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The Machinist

The Machinist

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304 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Machinist has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 304 episodes. That works out to roughly 260 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 37 min and 1h 1m — 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-US-language Technology show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 116 episodes published. Published by The Syllabus / Listen Notes.

Episodes
304
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
51 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

A curated playlist of the best new podcasts on technology. Powered by The Syllabus. (To see the articles, books, reports and videos that are also part of the Machinist, check out our site: the-syllabus.com)

Latest Episodes

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Cory Doctorow: AI isn't Dangerous. America Is.

Sep 27, 202651 min

Why Human Control Isn't Enough in Military AI with Heidy Khlaaf

Sep 27, 202655 min

473. Tech Workers of the World, Unite (ft. JS Tan, Clarissa Redwine)

Sep 12, 20261h 28m

Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy

Sep 5, 202646 min

Our sexual desires built the internet – Mindy Seu

Aug 23, 202631 min

AI, inequality and basic income

Aug 22, 202644 min

ICE and the Architecture of Authoritarianism

Aug 1, 202646 min

Why Palantir’s data domination plot isn’t working out

Jul 25, 202631 min

The AI Arms Race

Jul 18, 202645 min

Ep 43: Posts, Digital Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence - From Global Principles to Practical Impact

Jul 11, 202624 min

FreshEd #336 – Digital Humanitarianism (Fleur Johns)

Jul 5, 202641 min

Helping schools respond to misogyny and the manosphere (ft. Professor Harriet Over)

Jul 5, 202628 min

Do Your Own Research: AI Is Not A Bubble. The Reality Is Far Worse w/ Garrison Lovely

Jul 5, 20261h 40m

Extremist Billionaires are Taking Over the Internet | Taylor Lorenz interview

Jun 20, 202649 min

It's giving incel: The evolution of internet slang

Jun 20, 202624 min

Fund Drive Special: Artificial Intelligence, the Media, and the Billionaire Class

Jun 14, 2026

E248 - Journalism in the Age of Oligarchy w/ David Sirota

Jun 7, 20261h 6m

Journalism in the Age of Techno-Kings

Jun 7, 20261h 4m

The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 1 - Planting a Flag

May 9, 202640 min

AIxMultilateralism: Why We Need Redlines for Data, with Emily Tucker

May 2, 202632 min
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