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Summary: Discussions in the technology, politics and culture of decentralization. From peer-to-peer networks and cryptocurrencies to darknet markets and distributed autonomous organizations, this show looks at how decentralization is changing the world. Hosted by the creator of STEAL THIS FILM, timely, thought-provoking interviews with technologists, activists, troublemakers and thought leaders.

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 ‘Printing A New Reality’, with Cory Doctorow | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:18:56

In this episode we meet Cory Doctorow, sci-fi author and co-founder of Boing Boing. Cory’s most recent book, Walkaway, is a story of refusing a life of surveillance and control under a high-tech oligarchy and the struggle...

 ‘Crypto & The Beyond’, with Primavera De Filippi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:07:57

In this episode, we meet Primavera De Filippi, author of the recently published ‘Blockchain and the Law‘, from Harvard University Press (co-authored with Aaron Wright). Primavera is interested in how the law will change to...

 Building Botnets For Fun & Profit, with Abhishta | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:29

In this episode we meet Abhishta, one of the authors of the paper ‘The Business Model Of A Botnet’, from the University of Twente in Netherlands.  This fascinating research was widely discussed on release, at...

 ‘The TAO of the DAO Pt. 2’ with Chris Beams of Bisq | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:08

This is the second part of our interview with Chris Beams, founder of the decentralised cryptocurrency exchange, Bisq. We discuss the inner workings of the Bisq service, how it compares to the widely used platform...

 ‘The Many Lives Of The Alt-Right’, with Elizabeth Sandifer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:20:33

What is the alt-right, and what does it have to do with online culture? In this episode we meet Elizabeth Sandifer, author of Neoreaction, A Basilisk. Riffing off the material in her book, we talk...

 The Tao Of The DAO, with Chris Beams of Bisq | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:45

In this episode we meet Chris Beams, founder of the decentralised cryptocurrency exchange Bisq. We discuss the concept of DAOs (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations), and whether The Pirate Bay was an early example; how the start...

 Attack Of The Propaganda Bots, with Sam Woolley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:45

In this episode we meet Sam Woolley, director of the Digital Intelligence Lab at the Institute for the Future, to dig deeper into the topic of troll farms, political disinformation and the use of social...

 ‘The Nerd Reich’, with Vinay Gupta | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:04

In this episode we meet Vinay Gupta: software engineer, disaster consultant and global resilience guru. Vinay served as Release Co-ordinator for the Ethereum project, and is now CEO of Mattereum, ‘the first Internet of Agreements...

 ‘The Battle Of The Bots’, with Ben Nimmo of Digital Forensic Research Lab | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:08

It seems everyone’s getting in on the “fake news” game today, from far-right parties in Germany to critics of Catalan separatism — but none more concertedly than the Russian state itself. In this episode we...

 ‘Learning To Love Your Panopticon’, with Diani Barreto of ExposeFacts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:04:05

In this episode we meet Diani Barreto from the Berlin Bureau of ExposeFacs. Launched in June 2014, ExposeFacts.org supports and encourages whistleblowers to disclose information that citizens need to make truly informed decisions in a...

 ‘P2P Money: The End Of Big Government?’ with Paige Peterson of ZCash | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:07:53

Support STEAL THIS SHOW show via Patreon, get access to a Slack channel & the show’s creators, uncut interviews, and more. Your support keeps us going! In this episode we meet ZCash’s Paige Peterson. ZCash...

 Connecting The Counterculture, with Pursuance’s Steve Phillips | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:44

In this episode, we’re talking to Steve Phillips of The Pursuance Project. Pursuance is a new tool for organising activists and journalists online which springs directly from the work of journalist Barrett Brown and Barrett’s...

 The Crypto-Financier Of The Underground – with Dan Hassan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:18:04

Support STEAL THIS SHOW show via Patreon, get access to a Slack channel & the show’s creators, uncut interviews, and more. Your support is essential! Dan Hassan is a very early Bitcoin enthusiast who’s taking...

 ‘Hacking The System’, with 2600 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:15:06

Support STEAL THIS SHOW show via Patreon, get access to a Slack channel & the show’s creators, uncut interviews, and more. Your support is essential! In this episode, we meet two Dangerous Internet Hackers from...

 Re-Decentralising The Net, with Blockstack’s Ryan Shea | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:36

This episode is powered by our amazing patrons! Support the show, get access to a Slack channel & the show’s creators, uncut interviews, and more. Your support is essential! In this episode, we meet Ryan...

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