Burning Platforms
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Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech.
Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts.
Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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BeNICE with Ed Coper
The political strategist and author of ‘Angertainement', Ed Coper, joins the Burning Platform this week to discuss how social media outrage ruined everything and outlines his blueprint for harnessing…
Magnifica Humanitas
This week on Burning Platforms we dive deep into Pope Leo’s XIV’s encyclical with Dr Michael Walker from the Justice and Peace Office at the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney . Our panellists Digital…
Deep Tech with George Tulloch
The founder of start-up Noizend on the challenges of scaling tech in Australia and how the real innovation is not running on the back of LLMs. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie…
The Kids are Alright with Tama Leaver
Internet academic Tama Leaver on the lines between regulating and equipping children to navigate the AI revolution. Panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC AI reporter Cam Wilson…
The Devil’s Playground with Claire Pullen
The Australian Writer’s Guild CEO Claire Pullen updates us on the fight to protect Australian creators from the industrial-scale thrift of their work. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair…
Kids’ Gloves with Carly Kind
The Privacy Commissioner takes us through the new code to to give children greater control over their data and how this could open the door for less surveillance for all of us. Regular panellists…
Hyperscaling with Ed Husic
The Labor MP and former Industry Minister on how the power of the global tech giants and why tech sovereignty is non-negotiable. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health…
Popular Front with Cam Wilson
The Sizzle editor (and freshly minted ABC AI reporter) joins us to make sense of the spate of attacks on CEO leaders. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO…
War Crimes with Prof Toby Walsh
On this week's Burning Platforms, Australia’s leading AI scientist, Prof Toby Walsh, takes us through the failing efforts to place limits around the automation of military conflict. Regular panelists…
Industrial Revolution with Joseph Mitchell
The ACTU’s Assistant Secretary takes us through the multiple challenges AI poses workers and the pressure points where unions are pushing back. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie…
Muting The Manosphere with Chanel Contos
The founder of Teach Us Consent on her campaign to give young people control over their social media feeds. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Per Capita’s Peter Lewis…
One Battle After Another with Alix Dunn
The Host of the ‘Computer Says Maybe’ podcast joins us to give a global take on the power and influence of Big Tech. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO…
Just Asking with Prof Daniel Angus
The Director of QUT’S Digital Media Research Centre outlines how different chatbots take users down different wormholes when they research conspiracy theories. Regular panellists Digital Rights…
Trust Mark with Alan Finkel
The former Chief Scientist outlines his new venture, ‘Proudly Human to allow creators to verify their work in the ocean of slop. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health…
World on Fire
The Burning Platforms panel kick around the carcass of this week when the White House went to war with AI, bosses found new ways to snoop on workers, and the market was moved by a bit of fan…
Orgy of Opportunity with Prof Nicholas Davis
On this week's episode of Burning Platforms, the team look at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi with first-hand accounts from UTS’s Human Technology Institute co-director and regular panelist Digital…
Plumbing with Sir Geoff Mulgan
Governments may campaign in poetry and govern in prose, but what about the engineering that keeps our democracy flowing? The pioneer of public innovation and Professor of Collective Intelligence at…
Long Game with Greg Sadler
Burning Platforms is BACK for 2026. The panels returns this week to unpack the existential risks AI presents with the Good Ancestors CEO, Greg Sadler. Spoiler: it's not just AGI. With our regular…
End of Days - 2025 in Review
As 2025 crashes out we survey the highs and lows of the year in tech with long-time platform burner Human Technology Institute co-director Ed Santow. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair…
Ground Game with Cory Alpert
While the vested interests wrestle with the intricacies of AI regulation, are community library conversations the best bet for shaping our tech future? On this week's episode of Burning Platforms, we…
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