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Platypod, The CASTAC Podcast

Platypod is the official podcast of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing. We talk about anthropology, STS, and all things tech. Tune in for conversations with…

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Latest episodes

  1. Microbiome Monitoring: Smart Toilets, Precision Medicine, and the Post-Genomic Bowel11 Aug 2026
  2. Can a Data Center Sweat?7 Aug 2026
  3. Fragile Followings: Leaving and Returning to the Ecological Field5 Aug 2026
  4. Platform Workers’ Organizing Diaries: Messages from Union Organizers to Researchers3 Aug 2026
  5. Automating Language, Losing Relationality: Feminist Reflections on African Language AI28 Jul 2026
  6. The Hotspot as a Sociotechnical and Political Object: Frontline Healthcare Professionals and Public Conversation alongside the Intensification of a U.S. Measles Outbreak24 Jul 2026
  7. Stuck Among the Trees22 Jul 2026
  8. Charting the (Dis)course of Nature Restoration: The EU Nature Restoration Law in the Public Sphere in Czechia20 Jul 2026
  9. Digital Porosity and Value in Suspension: Informal Economies and Video Games16 Jul 2026
  10. The Monsters We Buried: Plastics, Swamp Men, and the Unquiet Ground of Deonar14 Jul 2026