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Cory Doctorow

Author, Activist and Journalist

Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science-fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently Picks and Shovels and The Bezzle (follow-ups to Red Team Blues, a science-fiction crime thriller), and The Lost Cause, a solarpunk science-fiction novel of hope amid the climate emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, a Big Tech disassembly manual. Other recent books include Chokepoint Capitalism, nonfiction about monopoly and creative labor markets; the Little Brother series for young adults; In Real Life, a graphic novel; and the picture book Poesy the Monster Slayer. In 2020, Doctorow was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

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WNYC presents ON THE MEDIA

Sat May 31, 2025 | 2:45pm
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Big Ideas Stage

Cory Doctorow, author and technologist, coined the term “enshittification” to describe why apps and services like X, Facebook and Uber are more expensive, harder to use and worse for us, the users, even as they've also gotten worse for advertisers, sellers, publishers, drivers and other businesses. We'll explore why Doctorow posits Trump’s tariffs could fight “enshittification” and make the internet more consumer-friendly. 

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Micah Loewinger
Cory Doctorow
Featuring: Micah Loewinger, Cory Doctorow

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The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival is a full-day event in downtown Seattle, featuring live podcast recordings and studio television tapings from The Atlantic, NPR, CNN, Vox, PBS, Crooked Media, The Gist, Open to Debate, and more. Watch live as journalists, newsmakers, and thought leaders from around the world take on hot topics making news and the biggest issues of our time. Plus, community meetups, speaker meet-and-greets, micro-sessions, food trucks, DJs, and artists.

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