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.
Episodes
9 episodes
“THEY CANCELLED IT”
CRAN Part 1: A conversation with founder Ben DziobekThe Climate Revolution Action Network of New Jersey has grabbed the attention of people all over the country for their huge success fighting AI data centers in the den...
"We're talking about it because the people are talking about it"
An interview with Michigan candidates Abdul El Sayed and William Lawrence. Abdul El Sayed and William Lawrence are running to represent Michigan in the Senate and House, respectively. Both have leaned in hard in their opposi...
“Everybody is blind to partisan lines:” Indiana’s unifying fight against data centers
Facing a tidal wave of AI data center development and complex corporate takeover in Indiana, residents in all corners of the state have come together to notch stunning victories against big tech. Kerwin Olson and Ben Inskeep of the
‘Ask your auntie, not AI’: How Seminole Nation permanently banned data centers
The Seminole Nation in Oklahoma has made international headlines with their unanimously passed ban on AI data centers on their lands. Indigenous organizer Ash Nicole Lamont and Mekusukey Band Representative Chebon Kernell, who introduced ...
“What about the air?”
Taylor Frazier McCollum left her job at a beauty salon in Landover, Maryland after seeing a video about a data center. She organized with her clients and neighbors to win a data center moratorium in her town. Taylor’s story of using the relatio...
“I’m in this fight because I love technology”
Kate Brennan of the AI Now Institute is a leading national expert on the rapid development of AI and data centers and a vocal advocate for regular people to have a say in emerging technology. She talks about her journey as a technology loving G...
They’ll Pave Paradise Just to Put Up a Data Center
Emily Waldron is a social worker and farmer who harvests trees to become telephone poles in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. In our discussion, we explore the home she loves and the reasons she and her neighbors of all ages have banded together...