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The Anti-Dystopians

Is social media really destroying democracy? Should Facebook be considered a public utility? How does cryptocurrency affect state sovereignty? And what exactly is surveillance capitalism? For all your political questions about tech, this is The Anti-Dystopians.


The Anti-Dystopians is hosted and produced by Alina Utrata. All episodes are freely available, wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Twitter @AntiDystopians.


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Update frequency
every 25 days
Average duration
57 minutes
Episodes
51
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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On Dystopia, Fearing the Future and Political Imagination

On Dystopia, Fearing the Future and Political Imagination

This week, the Anti-Dystopians talks to an expert in dystopia! Matthew Cole is a scholar of political theory and an Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences Binghamton University. His bo…

01:17:43  |   Mon 25 Aug 2025
An Intellectual History of LLMs

An Intellectual History of LLMs

In this episode, Alina Utrata interviews Amira Moeding, a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Cambridge where they held fellowships with Cambridge Digital Humanities and the Cluster of Exce…

01:21:29  |   Mon 30 Jun 2025
Abolish AI!!: Decomputing with Dan McQuillan

Abolish AI!!: Decomputing with Dan McQuillan

On this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Alina Utrata talks to Dan McQuillan, a senior lecturer in Critical AI at Goldsmiths University and the author of "Resisting AI: An Anti-Fascist Approach to Art…

01:20:29  |   Mon 12 May 2025
Public, Private and DOGE - Hybrid Sovereignty with Swati Srivastava

Public, Private and DOGE - Hybrid Sovereignty with Swati Srivastava

This week, Alina Utrata talks to Swati Srivastava, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet &…

01:18:45  |   Mon 24 Feb 2025
From DOGE to Subsea Cables: Global Infrastructures and Corporate Control

From DOGE to Subsea Cables: Global Infrastructures and Corporate Control

In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Andrew Dougall, a departmental lecturer in international relations at DPIR and associate member at St Antony’s college at Oxford University. They discuss Andrew…

01:02:16  |   Mon 10 Feb 2025
The Final Fun-Tier: WALL-E, Treasure Planet and Disney’s Nazi Rocket Scientist

The Final Fun-Tier: WALL-E, Treasure Planet and Disney’s Nazi Rocket Scientist

In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Rowena Squires, a PhD Candidate in Children’s Literature at Cambridge University. They discuss the strange legacy of the depiction of outer space in children’s …

01:05:33  |   Mon 16 Dec 2024
South Africa and Silicon Valley: From Gold Mines to Elon Musk

South Africa and Silicon Valley: From Gold Mines to Elon Musk

In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Dr. Tim Karayiannides, a junior research fellow at Emmanuel College, about his recent article about the similarities and connections between South Africa and Si…

01:12:22  |   Sun 01 Dec 2024
From the Suez Canal Company to SpaceX: Experts, Expertise, Science in the Political

From the Suez Canal Company to SpaceX: Experts, Expertise, Science in the Political

On this week’s podcast, Alina Utrata talks to Jan Eijking, a William Golding Junior Research Fellow and Martin Fellow at Oxford University. Jan’s work is based in international relations, and focuses…

01:09:25  |   Mon 18 Nov 2024
Engineering Territory: Silicon Valley in Space

Engineering Territory: Silicon Valley in Space

On this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, your usual host is in the hot seat! Guest host Benjamin Tan, PhD Candidate at Cambridge, asks Alina Utrata about her recent publication in the American Politic…

01:06:34  |   Thu 07 Dec 2023
Digital Misogynoir

Digital Misogynoir

In this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Alina Utrata speaks with Julia Slupska, Olivia Andrews and Hilary Watson about a recent report by Glitch UK entitled "Digital Misogynoir: Ending the dehumanisi…

00:55:40  |   Mon 18 Sep 2023
Political Economy, AI and the Politics of Knowledge

Political Economy, AI and the Politics of Knowledge

For this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Alina Utrata spoke with Catriona Gray, a PhD at the University of Bath working at the intersection of sociology, politics, and law on the adoption of AI techn…

00:48:56  |   Mon 28 Aug 2023

"Automating Apartheid": Facial Recognition Tech in Palestine

For this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Alina Utrata talks to Dr Matt Mahmoudi, the lead researcher on the Amnesty International report "Automating Apartheid" examining the deployment of facial reco…

01:03:55  |   Mon 21 Aug 2023
Data colonialism and its discontents

Data colonialism and its discontents

On this week’s episode of The Anti-Dystopians, Alina Utrata spoke to Paola Ricurate, an associate professor in the Department of Media and Digital Culture at Tecnológico de Monterrey and faculty asso…

01:01:03  |   Mon 10 Apr 2023
Feminism, Reproductive Rights and Tech

Feminism, Reproductive Rights and Tech

On this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Maha Atal is back to discuss feminism, reproductive rights and technology. Host Alina Utrata asks her: how has the legal landscape of abortion and reproductive…

00:56:10  |   Mon 03 Apr 2023
Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race

Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race

In this episode, Alina Utrata talks Mary-Jane Rubenstein, a professor of Religion and Science in Society at Wesleyan University and the author of the new book Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of th…

01:00:14  |   Mon 19 Dec 2022
A History of Libertarian Exit

A History of Libertarian Exit

In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Raymond Craib, professor of American History and a Latin Americanist at Cornell University, about his most recent book Adventure Capitalism, A History of Libert…

01:14:45  |   Mon 21 Nov 2022
Elon Musk’s favorite philosophy: the perils of longtermism

Elon Musk’s favorite philosophy: the perils of longtermism

On this episode of the podcast, Alina Utrata speaks with Emile Torres, a PhD candidate at Leibniz University Hannover and the author of the forthcoming book Human Extinction: A history of the Science…

01:09:55  |   Mon 07 Nov 2022
Period-Tracking Post-Roe: Reproductive Justice, Eugenics & Feminist Cybersecurity

Period-Tracking Post-Roe: Reproductive Justice, Eugenics & Feminist Cybersecurity

In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Julia Slupska, a DPhil Candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute researching feminist approaches to cybersecurity, and Stefanie Felsberger, a PhD Candidate in …

01:02:19  |   Thu 27 Oct 2022
The Anti-Fascist Approach to AI

The Anti-Fascist Approach to AI

The Anti-Dystopians is back from its summer hiatus! In this episode, Alina Utrata talks to Dan McQuillan, a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths Univer…

01:01:13  |   Wed 19 Oct 2022
Social media and political publics in Kenya

Social media and political publics in Kenya

On this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, Alina Utrata talks to Steph Diepeveen, a senior research associate at Cambridge University, research fellow in digitalization at ODI and the author of the book…

00:52:23  |   Mon 25 Jul 2022
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