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Dr. Josh Lepawsky joins us from St John's off the Atlantic. Author of Reassembling Rubbish: Worlding Electronic Waste, Josh's recent Medium piece "Our Tech Addiction is Creating a 'Toxic Soup'" tells how the "world in our pocket"--our phones--have a story of their own.

And a more profound environmental impact than we can imagine.

Listen in to what the "cloud" is leaving behind.**

Honorable Mentions
William Gibson's novel Neuromancer - coining "cyberspace" Prince of Wales High School teacher & storyteller, Mr. Jones 99% Invisible - A podcast on all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. Here's the Hawaiian shirt episode.
This is the text Josh read: "We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province."

Keep following the story @rubbishmaker.

Glossary: What is the Age of Anthropocene? Fossil fuels? What is "the cloud?"Where is the cloud? Wall-E? Some parts of cyberspace infrastructure may be biodegradable--learn more from this burgeoning research on bacteria and e-waste.

Forgive hiccups on our sonic adventure. The conversation took place on a massively stormy day in the North Pacific. A loud, confused rooster or two and heavy downfalls led to a couple abrupt cuts. I promise, they had it harder out there.