HACKS | a tech podcast
doggedly zeroing in on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture
Displaying all 5 Episode of HACKS | a tech podcast with the tag “tech”.
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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 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