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Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts. Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts. Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
Burning Platforms is hosted by Per Capita Australia. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "God in a Box with Toby Walsh" (27 October 2026, 43 minutes), "Science Friction with Anna-Maria Arabia" (21 October 2026, 42 minutes), and "Digging for Truth with Craig Silverman" (14 October 2026, 46 minutes).
Burning Platforms publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for Burning Platforms is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Burning Platforms requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Burning Platforms's contact route on record: public web form.
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Per Capita Australia hosts Burning Platforms, a technology podcast with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #117
The AI scientist and author on his rising concerns about existential risk and the false inevitability of the hyper-scalers. Panellists ABC AI correspondent Ca, Wilson, Tech Policy Design Institute co-director Zoe Jay...
Episode #116
The CEO of the new Australian Council on AI Strategy on the big decisions and competing trade-offs facing Australia and where scientists fit in the conversation. Panelists Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen...
Episode #115
The co-founder of Indicator on how lies have taken over the internet and what we can all do to build a better information ecosystem. Also this week: Culture wars over digital duty of care AI as an intellectual hot dog...
Episode #114
As Open AI apologises to Australia the CEO of Sovereign AI takes us through the relative merits of open weight, open source and closed AI models. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health...
Episode #113
As Australia confronts the Open AI hack on Medicare we are joined by an expert in strategic foresight to explore how we can confront the AI revolution with the benefit of hindsight. Panellists Digital Rights Watch chair...
Episode #112
The Sydney University scholar explains how people can train their algorithms to get a better online experience and what it means to the Digital Duty of Care. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea...
Episode #111
The CEO of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation gives her verdict on the government’s new Digital Duty of care laws. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per...
Episode #110
The independent MP on her community-driven plan for AI, working with government from the cross-bench and pushing the pace of reform. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan...
Episode #109
As privacy reforms gather momentum, the co-director of the Human Technology Institute walks us through the proposed changes and their implications for the digital world. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair...
Episode #108
The co-founder of the Tech Policy Design Centre on the development of new laws to hold tech companies to account for the harms of their products. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO...
Episode #107
The co-founder of the Human Technology lays down his megapixel provocation and challenges us to stop thinking about AI as being so different that we can’t control it. Panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea...
Episode #106
The national security expert on the strategic risks of cognitive readiness and information is the new theatre of conflict. Panellists Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per...
Episode #105
The author of 'Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy' on how citizens must seize new technology to ensure it works for them. Regular panelists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O'Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton...
In a world of relative facts and filter bubbles how do we build a common base of reality to anchor democracy? Burning Platforms will bring themes from the ABC series ‘A Matter of Facts’ to life in a fun and interactive...
Episode #102
Burning Platform is back from its brief hiatus for a special live Virtual Town Hall, convened on July 6th, looking at the growing fight to resist the US tech behemoth, in partnership with Digital Rights Watch and GetUp...
Episode #101
This week on Burning Platforms, we're joined by the head of the Local and Independent News Association, Clare Stutchbery, to get her insights on the importance of media diversity in an age of information hierarchies...
Episode #100
The political strategist and author of ‘Angertainement', Ed Coper, joins the Burning Platform this week to discuss how social media outrage ruined everything and outlines his blueprint for harnessing the toxic...
Episode #99
<p >This week on Burning Platforms we dive deep into Pope Leo’s XIV’s encyclical with Dr Michael Walker from the Justice and Peace Office at the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney .</p> <p> </p> <p >Our panellists Digital...
Episode #98
<p >The founder of start-up Noizend on the challenges of scaling tech in Australia and how the real innovation is not running on the back of LLMs.</p> <p> </p> <p >Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie...
Episode #97
<p >Internet academic Tama Leaver on the lines between regulating and equipping children to navigate the AI revolution.</p> <p> </p> <p >Panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC AI reporter Cam Wilson...
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Executive Vice President of Business Development at Hydrix, Auckland Property Investors' Federation
author of “The AI Empowered Customer Experience”, Customer Innovation Experience Institute
associate editor of Crikey and editor of the Sizzle newsletter, ABC National
Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador-at-Large, non-binary cabinet minister, Wellbeing Media Studio
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