Podcast - Critical Listening

Critical Listening is a podcast created by journalist and Mood Machine author Liz Pelly and composer and educator Max Alper that covers the niche intersections of music, technology, and culture industry hell. For this live taping at ESNS, Liz and Max will host a conversation with journalist Henk Willem Smits of the investigative outlet Follow The Money regarding his coverage of the private equity takeover within various international electronic music festivals and where and when the line is drawn between staples of underground music culture and financial asset portfolios.