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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Leopoldo López
Venezuelan democracy activist, co-founder of the World Liberty Congress
World Liberty Congress
Episode: Building A Freedom Infrastructure in the Age of Networked Control
David Waddington
Author of The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games
McGill-Queen's University Press
Episode: David I. Waddington, "The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)
Daniel Gardner
Author of Thresholds of Digital Gameplay, discusses interfaces and infrastructures shaping modern gameplay
Robert Gordon University (speaker on book)
Episode: Daniel L. Gardner, "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press, 2025)
Stefan Höltgen
Co-editor of C64 or C64, Past, Present, and Future of a Home Computer, in the Computer Archaeology Series
University of Bonn (co-editor role noted)
Episode: Stefan Höltgen et al., "Commodore 64: Past, Present, and Future of a Home Computer" (Projekt Verlag, 2026)
Soraya Murray
Professor in Film and Digital Media, UC Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Episode: Soraya Murray, "Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination" (MIT Press, 2026)
Alexis Cruz
Founding partner at Enough Consulting; strategist at the intersection of technology and geopolitics; former Meta governance adviser
Enough Consulting; formerly Meta
Episode: The Emerging Anocracy: AI, Tech Oligarchs, and the Future of Democracy with Alexis Cruz
Ali Fard
Author, Assistant Professor of Architecture
University of Virginia
Episode: Ali Fard, "Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)
Kate Dommett
Professor of Digital Politics at the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
Episode: Campaigning, Parties and the Digital in Contemporary Politics
Matthew Gray
Senior Advisor to the United Nations
United Nations
Episode: Chinese EVs: From Nordic Streets to Central Asian Hubs

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Gregory McNiff
Host associated with New Books Network, often leading interview segments and book-focused discussions.

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Soraya Murray, "Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination" (MIT Press, 2026)
Q: What makes film a special object for studying technothrillers compared with other media?
She argues that film's accessible, popular nature and its ability to encode social anxieties about technology make it an especially rich site for analysis.
Soraya Murray, "Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination" (MIT Press, 2026)
Q: How did the book come about and what is its overarching aim?
She discusses the genesis of Technothriller, its connection to an undergraduate course, and how the genre became a lens to discuss gender, race, class, and American-ness in relation to technology.
Soraya Murray, "Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination" (MIT Press, 2026)
Q: Could you introduce yourself and describe your research focus?
Soraya explains her background in the history of art and visual culture and how she studies the influence of visual media on our understanding of technology, society, and identity.
Daniel L. Gardner, "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press, 2025)
Q: To begin, could you briefly introduce yourself and your research background? What drew you to the often overlooked interfaces, interactions, and equalities on the edges of gameplay?
Daniel Gardner describes his mixed background in HCI, STS, and anthropology, with a focus on the peripheral yet influential interfaces that frame gameplay, from initialization and menus to platform governance and data practices.
Building A Freedom Infrastructure in the Age of Networked Control
Q: What are the concrete technological challenges activists face, and how is the World Liberty Congress addressing them?
Key challenges include moving resources securely, communicating safely via encrypted channels, and ensuring access even when traditional networks are down or censored. The World Liberty Congress addresses this through their Technology for Freedom program, which connects technologists with movement leaders to develop practical tools like mesh networks (Bit Chat) and locally hosted AI agents, enabling movements to operate with greater resilience and privacy.

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Across episodes, conversations center on how technology, society, and culture intersect, with deep dives into artificial intelligence, language learning in social platforms, corporate power and governance, media ecosystems, and the legal/regulatory framework surrounding the internet. Guests range from book authors and researchers to policy thinkers, exploring how emerging tech reshapes work, education, governance, and everyday life. Noteworthy threads include careful, scholarly analyses of AI's trajectory, the anatomy of platform power, reparative and community-based media, and the ethics of AI in libraries, museums, and GLAM institutions. The show often pairs rigorous, idea-driven inquiry with accessible storytelling, making it useful for ... more

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