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Gus Clemens on Wine explores and explains the world of wine in simple, humorous, fun postsTexas wine ascendent 3-19-2025This is the weekly columnSixty years ago, Texas wine was a curious microdot in the wine world. Two Texas Tech professors piddled around with a few grapevines, originally intending to make grape jelly to supplement their income.“Doc” McPherson, a chemistry professor, and Robert Reed, a horticultural specialist, wondered if the Texas High Plains around Lubbock could diversify regional crops beyond cotton and corn. Texas Tech encouraged them. In 1969, the pair planted a vineyard with more than 140 different grape varieties to see what worked.Texas stereotype: it is too hot and too dry...2025-03-1804 min
Plutopia News NetworkResistance is Not FutileThis episode of Plutopia News Network’s podcast features hosts Scoop Sweeney, Jon Lebkowsky, and Wendy Grossman discussing skepticism, trust, and current societal issues.
We explore the erosion of trust in air travel following recent accidents, accessibility concerns for disabled passengers, and broader vulnerabilities in government systems and infrastructure. The conversation shifts to concerns about the concentration of power among elites, the influence of tech billionaires, and the role of social media in shaping public trust. They also touch on movements like 50501, an emerging decentralized protest effort, and the importance of fostering genuine communities amid increasing polarization. Ul...2025-02-101h 03
Plutopia News NetworkResistance is Not FutileThis episode of Plutopia News Network’s podcast features hosts Scoop Sweeney, Jon Lebkowsky, and Wendy Grossman discussing skepticism, trust, and current societal issues.
We explore the erosion of trust in air travel following recent accidents, accessibility concerns for disabled passengers, and broader vulnerabilities in government systems and infrastructure. The conversation shifts to concerns about the concentration of power among elites, the influence of tech billionaires, and the role of social media in shaping public trust. They also touch on movements like 50501, an emerging decentralized protest effort, and the importance of fostering genuine communities amid increasing polarization. Ul...2025-02-101h 03
Hilaritas Press PodcastsEpisode 32: R.U. Sirius on Psychedelic Transhumanism and a SingularityIn this episode, Mike Gathers chats with writer, editor, & vocalist/lyricist Ken Goffman (aka R. U. Sirius) about Psychedelic Transhumanism, Singularity, and more.
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R.U. at Mindplex
https://magazine.mindplex.ai/author/rusirius/
Interview: Has The Silicon Valley Ruling Class Gone To Crazy Town?
https://magazine.mindplex.ai/__tescrealism-has-the-silicon-valley-ruling-class-gone-to-crazy-town-emile-torres-in-conversation-with-r-u-sirius/
R.U. at bandcamp
https://rusirius.bandcamp.com/
RU’s favorite: “The Party Dogs album "It's A Groove" is me singing at 29-30 years old in 1982”
https://rusirius.bandcamp.com/album/zeitgeist-s...2024-04-231h 50
Humans On The Loop187 - Fear & Loathing on the Electronic Frontier with Kevin Welch & David Hensley of EFF-AustinFind the complete show notes for this episode on Patreon. This episode was recorded live in Austin, Texas at the West China Tea House in partnership with EFF-Austin, a non-profit committed to the establishment and protection of digital rights and defense of the wealth of digital information, innovation, and technology. Founded in 1991 as a local sub-chapter of The Electronic Frontier Foundation and run as an independent organization, EFF-Austin promotes the right of all citizens to communicate and share information without unreasonable constraint — as well as the fundamental right to explore, tinker, create, and innovate along the frontier of emerging tec...2022-06-111h 22
ApotheosisSelling the New Edge
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This is an expanded, written monologue of the Apotheosis podcast episode. Podcast music by Nullsleep.
If you're first exposure to Mondo 2000's narrative of the Internet was with The Cyberpunk Handbook you might have looked no further—sending it to the trash heap—not even fit for recycling. But those who grew up and explored the Internet during Mondo's days didn't live in reverse like we're doing with this look back at cyber history. The handbook was the final push of California cyberpunk satire, but Mondo did live on the...2021-12-0911 min
Reality 2.0Episode 50: What Happened to Cyber Utopia?Doc Searls and Jon Lebkowsky talk reality, social constructs, the internet, and disinformation.
