Reimagining the Internet
A podcast about what’s wrong with the Internet and how to fix it, featuring academics, journalists, activists, artists, and more. Hosted by Ethan Zuckermand and produced by Mike Sugarman since 2020.
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117. Alondra Nelson, Biden’s Head of Science and Technology Policy, talks AI, Trump’s research funding cuts, and how memes replaced Happy Days
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113. Deleting Everything with Dan Saltman
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111. How Facebook Stoked Civil War in Myanmar, with Erin Kissane
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110. Is there hope for democracy in a social media-driven world? Nathan Schneider sees it every day.
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109. Evelyn Douek, please tell us what is going on with the First Amendment and social media
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108. Internet of Gifts: The 5th Annual Reimagining Holiday Special
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107. How could a PBS of the Internet cultivate a more human web? Laurel Schwulst on a lighter weight Internet (Good Web)
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106. What You Need to Know About Web Accessibility with Lola Odelola (Good Web)
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105. Slow and steady: how Are.na became the Good Web for artists, designers, and researchers who love unusual connections.
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104. MetaFilter turns 25 this month, a shining beacon of the Good Web. Reluctant owner Jessamyn West tells us how rusty tech and vibrant community keeps it vital.
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103. How did Vermont’s favorite civic social network turn into a climate disaster response network overnight? Michael Wood-Lewis Tells Us About His Local Good Web
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101. Reframing Digital Safety with Diana Freed: For Survivors and Youth, The Biggest Threats Come From Everyday Tech
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100. A Better Internet for Humans with Ethan Zuckerman and Mike Sugarman
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99. Do You Want to Use Data to Fight for Justice? Catherine D’Ignazio Wrote the Book For You
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98. UMass’s very own Brian Levine is one of the foremost cybersecurity experts on CSAM. Here’s how he thinks we can make the Internet safer for children.
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Rewind: Timnit Gebru Looks at Corporate AI and Sees a Lot of Bad Science
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Rewind: Ted Lasso’s Dylan Marron wants to redeem Jar Jar Binks
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97. There are 14 billion videos on YouTube. Mr. Beast, we hereby challenge you to watch them all.
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Rewind: The Netherlands’ most important sociologist is building the other DPI: the Dutch Public Internet
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Rewind: Third Wave Internet with Ben Tarnoff
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Rewind: iDPI’s New Manifesto: The Three-Legged Stool
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96. Should All Old Passwords Be Forgot: The 2023 Holiday Special
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94. How does Meduza’s Kevin Rothrock publish some of the best reporting about Russia? From far, far away.
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92. Where’d all the music blogs go? with Emilie Friedlander
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91. Global Voices has spent 19 years platforming bloggers in 52 languages. Georgia Popplewell, where does it go from here?
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90. Are American politics more polarized than ever? Brendan Nyhan thinks social media just helps us see it more.
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89. Facebook scores your politics with a number. Brendan Nyhan figured out what they do with it. (Part 1 of 2)
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88. Does Facebook change your politics? Talia Stroud is leading studies to find out.
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87. Before Laura Edelson was the DOJ’s chief antitrust technologist, Facebook deleted her account
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85. Timnit Gebru Looks at Corporate AI and Sees a Lot of Bad Science
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84. Ted Lasso’s Dylan Marron Wants to Redeem Jar Jar Binks
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83. A History of Why the Internet Sucks Right Now with Dave Karpf
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81 Third Wave Internet with Ben Tarnoff
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80 *Slaps Roof of Algorithm* You Can Fit so Much Taste in This Thing with Nick Seaver
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79 Taking Stock of the Everything Store with Moira Weigel
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78 We Mapped Reddit with Jasmine Mangat and Virginia Partridge
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77 Lawful But Awful and the Future of Social Media with Daphne Keller (part 2)
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75 iDPI’s New Manifesto: The Three-Legged Stool
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74 Do You Trust that Justice is Just? with Nathan Matias, Tracey Meares, and Tom Tyler (Trust episode 4)
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73 How to Start a Guild with Kei Kreutler and T.L. Taylor (Trust episode 3)
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72 Why Would People Trust Crypto? with Finn Brunton and Molly White (Trust episode 2)
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71 Do We Trust the Internet? with evelyn douek and Primavera de Filippi (Trust episode 1)
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69 The Netherlands’ most important sociologist is building the other DPI: the Dutch Public Internet
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66 It’s a Wonderful Internet: The 2022 Holiday Special
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64 Forgetful Advertising with Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci
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63 See Through AI Hype with Arvind Narayanan
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59 Ben Tarnoff Wants an Internet for the People
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56 Brandy Zadrozny, NBC’s Conspiracy Theory Sleuth
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55 Internet of Goldfish with Bruno Patino
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54 How do we reimagine Twitter?
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51 It’s About Safety in Gaming with T.L. Taylor
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50 How to Fix the Internet with EFF
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Reimagine with Us
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Rerun — Trebor Scholz, Platform Cooperative Consortium
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41 Wikipedia, The Last Bastion of Truth Online with Heather Ford
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40 The Real Silicon Valley, with Fred Turner
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39 Tracy Chou Wants to Help You Avoid Trolls
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38 The Spotify Problem, with Damon Krukowski
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Rerun — Talia Stroud, Civic Signals
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33 Caroline Sinders Wants to Design Online Spaces for Safety
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Bonus: Omar Wasow part 2
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31 The AOL-era Black Internet with Omar Wasow
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Welcome to Season 2 of Reimagining the Internet
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24 Cory Doctorow (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
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23 Francesca Tripodi (#Reimagine Conference, May 2021)
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19 The Sex Worker Web with Lola Hunt and Eliza Sorensen
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17 GJ Bogaerts is Building Dutch Public Social Media
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10 The Web without Venture Capital: Trebor Scholz on Platform Coopertivism
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08 Holiday Special with Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci and Mike Sugarman
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07 Reimagining Digital Music with Liz Pelly
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06 Tim Hwang, Subprime Attention Crisis
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05 Kate Crawford, Atlas of AI
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04 Kevin Roose, The New York Times
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02 Evan Henshaw-Plath, Planetary.Social
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01 Talia Stroud, Civic Signals
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Welcome to Reimagining the Internet