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Disintegrator

by Roberto Alonso Trillo, Marek Poliks, and Helena McFadzean

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  • 51. Worlds (w/ Federico Campagna)

    October 26, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    Sorry this took so long we published a major whitepaper and went on tour ok???? But we've got a ton in the chamber we're back we're so back thanks for your patience. We’re joined by Federico Campagna: philosopher and writer and magic man…

  • 50. The Infinite Company (w/ Dave Wright and Brian Solis)

    August 27, 2026 · 43 min

    We're incredibly honored to be joined by Dave Wright, Chief Innovation Officer at ServiceNow, and Brian Solis, ServiceNow's Head of Global Innovation, digital anthropologist, and nine-time author. Together, Dave and Brian run ServiceNow…

  • 49. Garden (w/ Anna Greenspan)

    August 12, 2026 · 52 min

    We're joined by Anna Greenspan: philosopher, Associate Professor at NYU Shanghai, where she co-directs the Center for AI and Culture, and author of Shanghai Future and China and the Wireless Undertow. Longtime listeners will recognize her…

  • 48. Indifference Engine (w/ Wassim Alsindi & Paul Dylan-Ennis)

    July 22, 2026 · 57 min

    We're joined by Paul Dylan-Ennis and Wassim Alsindi, two of crypto's sharpest in-house critics, who arrived at the same place from opposite directions. Paul is a lecturer at University College Dublin, author of Absolute Essentials of…

  • 47. Invocation (w/ E. Elias Merhige and Gavin Gamboa)

    July 8, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    E. Elias Merhige is the experimental filmmaker behind Begotten (1989) and its sequels Din of Celestial Birds (2006) and Polia & Blastema: A Cosmic Opera (2022), as well as Shadow of the Vampire and Suspect Zero. Gavin Gamboa is a…

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  • 46. Building Doors (w/ Yancey Strickler)

    June 29, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    We're joined by Yancey Strickler: writer, cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, and the person behind a string of projects that try to give creative life a workable economic form: Bentoism, The Creative Independent, Metalabel, the Dark…

  • [LIVE AT INDEX] The Datacenter Does Not Exist (Q&A w/ Dena Yago)

    June 9, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    Disintegrator's spring tour lecture, love to watch this continue to unfold in real life. Thanks to Index, Montez Radio, Hugh, Elie, the Disintegrator team and especially Dena Yago for joining us. For the visually hxc: ht…

  • [NECROLECTURE] The Excarnated Angel: On AI and the Impossibility of Touch

    April 28, 2026 · 41 min

    Marek solo ep. To be released on Nuda Mag 3 later this year in text form. Piece starts like 17 minutes in hahaha.

  • 45. El Apocalipsis Ya Está Aquí (w/ no.investigues)

    April 23, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    This episode is entirely in Spanish. English translation is here: https://marekpoliks.com/noinvestigues_transcript.  We are delighted to be joined by the algorithmically contagious memetic research project no.investigues. If you are…

  • 44. The Grid (w/ Molly Taft)

    April 8, 2026 · 60 min

    Molly Taft, Senior Writer at Wired, joins us to talk datacenters, AI, US power infrastructure, and big energy. You've almost definitely read her work, especially if you live in the US. This episode absolutely ROCKS and is maybe the most…

  • 43. The Soft (w/ Laura Tripaldi)

    March 11, 2026 · 56 min

    We're joined by Laura Tripaldi: material scientist, writer, and researcher at the Center for AI and Culture at NYU Shanghai. You probably know her from Parallel Minds: Discovering the Intelligence of Materials (Urbanomic, 2022), an essay…

  • The Teachings of Salesforce Child

    March 2, 2026 · 44 min

    Salesforce Child is our favorite artist. More here and on her instagram @salesforcechild. We're on TOUR see us: NY Sat 3/7: https://luma.com/k3ffx3ze YALE Sun 3/8: https://exocapitalismthedatacentr.rsvpify.com MIT Mon 3/9…

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About the show

What does it mean to be human in an age where experience and behavior are mediated and regulated by algorithms? The Disintegrator Podcast is a limited series exploring how Artificial Intelligence affects who we are and how we express ourselves. Join Roberto Alonso Trillo, Marek Poliks, and Helena McFadzean as they speak to the artists, philosophers, scientists, and social theorists at the forefront of human-AI relations.  Disintegrator is produced by Rubén Bañuelos.