Peoples & Things
Hosted by Lee Vinsel · Peoples & Things
4.8from 46 ratings
- 119
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 46
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 7K
- YouTube views
About Peoples & Things
Peoples & Things is a podcast in which host Lee Vinsel interviews scholars, practitioners, and activists about human life with technology.
- Publisher
- Peoples & Things
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 9 Jan 2023
- Latest episode
- 31 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
3 of 119 episodes have a transcript.
31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Special Episode: Accounting for Computing, or Why We So Badly Need a New Social and Economic History of Everyday Digital Technology Use
17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jehnie Burns on Mixtape Culture
27 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lana Swartz on Digital Money and Digital Cultures of Money
Inside a recent episode
Special Episode: Accounting for Computing, or Why We So Badly Need a New Social and Economic History of Everyday Digital Technology Use
Published 31 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So there's like a whole technologies in use perspective. And I'm very influenced by that. And it ties into my economic thinking. But I also draw on people like Steve. This is for the STS nerds. Steve Barley, Vonda Orlikowski, Joanne Yates. There's a tradition of like thinking about use. So now I think that if we look at digital technology use, it's also going to include a lot of things that didn't happen that were promised but never came to fruition. And so it's always there's always the gap between hype and reality. So the new economy is just full of these stories. Like those of us who look at the Clinton administration, full of stories about what's going to happen. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Peoples & Things
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Jehnie I Burns
- Lana Swartz
- Matthew Wisnioski
- Benjamin H Snyder
- Beth Linker
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 7,426
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 23 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 69
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 90
Contact Peoples & Things
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts Peoples & Things?
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