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Evelyn Jean Pine’s plays wrestle with moments when life feels so new your hair is electric. In May, PlayGround presented a staged reading of her latest play, 7 Secrets of… The post Evelyn Jean Pine: Playwright In The Pandemic first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Angie Coiro is an award-winning radio journalist and on-stage interviewer. She’s done radio and TV work in the San Francisco Bay Area over the last 25 years. She just ended… The post Angie Coiro: The Art of the Interview first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

In early May, author and critic Ed Ward died in his home in Austin. As word spread, his friends and fans shared their stories about Ed. This time, on the… The post Remembering Ed Ward first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

“John is the guy who made the WELL into a community” -Howard Rheingold John Coate has spent much of his life managing and building online communities, including the seminal online… The post John Coate: Managing Online Communities first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

“Sacred Data and AI: An Indigenous Perspective” was recorded May 11, 2021, at an EFF-Austin meeting featuring Michael and Caroline Running Wolf. Michael Running Wolf was raised in a rural… The post Sacred Data and AI: An Indigenous Perspective first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

In this episode, Jon and Scoop discuss their plan to channel Art Bell and Fox Mulder in future episodes, specifically discussing UFOs. UFOs are currently subject of serious discussion, with… The post UFOs: The Truth is Out There first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Pat Cadigan is an esteemed science fiction author, and one of the original contributors to the cyberpunk subgenre. She is sometimes referred to as the Queen of Cyberpunk. Pat writes… The post Pat Cadigan: Covid and Cancer Won’t Stop Me From Going To Work first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Patrick Lichty is a conceptual artist, curator, and theorist. He explores how media shape our perception of reality, as well as the borders between the digital and the material. Pat… The post Patrick Lichty: NFTs and Artechnology first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Technology writer and broadband consultant Steve Stroh discusses broadband access, rural wireless Internet providers, satellite-based Internet, and fiber networks. The post Steve Stroh: Broadband Access first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

With Dr. Michael Edward “Ed” Lenert, Plutopians discuss communications and democracy: the Fairness Doctrine, hate speech, cancel culture, and much more. Ed’s work is at the intersection of communication theories… The post Ed Lenert: Communications and Democracy first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Doc Searls joins the Plutopians to discuss social media’s impact on the Internet, mass media’s changes in the digital age, streaming music, movies, and much more. “Social media enhances conviviality… The post Doc Searls: Digital Age Media first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Plutopian discussion with visionary culture hacker Jean M. Russell, focusing on thrivability, healthcare, twisting language for political gains, social media, and much more. Jean engages in a social ecosystem design,… The post Jean Russell: Thrivability first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Scoop and Jon talk to author Carol Flake Chapman about politics, the religious right, Covid-19, grieving, and poetry. The post Carol Flake Chapman: Maybe We Will All Become Butterflies first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Ruth Glendinning and Kent Dahlgren discuss The Anti-Fragile Playbook and the power of soft capital. The Playbook outlines strategies for underserved people and communities to start an economic and social… The post The Anti-Fragile Playbook first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Members of the Plutopia team discuss social media (including Clubhouse and Facebook), streaming entertainment, cancel culture, cartoons, gurus, and cults. What is social media for? What is it good for?… The post Plutopia Team: The State of Social Media first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

“It’s not just robust, it’s not just resilient, but we will be stronger on the other side of adversity. So we went into the pandemic expecting to come out a… The post Christopher Rice and Donna Kidwell: The Future of Higher Education first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Joseph Rowe is a musician, composer, writer, storyteller. He is also an author and translator, and a meditator and teacher. He performs sacred music and conducts workshop with Catherine Braslavsky.… The post Joseph Rowe: Postmodern Madness first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Scoop and Jon discuss their experience of Winter Storm Uri in Texas. The post Scoop and Jon: Texas Snowpocalypse first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Emily Gertz is Senior Editor at Drilled News. She is also a journalist who reports on the intersections of climate, environment, science, technology and society. Emily, a regular Plutopia News… The post Emily Gertz: Climate Change Update first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

January 14 Plutopia Livestream with guest Tom Jennings! Jon, Scoop and Suzy talk to Tom about some of the history of network communications, as well as about current events. Tom… The post Tom Jennings on Plutopia Live first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

In this recording of the October 13, 2020 EFF-Austin meeting, Ritika Gopal discusses the current state of copyright law, and its ability to address modern-day forms of artistic expression. In… The post Ritika Gopal: Copyright Law and the Internet first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Photo: Jordan Reznick Sandy Stone is a cultural theoretician, audio engineer, computer hacker, filmmaker and performance artist; founding director of the Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory (ACTLab) at the University of… The post Sandy Stone: Varying the Frequencies first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Robert Matney is Managing Director of Government Affairs at Yonder. Yonder was originally called New Knowledge, and was known for its role in developing the authoritative report on Russian influence… The post Robert Matney: Disinformation and Insurrection first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

In this episode, we discuss complexity, post-Covid foresight, climate change, and building capabilities to evolve and survive with Zaid Hassan. Zaid is a strategist, facilitator, social innovator and writer. He… The post Zaid Hassan: Complexity Requires Practice first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Justin Hall has a two decade history pushing the limits of networked media. His website Justin’s Links from the Underground launched in 1994. The site grew to thousands of hand-coded… The post Justin Hall: Links and Buds first appeared on Plutopia News Network .