The Contrafabulists Podcast

Welcome to the Contrafabulists podcast, Kin Lane and Audrey Watters' weekly discussion of the latest technology (and politics of technology) news. In this episode, we talk about net neutrality, content moderation, and phishing attacks. Here are the stories we referenced: "John Oliver Just Crashed the FCC's Website Over Net Neutrality...

Welcome to the Contrafabulists podcast, Kin Lane and Audrey Watters' weekly discussion of the latest technology (and politics of technology) news. In this episode, we talk about Audrey's decision to block annotations from her websites. Here are the stories we referenced: "Un-Annotated" by Audrey "Annotation is now a web standard"...

Welcome to the Contrafabulists podcast, Kin Lane and Audrey Watters' weekly discussion of the latest technology (and politics of technology) news. In this episode, we talk about predictions for the future, brain implants, expeditions to Mars, Planned Parenthood as a startup, and other technological, ideological nightmares. Rated PG because no...

Welcome to the (50th episode! of the) Contrafabulists podcast, Kin Lane and Audrey Watters' weekly discussion of the latest technology (and politics of technology) news. In this episode, we talk about data security, advertising as a "hack," psychological manipulation, and "information literacy." Warning: This episode contains cursing. Apologies. It's Audrey's...

Welcome to the Contrafabulists podcast, Kin Lane and Audrey Watters' weekly discussion of the latest technology (and politics of technology) news. In this episode, we talk about Audrey's fellowship (!!!) and Audrey's talk in Edinburgh. We also talk about how neoliberalism and libertarianism are baked into "the Silicon Valley narrative"...