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Taking On the Tech Oligarchs, with Taylor Lorenz

Taking On the Tech Oligarchs, with Taylor Lorenz

We're Not Kidding with Mehdi & Friends vor 1 Jahr

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'We're Not Kidding' is back! After a not-very-relaxing holiday
break, Mehdi is joined by tech and online culture journalist (and
new Zeteo contributor!) Taylor Lorenz to discuss
the new age of American oligarchy. Trump is back in office and
his inauguration was a star-studded showcase of spineless tech
billionaires.

Mehdi and Taylor also unpack the dumbfounding blunder of
Democrats' TikTok ban, why private ownership of social media
platforms by "red-pilled billionaires" is actually BAD for free
speech, the MAGAfication of Elon Musk, and whether Mark
Zuckerberg looks cool now. Taylor also pushes back against the
argument made by Zeteo guest writer Will
Stancil, who called for Democrats to go to war with social media
companies. "Then just get on board with Republicans! This is the
problem, is people like that. That is so stupid!"

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CREDITS:

Hosted by: Mehdi Hasan

Guest Host: Taylor Lorenz

Executive Producer: Kiran Alvi

Senior Producer and Editor: Frank Cappello

Music: Andy Clausen

Design: Alicia Tatone

Mix Engineer: Valentino Rivera

Title Animation: Ehsaan Mesghali

Special thanks to: Stephen Wentzell