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    Nathan Wilcox: The Flip Side

    by Plutopia News Network February 13, 2023
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    Blogger and podcaster Nathan Wilcox returns to the Plutopia podcast. We explore the emergence of ChatGPT, music and art created with artificial intelligence, the evolution of dance music, changes in the Austin music scene, streaming music, and of course, politics!

    “Nathan Wilcox: I’m very excited about the potential for AI in music-making. I guarantee you that’s where the next big wave of musical innovation is going to come out of. It’s going to come from kids getting their hands on this cheap AI technology, feeding songs the like, songs they don’t like, into it, to see what weird shit pops out of it, and then editing that to make something out of it. If you just take raw AI-generated music, it’s generally not that listenable, but if you get a musician working on it, and they can find those things – you know, the way AI art will have too many fingers on your hands, or whatever, too many eyes on your face – they’ll get those valley of the uncanny weirdness, and then be able to put it into a structure that works like a song.”

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    Carl Stone and Eric Theise: A Conversation

    by Plutopia News Network January 30, 2023
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    Plutopia News Network invited Carl Stone and Eric Theise for a conversation mainly focusing on Carl’s work/play as an electronic composer. Carl and Eric recently performed sold-out shows together 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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    SO LONG MOM, I’M OFF TO DROP THE BOMB!

    by Scoop Sweeney January 16, 2023
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    Once upon a time..people of a certain age witnessed a historic change in the way humans destroy each other in a war. In 1945, the United States ended World War …

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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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    Cory Doctorow: Chokepoint Capitalism

    by Plutopia News Network December 26, 2022
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    Science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow returns to the Plutopia podcast. We discuss his latest book, Chokepoint Capitalism, and his definition of a chokepoint. We also explore the …

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    Casey Walker: Changing the News

    by Plutopia News Network December 19, 2022
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    Author and activist Casey Walker talks about her early life in Nevada City, California, where she created and published the literary and environmental journal “Wild Duck Review.” We also discuss …

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    Pablo Vazquez: Multireligious

    by Plutopia News Network December 13, 2022
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    Author, scholar, and translator Pablo Vazquez is our guest this time on the Plutopia podcast. We discuss their conversion from Catholicism to Zoroastrianism, and its influence on other religions. Pablo …

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    Douglas Rushkoff: The Mindset

    by Plutopia News Network November 29, 2022
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    Author, media theorist, and fellow podcaster Douglas Rushkoff joins the Plutopia podcast as we discuss his latest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires. We also …

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    Patrick Lichty: Distributing the Future

    by Plutopia News Network November 21, 2022
    by Plutopia News Network

    “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” ~ William Gibson, in The Economist, 12/4/2003 “This isn’t the dystopia that I wrote about!” ~ Bruce Sterling Artist, …

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    Mid-term Election Debrief

    by Plutopia News Network November 14, 2022
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    The mid-term election is over, ballots are still being counted, and the dreaded red wave turned out to be a red ripple. Our friend Roy Casagranda joins Plutopians as we …

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    Midterm Voting, Twitter, and the Wyrd

    by Plutopia News Network November 7, 2022
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    Plutopians enjoy a free-form fiesta of facts and fictions! Jon, Suzy and Scoop discuss voting, Austin politics, Twitter, politics on Tik Tok, cannabis politics, Trump in 2024, and other nightmares. …

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    Daniel Hope: A Spiritual Direction

    by Plutopia News Network November 1, 2022
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    Daniel Hope discusses spirituality, meditation, spiritual direction, artificial intelligence vs. humanity, and finding common ground.

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    Robert Freeman Wexler: Surreality

    by Plutopia News Network October 24, 2022
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    In our latest Plutopia News Network podcast, with guest Robert Freeman Wexler, we discuss his early career, his work in book design and his new novel, The Silverberg Business. Robert …

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    Exploring Political Madness

    by Plutopia News Network October 18, 2022
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    Midterms are coming, and already-hot political discussions and divisions are getting even HOTTER. The Plutopian (Groucho) Marxists are on it! This podcast is a recording of our Plutopia Livestream from …

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