This Machine Kills

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Jathan.Sadowski@monash.edu

jathansadowski1@gmail.com

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479. Trust Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings (ft. Kate Kaye)

October 16, 2026

Jathan chats with journalist Kate Kaye about her new podcast series, Trust Control, all about the history and future of trying to measure trust. We get into different ways of defining trust, proxies for turning trust into quantified scores and “objective” models, motivations for making trust into a metric that can be optimised, and ultimately, the anti-social shift from trust as a dynamic social relationship that is a core part of human interactions to trust as an objective feature of systems...

Patreon Preview – 478. Keep Honking, I’m Watching Microdramas While Weaving Through Traffic

October 09, 2026

We discuss a deep dive into the ascendency of microdramas – the short-form video series that are already bigger than the conventional film industry in China and are quickly taking over studios in Hollywood. We chat about the financial and cultural antecedents of microdramas, and the strange impacts of these videos on media production and consumption today, and the unevenly distributed futures of AI generated entertainment. ••• Are 60-Second Microdramas the Future of Hollywood, or the End? h...

477. Amerikkka Intelligence

October 01, 2026

We get into the new decree from Trump that “artificial intelligence” is now called “super intelligence” – it sounds less fake and more powerful — and the broader currents of tech advice and policy in the Trump administration. Then we discuss how OpenAI and Anthropic are behaving like rogue agents, who are also irresponsible and incompetent to a degree that should be unbelievable. ••• Trump says the US is officially renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-i...

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This Machine Kills is hosted by Jathan Sadowski and Edward Ongweso Jr.. Its publicly listed emails are Jathan.Sadowski@monash.edu and jathansadowski1@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for This Machine Kills?

The publicly listed emails for This Machine Kills: Jathan.Sadowski@monash.edu and jathansadowski1@gmail.com.

How many listeners does This Machine Kills have?

Podseeker estimates This Machine Kills reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for This Machine Kills?

This Machine Kills typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Authors, veteran technology workers, labor organizers, researchers, journalists, and other subject-matter experts with substantive experience analyzing technology, capital, labor, or surveillance. Common among recent guests: Published books or substantial research; Direct experience in technology work or labor organizing; Credible public analysis of technology and political economy. Recent guests include Clarissa Redwine.

How hard is it to get booked on This Machine Kills?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does This Machine Kills cover?

Recent episodes cover Technology, Political Economy, Artificial Intelligence, Tech Labor, and Surveillance. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.