What We Talk About When We Talk About Tech

About What We Talk About When We Talk About Tech

A podcast about tech storytelling. Jennifer Riggins and Rich Gall explore the way words and narratives shape the technology landscape with the people who define, explain, and sell it.

Publisher

Rich Gall & Jennifer Riggins

Category

business · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Mar 2021

Latest episode

8 Sept 2021

Latest episodes

3 of 23 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Sept 2021

   Open technology in the UK with OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock

   Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk with the CEO of OpenUK Amanda Brock about the role of open technology in the UK's tech industry and wider economy. Amanda explains the work of Open UK and highlights some of the work the organisation does to promote open technology. She also discusses exactly why this work matters so much, and suggests that the UK doesn't always do as good a job as it could in talking about the extent to which it contributes to the global communit...

2. 

   18 Aug 2021

   Why we need digital anthropology: culture, ethics, and power in tech with Caitlin McDonald

   Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk with digital anthropologist Caitlin McDonald about what it means to be a digital anthropologist and why it matters in helping us to understand the way we build and use technology today. Caitlin begins by talking through how her work intersects with questions of agency and digital literacy, providing some useful context on how perceptions and understanding about what techbology does and how it's made can have an impact on the...

3. 

   28 Jul 2021

   Responsible technology and ethical venture capital: Reimagining possible futures with Sarah Drinkwater

   Rich Gall (@richggall) and Jennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) talk with Sarah Drinkwater, the Director of Responsible Technology at Omidyar Networks to discuss how we can cultivate organisations and people that will enable a more equitable, responsible - and ultimately compassionate and exciting - technological future. We talk about the challenges the tech industry faces, and why it can be difficult to talk about responsibility and ethics. Sarah explains how the work she does at Omidyar Net...

Inside a recent episode

Impostor syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger effect in tech: The anxiety of curiosity with Jessica Rose

Published 9 Jun 2021 · Transcript excerpt

[…] As with public speaking, as with job interviews, as long as you're not visibly shaking, nobody knows that you're terrified. But yeah, it is something where I'll talk to folks mid-career or senior who are on the job market for the first time in a long time and say, oh, I have no idea what I'm doing. […]

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