Burning Platforms

By Per Capita Australia

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly f

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FAQs about Burning Platforms:

How many episodes does Burning Platforms have?

The podcast currently has 100 episodes available.

Burning Platforms episodes:

August 07, 2022 The Balance of (Tech) Power
In this new progressive Australian government, where do the fault lines lie when it comes to digital rights?

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This week, join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton, as they speak with NSW Greens Senator and spokesperson for Digital Rights and IT David Shoebridge.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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51min
July 24, 2022 Cybernetics
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This week, the Burning Platforms panel deep dive into the complex and exciting world of cybernetics with Associate Professor Ellen Broad from the Australian National University School of Cybernetics and member of the Australian Government's Data Advisory Council.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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49min
July 11, 2022 Home Truths
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This week the Burning Platform's panel dive deep into the impact of home-sharing platform Airbnb on the property market with Trish Burt, convenor of Neighbours Not Strangers, who has been fighting a one-woman war against Airbnb for years, calling out policies that privilege the interests of property owners over renters and undermine local communities.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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50min
June 27, 2022 Private Eyes
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This episode will dive deep into the risk of unfettered AI following the release of a major report regarding the use of Facial Recognition Technology in Australia.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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56min
June 13, 2022 Introducing ’Civility’
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

On this week's episode, Peter Lewis is joined by David Swan, (Technology Editor, The Australian), Samantha Floreani (Program Lead, Digital Rights Watch), to introduce ‘Civility’ - a new collaborative platform designed to create better public engagement - with its co-founder, Nicholas Davis.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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55min
May 16, 2022 The People’s Choice
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

In the last Burning Platforms before the Australian Federal Election, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton run the rule over the policies being offered up by the major parties.

Is it just Coke vs. Pepsi? Or are there bigger ideas at play?

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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56min
May 03, 2022 Deus Ex Machina
Humans embrace technology with a child-like optimism, but what are the threats Artificial Intelligence poses our society if its impacts are not thought through?

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This week, the Burning Platforms panel dives deep into the amorality of AI with a special discussion with Professor Toby Walsh, author of the new book ‘Machines Behaving Badly’.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

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50min
April 15, 2022 Are we addicted to tech?
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

On this week’s episode, Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton dive deep into digital addiction: are we being played? And what can we do to get ourselves off the bad stuff?

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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55min
April 03, 2022 Pandemic Tech
After turning to new technology in a public health crisis we now face critical questions in what a new surveillance normal looks like.

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

On this week's episode Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, Dan Stinton, and guest Dr Mark Andrejevic (Monash Data Futures Institute) look at the technology of the Pandemic and what new models are likely to emerge.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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51min
March 20, 2022 The Rise of the Splinternet
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.

This week, the Burning Platforms panel (Peter Lewis, Lizzie O'Shea, and Dan Stinton) are joined by former president of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Paul Twomey to outline how competing models of state control over online communications are challenging the very essence of the internet.

Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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52min

FAQs about Burning Platforms:

How many episodes does Burning Platforms have?

The podcast currently has 100 episodes available.

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