Winning Slowly

By Chris Krycho and Stephen Carradini

There are plenty of podcasts that will tell you how the latest tech gadget or “innovation” will affect the tech landscape tomorrow, but there aren’t that many concerned with the potential impact of th... more

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How many episodes does Winning Slowly have?

The podcast currently has 148 episodes available.

Winning Slowly episodes:

November 29, 2021 Farewell… at least for now!
Winning Slowly is going on indefinite hiatus. We reflect on the show!
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24min
December 30, 2020 8.23: Things Get Weird When You Add New Technology
Reviewing what we learned in 2020—and ranking what we read!
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48min
December 16, 2020 8.22: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
Neal Stephenson at double speed and with a smile on his face.
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30min
November 18, 2020 8.21: Twitter and Tear Gas—Examined
The things we learned from Zeynep Tüfekçi’s examination of social media and sociopolitical change. (We liked this book a lot.)
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34min
November 04, 2020 8.20: Twitter and Tear Gas—Explained
Walking through Zeynep Tüfekçi’s masterful explanation of the relationship between social media and protest movements.
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32min
October 21, 2020 8.19: Contact—Examined
Thinking about Carl Sagan's views on belief, and how they relate to religion and science
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37min
October 07, 2020 8.18: Contact—Explained
Another book from the ’80s, but hey: at least this one is fiction! We read Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel Contact and watched the 1995 movie of the same name. In this episode, our overview of the book: its plot and its basic interests.
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28min
September 16, 2020 8.17: Evolution as a Religion—Examined
We argue with Mary Midgley on how she did what she did, more than what she did.
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35min
September 02, 2020 8.16: Evolution as a Religion—Explained
What had Mary Midgley so incredibly angry in the 1980’s, and what did she do about it?
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28min
August 19, 20208.15: The Real World of Technology—Examined
We point out several concerns that we have with the arguments Dr. Franklin makes in her lectures-turned-book: the ineffectiveness of her holistic and prescriptive technologies frame, her deeply cynical view on policy, and other thorny places that her arguments lead (like the Soviet Union).
The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin
Show Notes
Cold War peace movement
Peace movements in Canada
Second-wave feminism (to which Dr. Franklin’s feminism approximately belongs to)
History of environmental movements, post-WWII
Bijker, Hughes & Pinch’s seminal work on Social Construction of Technology: Stephen left out Hughes. Sorry, Thomas P. Hughes.
Actor-Network Theory
John Law and Annemarie Mol’s Handpump article: Stephen incorrectly only mentioned Mol instead of Law and Mol. Sorry, John Law.
Robert Moses’s bridges
Bay of Pigs invasion, also sometimes known as the Bay of Pigs incident: Stephen’s point in bringing this up was to allude to the point made neatly in the Wikipedia article: “[The failed invasion] also pushed Cuba closer to the Soviet Union, and those strengthened Soviet-Cuban relations would lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.”
Almost no nuclear power plants have been built since 1990
Nuclear power plants historically have decreased carbon emissions significantly: see paragraph four
Here’s the great cover of the book from the ’80s–note that at no time are floppy disks mentioned in the book.
Dr. Franklin does not advocate throwing floppy discs at people’s faces, presumably
Upcoming Book
September (8.16 and 8.17): Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears, Mary Midgley
Credits
Music
“Vista” by Escaper. Used by permission, please don’t use without permission. We usually announce that on the show, but a technical error resulted in a second straight month without verbal crediting. Argh! Argh!
“Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.
Sponsors
Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:
Daniel Ellcey
Douglas Campos
Jake Grant
Marnix Klooster
Spencer Smith
If you’d like to support the show, you can make a pledge at Patreon or give directly via Square Cash.
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FAQs about Winning Slowly:

How many episodes does Winning Slowly have?

The podcast currently has 148 episodes available.