{"podcast":{"title":"Technology Pill","slug":"technology-pill-560921","podcast_index_feed_id":560921,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/152674c8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technology-pill","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/3448418/3448418-1610538873523-a8397ebe0012e.jpg","author":"Privacy International","episode_count":104,"summary":"Find out how technology is reshaping our lives every day and explore the new powers of governments and companies.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T00:17:47.008339+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921"},"episode":{"title":"Community Health: Kenya Data Debt Spiral","slug":"community-health-kenya-data-debt-spiral","published_at":"2026-05-01T11:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921/community-health-kenya-data-debt-spiral","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technology-pill/episodes/Community-Health-Kenya-Data-Debt-Spiral-e3il2rh","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/152674c8/podcast/play/119228721/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-30%2F423182778-44100-2-592086af796e8.m4a","summary":"This week we're talking to Joan Musenya about life in Kenya as a young person - from mobile money, to data protection, to government surveillance. Joan is a member of the Kenyan Community Advisory Team (K-CAT) helping to steer the Digital Health and Rights Project . Links - Digital Health and Rights Project report: https://digitalhealthandrights.com/resource-library/report-paying-the-costs-of-connection/ - Find more from Joan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-musenya/ - PI's low cost tech work: https://www.privacyinternational.org/campaigns/privacy-shouldnt-be-luxury - More about shame based debt collection in Kenya: https://biznakenya.com/digital-lenders-kenya-debt-collection-warning/ - More about what to do if you're experiencing harassment from debt collectors in Kenya: https://dealfish.co.ke/2025/03/mobile-loan-recovery-harassment-in.html - More about the history of M-Pesa: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianstadler/2024/06/11/m-pesa-why-the-worlds-first-large-mobile-payment-platform-keeps-on-winning/ - CNN apology to Kenya: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/121633/Latest%20News/cnn-boss-apologizes-to-kenya-over-terrorism-slur - PI's work on sim card registration: https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration","meta_description":"This week we're talking to Joan Musenya about life in Kenya as a young person - from mobile money, to data protection, to government surveillance. Joan is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2496,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/technology-pill-560921/episodes/community-health-kenya-data-debt-spiral/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921/community-health-kenya-data-debt-spiral.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}