Brian Merchant
What the Luddites can teach us about the march of tech
28 Jan 2024
Technology journalist for the LA Times, Brian Merchant joins us to talk about his book Blood in the Machine and his thinking around how we respond to the current moment of AI job automation. Audio
The secret history of the iPhone
16 Sep 2017
Tech journalist Brian Merchant reflects on the first decade of the iPhone – how it's not only changed our lives, but revolutionised the way digital devices are marketed and sold – in his book The One… Audio
China factory conditions exposed: 'I can't remember anyone smiling'
23 Jun 2017
Brian Merchant got smuggled in to Foxconn's factory in China to see if anything had changed since workers committed suicide over conditions in 2010. Video, Audio