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The Periphery

The Periphery

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The Periphery used to have a tech focus, and we described ourselves as society and culture podcast disguised in tech.


But…here’s the thing. As we wrapped on season 2 and started brainstorming this season, we found ourselves feeling a bit boxed in. There are a lot of interesting peripheral conversations that are sometimes made less interesting, at least to us, when we’re restricted to discussing them through the lens of tech. So while the disruptive and powerful technologies that are transforming our society will always be an important element of this podcast, we are adopting a more sociological approach to understanding what technology means and its connections to culture and power. But do not fret. Our focus will always be geared toward bridging the two sides of the periphery: those empowered at the frontier and those on the margins that are left out.

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Episodes
  • Big Tech in Hindsight (with Obama Administration FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz)

    Big Tech in Hindsight (with Obama Administration FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz)
    Mar 14 2023

    Jon Leibowitz was at the FTC when Big Tech became... well... big, where he saw the landscape of mergers and acquisitions that have resulted in the monopolies we know oh so well today. Join the Periphery as we sit down with former FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz to discuss Big Tech then (at the industry's inception) and now, the Neo-Brandeisian movement attempting to revitalize antitrust, and more!


    Executive Producers: Adam Shankman, Afi Blackshear, and August Gweon


    Leave us a review, comment, or an e-mail (theperipherypodcast@gmail.com), and come back next week for more!


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    47 mins
  • Let's Talk About Tipping (with Duncan Harrison, Sommelier and Manager of Bar Zola)

    Let's Talk About Tipping (with Duncan Harrison, Sommelier and Manager of Bar Zola)
    Mar 7 2023

    Tipping has received a relatively high level of scrutiny over the last year or so. This week, Jess, Adam, and Marcus (new member!!) invite our favorite Bar Manager and Sommelier to talk about how complicated creating a fair restaurant business can be. Duncan also makes the first public announcement of the forthcoming bar opening where Palo Alto staple Old Pro used to be. Check it out!


    As always, leave us a review, a rating, and send us an e-mail with your thoughts at theperipherypodcast@gmail.com. See you next week!


    Executive Producers: Mercer Weis and Annie Reller


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    37 mins
  • Online Platforms and the First Amendment (with Jameel Jaffer, Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University)

    Online Platforms and the First Amendment (with Jameel Jaffer, Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University)
    Feb 28 2023

    Last week was the so-called "Internet Super Bowl" because the Supreme Court heard two cases that could change the internet as we know it. This week, The Periphery releases an episode from the vault that provides context for cases currently. Join our conversation from November where we talk to Professor Jameel Jaffer, Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, about why it is so hard to get the internet right. We also talk about how our private lives may have died after 9/11.


    Leave us a review, comment, or an e-mail (theperipherypodcast@gmail.com), and come back next week for more!


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    49 mins
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