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Fact-checking the Infosphere

by Plutopia News Network January 10, 2024
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The Internet is relatively new, and we’re just learning to deal with the downsides of the pervasive infosphere. Fact-checking helps.

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Jon Lebkowsky: A Personal History of the Early Internet

by Plutopia News Network December 5, 2023
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Plutopia’s own Jon Lebkowsky was an early adopter of digital technology and the internet. On this episode of the Plutopia podcast, Jon presents a personal history of digital tech, life…

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John Schwartz: Journalism and Climate

by Plutopia News Network October 31, 2023
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Journalist John Schwartz joins Plutopians to discuss journalism and climate science. After two decades at the New York Times, John has joined the faculty at the University of Texas School…

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Jeff Jarvis: Beyond the Gutenberg Parenthesis

by Plutopia News Network October 10, 2023
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Journalist and educator Jeff Jarvis, who believes we have entered the post-print age of communication, joins Plutopians to discuss his book The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its…

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by Plutopia News Network September 26, 2023
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Plutopia Live was on vacation hiding from the heat – but last week the weather was lowered from molten lava to merely hellish so we resumed our regular Thursday show…

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Amy Bruckman: Online Communities

by Scoop Sweeney September 4, 2023
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Educator and author Amy Bruckman joins the Plutopia podcast this time. Amy is Regents’ Professor and Senior Associate Chair in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of…

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Wendy Grossman: net.wars

by Plutopia News Network April 17, 2023
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With writer, blogger, and author Wendy Grossman, Jon and Scoop discuss the differences between early Internet culture and the current state of the Internet and social media. Wendy focuses in…

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Tracey Schulz: Tune In And Turn On The Radio!

by Scoop Sweeney January 23, 2023
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Broadcaster, DJ and Audio Engineer Tracey Schulz joins the Plutopia Podcast this time. Tracey is a regular voice on K.U.T. FM and K.O.O.P. Radio. He joins Scoop and Suzy in…

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2022 Postmortem, Part 2

by Plutopia News Network January 10, 2023
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Jon and Scoop conclude their postmortem for the year 2022. We look at the drama within the Republican party that managed to last into 2023. We also examine the GOP’s…

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Plutopian Postmortem: 2022

by Plutopia News Network January 2, 2023
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In this, the first Plutopia podcast of 2023, the Plutopian brain trust offers you their postmortem report on the late, and not quite lamented year, 2022. Jon: So the point,…

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