The Hum
The Hum is a podcast hosted by Saul Levin about who controls the future, featuring interviews with people fighting the march of AI and data centers into every aspect of our lives.
The show is created in partnership with Rowhome Productions.
The Hum
Latest Episodes
“This ton of bricks just fell on us and we do our best”
When Maryland’s governor failed to act on data centers, residents took matters into their own hands. Melissa Emmal of Calvert County, MD and Mike Tidwell of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network talk about how Marylanders were able to win morat...
The Hum Live in Brooklyn at Climate Week
Key elected officials Davante Lewis (Louisiana), Peter Hubbard (Georgia), and Emily Gallagher (New York) chat with Saul live about the challenges, pressures, and opportunities of public service amidst the rapid pace, widespread corruption and s...
"There's no adult in this room"
Data centers can’t be understood without looking beyond borders - not a single US AI data center is made entirely with American parts and labor. Former US Trade Representative and member of the Biden cabinet Katherine Tai and leading national t...
“Everybody should be filing FOIAS”
University of Michigan PhD student Nathan Kim talks about how he and other students discovered that their university’s proposed AI data center was being built to make weapons of war, how they’re fighting back, and the overlaps with his research...
“Children of the Forest Unite”
In Bastrop Texas, 8-year-old twins Oslo and Ivan organized a march against a proposed data center near their school. The twins and their mom Holly call in from their farm to talk about how the poster Oslo drew and put up inspired 100 people to ...
