
power on / power off
A podcast about technology, people, power, and whatever else we’re in a mood about.
Episodes
5 episodes
005. 'Everyone do a data center story' with Karen Hao
For this episode, we talk to award-winning journalist Karen Hao about her path from working in the tech industry to critical tech reporting; her efforts to track down the environmental impacts of AI and data centers; her latest reporting on Mic...
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1:01:27

004. The 'Wikipedia Test' with Rebecca MacKinnon
For this episode, Wikimedia Foundation vice president and Consent of the Networked author Rebecca MacKinnon joins the podcast to dig into the public discourse on internet platforms and tech regulation, unique challenges faced by...
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1:00:17

003. Queerness, gender data, and 'bureaucracies of violence' with Ari Ezra Waldman
For this episode, law professor and Industry Unbound author Ari Ezra Waldman joins the podcast to discuss LGBTQIA+ privacy, the collection of data about sexuality and gender, and the nature of public- and private-sector b...
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Episode 3
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002. 'Surveillance all the way down' with Byron Tau
For this episode, journalist Byron Tau joins the podcast to discuss his new book "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" and the current state of commercia...
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Episode 2
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47:30

001. ChatGPT (we) wrote this pilot
Welcome to our debut episode of “Power On, Power Off,” a podcast about technology, people, power, and whatever else we’re in a mood about.In this inaugural episode (recorded two months before posting, we'll get better at this!) we focus ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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