https://podcast.hanszwart.nl Audio files to listen to. Hans de Zwart en Copyright isn't very clear for these files 1440 https://podcast.hanszwart.nl A candid discussion on friendship. https://podcast.hansdezwart.nl/Sinek-and-Noah-on-friendship.mp3 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:22:01 https://podcast.hanszwart.nl In ‘BOOS Grote Gesprekken’ trekken we het land door om met bekende gasten te spreken over zichzelf en de maatschappij. Hoe vormen zij hun wereldbeeld? Hebben ze een idee over welke kant we op zouden moeten met z’n allen? En wat is dan hun rol daarin? Onze vijfde gast is Bob Scholte. Hij is uitgesproken communist, noemt zichzelf een revolutionair en is het gezicht van Left Laser: zijn online platform. Het gesprek met Scholte begint bij hemzelf: wat ontroert hem? Maar uiteraard volgt er een afslag naar de politiek. We hebben het over ‘woke’, en zijn aversie daartegen. Over de klassenstrijd. Over zijn revolutie, en hoe die eruit moet gaan zien. https://podcast.hansdezwart.nl/Bob-Scholte-(Left-Laser)-over-opoffering,-propaganda-en-kritiek-op-woke.mp3 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:41:29 https://podcast.hanszwart.nl The fourth episode of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy BBC radio series. https://podcast.hansdezwart.nl/HHGTTG-Fit-the-Fourth.mp3 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:15:15 https://podcast.hanszwart.nl Europe is ramping up its defenses, with discussions about militarization, strategic autonomy, and NATO targets becoming commonplace in political, mediatic, and public discourses. The perceived existential threats from Russia and doubts about the reliability of the United States appear to be driving this push toward rearmament. But how deeply are counterarguments being considered? And what are the real costs and for whom? https://podcast.hansdezwart.nl/the-price-of-war.mp3 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:32:08 https://podcast.hanszwart.nl Agentic AI is the catch-all term for AI-enabled systems that propose to complete more or less complex tasks on their own, without stopping to ask permission or consent. What could go wrong? These systems are being integrated directly into operating systems and applications, like web browsers. This move represents a fundamental paradigm shift, transforming them from relatively neutral resource managers into an active, goal-oriented infrastructure ultimately controlled by the companies that develop these systems, not by users or application developers. Systems like Microsoft's "Recall," which create a comprehensive "photographic memory" of all user activity, are marketed as productivity enhancers, but they function as OS-level surveillance and create significant privacy vulnerabilities. In the case of Recall, we’re talking about a centralized, high-value target for attackers that poses an existential threat to the privacy guarantees of meticulously engineered applications like Signal. This shift also fundamentally undermines personal agency, replacing individual choice and discovery with automated, opaque recommendations that can obscure commercial interests and erode individual autonomy. https://podcast.hansdezwart.nl/Whittaker-at-CCC.mp3 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:09:24 https://podcast.hanszwart.nl Onze zevende gast is Joris Luyendijk. Voorheen bekend en geprezen journalist, tegenwoordig activist. Zijn missie: Steun voor Oekraïne. Hoe ontstond die omslag, en wat drijft hem daarin? We spreken hem in het Verzetsmuseum, op zijn eigen verzoek. https://podcast.hansdezwart.nl/Joris-Luyendijk-over-oorlog-activisme-en-journalistiek.mp3 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:00:58 https://podcast.hanszwart.nl Federico Campagna and Arianne Conty explore cosmologies that offer an opportunity for us to revisit our understanding of technology generating possibilities for new relations with it in the future. Building on old and alternate histories of knowledge and worldviews, these radical perspectives offer oppositions to present-day power relations and values entwined with technology. https://podcast.hansdezwart.nl/Old-Worlds-and-New-Beginnings.mp3 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:40:56