Unruly Subjects
Unruly Subjects is a weekly show about politics and culture hosted by Chenjerai Kumanyika, media professor and Peabody Award-winning audio journalist. Each week, Chenjerai makes sense of the week’s struggles with some of his favorite people - thinkers, journalists, friends, and folks who can help us laugh through the pain.
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How to Kill a Data Center
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This episode is all about the fight against data centers. Specifically, we’re sharing the story of how the residents of Monterey Park, California waged a successful campaign against the construction of a data center in their town. Chenjerai interviews Hrag Balian and Steven Kung, co-founders of No Data Centers in Monterey Park and Claire Wang, an independent journalist who has been covering the anti-data center movement for The Guardian and other outlets.
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Unruly Subjects is created in partnership with Rowhome Productions
Further reading & sources from this episode:
Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won, The Guardian
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area, Capital B News
Trump releases AI policy for Congress to pre-empt state rules, Reuters
Trump’s AI Order Is More Bark than Bite
While the executive order has created uncertainty for the many states that have passed artificial intelligence policies to protect their residents, its impact falls short of its menacing rhetoric.
