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Anthropic
Data Centers
Nvidia
Microsoft
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Oracle
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Google
Bitcoin
AI Adoption
Burnout
Mental Health
Elon Musk
Tech Bro Meltdowns
Productivity
Work Culture
Chatgpt
Meta

Welcome to the Tech Report, where you can keep up to date with everything you need to know from the fast-changing world of technology. Every week we’ll bring you interviews with leading experts, journalists and commentators on everything from the future of AI to tech bro meltdowns.

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“The vast majority, including the richest of investors do not know what they’re investing in. They have no idea.”

Writer of Where’s Your Ed At and the host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron talks to The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound about the exagg... more

“If enshitificaiton is what you do when you’ve grown your market all you can and then you squeeze it, then AI is what happens when you run out of squeezing.”

Author of The Reverse Centaur’s Guide To Life After AI Cory Doctorow join The Tech Report’s ... more

“There is this sort of laundering that’s happening around recommendations that ChatGPT and the chatbots are doing.”

Author of Regular Benchmarks and Co-Founder of Boys Club Deana Burke joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about how chatbots ca... more

“The excitement around AI is dying at the same time they need more investment.”

Eli the Computer Guy join The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about the value proposition of ChatGPT 6 ‘Astra’ as industry leader declare we have entered the era of AGI... more

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Recent Guests

Deana Burke
Marketer, renegade AI researcher and co-founder of Boys Club
Boys Club
Episode: Poisoning AI is trivially easy | Deana Burke
Jowi Morales
Tech journalist covering data centers
Episode: Data center opposition is only going to grow | Jowi Morales
Edward Ongweso Jr.
Co-host of This Machine Kills and author of The Tech Bubble Newsletter
This Machine Kills, The Tech Bubble Newsletter
Episode: AI has failed to boost productivity says 90% of execs | Edward Ongweso Jr
Brian Merchant
Author of Blood in the Machine; tech reporter
Blood in the Machine
Episode: Data center developers have ‘dug their own graves’ | Brian Merchant
Alex Hudson
Tech journalist, AI consultant, co-host of Crash Podcast
Crash Podcast
Episode: Open AI’s Big Pause is Hubris, not Safety | Alex Hudson
David Gerard
Author and host of Pivot to AI
Pivot to AI
Episode: AI has started killing itself | David Gerard
Joseph Cox
Award-winning 404 Media journalist
404 Media
Episode: AI surveillance is already being abused | Joseph Cox 404 Media
Eli the Computer Guy
Guest on The Tech Report
Episode: Rogue AI agents aren’t the real problem | Eli the Computer Guy
Gil Duran
Journalist and writer of the Nerd Reich newsletter
Nerd Reich
Episode: AI Backlash: ‘This is a self-inflicted public relations apocalypse’ | Gil Duran

Host

Isaac
Host of The Tech Report

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 35 ratings
  • Great place for critiques of tech world

    Great pod, platforms some lesser known but very worthwhile guests

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NLowrey802
    United Statesa month ago
  • Great show, BUT…

    I love the show, but the ads are horrendous. They just barge into the middle of sentences, twice as loud. They’ve got to do something about them

    I get that ads are the price we pay for a free show. It’s just, can’t we have actual breaks where they pause, cut to an ad, and then start up again once they’ve played?

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    E K Smith
    United States2 months ago
  • Everyone Should Listen

    Excellent Current Information and Guests

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    AMF26
    United States2 months ago
  • Very good content but audio needs work

    I turn to this show to get a critical perspective on the awful tech industry. The content is excellent and the guests share a range of valuable expertise. I listen regularly despite the problems with the audio—as another reviewer said, the content is very quiet but the ads are loud and begin at random times with no warning, and can truly hurt your ears. (This makes me feel very irritated by the advertisers and I immediately skip through, which is presumably not the goal.) Please fix this problem... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    L’Ecureuil Noir
    United States4 months ago
  • Too Quiet

    Episodes need to be better engineered—main content is too quiet, sometimes very low, requiring turning up the volume to maximum, and then the commercials come in at a normal volume and are way too loud. Painful to listen to, disappointing because the content is good.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    greychr
    United States5 months ago

Listeners Say

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Insightful, data-driven critique that questions hype and market narratives.
Guest lineup is consistently high-caliber and brings diverse expertise.
Probing discussions that help organizations understand potential regulatory and market risks.
Audio quality is variable, but content quality often compensates for it.

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#13
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#9
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#8
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#30
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#46
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Only 1% of customers are holding up the AI bubble | Ed Zitron
Q: What does that 80%/1% statistic mean and why is it important?
It signals extreme revenue concentration: a small group of customers accounts for the vast majority of spend, while the broader base remains marginal, making the industry brittle and dependent on a few big players. This undermines the narrative of broad, sustainable adoption and highlights risk for the entire ecosystem.
AI Bubble: Nvidia can’t rely on other companies debt forever | Ed Zitron
Q: But how much of this demand involves Nvidia promising money to its own customers?
Ed argues that much of the apparent demand is tied to revenue-share schemes and other circular financing that shifts risk and debt onto customers or third parties, rather than reflecting organic, cash-backed demand; the sustainability of this model hinges on ongoing access to cheap debt and a broad, diverse customer base.
Poisoning AI is trivially easy | Deana Burke
Q: Why do you think the cost of generating such pages is a concern for manipulation?
Because with essentially zero cost to create credible-looking pages, bad actors can flood the web with surface-level, persuasive content that tools rely on, raising the risk of widespread misinformation through AI-powered recommendations.
Poisoning AI is trivially easy | Deana Burke
Q: What was the key finding from your Morrowind/deodorant experiment?
The experiment showed that a simple four-page FAQ stack could be surfaced by ChatGPT with browsing and influence the recommendations, revealing how easily content can shape AI outputs when aligned with the prompt, even for a fake product.
AI Bubble: ‘The moment they stop spending, they crash’ | Ed Zitron
Q: Is this circular financing or a legitimate debt-financing structure?
It resembles circular financing where debt raised by downstream entities is used to fund the very infrastructure that benefits the upstream backers, but the lack of clear cash flows and real-assets backing makes it precarious and risky.

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Frequently Asked Questions About The Tech Report

What is The Tech Report about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A sharp, analytical tech commentary show that centers critical perspectives on AI, market dynamics, and infrastructure, often featuring guests who dissect hype with data-driven skepticism. Episodes frequently probe the financial and governance dimensions of AI, data centers, and tech policy, while evaluating how media narratives, investor incentives, and regulatory actions shape outcomes for technology and society. Notable strengths include contrarian takes from industry observers, policymakers, journalists, and technologists, and a willingness to challenge mainstream narratives with detailed, numbers-focused analysis. This program tends to appeal to listeners who want a skeptical, economics-informed view of tech advances and who value rigo... more

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2. Jowi Morales
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4. Brian Merchant
5. Alex Hudson
6. David Gerard
7. Joseph Cox
8. Eli the Computer Guy

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