In this recording of the October 13, 2020 EFF-Austin meeting, Ritika Gopal discusses the current state of copyright law, and its ability to address modern-day forms of artistic expression. In…
Activism
Photo: Jordan Reznick Sandy Stone is a cultural theoretician, audio engineer, computer hacker, filmmaker and performance artist; founding director of the Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory (ACTLab) at the University of…
In this episode, we discuss complexity, post-Covid foresight, climate change, and building capabilities to evolve and survive with Zaid Hassan. Zaid is a strategist, facilitator, social innovator and writer. He…
Founders of the Society for Participatory Medicine discuss e-patients and Covid-19.
Cory Doctorow returns! Cory is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. His latest book, which we’ll be discussing today, is Attack Surface, a standalone adult sequel to Little Brother.…
John D. Marks was the unlikely featured speaker at the 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention in San Francisco. Marks, the former staff assistant to the Director of the Bureau of…
Maggie and Scoop interview Jeanne Mozier, a popular astrologer and speaker. Her understanding of both politics and astrology inform her wide-ranging predictions. Jeanne holds degrees in political science from Cornell…
Jon and Scoop interview artist Eliza Evans, who experiments with sculpture, print, video, and textiles to identify disconnections and absurdities in social, economic, and ecological systems. They discuss some of her projects, especially her latest environmental art project, “All the Way to Hell.”
Bijoy Goswami and Robert Matney work with Jon and Scoop to create a “cult of punditry.” This freewheeling conversation covers cults, conspiracies, gurus, toxic soup, science (and the lack of…
Technology muse and influential connector Jerry Michalski joins Jon and Scoop to discuss his latest project, Open Global Mind, “a project to build communities and platforms that will help us…