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Undercurrents: Tech, Tyrants, and Us

By: Coda Story
Narrated by: Natalia Antelava
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  • Smartphones, social media, and surveillance tech are sold to us as ways to build a safer, more connected, and convenient world. Many of us were hopeful this tech would also lead to a more open, more free society. But with authoritarianism seemingly on the rise across the world, did we get it wrong? Maybe tech is just making life easier for the tyrants. In eight episodes, reported from around the world, journalist Natalia Antelava and the team from Coda Story focus on the stories of people caught up in the struggle between tech, democracy, and dictatorship, and ask whether tech is doing more for dictators than it is for democracy.
    ©2022 Coda Story (P)2022 Audible Originals
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  • Trailer: Undercurrents: Tech, Tyrants, and Us.

    Trailer: Undercurrents: Tech, Tyrants, and Us.
    Dec 16 2022

    Natalia Antelava, co-founder of Coda Story, brings stories of people from around the world whose lives were turned upside down when digital technology collided with the tyrants. Tech is reshaping the age-old struggle for democracy - but is it more useful to dictators, or the people trying to take them down?
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    1 min
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  • Escaping China’s Surveillance Net

    Escaping China’s Surveillance Net
    Jan 5 2023
    A young man is detained by police in China’s Xinjiang region, and stumbles on an unlikely means of escape. He double-crosses his interrogators and runs as far as he can -all the way to the frozen Arctic. But will he ever really be free from China’s surveillance web? Even in his new home in northern Norway, the eyes of the Chinese state are never far away.
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    43 mins
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  • Tech and the Taliban

    Tech and the Taliban
    Jan 5 2023
    Smartphones and mainstream apps power a volunteer team racing against the clock to help Afghans leave the country before the Taliban takes over. For those left behind, those who opposed the Taliban, how do they stay safe? Because this Taliban regime is very different from the one that ruled 20 years ago. This one uses social media and biometric databases.
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    42 mins
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Tales for our times

It's not always easy to make tech sound engaging but this podcast does it beautifully. The human stories at the heart of the series make the disturbing issues easily relatable. A great listen!

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Storytelling at its best

A brilliant podcast brimming with details and strong characters. The soundtrack is also really well done.

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Frightening confirmation

Story telling at its best. Deeply unsettling but still manages to pay tribute to the human spirit. David C

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A compelling listen

Tackles the issues of our time - digital surveillance, social media, data collection etc - through compelling stories of people around the world. Highly recommended.

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Dark and deeply insightful

A very accessible and engaging tour into life in the darker places of the world.

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In-depth and engaging

Inhaled this podcast in one felt swoop. It masterfully weaves together the red flags we've all seen rise over the last few years. The storytelling sucks you in, can't recommend it enough.

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Highly recommended!

First episode was my favorite ! Great podcast on how the tech is transforming lives !

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