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Plutopia News NetworkCindy Cohn and Kevin Welch: Settling the Electronic FrontierThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has worked for more than three decades to defend free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, advocate for users and innovators, and support freedom-enhancing technologies. EFF has fought to clear the way for open source software, encryption, security research, file sharing, and important new technologies.
In the latest episode of the Plutopia News Network podcast, Plutopians speak with Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Kevin Welch, President of EFF-Austin, about the history and evolving mission of EFF in defending digital rights. They discuss EFF’s ongoing battles against illegal su...2025-05-201h 02
Plutopia News NetworkCindy Cohn and Kevin Welch: Settling the Electronic FrontierThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has worked for more than three decades to defend free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, advocate for users and innovators, and support freedom-enhancing technologies. EFF has fought to clear the way for open source software, encryption, security research, file sharing, and important new technologies.
In the latest episode of the Plutopia News Network podcast, Plutopians speak with Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Kevin Welch, President of EFF-Austin, about the history and evolving mission of EFF in defending digital rights. They discuss EFF’s ongoing battles against illegal su...2025-05-201h 02
Elixir WizardsCreating the Standd AI-Native Due Diligence Platform with Stephen SolkaStephen Solka, CTO and co-founder of Standd.io, joins Elixir Wizards Owen and Charles to share the journey of building an AI-native deal intelligence and due diligence platform. Designed to streamline document analysis and text generation for venture capital firms, Standd.io leverages large language models and AI tools to address key customer pain points in document workflows.
Stephen explains how Elixir and Phoenix LiveView enabled rapid UI iteration and seamless integration between the front-end and back-end.
The conversation also explores the human side of startup life. Stephen reflects on balancing tech debt with customer...2024-11-2148 min
Flix ForumThe PromListen along as we discuss Netflix’s three hundred and twenty-third film, the 2020 musical comedy ‘The Prom’ directed by Ryan Murphy starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Chamberlin, Mary Kay Place and Kerry Washington.
Please follow us at Flix Forum on Facebook or @flixforum on X (Twitter) and Instagram and answer our question for the episode, 'Who is the most courageous character in the film?'
You can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Podbean so please subs...2024-07-2117 min
Page it to the LimitJanuary Book Club - Close to the Machine by Ellen UllmanAdditional Resources
Want to be on a bookclub episode? Have a book we should read? Let us know! https://bit.ly/pageitbookclub
Close to the Machine: publisher’s website, Goodreads
Mandi mentions The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond; and Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg
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Episode edited by Mandy Moore
Transcripts by Rev
2024-01-2334 minPage it to the LimitJanuary Book Club - Close to the Machine by Ellen UllmanAdditional Resources
Want to be on a bookclub episode? Have a book we should read? Let us know! https://bit.ly/pageitbookclub
Close to the Machine: publisher’s website, Goodreads
Mandi mentions The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond; and Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg
PagerDuty Home Page
Episode edited by Mandy Moore
Transcripts by Rev
2024-01-2334 min
Rational Longevity: Scientific News and Conversations \w Elias Schlie#10 Feminism, Artificial intelligence and life goals - Liwia TarkowskaLiwia Tarkowska is a polish feminist and BJJ coach studying Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence.
I questioned her goals and we went into a little debate about feminism... I really enjoyed talking to her. Have fun!
About the guest:
- Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence student
- Feminist
- Chair and Head of Social Media & Marketing Committee of Enigma (Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence Association of Tilburg University)
- BJJ trainer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...2023-12-021h 16
Rational Longevity: Scientific News and Conversations \w Elias Schlie#10 Feminism, Artificial intelligence and Life goals - Liwia TarkowskaLiwia Tarkowska is a Polish feminist and BJJ coach studying Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence.
I questioned her goals and we went into a little debate about feminism... I really enjoyed talking to her. Have fun!
About the guest:
- Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence student
- Feminist
- Chair and Head of Social Media & Marketing Committee of Enigma (Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence Association of Tilburg University)
- BJJ trainer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...2023-12-011h 16
Word In Your EarWhy Kirsty MacColl was so funny, honest, original and impossible to sell – by Jude RogersJude Rogers – writer, broadcaster, old pal of the pod - first heard Kirsty MacColl when she was nine and felt a connection ever since. She’s just written the sleevenotes for ‘See That Girl’, the best, most diverse and exquisitely packaged compilation of her music ever assembled, an eight CD box-set of singles, rarities, unheard songs, live and Glastonbury appearances, demos, BBC sessions and collaborations, along with an entire unreleased album. As Jude points out she wasn’t overlooked, but all the things you applauded about her made her very hard to market. She wouldn’t play the ga...2023-11-1427 minWord In Your EarWhy Kirsty MacColl was so funny, honest, original and impossible to sell – by Jude RogersJude Rogers – writer, broadcaster, old pal of the pod - first heard Kirsty MacColl when she was nine and felt a connection ever since. She’s just written the sleevenotes for ‘See That Girl’, the best, most diverse and exquisitely packaged compilation of her music ever assembled, an eight CD box-set of singles, rarities, unheard songs, live and Glastonbury appearances, demos, BBC sessions and collaborations, along with an entire unreleased album. As Jude points out she wasn’t overlooked, but all the things you applauded about her made her very hard to market. She wouldn’t play the ga...2023-11-1427 minWord In Your EarWhy Kirsty MacColl was so funny, honest, original and impossible to sell – by Jude RogersJude Rogers – writer, broadcaster, old pal of the pod - first heard Kirsty MacColl when she was nine and felt a connection ever since. She’s just written the sleevenotes for ‘See That Girl’, the best, most diverse and exquisitely packaged compilation of her music ever assembled, an eight CD box-set of singles, rarities, unheard songs, live and Glastonbury appearances, demos, BBC sessions and collaborations, along with an entire unreleased album. As Jude points out she wasn’t overlooked, but all the things you applauded about her made her very hard to market. She wouldn’t play the ga...2023-11-1427 min
Deep Dive with ShawnFrom Numbers to Narratives: Dr. Dan Bouk on the U.S. Census and American DemocracyPromising an enlightening journey through the historical and contemporary significance of the U.S. Census, I'm joined by esteemed scholar Dr. Dan Bouk - professor of History at Colgate University and author of the book Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them. This episode unearths the nuanced power dynamics and biases inherent in the census process. With a focus on the 1940 Census, a task monumental in scale, we uncover the detailed process of transforming raw data into a compelling narrative about who we value as a society.We investigate...2023-10-011h 02