - this time by investing a trio of embattled tech giants. Rosemary brings us the tale of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Rob braves the entire Joe Rogan/Elon Musk encounter (and emerges a changed man), while Simon chronicles the (alleged) crimes of antivirus pioneer and Libertarian presidential hopeful John Mcafee. and then we try to decide what, if anything, we've learned.\n\nsong: Liflike/Popular Computer: \"Getting High\" (Remix)\nclips from Mad Money, Gringo and The Joe Rogan Brosperience","content_html":"with the hacks shorthanded for the first time, they decide to once again go after low-hanging fruit in search of sweet, sweet #content - this time by investing a trio of embattled tech giants. Rosemary brings us the tale of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Rob braves the entire Joe Rogan/Elon Musk encounter (and emerges a changed man), while Simon chronicles the (alleged) crimes of antivirus pioneer and Libertarian presidential hopeful John Mcafee. and then we try to decide what, if anything, we've learned.
\n\nsong: Liflike/Popular Computer: "Getting High" (Remix)
\nclips from Mad Money, Gringo and The Joe Rogan Brosperience
here at the HACKS initiative, if there's one thing we love, it's our cops! but sometimes they do things that freak us out a bit, like when they adopt "pre-crime" measures and surveil us without our knowledge or consent. we take a quick look at two new-ish technologies that aim to do both of those things, as well as diving into the recent controversy that struck the open source dev community when some developers took issue with Microsoft's dalliance with the US's Immigrations Customs and Enforcement division, better known as ICE.
\n\nI'm sorry about all the editing jokes.
\n\nthe TIME story on shotspotter: http://time.com/4951192/shots-fired-shotspotter/
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\n\nhq2 critic Bianca Wylie on Medium: https://medium.com/@biancawylie
\n\nthe song at the end is "tech bro" by Childbirth
","summary":"simon and rosemary go on a field trip and the Initiative measures the value of \"smart cities\" and a potential new Amazon headquarters.","date_published":"2018-08-30T15:15:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/d203a057-08fd-4a9e-848b-7cfd092fe201.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":41894745,"duration_in_seconds":2618}]},{"id":"502d0ea1-bd0c-45ad-9f45-29bcbd89e6ff","title":"episode 002: spooky action at the multiplex","url":"https://www.hacks.fm/episode-2-spooky-action-at-the-multiplex","content_text":"already scraping the very bottom of the content barrel only two weeks in, the gang takes a look at Unfriended: Dark Web, the latest attempt to make the movie internet scarier than the real internet. also, the Initiative looks at what went wrong with everyone's favorite money pit / excuse to camp out at the movies all day every day, MoviePass.\n\nlinks:\n[nick pinkerton's excellent review of the movie for reverse shot](www.reverseshot.org/reviews/entry/2452/unfriended_dark_web)\nNYT: the entire economy is moviepass now\n\nmusic:\nzomes - mushroom in the mirror\ncom truise - open","content_html":"already scraping the very bottom of the content barrel only two weeks in, the gang takes a look at Unfriended: Dark Web, the latest attempt to make the movie internet scarier than the real internet. also, the Initiative looks at what went wrong with everyone's favorite money pit / excuse to camp out at the movies all day every day, MoviePass.
\n\nlinks:
\n[nick pinkerton's excellent review of the movie for reverse shot](www.reverseshot.org/reviews/entry/2452/unfriended_dark_web)
\nNYT: the entire economy is moviepass now
music:
\nzomes - mushroom in the mirror
\ncom truise - open
in our first episode, the gang ponders the promise and mission of Wealthsimple, the robo-advisor company selling you "ethical investing" without the pesky need to talk to actual humans, and whose spiffy ads recruit errol morris, various celebrities, and a seven-year old. we also pitch our counter-app and lay out the HACKS initiative's own mission.
","summary":"on wealthsimple, \"ethical investing,\" and weaponizing errol morris.","date_published":"2018-08-16T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/1e0c640f-1625-4fa2-9a38-b9d03ffa9895/755e91c3-453c-4ae9-afae-cd8877df9c44.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":37785599,"duration_in_seconds":2361}]}]}