The Webby Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Webby Podcast is a weekly program celebrating the people and phenomena that make the Internet awesome. Hosted by Webby Awards CEO David-Michel Davies, the show features conversations with Internet innovators and experts, tips from The Webbys team, and more.
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In the final episode of Season 10 of The Webby Podcast, David-Michel Davies speaks with Marta Tellado about Consumer Reports’ shift into the digital, the importance of educating younger generations on the protections they’re allowed as consumers, and what safeguarding consumer rights look like in today’s digitized world.
In this episode we are joined by Emma Lembke, who founded LOG OFF, a global movement to help youth re-examine their relationship to social media and insert Gen Z’s voice in discussions around responsible technology.
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In today's episode we sit down with Rex Woodbury, Partner at Index Ventures, founder and CEO of the app Worthy, and avid writer about the intersection of tech, culture and startups.
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On this episode of The Webby Podcast we sit down with special guest Jasmyn Lawson, who is a Content Executive at Netflix and a cultural media strategist. Centering on a passion for tech, media, and culture, Jasmyn has led a career dedicated to amplifying and championing Black stories made by Black creatives.
On this episode of the Webby Podcast, we welcome our special guests Wally and Amanda Koval, Founders of the two-time Webby Winning project, Accidentally Wes Anderson, The Website. In 2017, Accidentally Wes Anderson started as an Instagram account to function as a visual bucket list for Wally and Amanda. Today, it is known globally as the home of the aesthetic the critically acclaimed and well-loved film director Wes Anderson is most known for, with over a million followers. Check out the episode for you chance to explore the behind-the-scenes of the bold and adventurous pursuit that took years in the making.
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On this episode of the Webby Podcast, we’re joined by Cathy Hackl, better known as the Godmother of the Metaverse. As a seasoned strategist around new technologies, she has made extraordinary contributions to this new frontier. From consulting tech companies such as HTC VIVE and Magic Leap to her current work as Chief Metaverse Officer at Journey, Hackl’s work is ushering in a new era of creativity. We sat down with Hackl to discuss all things Metaverse and Web3, including new innovations across NFTs, gaming and, most recently, virtual fashion.
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Director, Writer and Producer Elle Key talks us through her podcast The History of Sketch Comedy, hosted and performed by her husband Keegan-Michael Key, and for which she won the Webby for Best Writing at the 26th Annual Webby Awards!
Join us for a journey through the history of comedy, with plenty of jokes and laughs along the way.
How do we promote responsible use of technology? And how do we make sure that everyone has equal and equitable access to it? Webby Awards President Claire Graves explored this and the responsibilities we have to each other as we use technology at the It’s Up To Us: A Responsible Tech Future panel. Panelists were two experts in responsible technology: Michele Lawrence Jawando of Omidyar Network and Dr. Fallon Wilson of #BlackTechFutures Research Institute. Jawando and Dr. Fallon had a critical discussion on the current state of technology–especially in relation to its accessibility and how it can be used responsibly–as well as what we can do to use technology to shape our future into one that’s equitable.
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Actor, podcaster, TV host, children’s literacy advocate, and Webby Award winner LeVar Burton joins us as we kick off Season 10 of The Webby Podcast.
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Professor Anita Hill has devoted her life to combating gender based violence. She is a lawyer, an educator, and was at this year’s Webby Awards to accept the Best Public Service and Activism Webby on behalf of Pineapple Street Media and The Meteor for the Podcast, Because of Anita.
In 1991, she bravely traveled to Washington and testified to the US Senate that then Supreme Court Nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her. 30 years later, that pivotal moment continues to shape our country and how we deal with gender-based violence, on a social, political and cultural level.
Professor Hill joins the Webby Awards Podcast to talk about her career, how she stays grounded, and her own Podcast, Getting Even With Anita Hill.
Adam Scott isn't just a podcast pioneer and award-winning actor, most recently in Apple+'s Severance. He's also the 26th Annual Webby Awards Best Actor Winner.
In Severance, Adam Scott plays Mark an employee of Lumon Industries who agrees to a "severance" program in which his non-work memories are separated from his work memories and his gradual discovery of what is really happening at Lumon and in his life.
Adam joins the Webby Awards Podcast to talk about music, his philosophy toward acting, and his stunning performance in Severance.
Host David-Michel Davies is joined by Claire Graves, President of The Webby Media Group and Steve Marchese, Webby Awards Chief Production Officer to discuss a few of their favorite Webby Winners ahead of the 26th Annual Webby Awards, happening Monday May 16th. Check out all of this year's winners at https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners
Winners mentioned in this episode:
- Accidentally Wes Anderson
- Planned Parenthood's Text Chatbot
- Post Reports
- Fingerspelling.xyz
- Footprints on Extinction
- The Simpsons Balenciaga
- Adam Scott
- A Hotdog is a Sandwich
- Garbage Day
Hans Jørgen Wiberg is the founder of the Be My Eyes App, which connects blind and low-vision users with fully-sighted volunteers to help with daily tasks.
Hans joins us to talk about the app's origin story, how they connect their surplus of volunteers to users in need of help, and their new employment initiative to get blind and low-vision people hired.
Chani Nicholas is one of today’s most prominent astrologers, a Webby Award winner, and best-selling author. She’s also the founder of the CHANI app, which helps downloaders use astrology for radical self-acceptance. There, in addition to guiding the apps’ users on their personal journeys, she’s also building an equitable tech company.
Chani spoke to us about astrology's resurgence through social media, launching her astrology newsletter and website in the early aughts, and her journey into astrology.
