The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan
Mél HoganHi everyone, my name is Mél Hogan and I’m a critical media studies scholar based in Canada. I’m working on a project called The Data Fix through a series of conversations with scholars, thinkers, and feelers. Together we explore the significance of living in a world of data, and especially the growing trend of “digital humans” in the form of chatbots, holograms, deepfakes, ai images and videos, an... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 81 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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In this episode with Dan McQuillan, we discussed the current AI moment as/within the polycrisis, and also as a temporary period between illusion and simulation. Dan proposes a series of countermeasures to AI under the umbrella of 'decomputing'. We al... more
For this episode, I interviewed someone who asked to be made anonymous (and voice altered) in order to openly discuss their complicated feelings of regularly offloading work tasks to an AI chatbot. Is there any shame is using AI? Isn’t everyone doing... more
In this episode, Wendy H. Wong explains the human rights implications of datafication. We talk about how data become valuable, sticky data, big tech’s encroachment on governance, our faces/selves as datapoints, and how the mundane underlies and expla... more
In this episode, Olivia Guest, Iris van Rooij and Andrea Reyes Elizondo discuss why it’s important to the overall purpose and significance of the university to resist the uncritical adoption of AI in academia. The risk of AI adoption is that it’ll ho... more
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A thoughtful, academically informed series that explores the social, political, and environmental implications of data, AI, surveillance, and digital culture. Episodes bring together scholars, activists, and policymakers to interrogate how data centers, predictive algorithms, and digital infrastructures shape communities, labor, and governance. Notable strengths include rigorous critical analysis, diverse guest perspectives, and a willingness to challenge techno-utopian narratives with grounded case studies and activist framing. The show often centers environmental justice, data governance, and the human impact of technology, making it especially relevant for listeners interested in ethics, policy, and the societal dimensions of tech.
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2. Wendy H. Wong
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4. Iris van Rooij
5. Andrea Reyes Elizondo
6. Adam Becker
7. José Marichal
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