Podcasts · Technology
Taylor Lorenz’s Power User
158 episodes · 8 with AI analysis
Taylor Lorenz explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, she explores everything from online fame to emerging platforms, viral phenomena, the creator economy, and much more. Tune in every Wednesday for regular episodes and every Friday for "Free Speech Friday," her series on tech policy and the fight for civil liberties online.
AI Intelligence · across all analyzed episodes
People · top 20
Companies · top 20
Topics · top 10
Historical Technology Resistance MovementsLuddite Labor Organizing and Machine BreakingAI Political Economy and Capital AccumulationTechnology Adoption Coercion and User VulnerabilityCollective vs. Individual Resistance StrategiesTech CEO Transparency as Strategic DeflectionEnvironmental Impact of Data CentersAI Existential Risk Narratives and Conspiracy TheoryLabor Displacement and AutomationDemocratic Regulation vs. Tech Industry Interests
Analyzed Episodes
May 8, 2026
Stop Feeling Helpless About AI: The Violent History of Resisting Technology
Historical Technology Resistance MovementsLuddite Labor Organizing and Machine BreakingAI Political Economy and Capital Accumulation
View AnalysisMay 6, 2026
The Most Dangerous Lie on the Internet: The 62 Million Men Hoax Explained
Section 230 Communications Decency Act reform and repeal advocacyFOSTA-SESTA consequences and unintended harms to sex workers and trafficking survivorsMisinformation virality and emotional manipulation in social media
View AnalysisApr 29, 2026
The New Digital Class War: Rich People Use The Internet Differently w/ Adam Aleksic
Class signaling through Instagram aesthetics and posting behaviorPlatform migration patterns and elite re-territorializationFilter use and technical literacy as class markers
View AnalysisApr 24, 2026
Inside A Billionaire's AI Spy Network: The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Facial Recognition Technology and AI SurveillancePrivate Surveillance Infrastructure and Corporate ControlBillionaire Surveillance Practices and Abuse
View AnalysisDec 31, 2025
The Insane Overnight Rise of Clavicular: the black-pilled Gen Z looksmaxxer taking over the internet
Looks-maxing ideology and PSL rating systemsNick Fuentes and Groyper Wars radicalization pipelineSteroid use and body modification in Gen Z
View AnalysisJan 2, 2026
4Chan's Battle to Stop the UK From Censoring the Global Internet
UK Online Safety Act and extraterritorial enforcementEU Digital Services Act and global regulatory expansionFree speech and First Amendment protection online
View AnalysisJan 7, 2026
ICE Is Treating Immigration Raids Like Content
Government Social Media Strategy and Influencer MarketingImmigration Enforcement Media OperationsViral Content Production in Law Enforcement
View AnalysisJan 9, 2026
Congress Is Pushing Another Internet Censorship Law: The SCREEN Act
SCREEN Act legislation and federal age verification requirementsState-level 'material harmful to minors' laws and their expansionAge verification technology industry and data privacy concerns
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