Podcasts by Government vs The Robots
A fortnightly podcast from Little Atoms which looks at how technology will affect politics in the future. Like Tomorrow's World but for Westminster. Hosted by @tannerjc who is joined by a range of experts he's not fed up of yet. Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
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The news on The News from 2020-10-14T23:01
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism joins Jonathan this week to chat through some of the challenges facing media creators and consumers.
Talking Telengana from 2020-09-30T23:01
Tackling misinformation in India is the subject of enquiry this week as Jonathan is joined by Rema Rajeshwari, District Police Chief in Telengana State. Rema has used a series of innovative approac...
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Artificial Journalists from 2020-09-16T23:01
This week we take a look at disinformation in the Middle East with Marc Owen Jones. Marc talks us through how he found fake journalists writing for US news sites, explains some of the disinformatio...
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Haters gonna...coin it? from 2020-09-02T23:01:20
Jonathan is joined this week by Imran Ahmed, Chief Executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate. Imran sets out the relationship between disinformation and hate speech, picks apart why the f...
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Polls apart from 2020-08-19T23:01
How do we get better at agreeing to disagree? Jonathan talks to Alison Goldsworthy, Founder and CEO at The Depolarisation Project hosted at Stanford University to talk about what's driving polarisa...
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True or False from 2020-08-05T23:01
What can a former CIA analyst teach us about misinformation? Find out in this week's episode with Cindy Otis who spent ten years working for the US Government's Central Intelligence Agency. Jonatha...
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Bot or Not? from 2020-07-22T23:01
This week Jonathan talks to Professor Samuel Woolley, author of The Reality Game, about the use of bots to plant and spread disinformation on social media platforms. The conversation covers how man...
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First Draft from 2020-07-08T23:01
This week we talk to Dr Claire Wardle who is the co-founder of First Draft, an NGO committed to tackling misinformation. The conversation covers the difference between misinformation and disinforma...
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This is not propaganda from 2020-06-24T23:01
In the first episode of a new series exploring misinformation, disinformation and communication, Jonathan talks to Author Peter Pomerantsev. Having lived in Post-Soviet Russia where he made TV, Pet...
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Newsflash: Series 3 from 2020-06-17T23:01
A quick update on what to expect from Series 3 of Government Vs The Robots in which Jonathan and guests explore at misinformation, disinformation and our online discourse.
Talking in Code from 2019-07-17T23:01
In this episode we're talking all things code with Clive Thompson, journalist for Wired and the New York Times Magazine, and now author of Coders: Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are...
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Lies travel fast from 2019-07-03T23:01
This week we talk disinformation with Amil Khan, a former Reuters Middle East correspondent and documentary maker. He is now Associate Fellow at Chatham House and works with governments and NGOs on...
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Trigger Warning from 2019-06-19T23:01
In this episode we're taking a look at the psychology of politics and asking whether we've all been triggered, with Alex Evans. Alex is the founder of the Collective Psychology Project, a senior fe...
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Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics from 2019-06-05T23:01
This week we're joined by writer, humanitarian advocate and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola. Her book, Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores how the internet era is transformi...
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The Future & the Bamboo Curtain from 2019-05-22T23:01
This week we're joined by Professor Amy Webb, quantitative futurist, founder of the Future Today Institute and author of Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and their Thinking Machines Could Warp Hum...
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SXSW Part 2: The Future of News from 2019-05-08T23:01
This episode brings you more from SXSW, this time focusing on the future of news, from deepfakes to chatbots and VR. We hear from Hazel Baker, Global Head of User-Generated Content at Reuters; E...
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SXSW Part 1: AI from 2019-04-24T23:01
In the first of two episodes recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas, Jonathan talks all things artificial intelligence with Azeem Azhar, editor of the Exponential View newsletter; Tiffany Li, Residen...
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Disinformation with Damian Collins MP from 2019-04-10T23:01
For this episode we headed to the Houses of Parliament to catch up with Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and Chair of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. The...
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Future Politics from 2019-03-28T00:01
Jamie Susskind is a barrister and author of Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech. In this episode we're going back to the some of the big questions at the h...
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Smart Homes from 2019-03-14T05:01
How will the Internet of Things affect our homes, and our politics? We talk to Alexandra Deschamps Sonsino, author, inventor and designer about why Alexa is always listening - even when she's not r...
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Digital Parliament from 2019-02-21T00:01
This week we talk to Labour MP Darren Jones about just how tech-savvy his fellow politicians are, how fully the Houses of Parliament are embracing the digital age and the peril of doing politics by...
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2019 Predictions from 2019-02-07T00:01
Sky News' Technology Correspondent Rowland Manthorpe joins us to discuss what to expect from 2019 when it comes to technology and politics. We cover Huawei, the evolution of technology journalism, ...
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Democracy Hacked from 2019-01-24T00:01
We talk to Martin Moore about whether Google and Facebook are set to run our schools, if the triumph of fake news in the west is coincidence or conspiracy and what we might be able to learn about t...
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The Politics Summit from 2019-01-10T00:01
Politician Chi Onwurah, Author Carl Miller, activist Hera Hussain and founder Alvin Carpio all take part in this episode recorded at the recent Politics Summit in West London. We talk to Chi about ...
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21st Century Government from 2018-12-20T00:01:42
This week we talk to Nadine Smith from the Centre for Public Impact about how government needs to change in order to get fit for the 21st century. Nadine offers a compelling take on how a lack of e...