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Shadow of the Valley6 Jon LebkowskyLong-time author, activist, and web strategist and developer, Jon Lebkowsky joins us for a look at how the internet evolved to what it is today. We also look at how propaganda spreads and changes the nature of politics today.Jon Lebkowsky has been managing technology projects and companies for over 25 years. His long resume includes projects with the likes of SXSW Interactive, EFF-Austin, Wired Magazine, Boing Boing, Mondo 2000, the Whole Earth Catalog, and Fringeware. He is currently focused on strategic digital consulting and development, as well as business vision and management. He is also known as a...2018-11-0157 min
Humans On The Loop92 - Panel: The Pre- and Post-History of VR, Surveillance, and Swarm IntelligenceThis week’s a treat – not one, but FOUR amazing guests, in Future Fossils Podcast’s first live taping at EFF-Austin, 10 July 2017. Heather Barfield (Head of EFF-Austin Digital Arts Coalition and Director of Development, Vortex Theater); Maggie Duval (Chief Experience Liaison, 7th Generation Labs & Senior Developer, Polycot Associates, LLC); Paul Toprac (Associate Director of Game Development at UT, RTF Department, and Senior Lecturer); and Kevin Welch (President of EFF-Austin, Fullstack Web Developer at Texas Legislative Council) joined me for one of the most visionary conversations this show’s ever published – and certainly the most politically aware episode to date, as well.2018-09-291h 50
Team HumanEp. 55 Jon Lebkowsky "Folding the Fringes"For this week's Team Human, Douglas is out on the road in Austin, Texas where he caught up with longtime friend and cyberculture pioneer, Jon Lebkowsky. Jon and Douglas first look back on the promise of the early cyber revolution, and then look forward to the ways in which those quirky fringe elements might be folded back into the work of promoting justice, solidarity, and even a bit of ambiguity... Whether manifested in platform cooperatives, consensus building tools like Loomio, or in the spirit of Occupy, Lebkowsky and Rushkoff retrieve the thread of radical potential as it has evolved...2017-09-2055 min
Humans On The Loop33 - Jon Lebkowsky (Pluralist Utopias & The World Wide Web's Wild West)This week's episode is brought to you by Visionary Magnets, the refrigerator poetry magnets that turn your boring old kitchen appliances into the substrate for woke invocations, tantric pillow talk, and other occult goofery. Support their Kickstarter and "enlighten your fridge" today! Or tomorrow. Subscribe to Future Fossils on iTunes Subscribe to Future Fossils on Stitcher Join the Future Fossils Facebook Group This week is part one of a special double-length episode with Jon Lebkowsky, founder of EFF-Austin – one of the unsung heroes of Internet culture, whose tale stretches through the earliest web communities and reads like a list of l...2017-07-132h 11
Creatives Meet BusinessEp. 15 - Understanding Website Platforms and More with Jon LebkowskyHi there folks! Creatives Meet Business is an event and podcast series based out of Austin, Texas for creatives of ALL disciplines to get from zero to one in thinking of themselves as business owners (in the creative sector). This episode features Jon Lebkowsky, founder and CEO of Polycot Associates. Jon is a fascinating fellow and is beyond knowledgable about all things web and development (and on ALL things internet). Jon shares about the different types of platforms out there (and the difference between them) and what questions you should be thinking about if you're re...2017-01-1713 min
TummelvisionTummelVision 48: Brian Zisk on the human side of gadgetry, music, and lessons from antique online social networksBrian Zisk is a strategist specializing in music, technology, and founder advising. He is a pioneering social organizer in the San Francisco Bay area. In this episode of TummelVision, Brian talks with Deb, Heather, and Kevin about CES, the continuing human importance of conferences, Quora’s imperfect community management, and the smart rules developed by antique online social networks.
Brian on Twitter: @zisk @sfmusictech @futureofmoney
Quote of the Week: “If you don’t like what someone says it’s your responsibility to not let them drive you nuts” -Brian Zisk
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