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Plain Reading is back! We're talking to Vahid Friedrich, who not only tells us about story in #SciFi, #videoGames, and #film ; he also reveals the meaning of life!

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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Future Knowledge, a new podcast from the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance. Hosted by Chris Freeland, librarian at the Internet Archive, and Dave Hansen, executive director of Authors Alliance, the series brings together authors, librarians, policymakers, technologists, and artists to explore how knowledge, creativity, and policy intersect in today’s fast-changing world.

In each episode, an author discusses their book or publication and the big ideas behind it—paired with a thought-provoking conversation partner who brings a fresh perspective from the realms of policy, technology, libraries, or the arts.

Show Notes

In this episode we are joined by Kristian Williams, anarchist historian and author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, and Garrett, an anti-repression activist and anarchist legal worker who resisted repression as one of the RNC 8.

The conversation covers:

• How models of policing protest have shifted over time
• How they are shifting again today and why it matters
• How this can inform repression preparation and response

Stay tuned after the interview for a poem by Malik Farrad Muhammad, a political prisoner from the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor Uprisings.

have enjoyed this quite a bit. its funny, science-y and a great downtime listen with a nice hhgttg feel. production will hopefully continue with a little more attention.

available via search in antennapod, via the website or this RSS feed.

Democracy and environmental protection have two things in common: (1) they’re both supposed to be enshrined in the laws of the United States and (2) they’re both under severe attack right now. Asher speaks with Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights to uncover how the source code of the U.S. Constitution and the body of environmental laws that follow it are actually designed to allow corporations to override the will of the people. After pinpointing the problem, Thomas explains what can be done, especially at the local level, to reach sustainable and just outcomes that provide wellbeing for people and ecosystems.

Most of the natural world has been altered by humans in some way. Ecosystems that are dominated by humans or man-made structures, such as cities, can still provide meaningful and essential habitat for insects. Today, we are going to discuss research being done in various human-dominated landscapes to answer the question: how do we restore and conserve insects in these ecosystems?

Guest Information

Dr. Chelse Prather is an associate professor and environmental biology coordinator at the University of Dayton. As an ecologist, Chelse has worked with insect communities in forests, grasslands, and urban ecosystems. She has managed a variety of projects from understanding basic insect ecology, like what nutrients limit insect communities, to very applied projects, such as how the installation of solar arrays affects insect communities.

Hello, we just started this podcast about political tech, with a strong focus on civic tech. You can find more information at democracyinnovators.com.

In this episode of the Independent Creator podcast, Josh delves into the intricacies of organizing workflows for content creation. He shares his personal journey of restructuring his digital life using the PARA method, which stands for Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. Throughout the conversation, he emphasizes the importance of maintaining an organized file system to enhance productivity and reduce the clutter that often accompanies creative work. Josh reflects on his challenges with overthinking and the need for a streamlined approach to managing digital assets, ultimately encouraging listeners to embrace their own organizational journeys.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250318120428/https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/mahmoud-khalil-and-a-new-red-scare-plus-press-freedom-under-threat?tab=transcript