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Fake news, post-truth and all that jazz from 2018-12-06T00:01
Author and journalist James Ball joins us this week for a discussion of his books Bluffocracy and Post-truth. We cover plenty of ground including a look at how the business model of journalism is c...
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The GovTech Summit from 2018-11-22T00:01
Recorded live from the GovTech Summit, this episode gives a whirlwind tour of an emerging industry looking to link governments up with innovative technology companies in a bid to make government...
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Lessons from Ireland from 2018-11-15T08:01:55
Ireland is no stranger to referendums. This week we talk to elections expert and transparency campaigner Liz Carolan who co-founded the Transparent Referendum Initiative which used the technolog...
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Who targets me? from 2018-11-08T00:01
Back once again with the ill behaviour, block rocking beats and the lowdown on tech & politics. This week we talk to digital campaigning guru Sam Jeffers about Who Targets Me, a global effor...
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The People vs Tech from 2018-07-25T23:01
Author Jamie Bartlett returns to the studio to discuss his new book The People vs Tech. Is democracy being fundamentally undermined by the advance of technology? Will we be asking Alexa who to vote...
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Checking your facts from 2018-07-11T23:01
This week we talk to Mevan Babakar. Mevan is Head of Automated Factchecking at the factcheking charity Fullfact. In this episode we talk about why facts are important to democracy, the prospects fo...
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Blockchains and Bitcoins from 2018-06-27T23:01
Rhian Lewis is a former Journalist for The Times. Today she works as a programmer having founded a cryptocurrency portfolio tracker and established the London Women in Bitcoin network. In this epis...
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The Gig Economy from 2018-06-13T23:01
High tech firms, low wage jobs. What is life like working on zero hours for some of the world's biggest tech companies? James Bloodworth spent 6 months working undercover in low wage Britain for em...
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Future public services from 2018-05-30T23:01
We talk to former Uber, Treasury and Policy Exchange man Chris Yiu about how he sees the prospects for public service delivery in an age of ever increasing technological possibilities. Chris now he...
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More United from 2018-05-16T23:01
Is it time to move beyond party politics to build a better Britain? This week we talk to Bess Mayhew, CEO of More United. More United is a cross-party crowdfunding platform which supports MPs who s...
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Data for Development Festival from 2018-04-18T23:01
It's bumper show this week with Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees, the UK's top government statistician John Pullinger, Angelica Palma from the Government of Colombia and Argy Kavvada of NASA. We explor...
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The future of food from 2018-04-04T23:01
Will we print the ready meal of the future at home? What role does nanotechnology play in our processed food? What more can government do to promote transparency and protect consumers? In a break f...
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Are you good at the internet? from 2018-03-22T00:01:12
Do you think you are good at the internet? this week we talk to Rachel Coldicutt, CEO of the internet think tank Doteveryone about how much Britain really knows about the internet. We cover the per...
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Political Advertising from 2018-03-08T00:01
Did you know there is no regulation of political advertising in the UK?
Unlike companies political parties and campaign groups don’t have to clear factual claims before they shar...
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Bytes not Bombs from 2018-02-22T00:01
Of the moments in life when you worry you might have done something silly, asking a former GCHQ data analyst to scrutinise your internet footprint for an upcoming podcast ranks quite high for me...
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Great expectations of Government from 2018-02-08T00:01
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith joins us in the studio to explain the true capacity of government to embrace emerging technology. We also had a visit from some very noisy builders so please f...
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Real Reality from 2018-01-25T00:01
This week we're coming over all Jamiroquai and talking virtual, augmented and real reality with Marisol Grandon. Marisol is CEO of Unfold Stories and the founder of Women in VR.
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Can things get even worse? from 2018-01-11T00:01
We speak to Spectator Journalist, BBC Presenter, Author and Think Tank Man, Jamie Bartlett about technology and politics in 2018. Prepare to be provoked, to be fascinated and quite probably, to ...
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A Festive Interlude from 2017-12-26T00:00
A very short Christmas message to say THANK YOU! Get in touch with ideas for interviews and issues in 2018. Big thanks to Cecelia Armstrong for her help all year and the Little Atoms crew.
Flying Pizza Deliveries from 2017-12-14T00:01
In this episode Jonathan talks to drones expert Daniel Ronen of UAVaid about how the use of drones might evolve in the coming years. From instant delivery in the UK and US to delivering urgent m...
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The next big data thing from 2017-11-30T00:01
This week we talk to Claire Melamed about big data and the future of politics. Claire is Director of the UN's Global Partnership for Sustainable Data.
Producer: Cece Armstrong
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Online People Power from 2017-11-16T00:01
We get a bit more political this week whilst looking at just a few aspects of the impact of the internet on politics. Host Jonathan Tanner talks to Communications Guru John Coventry about the ex...
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A doctor on your wrist from 2017-11-02T00:01
This fortnight, host Jonathan Tanner sits down with Ben Maruthappu to explore the possible impact of new technology on healthcare services. Ben was digital innovation advisor to the NHS Chief Ex...
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Cars without drivers from 2017-10-18T23:01
We look at the possible politics of driverless cars with former Deputy Mayor of London, Isabel Dedring.
Host: Jonathan Tanner
Production: Cecelia Armstrong
Music: Bensound....
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