5 Best Brian Merchant Podcast Appearance and Guest Interviews

1. Brian Merchant on Politechs

Play Sep 28, 2025 58:46
Website Apple
Episode Title Resistance
About Episode We've talked about a lot on Politechs this season, and now it's time to pull it all together and think about how we can resist AI. And who better to talk to about resistance than Brian Merchant, author of "Blood in the Machine", a fascinating book about the original Luddites, a group of tech workers in early 19th century England who took up the hammer and smashed the machines that were being used to emiserate them...MORE Apple Rating 5.0/5 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Brian Merchant on The Nation Podcasts

Play Sep 04, 2025 59:52
Website Apple Spotify
Episode Title Will AI Kill Your Job? w/ Brian Merchant | Tech Won't Save Us
About Episode Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss whether the AI bubble is about to burst and how bosses are deploying AI tools to kill jobs and degrade work. Brian Merchant is the author of ⁠Blood in the Machine⁠ and writes a ⁠newsletter⁠ of the same name. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyMORE Host Jon Wiener
Producer/Network The Nation Magazine
Email ****@uci.edu
Apple Rating 4.4/5Twitter 142.5K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Brian Merchant on Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

Play Jun 11, 2025 50:19
Website Apple Spotify
Episode Title Andy Levy & Brian Merchant
About Episode As The World Churns’ Andy Levy examines the fallout from the Trump and Musk feud. Blood in the Machine author Brian Merchant details how AI is already quietly killing job prospects in America. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. MORE Host Molly Jong-Fast
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
Email ****@iheartmedia.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Brian Merchant on Big Picture Science

Play Apr 20, 2025 54:26
Website Apple Spotify
Episode Title Tech in Check
About Episode Worried that AI will replace you? It may not seem like the Hollywood writers’ strike has anything in common with the Luddite rebellion in England in 1811, but they are surprisingly similar. Today we use the term “Luddite” dismissively to describe a technophobe, but the original Luddites – cloth workers – organized and fought Industrial Revolution automation and the factory bosses who were replacing humans with cotton spinning machines and steam powered looms...MORE Hosts Molly Bentley, Seth Shostak
Producer/Network Big Picture Science
Email ****@seti.org
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 5.7KTwitter 5.9KInstagram 286 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Brian Merchant on Hamburger Business Review

Play Dec 27, 2024 56:33
Website Apple Spotify
Episode Title Burgers from the Machine
About Episode Welcome Hamburger Enthusiasts! Our guest today is writer, reporter, and author Brian Merchant. He writes the Blood In the Machine newsletter about AI, Silicon Valley, labor and power. He joined us for a discussion based on the very recent case study McDonald’s: Moving Toward a Fully Automated Future? and to teach us some lessons from the luddites. The case study, and much of our conversation, is really asking if we as a society have a problem with a certain level of automation...MORE Producer/Network Zach Rose, Mike Merrill, Chris Higgins
Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact