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Dystopia Now

Kate Willett and Emile Torres

Dystopia Now is a show where a comedian (Kate Willett) and an academic (Emile Torres) explore the philosophies and religions of Silicon Valley and tech billionaires shaping our country, our world, and our future.

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75 episodes

  1. Criti-hype and Consciousness (ft. Dr. Alexander Thomas) 1:08:30
  2. "Empire of Orgasm" with Ellen Huet 44:21
  3. AI Safety Hits the Mainstream 48:20
  4. The Heir to SBF: Leopold Aschenbrenner and the collapse of Situational Awareness ft. Mary Houlihan 1:01:45
  5. Medical Skepticism & More with Alaina Bamfield 48:35
  6. Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs: Cory Doctorow on How Tech Platforms Took Over the Economy 52:40
  7. Technology and Palestinian Liberation with Stanford SJP 43:25
  8. Bickering Over Galaxies: "AI 2040" and the Pursuit of Cosmic Utopia 1:01:09
  9. UNLOCKED: Surveillance Pricing with Zephyr Teachout 59:13
  10. Why Life on Mars Would Probably Suck 51:50
  11. Protopia Futures (ft. Monika Bielskyte) 1:02:12
  12. Pope Leo's Anti-AI Encyclical 39:52
  13. An Independent for Nebraska (ft. Austin Ahlman) 48:31
  14. Florida Man Runs for Congress as a Democratic Socialist (ft. Oliver Larkin) 48:35
  15. PATREON PREVIEW: Surveillance Pricing with Zephyr Teachout 11:28
  16. Of Dawkins and Data Centers 1:05:28
  17. Altman Attack: What is Violence? 40:31
  18. From Fordism to Muskism with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff 53:59
  19. The AI Con with Alex Hanna and Emily Bender 48:51
  20. Big Tech is Watching You with Taylor Lorenz 1:05:57
  21. Understanding the U.S. Blockade on Cuba with David Ramírez Álvarez 55:08
  22. The Ethics of Human Extinction Part 1 56:27
  23. Data Centers in My Backyard with Dylan Gyauch-Lewis 1:03:13
  24. Gilded Rage with Jacob Silverman 1:10:03
  25. The Unabomber 1:14:11
  26. Four Companies, Under AGI 59:38
  27. LARPing into Authoritarianism with Dr. Alexander Thomas 1:00:54
  28. How Tech Bros are Innovating Imperialism 56:50
  29. The Distant Future: 2025 Expectations versus Reality 1:20:30
  30. Epstein Part 2: Transhumanism & Eugenics with Keira Havens 1:01:40
  31. Epstein Part 1: Chomsky Struggle Session 55:32
  32. Escaping Effective Altruism 1:04:15
  33. Algospeak, Vibes, and Post-Rats with Adam Aleksic (Etymology Nerd) 50:41
  34. Fan Fic at the End of the World 1:00:57
  35. How Tech Billionaires Bought the Narrative with Eoin Higgins 51:55
  36. Is Saving Shrimps Effective Altruism? w/ Guest Comedian Josh Gondelman 1:08:19
  37. Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures 52:28
  38. Bryan Johnson, Mortal 1:02:40
  39. The Astroturf Agenda with Dean Preston 46:09
  40. My BF is AI 47:17
  41. Patreon Preview: The Vox Writer w/ Eugenics Fanfic (Effective Altruism in Media) 1:19
  42. UNLOCKED: Zizians Part 1- A Cult Within a Cult 48:48
  43. PATREON PREVIEW: Listener Q and A 12:56
  44. "These F*cking People" with Adam Becker 56:46
  45. PATREON PREVIEW: The Extropians 5:21
  46. Simone and Malcolm Collins: TESCREAL Parents 1:09:46
  47. PATREON PREVIEW: The Zizians Part 3: The Murder Spree 0:59
  48. Mark Zuckerberg: Bunker Boy 59:43
  49. Tech and Hasbara 54:13
  50. Mind Uploading and Life Extension 1:04:12