web02.fireside.fm Sat, 16 May 2026 01:39:59 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) HACKS | a tech podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Politics” https://www.hacks.fm/tags/politics Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0500 here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? en-us episodic doggedly zeroing in on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture simon/maral/robert/rosemary here at the HACKS Initiative we ask the questions everyone else is too shook to: what is technology? why is everything so bad? what's my passphrase again? how do I get the header image to work? is the NSA agent watching me through my webcam my friend? yes technology, politics, leftism, cats, pop culture, dumbasses, cryptocurrency simon/maral/robert/rosemary suckerblues@gmail.com episode 015: the 2020 holographic apology tour https://www.hacks.fm/episode-015-were-sorry-were-trying-to-delete-it 1379152f-fa89-470c-b34e-71b898e18802 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0500 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary in an ill-advised attempt at combining humor and prognostication, the gang looks back on 2019, the strangest year in our living memory 35:29 yes <p>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</p> <p>song at the end: suuns, "2020" </p> try standup why don't you, futurism, technology, politics, profit, podcast 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

song at the end: suuns, "2020"

]]> 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

song at the end: suuns, "2020"

]]> episode 008: lightweight jammin' https://www.hacks.fm/episode-008-culture-jamming f471246f-0046-45a6-8a9a-8331f83332fe Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary In a very scattered but hopefully not altogether unenlightening episode, the gang ponders the properties of modern attempts at cultural disruption. 45:12 yes <p>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??</p> <p>the song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, "The Happiest Guy Around" </p> culture jamming, tech, politics, adbusters, telephone poles, podcast 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??

the song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, "The Happiest Guy Around"

]]> 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??

the song at the end is Tropical Fuck Storm, "The Happiest Guy Around"

]]> episode 007: a touch too much https://www.hacks.fm/episode-007-touch-too-much 140a4bca-7ca4-42a3-bdfe-06331187a810 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 21:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary 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. 45:29 yes <p>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.</p> <p>song at the end: NoMeansNo, "Sex Mad" </p> dating apps, podcast, tech, politics, ethics, realdolls 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.

song at the end: NoMeansNo, "Sex Mad"

]]> 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.

song at the end: NoMeansNo, "Sex Mad"

]]> minisode 001: eine klein nachtmusik https://www.hacks.fm/minisode-001 90d5b0fd-f454-4c24-9bc7-3dc0531d7691 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:00:00 -0400 simon/maral/robert/rosemary full simon/maral/robert/rosemary On a quick stopgap episode, we ponder "tech centrism" aka "solutionism" and the myth of Silicon Valley as the land of solutions. 19:57 yes <p>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. </p> silicon valley, tech, podcast, politics 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.

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