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Day of the Dead

by Plutopia News Network November 1, 2021
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In this week’s Plutopia podcast, Jon and Scoop make a deep dive into death… also Halloween, sex, pagan celebrations, and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). “Everyone is…

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The voices in our heads

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We should honor not just the tendency to build a visible life and environment that serves your own utopian vision – this also extends to the construction of an inner life and the cultivation of an inner voice.

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Plutopian Week: Coltrane, Sterling, Frauenfelder, Garfield

by Plutopia News Network October 30, 2021
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Music of the Plutopian Spheres: John Coltrane: A Love Supreme in Seattle. A 1965 recording of Coltrane’s band performing his masterwork “A Love Supreme” at the Penthouse Club in Seattle,…

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Vahid Razavi: Big Tech Stories

by Plutopia News Network October 25, 2021
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Just in time for Halloween – scary stories from the world of big tech!! Thanks to our friends at EFF-Austin, we present a session with author and tech veteran Vahid…

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Halloween Utopia

by Plutopia News Network October 25, 2021
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Halloween is a most Plutopian celebration. Our use of the word Plutopia is a portmanteau, a merging of two words, “pluralist” and “utopia.” Pluralism is about “the peaceful coexistence of…

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Pat Cadigan: Alien 3 and Me

by Plutopia News Network October 18, 2021
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Hugo award-winning author Pat Cadigan joins Jon and Scoop to discuss her novelization of William Gibson’s first screenplay for Alien 3, the third movie in the Alien franchise. The final…

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Johannes Grenzfurthner: Nerd Culture

by Plutopia News Network September 27, 2021
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Johannes Grenzfurthner discusses discuss nerd culture, context hacking, sex and technology, cocktail robotics, and his new film.

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Chris Zappone: Media, Social Media, and Politics

by Plutopia News Network September 20, 2021
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Chris Zappone works as a foreign news editor in Australian media. Chris has written about geopolitics, space, technology, ideology, and the future. He has consulted with universities, think tanks and…

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Suzanne Stefanac: Radio Free Zorca

by Plutopia News Network September 13, 2021
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Suzanne Stefanac talks about her work on low power FM radio, Covid and conservatives, the current state of journalism and education, and a new mantra, “Be good. Do good.”

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Plutopian Rock and Roll

by Plutopia News Network September 6, 2021
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Rock and roll! Plutopia News Network cohosts Scoop and Jon talk about their internet radio show, Radio Free Plutopia. They also discuss their lifetime love of rock and roll, vinyl…

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