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    Spike Gillespie: Freewheelin’

    by Plutopia News Network November 16, 2021
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    Plutopia goes on a ride along… our friend Spike Gillespie was literally on the road when she spoke to Jon and Scoop for this week’s Plutopia podcast.

    Spike takes us on a free-wheeling tour of her ranch, her businesses, and Bastrop County, Texas. We also talk about her new restaurant in Smithville, small town Texas and fitting in, glamping, weddings, creating happy communities and much more.

    So…..fasten your seatbelts and don’t forget to use your turn signals!

    Spike Gillespie:

    I have empathy for people who don’t want to get vaccinated, and there’s something that you just said – not known for vegetarianism. I don’t know – I think maybe what I was going to say was kind of like, “When in Rome,” which doesn’t mean that I’m going to go have my vaccination taken away, or anything. But I’m really learning how to adapt more, and I am not going to convince people to become a vegetarian by opening a vegetarian restaurant. (Laughs) But what I do is every day, almost every day, I make some insanely incredible vegetarian soup. And then sometimes I’ll make a bread. And the idea isn’t that I’m trying to convince people to eat differently, it’s just, like, “here’s some delicious food, it just happens to not have meat in it.”

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    Nate Wilcox: Real Politics

    by Plutopia News Network November 8, 2021
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    Former political consultant, current mixed martial arts blogger, editor of SB Nations’s Bloody Elbow, and host of the “Let It Roll” podcast Nate Wilcox joins the Plutopian crew for a …

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    Day of the Dead

    by Plutopia News Network November 1, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    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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    Vahid Razavi: Big Tech Stories

    by Plutopia News Network October 25, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    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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    Pat Cadigan: Alien 3 and Me

    by Plutopia News Network October 18, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    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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    Tom Miller Redux: A Plutopia flashback to an early episode.

    by Scoop Sweeney October 11, 2021
    by Scoop Sweeney

    This time, we dig deep into the archives for a flashback to the final episode published prior to our seven-year “sabbatical”. “Miller is as quirky and delightful as ever, treating …

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    Stephanie Vale: Jane Austen Fan Fiction

    by Scoop Sweeney October 4, 2021
    by Scoop Sweeney

    Stephanie Vale, the pen name of a longtime WELL member, is a semi-retired attorney and part-time university instructor in the US Pacific Northwest.  She has loved Jane Austen for more …

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    Johannes Grenzfurthner: Nerd Culture

    by Plutopia News Network September 27, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    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
    by Plutopia News Network

    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
    by Plutopia News Network

    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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    Eliza Evans Returns: Art and Activism

    by Plutopia News Network August 30, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    Artist Eliza Evans returns with an update on her activist art project, “All the Way to Hell.” We also talk about fracking, the oil industry, nonprofit organizations, hybrid art forms, …

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    Tom Jennings Redux: Civil War 2021

    by Plutopia News Network August 23, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    Tom Jennings joins Plutopians for a free-range, grass-fed conversation about programming and software, Afghanistan, racism, the Civil War, Tom’s FrankenRambler, and much more. Tom is a Los Angeles-based artist, tech, …

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    Michael Tobis: Climate, Covid, and Crazy Times

    by Plutopia News Network August 16, 2021
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    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, …

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    Sandy Stone and the Hound of Heaven

    by Plutopia News Network August 10, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    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 …

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    John Hagel: Passion of the Explorer

    by Plutopia News Network August 2, 2021
    by Plutopia News Network

    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.

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