Tech Won't Save Us Creators & Guests

Paris Marx is an author, writer, and host of Tech Won't Save Us podcast.

Dharna Noor is a climate journalist. Currently, she reports for The Guardian.Previously, Moor was the climate reporter for the Boston Globe. Before that, she was a staff writer at Gizmodo's Earther, where she also co-produced a season of the podcast "Drilled." Before that, she led the climate team at the Real News Network.Noor's work has appeared in In These Times, Jacobin Magazine, and Truthout, and collected in the anthology "The World We Need."

Eric Silver works as Head of Creative at the podcast collective Multitude. He currently co-hosts the podcast HORSE, occasional guest host on Spirits, and the dungeonmaster of Join the Party.

Samantha Cole is a technology journalist. Currently, she is a co-founder of 404 Media.Previously, Cole was a senior editor for Motherboard, Vice’s science and technology outlet, where she covered sexuality, online culture, platforms, and the adult industry.Cole’s work has appeared in Popular Science, Fast Company, and Al Jazeera. Her first book, "How Sex Changed the Internet, and the Internet Changed Sex," was published in 2022.

Kat Tenbarge is a reporter on Insider's digital culture desk covering influencers, platforms, and everything online.

Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization and of capitalism.

Troy Vettese is an environmental historian, and Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.

Science broadcaster and author of "The Reality Bubble".

Brian Merchant is a technology writer, author, editor at Motherboard, and founder & editor of online fiction outlet Terraform at VICE.

Ed Zitron is an award-winning author, writer and speaker with seven years of PR experience and over a decade as a reporter. He is a founder of EZPR and host of The SCUMBAG Podcast.

Cory Efram Doctorow is a blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. He serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.

Jason Koebler is Editor-in-Chief of Motherboard, based in New York, New York.

Anousha Sakoui is a reporter writing about media, entertainment and business. Currently, she writes about the entertainment industry and labor issues in Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, Sakoui was a financial reporter for the Financial Times and Dow Jones Newswires.

Astra Taylor is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist and musician. She is a fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation for her work on challenging predatory practices around debt.

Dr. Margaret O'Mara (born 1970) is an American historian and professor at the University of Washington. She writes and teaches about the growth of the high-tech economy, and connections between high-tech and the history of U.S. politics.O'Mara's writing on technology, politics, and society has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, WIRED, MIT Technology Review, and The American Prospect. Her first book, "Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search For The Next Silicon Valley," was published in 2005. Her second book, "Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections that Shaped the Twentieth Century," was published in 2015. Her third book, "The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America," was published in 2019. O'Mara has also appeared on major broadcast television and radio outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, PBS, BBC, CBC, and NPR. She is a public speaker, regularly lecturing before general and academic audiences about Silicon Valley's evolution and the impact of its people, companies, and politics on the United States and the world and about the past, present, and future of the American presidency.Prior to her academic career, O'Mara served in the Clinton Administration, working on economic and social policy in the White House and in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.O'Mara received her B.A. from Northwestern University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer. She is a contributing editor for VICE and has written for The New York Times, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, CNN, and Newsweek.

Joseph Cox is a technology journalist. Currently, he covers hackers, crime, and privacy issues for VICE Media's Motherboard.

David Zipper is a freelance journalist, venture capitalist, policy researcher, and startup advocate. Currently, he is a contributor to Bloomberg CityLab and a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he examines the interplay between urban policy and new mobility technologies.Zipper's work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, WIRED, and Fast Company.Zipper received a B.A. from Swarthmore College, his M.Ph. in Land Economy from Cambridge University, and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Edward W. Niedermeyer is an author, analyst, and critic who focuses on the automotive industry and mobility innovation. Currently, he is the Communications Director for Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), an educational nonprofit. He cohosts the podcast "The Autonocast."Niedermeyer's writing has been published in The New York Times, The Truth About Cars, and The Wall Street Journal. His first book, "Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors," was published in 2019.