Climate scientist Michael Tobis returns to the Plutopia podcast. He discusses the conflict of fascism vs. internationalism, the right wing co-opting of the anti-vax movement, conservative resistance to climate science,…
Renowned media theorist, artist, educator, and engineer Sandy Stone discusses her work with Olivia Records, and the controversy her transgender status attracted. Sandy also details her experience in higher education and the creation of ACTLab at UT Austin.
Jon and Scoop discuss with John Hagel his new book, The Journey Beyond Fear, remote working, scalable learning, the passion of the explorer, and fear of failure.
Rancher, author, activist and punk rock knitter Spike Gillespie joins Plutopians Maggie Duval, Scoop Sweeney and Jon Lebkowsky to talk about the challenge of small town politics in the crazy…
Nate Wilcox manages Combat Sports properties for Vox Media | SB Nation, running four of the most popular web properties covering MMA/UFC, boxing and pro wrestling. He also hosts the…
David Gans is a musician, author, and radio producer based in Oakland, California. David writes and performs his own music. He also had a career writing about music, particularly the…
Scoop and Jon talk about the news! We start by talking about link rot and content evaporation on the Internet, referencing Jonathan Zittrain’s Atlantic piece. We talk about Dead Media,…
By Jon Lebkowsky Originally published at Worldchanging.com, September 2, 2004 Politics is broken, how do we fix it? Political parties are part of the problem, but it’s unrealistic to expect…
Writer and technology critic Paulina Borsook has written for Wired, Mother Jones, and Suck.com. She is perhaps best known for her 2000 book Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly…
Angie Coiro is an award-winning radio journalist and on-stage interviewer. She’s done radio and TV work in the San Francisco Bay Area over the last 25 years. She just ended…
