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Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast

Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast

Activists of Tech

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Show overview

Activists Of Tech — The responsible tech podcast has been publishing since 2023, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 36 episodes. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 31 min and 44 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.

There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 6 months ago. The busiest year was 2024, with 22 episodes published. Published by Activists of Tech.

Episodes
36
Running
2023–2025 · 2y
Median length
35 min
Cadence
Monthly

From the publisher

Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to Responsible Tech by sharing & archiving the work of change makers.At the intersection of technology and social justice, Activists Of Tech is a seasonal weekly podcast dedicated to the amplification and archival of minority voices among activists, thought leaders, academics, and practitioners of responsible tech. Shifting the narrative from Big Tech to responsible tech takes honesty: this is a "say it as it is" type of podcast, and no topic is too taboo not to be named and addressed.The topics covered encompass a variety of responsible tech areas and focus on social justice, AI harm, AI bias, AI regulation and advocacy, minorities in tech, gender equality, tech and democracy, social media, and algorithmic recommendations, to name a few. We also talk about solutions and how to make tech inclusive and beneficial for all.

Latest Episodes

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Democratic governance of technology: myth or reality ? With Dr Mar Hicks from the University of Virginia School of Data Science

Nov 3, 202527 min

The TESCREAL to fascism pipeline with Adrienne Williams from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Oct 7, 202532 min

Back to basics: Technofascism 101 with Emile Dirks from the Citizen Lab

Sep 16, 202528 min

The datafication of refugees: humanitarian agencies & biometrics with Zara Rahman from the Superrr Lab

Feb 18, 202535 min

Mapping for justice: from cartography to GIS, with Cathy Richards from the Open Environmental Data Project

Feb 7, 202537 min

How MyBranz fights fake online reviews to save the planet — and your wallet with Janani Kumar, Founder of MyBranz

Jan 31, 202523 min

Quit Clicking Kids: protecting child influencers through policy with Chris McCarty, founder of Quit Clicking Kids

Jan 24, 202529 min

How existing safety mitigation safeguards fail in LLMs with Khaoula Chehbouni, PhD Researcher at McGill and MILA

Jan 17, 202537 min

Privacy under attack: how the Tor Project fights digital surveillance, with Raya S. & Pavel Zoneff

Jan 10, 202534 min

Queer Arab History, social media, and representation with Marwan Kaabour from Takweer

Dec 17, 202428 min

History of tech, power relations, & archiving for social justice with Dr Jeffrey Yost from the Charles Babbage Institute

Dec 3, 202441 min

Rethinking AI through Indigenous culture with Dane Malenfant from McGill University & MILA

Nov 26, 202432 min

Online education, AI Ethics, & a vision for global learning with Kadian Davis-Owusu from TeachSomebody

Nov 19, 202434 min

Hope & imagining a better world with B Cavello from the Aspen Institute

Nov 12, 202434 min

Expanding access to art using technology with Colin Clark

Nov 5, 202455 min

No voice unheard: Making digital archives inclusive with Valerie Love from the National Library of New Zealand

Oct 29, 202441 min

Leveraging AI for Justice in Nigeria and beyond with Nelson Olanipekun from Citizens' Gavel

Oct 22, 202422 min

Surveillance in the Bay Area and beyond with Nidhi Sinha

Oct 15, 202431 min

AI powered K-12 education fiasco with Shana V. White from the Kapor Center

Oct 8, 202443 min

How to fix the patriartech with Mia Shah-Dand, founder of Women in AI ethics

Oct 1, 202449 min
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