A Decade Apart: Technology & Politics Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tim & Calvin Ngwena
This podcast is where technology and politics come together. Every two weeks, brothers Calvin and Tim get together to discuss politics and technology. Calvin holds down the fort on politics whilst Tim champions tech. Add to that the decade that puts them in different generations, give them one hour, two mics and you get this podcast.
In this episode we bring you up to speed on the last few months, announce some changes to the show and Tim educates Calvin on why the Space x Falcon heavy launch matters.
In this episode we talk about the recent salary figures released by the BBC, whether the figures tell the full story about the diversity challenges in the organisation and how thinking of the media game less as media and more as technology challenge will see them competing against the likes of Netflix, Amazon and the new players in the online media entertainment market.
We jump in deep and discuss the election, the outcome, the voter split, how online voting could change the way we vote and the digital antics starting to play a big role in the way in which canvassing and campaigning is done.
We discuss, the UK general election results, Amazon, and the state of British politics.
In March PWC published a report claiming "up to 30 of existing UK jobs " would be under threat of automation by 2030. Following on from the end of episode 4 we exp[lore this further and we dig into why automation as a concept is actually already challenging the existing framework even though AI in it's fully envisioned sense hasn't materialised.
This week we talk about brexit and what impact it has on technology as a concept in government and as a vital industry in our economy. We discuss aspects of the gig economy, a digital single market, data centres and why tech has featured so little in mainstream media on discussions around brexit.
Show Notes This week, we talk on one topic, Crypto currencies, specifically bitcoin. We think we kept the lingo simple and in English rather than tech speak, and we talked about how government and traditional banking systems can stay relevant given Bitcoin's traction as a currency. Bitcoin Paper : Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (http://bit.ly/2nXLld4). Bitcoin & the IMF: Regulating Digital Currencies: Bringing Bitcoin within the Reach of the IMF (http://bit.ly/2mF06S2) How to get involved: Getting started with Bitcoin (http://bit.ly/2okCGOe) Reach out to us on Twitter: @timngwena (https://twitter.com/timngwena) & @ngwena1 (https://twitter.com/ngwena1)
We're back this week talking about Uber, autonomous vehicles, AI and how government or local government policy and legislation miss the mark. Show Notes Uber : Uber protests and legal actions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_protests_and_legal_actions). Autonomous Cars: Autonomous vehicles inquiry (http://www.parliament.uk/autonomous-vehicles) UK Government Response: Advanced driver assistance systems and automated vehicle technologies: supporting their use in the UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/advanced-driver-assistance-systems-and-automated-vehicle-technologies-supporting-their-use-in-the-uk) Reach out to us on Twitter: @timngwena (https://twitter.com/timngwena) & @ngwena1 (https://twitter.com/ngwena1)
In our first show, we set the tone for the podcast discussing technology and politics. We cover fake news, Spotify and John Bercow. Show Notes Fake news : What is Fake news? How to spot it and what you can do to stop it: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/18/what-is-fake-news-pizzagate). John Bercow: Why the John Bercow row is really about parliament itself: NewStatesman (http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/02/theres-curious-contradiction-theresa-mays-foreign-policy) Spotify: Spotify may delay IPO to 2018 as it rethinks licensing deals: TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/02/sources-spotify-may-delay-ipo-to-2018-as-it-rethinks-licensing-deals/) Reach out to us on Twitter: @timngwena (https://twitter.com/timngwena) & @ngwena1 (https://twitter.com/ngwena1)