Episode description

I wanted to do this podcast on Amazon’s expansion, and some of the controversies that followed, including reports of hazardous working conditions at its warehouses, accusations that Amazon is a tax-avoiding monopoly that kills brick and mortar stores, and that Amazon is wielding unregulated power, in areas ranging from Washington, D.C. lobbying to law enforcement technology. Amazon’s enterprises, including artificial intelligence devices that may be spying on us, or opening us up to hackers. These have been issues brought up with them and I really wanted to learn more and share what I found.

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