Internet Changemakers

In the final episode of season one of Internet Changemakers , hosts Claire van Zwieten   and Yug Desai   and guests discuss the future of internet governance and digital inclusion. Joined by Amged Shwehdy , a digital transformation specialist and researcher at the UN Economic Commission for Africa, and Saba Tiku Beyene , youth advocate and AI policy researcher with roles at ICANN, the Internet Soc...

In the seventh episode of Internet Changemakers , hosts Claire van Zwieten   and Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky   sit down with Alejandra Stolk   to unpack one of the most tangible questions people have about the Internet: why is my connection so expensive—and is it worth the cost? Alejandra, an alumna of both the ISOC Mid-Career and Community Fellowships, is president of the Internet Society’s Venezuela C...

In the sixth episode of Internet Changemakers , hosts Claire van Zwieten and Yug Desai sit down with Craig Newmark , the quietly influential founder of craigslist, a global classified advertisements website, and a major advocate for cybersecurity, journalism, and digital resilience. Known for his values-driven approach, Craig shares the story behind one of the Internet’s most enduring classified p...

In the fifth episode of Internet Changemakers, hosts Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky and Claire van Zwieten sit down with Kim Ochs, PhD ., an educator and researcher specializing in lifelong learning and education technology, and Isaac Carrasco Ortiz , a sociologist and digital literacy advocate, to explore how the Internet connects—and often divides—different generations. This episode, The Digital Age Divi...

In the fourth episode of Internet Changemakers , hosts Claire van Zwieten and Yug Desai explore the science and strategy behind Internet measurement —how we track outages, latency, and even hidden surveillance across the global Internet ecosystem. Joined by leading researchers Dr. Alexander Gamero-Garrido (Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Davis) and Anand Ra...

In the third episode of Internet Changemakers , hosts Claire van Zwieten and Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky explore the human stories and technical realities of Internet connectivity with guests Cedrick Mbeyet and Lito Ibarra , often called the “father of the Internet in El Salvador.” Together, they unpack what it really means to be connected —not just as a technological achievement, but as a social and cu...

In the second episode of Internet Changemakers, hosts Yug Desai and Claire van Zwieten are joined by Alan Ramírez García and Everton Teles Rodrigues , prominent representatives of the Latin American Internet community and alumni of the Internet Society Mid-career Fellowship (2023). Alan and Everton share their earliest memories of discovering the Internet in the 1990s, reflecting on how their init...

In the first episode of Internet Changemakers , hosts Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky and Claire van Zwieten welcome Dr. Vinton Cerf , often referred to as one of the fathers of the Internet, to discuss his groundbreaking contributions to the creation of the TCP/IP protocol and the early days of Internet development. Dr. Cerf shares his favorite uses of the internet, recalling the first email he sent and th...

Welcome to Internet Changemakers , a podcast by the Internet Society Alumni Network . From the days of dial-up to the rise of AI, the Internet has transformed how we live, work, and connect — but who’s driving that change? And what challenges lie ahead? Meet your hosts: Claire van Zwieten , Alumni Specialist at the Internet Society; Yug Desai , a PhD candidate, and Internet Society alumnus; and No...