Algorithms and Democracy with Jose Marichal

2025-11-12

Episode 29 - Algorithms and Democracy with Jose Marichal This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J chat with Jose Marichal, professor of political science at California Lutheran University, and author of You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem. He is, according to a chatbot, a critical-democratic institutionalist who focuses on everyday algorithmic power and citizen agency. Find out more about Dr. Marichal and his work via his website or by checking out his new book. As always, li...

Episode 29 - Algorithms and Democracy with Jose Marichal

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J chat with Jose Marichal, professor of political science at California Lutheran University, and author of You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem. He is, according to a chatbot, a critical-democratic institutionalist who focuses on everyday algorithmic power and citizen agency.

Find out more about Dr. Marichal and his work via his website or by checking out his new book.

As always, listeners can contact us at prostheticgods@gmail.com with questions, comments, and suggestions for future topics.

Credits:

Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits
Music & Production by Jake Burley

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