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Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage

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The Revolutionary Microscopes Powering Global Tech Equality with Richard Bowman

4/21/2026 • 29 min

Why do we often overlook the transformative power of open licensing in technology? Richard Bowman, a researcher and advocate for open source innovation, reveals how open licensing and frugal tech principles are not just ideas but powerful tools for global change. In this episode, we delve into Richard's journey from developing innovative microscopy to championin… Play episode

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Bonus Episode: The Internet's First Influencer, Tila Tequila, with Lisa Na…
The Inattention Economy: Race, Gender, and Technology with Lisa Nakamura
Race and Orientalism in E-Gaming with Tara Fickle
The Role of Designers in AI Ethics with Tomasz Hollanek
What Makes a Drone “Good”? with Beryl Pong
The Vulnerabilities of Drone Warfare with Amy Gaeta
AI Needs Fat Liberation! with Aisha Sobey
Can Programming Languages be Feminist? with Felienne Hermans
Rethinking 'Creepy' Technology with Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski
Symbiosis From Bacteria to AI with N. Katherine Hayles
Transhumanist Fantasies with Alexander Thomas
Data Bodies and Arab Futurisms with Laila Shereen Sakr
Managing the Body through Food Law and Policy with Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Re-imagining Voice Assistants with Stina Hasse Jørgensen and Frederik Juut…
Critiquing Tech through Comedy with Laura Allcorn
Surfing the Web in Sync with the Sun with Anne Pasek
Using Feminist Chatbots to Fight Trolls With Sarah Ciston
Resisting Mental Health Ward Surveillance with Stop Oxevision
Lithium Extraction in the Atacama with Sebastián Lehuedé
Machine Vision with Jill Walker Rettberg
Art, Technology and Justice with Yasmine Boudiaf
Gut Feminism and Feminist Approaches to Biology with Elizabeth Wilson
Janneke Parrish on Worker Solidarity and Why Tech Unions Matter
Hot Take: Does AI Know How You Feel?
The EU AI Act Part 2, with Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West from AI NOW
The EU AI Act Part 1, with Caterina and Daniel from Access Now
What on Earth Is Ethical Maths? with Maurice Chiodo
Can Technology Save us from Housework? with Helen Hester
Poisoning AI and Silencing Alexa with Heather Zheng
Gamergate, Harassment, and Feminist Design with Caroline Sinders
The curse of online beauty culture with Ellen Atlanta
Needlework and History's Hidden Technologies with Isabella Rosner
How China surveils Uyghur Muslims with Darren Byler
The Racial History of Dermatology with Thuy Linh Tu
Hot Take: The Good Robot BOOK!
The 'AI Mirror' with Shannon Vallor
Why You Shouldn't Believe the AI Hype with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
Why the Stories We Tell About AI Matter with Melissa Heikkilä
Rethinking Large Language Models (LLMs) with Rebecca Woods
Hot Take: Happy Holidays & a new book from Eleanor!
Rewriting Wikipedia with Jess Wade
Hot Take: Can you own your data?
Digital Authoritarianism and Press Freedom with Arzu Geybulla
Technology, psychedelics and healing with K Allado-McDowell
Good corporations, AI ethics and value pluralism with Giada Pistilli
Facial Recognition and Surveillance in Palestine with Matt Mahmoudi
Hot Take: Fighting Fears and Fantasies of East Asia (and AI)

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