This is the first of a two-part interview with Audrey Tang, Digital Minister of Taiwan. We discuss Taiwan’s 2014 Sunflower Student Movement, which marked the first time the country’s legislature has been occupied by citizens,…

Jul 31, 11:05 AM This is the pilot episode of a new format in which Jamie discusses the news with invited patrons and guests. This is the pilot episode of a new format in which…

In this episode we meet Sean Tilley (aka @deadsuperhero) of We Distribute (and formerly the Diaspora project) to discuss: early days at Diaspora, the first Facebook alternative to really reach critical mass; the steady rise…

This is the second part of a two-part interview with Tim Tayshun, bitcoin entrepreneur and activist, who dedicated himself to exposing the crypto ponzi scheme, OneCoin. We discuss: how the internet changed the business of…

In this episode we meet Josephine Wolff, author of a new book on financial and economic cybercrime, You’ll See This Message When It Is Too Late. We discuss two important case studies from the book….

In this episode author Cory Doctorow discusses three stories from his new collection, Radicalized. We discuss: the perils of DRM, and becoming dependent on manufacturers — from printers, to toasters and beyond — and how…

In this episode, I consider the inter-state struggle over 5G, the rollout of which will create a new global surveillance surface. Who will control this massive new opportunity to surveil the world’s data? If China…

First part of a two-part interview in which Tim Tayshun (AKA Tim Curry) of BlockchainBTM discusses taking on OneCoin, the massive crypto Ponzi scheme responsible for bilking investors out of $4.6bn dollars. We discuss: how…