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Synthetic Society

Synthetic Society explores our future technological society, with each episode featuring interviews with leading experts, political figures, and entrepreneurs, discussing and teaching us about complex... Read more

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The Open Internet Closes

The Open Internet Closes

This week Tom Ascott talks to Max Beverton-Palmer, Director at the Internet Policy Unit at Tony Blair Institute for Glob... Read more

1 Jul 2022

51mins

Ranked #2

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Toxic Femininity

Toxic Femininity

Welcome back to Season Two of Synthetic Society! To kick us off host Tom Ascott speaks with Nona Willis Aronowitz about ... Read more

24 Jun 2022

48mins

Ranked #3

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Colonialism, Connected

Colonialism, Connected

Kerryn Gammie and Tom Ascott discuss how archaic, colonial power structures have survived and turned into neo-colonialis... Read more

22 Oct 2021

57mins

Ranked #4

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Instagram Insurrection

Instagram Insurrection

Ben Decker, Founder and CEO of Memetica, talks to host Tom Ascott about the perils of misinformation on social media, if... Read more

8 Oct 2021

56mins

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Ranked #5

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Diversity Equals Resilience For NATO

Diversity Equals Resilience For NATO

Tom Ascott speaks to Giedrimas Jeglinskas, NATO Assistant Secretary General, and former Vice-Minister of Defence of Lith... Read more

1 Oct 2021

49mins

Ranked #6

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India's Innovative Data Unions

India's Innovative Data Unions

Can we make our data stronger, safer, and more secure by pooling it together? This week Tom Ascott speaks to Astha Kapoo... Read more

17 Sep 2021

41mins

Ranked #7

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Time For The Timeline

Time For The Timeline

What is time? This week Tom talks to Emily Thomas, a philosopher of time and travel, about how time and technology inter... Read more

10 Sep 2021

45mins

Ranked #8

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Robot-Tinted Glasses

Robot-Tinted Glasses

This week Tom explores how robotics and AI is changing our moral beliefs and practices with John Danaher. John is a ... Read more

3 Sep 2021

1hr

Ranked #9

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For the Needs of Society

For the Needs of Society

This episode Tom speaks to Areeq Chowdhury, the founder and director of WebRoots Democracy. WebRoots was a think tank fo... Read more

13 Aug 2021

38mins

Ranked #10

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Behave Yourself!

Behave Yourself!

As the ways in which we can interact virtually increase, so do the ways that we can become victims of harassment. In vid... Read more

6 Aug 2021

45mins

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