Distributed Future Podcast: Recent Episodes
Distributed Future Podcast
In this podcast we interview interesting people who are doing new things in tech that may give us some insight into future society.
We discuss the finances, pros and cons of solar power in a country where the grid is unreliable.
Prof Sam Lawler describes the impact that huge numbers of new satellites are having on astronomy
A chat about the past, present and future of music distribution with a musician who's been at it for more than 50 years.
Vim and Tim get together to chat about techological regret, paths not taken and the decisions we are taking now.
Our guest's pilot project is using government money to fund development and maintenance of essential opensource projects.
We discuss a new style of on-line learning, self paced and voluntary along with other community driven education activities.
We discuss auditing computational models of human behavior and the large-scale datasets they are trained on. Our guest gives examples of the consequences of a badly curated model.
How can a networked community contribute to medical advances? We talk to Indu Navar about EverythingALS and the change it brings to treatment of brain disease.
What is new in cryptography? How quantum computers impact privacy? What are realistic timelines? Do we need to act today? Our guest answers all these questions and more!
We discuss how Science Fiction can (or can't) show us the future. We dig into the concept of an open-source panopticon and how it might work.
How will the rise of opensource hardware change society? Does politic impact chip design? We talk about why Risc-V matters an where it is going.
Who chooses which Edtech students use? Can they protect their privacy? Who owns that school laptop anyway? None of these questions have simple answers, but we do our best to throw some light.
Building a new browser. We talk about the browser landscape, why it is important and how to make a new one.
We talk about the speed of the news cycle, how little we can change and the rate of change now and in the future.
We talk about farming a high value crop in new way - our guests are farming saffron Cheshire.
Who contributes to opensource? What are their motivations? How will cloud computing change the picture? We talked with a creator of a successful open source project to find some answers.
What does the future of intra-African tourism look like? "More than the big 5" says our guest, we talk about tech, beer, food, ferries etc. (CW - lots of laughter)
We talk about the past present and future of social media platforms, content moderation vs censorship and the responsibilites of individuals.
What will (local) politics look like in the future? We talked to a young politican about how she sees the future of power (both sorts), transport and media. CW: We discuss the law on rape in this episode.
A discussion about practical tech ethics. Tim describes a potential issue in a draft standard and Vim tells him to act on it.
How are internet standards made? Do they define our future? What is the IETF? Our guest answers these questions and more!
How does AI become biased, how can we change this. Tim and Vim try and see what the future might hold.
What's new in Media New Zeeland? Can you run a site ad-free? Our guest answers these questions and more...
We discuss what fintech looks like in Zambia, how to find and educate your market with SMS, the power of radio, the growth of internet in Africa and much much more.
We discuss the current state of the Internet in Africa, concentrationg on Malawi. The future is dependent on a mix of politics, business and tech.
In a wide ranging chat we talk about how VR can be harnessed for BAME mental health, how haptics can enhance the immersiveness of illusions and much much more.
We take a moment to reflect on the state of the world. The pandemic and technology are causing a huge shift in our way of living and working. We also see huge shifts in social movements and protests. What are our hopes for the future?
Georgia casts a light on how social media platforms and other technologies are used in the world of crafting.
How can we start to restore civility to online discourse? Vim chatswith Jabob Lefton about techniques to depolarize social media. "Regardless of how we disagree with our (physical) neighbors, we still share the street."
An uplifting discussion about how influencers are effecting social change and will replace the current established brands.
The availability of highspeed trains and internet has transformed long distance overland travel. We chat about an overland (and sea) trip from Japan to Munich and beyond.
We discuss the necessary paradigm shift that redefines business for the 21st century and builds trust between business and society.
Why is there a skills shortage in information security? We discuss toxic workplaces and an immature industry.
Matrix.org aims to be the future of communications: a secure, distributed, open layer on top of the internet. We discuss how the organizational structure of the project can help keep it true to it's goals.
Josh describes how he's intentionally changing his local community with art, tiny houses and by encouraging creativity.
Telehealth allows patients to consult experts thousands of km away, we discuss how this works in rural Australia and the benefits it brings.
We discuss building your own satellite and sending it to space as well as amateur rocketry along with the communities and organizations that make this possible.
Is the future visual? How much of that is digital media? How should we educate future media creators? A chat with some answers...
We talk with Allison Smith about the experience of being the voice of many inanimate objects!
Imran talks about his hopes for 30 Chapel St, a new Arts, tech and Social Enterprise Hub in Bradford.
Willow describes best practice in aid or crisis response: "It was always about finding the people who are already doing the work and showing up and saying here are the resources I have. How can I help you? Or do you want me to go away?"
The Riz test is a set of 5 questions that help film and TV makers see how they represent Muslim characters, based on crowdsourced feedback from viewers. We chat about how tech helped form and promote the test. We also discuss what impact it has and will have in the future.
A chat about how to reuse old houses, routers etc with the help of open source and grain legs.
We have a virtual year of episodes under our belts, so this is a look at the episodes, why we do the podcast and what's next
The workplace is changing, inclusive teams perform better, the old top down management styles are fading. In this chat we learn about how growing companies can benefit from these changes.
"We've got all these new artificial intelligent machine learning algorithm systems. How can we make sure that they're accountable and we understand the process that has led to that decision making?"
Do you your smart devices share your secrets with anyone? Do you care? What can be done?
How are podcasts changing? Where and how do people listen to podcasts? How can they be used by charities? Do mics matter?
A converstion about research on user behaviour, the insights it gives us and what the future may hold
A chat about Playful Anywhere, the nature of play and how it crosses from offline to online
We discuss Hydrogen production and how it can make renewable energy available when and where we need it.
What sort of education will best prepare our children for the future? We discuss the balance between technology, problem solving and just getting out doors.
Learn about how software, specifically software defined radio, is taking over the world. What are the risks, what are the benefits?
We discuss the role of food in the workplace and how it can improve the culture of a workplace.
We discuss how women are informed about cannabis in the USA and general lessons about detoxifying a brand.
We start with the lack of innovation in civic transport, then discuss Gravity Industries jetsuits and finally touch on future business models for cars.
AI can produce results that are biased, in this episode we discuss how this happens and how such bias can be avoided in future.
What is a brand? How do you build a startup's brand? How does it relate to your personal brand? Where does brand building happen? Get (some) answers here...
We discuss the ethical and privacy problems associated with fitness trackers and other 'Quantified Self' data collection.
Our guest works for Gitlab where all staff are remote. We discuss from both employee and employer points of view.
In which we discuss ethics in tech and how to teach each generation about the Holocaust