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Tech Wont Save Us
365 episodes · by Paris Marx
About Tech Wont Save Us
Tech Wont Save Us is a podcast with 365 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them. Tech Won’t Save Us challenges the notion that tech alone can drive our world forward by showing that separating tech from politics has consequences for us all, especially the most vulnerable. It’s not your usual tech podcast. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Tech Wont Save Us and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Tech Wont Save Us
James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries Dark Matter and Particle Cosmology Space as Public Good vs. Privatized Infrastructure Capitalism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Space Funding, Basic Science, and Political Priorities Decolonial and Indigenous Approaches to Space Modi's Centralization and Hindu Nationalism Technology as Amplifier of Political Projects
Notable Guests on Tech Wont Save Us
Recent Episodes
Brazil’s Data Center Boom is Enabled by Renewables Firms w/ Laís Martins — October 08, 2026The AI Buildout is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry w/ Ketan Joshi — October 01, 2026Data Vampires Redux: Fighting for Control (Episode 4) — September 24, 2026Data Vampires Redux: Sacrificing for AI (Episode 3) — September 17, 2026Data Vampires Redux: Opposing Data Centers (Episode 2) — September 10, 2026Data Vampires Redux: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1) — September 03, 2026How Mass Layoffs Changed Working in Tech w/ Clarissa Redwine & JS Tan — August 27, 2026Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy w/ Gil Durán — August 20, 2026Government is Putting AI Before People and the Planet w/ Matt Haugen — August 13, 2026Shopify’s Leaders Are Pushing Right-Wing Politics in Canada w/ Rachel Gilmore — August 06, 2026How Cloud Giants Wield Their Power Against Us All w/ Cecilia Rikap — July 30, 2026Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI w/ Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina — July 23, 2026Tech Refusal Has a Very Long History w/ Thomas Dekeyser — July 16, 2026The AI Industry Is Spending Big on the US Midterms w/ Molly White — July 09, 2026The RAM Crisis is Coming for All Your Tech w/ Chris Person — July 02, 2026Data Center Opposition is Uniting Communities w/ Saul Levin — June 25, 2026Canada’s Government is Rushing AI Adoption w/ Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood — June 18, 2026Silicon Valley Is Turning Nurses Into Gig Workers w/ Katie J. Wells — June 11, 2026The SpaceX IPO Gives Elon Musk Even More Power w/ Sean O’Kane — June 04, 2026Do Chatbots Really Belong in Schools? w/ Tom Mullaney — May 28, 2026Prediction Markets Want to Financialize Everything w/ Jathan Sadowski — May 21, 2026The UK Government’s AI Obsession is a Big Risk w/ Will Dunn — May 14, 2026Muskism is the New Fordism w/ Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian — May 07, 2026Tim Cook’s Real Legacy at Apple w/ Brian Merchant — April 30, 2026The Problem with "CEO Said a Thing" Journalism w/ Karl Bode — April 23, 2026Cybertrucks Are a Safety Disaster w/ Dara Kerr — April 16, 2026Take A Break From The Feed w/ Amanda Mull — April 09, 2026Why Iran is Attacking Data Centers w/ Sam Biddle — April 02, 2026The Long History of the US War on Iran w/ Spencer Ackerman — March 26, 2026Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Ed Niedermeyer — March 19, 2026The Left Doesn’t Hate Technology w/ Gita Jackson — March 12, 2026Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Tim Schwab — March 05, 2026The Luddite Club is For Everyone w/ Amanda Hanna-McLeer & Lucy Jackson — February 26, 2026What’s Driving the Push For Humanoid Robots w/ James Vincent — February 19, 2026The Green Transition Needs So Much Mining w/ Thea Riofrancos — February 12, 2026Netflix Buying Warner Would Be a Disaster w/ AS Hamrah — February 05, 2026Elon Musk Profits Off Non-Consensual Deepfakes w/ Kat Tenbarge — January 29, 2026Bring Back Meddling With Tech Hardware w/ Chris Person — January 22, 2026Reimagining Our Relationship with Digital Tech w/ Paris Marx — January 15, 2026We All Suffer from OpenAI’s Pursuit of Scale w/ Karen Hao [Replay] — January 08, 2026How Spotify Remade the Music Industry w/ Liz Pelly [Replay] — January 01, 2026The Year in Tech w/ Jathan Sadowski & Brian Merchant — December 24, 2025How Effective is Australia’s Social Media Age Limit? w/ Cam Wilson — December 18, 2025Europe’s Subservience to the United States w/ Ben Wray — December 11, 2025Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz — December 04, 2025Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi — November 27, 2025Peter Thiel is the Real Antichrist w/ Gil Duran — November 20, 2025Saudi Arabia is Using Games to Improve Its Image w/ Nathan Grayson — November 13, 2025Why We Need a War on Cars w/ Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear — November 06, 2025We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start. — October 30, 2025
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