{"podcast":{"title":"This Machine Kills","slug":"this-machine-kills-428599","podcast_index_feed_id":428599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:861066976/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://soundcloud.com/thismachinekillspod","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-9ph1FoDtmpfiZRzy-vEy7cg-original.jpg","author":"This Machine Kills","episode_count":490,"summary":"A podcast about technology and political economy …","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T22:20:21.756589+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599"},"episode":{"title":"Patreon Preview – 462. Somebody’s Really Gotta Do Something","slug":"patreon-preview-462-somebody-s-really-gotta-do-something","published_at":"2026-06-19T01:11:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599/patreon-preview-462-somebody-s-really-gotta-do-something","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599","url":"https://soundcloud.com/thismachinekillspod/patreon-preview-462-somebodys","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2342258678-thismachinekillspod-patreon-preview-462-somebodys.mp3","summary":"If every billionaire is a policy failure, then the world’s first trillionaire is a far more serious omen of collapse. We spend this episode talking about Muskism, reflecting on an economy that is racing in two very opposite directions, and considering the broader public (non-)response and social ramifications of the Age of the Trillionaire. ••• Elon Musk Becomes the World’s First Trillionaire https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/technology/elon-musk-trillionaire.html ••• Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/business/economy-trillionaire-wealth-wages.html ••• Muskism as Fordism https://lpeproject.org/blog/muskism-as-fordism/ ••• Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/ Standing Plugs: ••• Order Jathan’s book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite ••• Subscribe to Ed’s substack: https://substack.com/@thetechbubble ••• Subscribe to TMK on patreon for premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (bsky.app/profile/jathansadowski.com) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (bsky.app/profile/jebr.bsky.social)","meta_description":"If every billionaire is a policy failure, then the world’s first trillionaire is a far more serious omen of collapse. We spend this episode talking about…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":429,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-machine-kills-428599/episodes/patreon-preview-462-somebody-s-really-gotta-do-something/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599/patreon-preview-462-somebody-s-really-gotta-do-something.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}