Dr. Leonie Tanczer discusses how smartphones, connected household devices, surveillance tools, location trackers and AI can be repurposed to facilitate domestic abuse, allowing perpetrators to monitor, manipulate and intimidate victims…
Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case argues that technology should quietly support human life rather than dominate our attention. Contrasting clock-driven āChronosā time with meaningful āKairosā time, she explains how smartphones, unstable…
In this Plutopia News Network interview, Dallas, Texas counselor and longtime LGBTQ advocate Candy Marcum reflects on more than four decades of providing affirming mental health care, her activism during…
The Plutopia News Network team takes a wide-ranging look at the changing political landscape in Texas, using Jon Lebkowskyās experience as a delegate to the Texas Democratic Convention as a…
Peter Richardson discusses Brand New Beat, his history of Rolling Stoneās first decade and its roots in San Francisco counterculture and music scene.
Hugh Forrest reflects on four decades helping shape South by Southwest and the challenges of scaling creative communities without losing authenticity.
Award-winning medical journalist Deborah Cohen examines how social media algorithms, influencers, wellness brands, and AI tools transformed the way people find and evaluate health information.
Three longtime patient-empowerment advocates — e-Patient Dave deBronkart, Hugo Campos, and Gilles Frydman — join Plutopia to discuss how AI is transforming participatory medicine by giving patients new tools to…
In this hosts-only āPlutopians Gone Wildā episode, Jon Lebkowsky, Scoop Sweeney, and Wendy Grossman range freely across early online culture, disaster response, politics, surveillance, AI, advertising, podcasts, and pop culture.…
Cindy Cohn joins Plutopia to discuss her new book, Privacyās Defender, and reflects on her decades of work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, from the landmark Bernstein encryption case to…
