Plutopia News Network

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… The post Stephanie Vale: Jane Austen Fan Fiction first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Johannes Grenzfurthner discusses discuss nerd culture, context hacking, sex and technology, cocktail robotics, and his new film. The post Johannes Grenzfurthner: Nerd Culture first appeared on 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… The post Chris Zappone: Media, Social Media, and Politics first appeared on 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." The post Suzanne Stefanac: Radio Free Zorca first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

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… The post Plutopian Rock and Roll first appeared on 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,… The post Eliza Evans Returns: Art and Activism first appeared on 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,… The post Tom Jennings Redux: Civil War 2021 first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

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,… The post Michael Tobis: Climate, Covid, and Crazy Times first appeared on 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 and the creation of ACTLab at UT Austin. The post Sandy Stone and the Hound of Heaven first appeared on 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. The post John Hagel: Passion of the Explorer first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Rancher, author, activist and punk rock knitter Spike Gillespie joins Plutopians Maggie Duval, Scoop Sweeney and Jon Lebkowsky to talk about the challenge of small town politics in the crazy… The post Spike Gillespie: Fear and Loathing in Texas first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Nate Wilcox manages Combat Sports properties for Vox Media | SB Nation, running four of the most popular web properties covering MMA/UFC, boxing and pro wrestling. He also hosts the… The post Nate Wilcox: Politics Unusual first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

David Gans is a musician, author, and radio producer based in Oakland, California. David writes and performs his own music. He also had a career writing about music, particularly the… The post David Gans: Music and Community first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Scoop and Jon talk about the news! We start by talking about link rot and content evaporation on the Internet, referencing Jonathan Zittrain’s Atlantic piece. We talk about Dead Media,… The post Plutopian News Analysis and Ramble, July 2021 first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

Writer and technology critic Paulina Borsook has written for Wired, Mother Jones, and Suck.com. She is perhaps best known for her 2000 book Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly… The post Paulina Borsook: Writer, Artist, Ghost first appeared on Plutopia News Network .

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 .