Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls

Reality 2.0

Join Privacy and Open Source advocates, Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman, as they navigate the new digital world, covering topics related to digital privacy, cybersecurity, digital identity, as well as Linux and open source and other current issues.

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Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls

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Technology

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www.reality2cast.com

Latest episode

Oct 8, 2025

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Episodes

Episode 34: Privacy and Self-Hosting 24.04.2020

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Robert Douglass of Platform.sh about self-hosting collaboration tools, and other current privacy topics. Show notes: 0:00:54: Introduction to a couple of tools 0:02:04: Doc's take on Zoom. 0:05:13: A lot of what we do online is not especially private. 0:06:33: Apple and Google and contact tracing. 0:09:00: Healthcare is a B2B insurance business. 0:11:15: H...

Episode 33: Pandemic Edition 26.03.2020

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin, Petros Koutoupis, and Shawn Powers about the new realities we're facing as a result of COVID-19. Show notes: 0:04:08: How is this situation a little bit different from what we're used to? 0:04:36: E-learning 0:06:00: Shawn on e-learning and computer-based training. 0:08:09: Kids without computer or internet access. 0:11:31: What is lockdown? W...

Episode 32: All the Music 27.02.2020

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman speak with Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin from the All the Music project, allthemusic.info , a project that has machine-generated all possible melodies and released them to the public domain. We discuss music copyright in the digital landscape and musical math and humanity. We highly recommend watching Damien's TEDx Minneapolis talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Episode 31: Personal Devices are Personal 03.02.2020

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin, CSO of Purism , about mobile phones, their security and privacy vulnerabilities, and Purism's new Librem 5 device. Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Episode 30: A Chat with Don Norman 12.12.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Don Norman, one of the world's most influential designers, about data privacy, the cult of Apple, hero complexes, and climate change. Special Guest: Don Norman.

Episode 29: On to Beer Number 3! 15.11.2019

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Petros Koutoupis discuss the Open Source Cloud landscape, weigh in on Open Source communities and contribution, and open multiple beers. Petros tells us how he really feels about systemd. Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Episode 28: Destroy This Podcast 03.10.2019

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Petros Koutoupis talk about ownership, freedom, and convenience in the digital world. Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Episode 27: On Ring Doorbells and Consumer Privacy 12.09.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin, Purism CSO, about Ring doorbells and consumer privacy. Links: Here's How Amazon's Ring Doorbell Police Partnership Affects You Police can get your Ring doorbell footage without a warrant, report says Amazon’s Ring Is a Perfect Storm of Privacy Threats Amazon's Ring camera raises civil liberties concerns: U.S. senator Special Guest: Kyle Rankin...

Episode 26: Retro Computing with the Altair-Duino 29.08.2019

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls and Petros Koutoupis talk to Chris Davis of adwaterandstir.com about his Arduino-based Altair 8800 replica kits. Links mentioned: http://adwaterandstir.com Going Retro with an Altair 8800 Emulator: Introducing the Altair-Duino Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Episode 25: A Chat With Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo 15.08.2019

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Gabriel Weinberg, CEO & Founder of DuckDuckGo, and co-author of Super Thinking and Traction . Special Guest: Gabriel Weinberg.

Episode 24: A Chat About Redis Labs 02.08.2019

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Yiftach Shoolman, CTO and Co-founder of Redis Labs, about Redis, Open Source licenses, company culture and more. Download ogg format Links mentioned: Time for Net Giants to Pay Fairly for the Open Source on Which They Depend Redis Labs and the "Common Clause" Redis Labs Changing Its Licensing for Redis Modules Again... Redis Labs’ Modules License Changes S...

Episode 22: Don't Panic, It's All About the Kernel 02.07.2019

Katherine Druckman talks to  Linux Journal  Editor at Large, Petros Koutoupis, about building your own kernel, kernel panics, and other projects. Download in ogg format Links mentioned: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/kernel-issue Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Episode 21: From Mac to Linux 20.06.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Linux Journal Editor at Large, Petros Koutoupis, about moving from Mac to Linux. Download ogg format Links Mentioned: http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Category:Applications http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Application_wish_list https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-laptop-buyers-guide Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Episode 20: Advertising is Broken, but Linux Isn't. 07.06.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Don Marti, of Mozilla and formerly of  Linux Journal, about ad technology, privacy, and the Linux community. Download ogg format Links Mentioned: http://www.globalconsentmanager.com/ Special Guest: Don Marti.

Episode 19: Democratizing Cybersecurity 24.05.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Alex Gounares of Polyverse Linux about Cybersecurity for everyone. Download in ogg format

Episode 18: KidOYO 29.04.2019

Doc Searls talks to Zhen, Devon and Melora Lofretto of KidOYO and Doctor Michael Nagler, superintendent of the Mineola Public School system in Mineola  Long Island. Download OGG format Links Mentioned: The Kids Take Over  

Episode 17: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. 25.03.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Bob Erdman, Security Product Manager for Helpsystems about Linux security threats. Download ogg format Links mentioned: https://www.helpsystems.com/cta/free-network-security-vulnerability-scan https://www.helpsystems.com/cta/intermapper-free-version https://www.helpsystems.com/cta/scan-your-system

Episode 16: Digital Stalking 11.03.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk about digital stalking, journalism, clickbait, and using ad targeting for evil. Download in ogg format Links mentioned: The Spinner’s hack on journalism

Episode 15: Learning Python 11.02.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Linux Journal Senior Columnist, Reuven Lerner, about learning new languages such as Python. Download in ogg format

Episode 14: Digital Sovereignty 28.01.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Elizabeth Renieris about digital identity, ethics, boiled frogs, and horses with lasers. Download ogg format

Episode 13: Surveillance Marketing 18.01.2019

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Dr. Augustine Fou about surveillance marketing, ad tech, and privacy. Links mentioned: If it weren’t for retargeting, we might not have ad blocking Special Guest: Dr. Augustine Fou.

Episode 12: Vendor Lock-in 11.01.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Linux Journal 's Technical Editor, Kyle Rankin, about vendor lock-in. Download ogg format Links mentioned: Lessons in Vendor Lock-in: Shaving Lessons in Vendor Lock-in: Messaging Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Episode 11: Moving the Chairs 03.01.2019

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Petros Koutoupis about his Deep Dive articles, storage, blockchain, and moving chairs. Download ogg format Links mentioned: The December issue of Linux Journal Blockchain, Part I: Introduction and Cryptocurrency Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Episode 10: Hydrants and Sirens 17.12.2018

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to David Egts ( @davidegts ), Chief Technologist North America for the Public Sector at Red Hat ( @redhatgov ) about open source enthusiasm. Links Mentioned:  Time for Net Giants to Pay Fairly for the Open Source on Which They Depend Adopt-a-Hydrant Special Guest: David Egts.

Episode 9: Humanity, Magic, and Glitter 07.12.2018

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Bryan Lunduke about Linux and humanity. Download ogg file

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