The Shade

Touch, Smell, Taste, See, Hear: the five senses as we know them. If you dig deeper though, you’ll find that many more exist. Dig down further, you’ll see that we’re able to create even more with machines.In this episode, we speak to two big names in biohacking. Amal Graafstra, whose company Vivokey, makes payments and unlocks doors by sticking NFC chips in people’s hands. Next, Frank Swain, the man who hacked his own hearing aid to hear WiFi.

Apple customers are more than used to bringing their iPhones and laptops into the store for repair. Controversially, the same thing is happening with John Deere and the farmers they sell their tractors to.In this episode, we talk to filmmaker Jason Koehler, who documented the tech problems that farmers are facing for Vice’s Motherboard, and to Richard Counsell, founder of Stable—who tells us that the problem of ownership may extend well beyond just tractors…Tune in to find out more.

For many in the US, the prospect of unfair detention and jail time is all too real. Underprivileged groups have matters made worse for them by cash bail, punishing the poor with time behind bars before a trial even begins.

In this episode, we speak to Dr. Kortney Ziegler whose company Appolition funds justice to the bail system through tech and the crowd; and to Atara Rich-Shea and Jacqui Bryant, bringing the funds to people, and mothers home for Christmas

Music: Nangdo - The Look; Blank & Kytt - RSPN

Cannabis. Weed. Dope. Trees. The controversial but popular plant is seeing a renaissance now that it’s becoming legalised in states in the US. With opportunity comes startups. With startups comes disruption, but who exactly is being disrupted?

In this episode of The Shade we hear from two sides of the cannabis tech frontier: a dealer using financial technology to survive and thrive, and a VC powering the new wave of tech startups. 

Intro music: Nangdo - The Look

Outro music: Blank & Kytt - RSPN

Enter Findom, the kink in which the submissive REALLY enjoys someone taking control of their finances. In this episode we spoke to an unnamed dominatrix at the forefront of the practice, who told us all about what her client’s are into, and Kate Moyle, a psychosexual therapist applying real science to the tastes and preferences of others.

Intro music: Nangdo - The Look

Outro music: Blank & Kytt - RSPN