Season 9 of The Webby Podcast kicks off with a special roundtable on the 26th Annual Webby Awards Nominees. Host David-Michel Davies is joined by Claire Graves, President of The Webby Media Group and Steve Marchese, Webby Awards Chief Production Officer to discuss a few of their favorite Webby Nominees.Vote for your favorite nominees in the Webby People’s Voice through April 21 at vote.webbyawards.com
Nominees mentioned in this episode:
- Spotify 2021 Wrapped by Spotify
- The Lost Class by Leo Burnett Chicago
- How Normal Am I? by Pineapplejazz Design
- The New Normal by Schema Design, LLC
- Last Day: Trauma by Lemonada Media
- The Queen of Basketball by Breakwater Studios
- Wayfinder The National Film Board of Canada
- Effin’ Birds by Effin’ Birds
- Smartless by Wondery
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is a food writer, and chef and cook of over 20 years. He’s behind the New York Times Best Seller The Food Lab, the website Serious Eats, and a YouTube channel that offers science-proven methods for home cooking.
Kenji spoke to us about everything from cooking techniques to his journey starting Serious Eats and writing The Food Lab, to how he thinks the Internet changed food and his upcoming book The Wok: Recipes and Techniques, and more.
Listen to the first event in our series UNPCKD: Essentials for an Inclusive Internet, in partnership with the NAACP. A discussion on misinformation and disinformation campaigns that target AAPI and Black communities, featuring XiXi Yang, award-winning journalist and founder of XYZ Media, and Vanessa Mbonu, VP of Digital Marketing and Communications, NAACP. More information about the NAACP’s fight against COVID-19 misinformation at https://naacp.org/campaigns/covid-know-more
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Jad Finck is the vice president of Innovation & Sustainability at Allbirds. In 2014, the sneaker company started as a kickstarter to build running shoes using merino wool. Now, Allbirds has blossomed into both a full brand, and a mission-driven company that puts sustainability at the forefront.
In June, Jad became a judge for the inaugural Anthem Awards - the Webby's new initiative for mission and purpose-driven work - and will help review our Sustainability, Environment & Climate entries this year.
More information is at allbirds.com
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Eliot Higgins is a citizen journalist and founder & executive director of Bellingcat, an international collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists.
They use the Internet — information available in maps, videos, social media and much more — to investigate and break some of the biggest stories about international conflicts, from smuggling operations, airstrikes, weapons trading and more.
To learn more about what they do, visit Bellingcat.com. Read Eliot's book at https://www.bellingcat.com/book/
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Hamish Brocklebank, chief of YouGov Safe at YouGov — an international research data and analytics group — has built a tool that allows consumers get paid to share information about everything they do online. The consumers share what they buy, watch and play — all of which helps inform the next wave of technology.
On a larger scale, YouGov studies what shifting consumer choices will mean for brands, marketers, and the general public. This year, they’ve helped the Webby Awards survey how consumers feel about recent digital innovations across online gaming and livestream commerce, for the 2021 Webby Trend Report, titled Way Too New!
Cindi Leive is a journalist, advocate and co-founder of The Meteor, a media collective whose goal is to advance the freedom and dignity of all women. They’ve produced a lot of very important work, from the Undistracted with Brittany Packnett Cunningham podcast, to their most recent tour de force in podcasting — “Because of Anita Hill," a series that looked 30 years back on the impact of Anita Hill's testimony. Learn more about them at wearethemeteor.com
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If you’ve driven a car, chances are you have used a GPS system, like Google Maps or Waze for the most accurate routes.Today, we talk to Noam Bardin, who served as CEO of Waze from 2009 until his departure in February.
He joins us to talk all about the early days of the popular navigation app, and building a community of drivers that actively make the app better. Follow Noam Bardin on Twitter at https://twitter.com/noam
Cynthia Germanotta is the President of Born This Way Foundation, which she started with her daughter Lady Gaga in 2012. Through their initiatives they are providing tools to support the mental health of young people. They're also a foundational partner for The Anthem Awards.Through initiatives like #BeKind21 and the Teen Mutual Health First Aid, they are providing tools to support the mental health of young people. Cynthia Germanotta joins us to talk about the internet and how to support the mental health of young people.
For more information on Born This Way, visit //bornthisway.foundation/
In March, entertainment and marketing expert Maya Watson was tapped as the Head of Global Marketing at Clubhouse, at the helm of its meteoric rise. There, she’s laying the foundation for what Clubhouse can become, and how it can help creators who are hosting some of the Internet’s most interesting conversations.
Maya Watson, Head of Global Marketing at Clubhousejoins us to talk about the work she is doing there. She also dives into her days at Netflix, founding Strong Black Lead, and the need for companies to win trust with Black audiences.
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For our final episode of the season, we share our final Overwrite virtual event: “Overwrite: How We Live.”
Secretary Julián Castro: Host of Our America With Julián Castro, Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the Obama administration and mayor of San Antonio joins to talk about sharing the stories of Americans, and the issues they face within our systems as well as reimagining what a better future can really look like.
Then, Professor Scott Galloway: Professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School Of Business, Co-host of Vox Media’s podcast Pivot, and author of Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity joins to discuss how the pandemic has accelerated changes that were already underway in our society. And where we can go from here.
Heather Brunner, CEO and Chair of WP Engine, joins to talk about how the WP Engine team has met the real-time needs of brands and businesses that were forced to pivot to online-only operations, by taking on new product demands.
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Tamara Alesi, Sector Head of Agencies and Media, Americas at YouGov joins to discuss topics ranging from how Covid has effected the food choices of young people to its impact on holiday shopping - and even why older Americans are watching more news than ever.
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Megan Steckly, is leading the charge to provide laptops to underserved students in cities across the country. She is the CEO of Comp-U-Dopt, a non-profit that provides students with refurbished computers, as well as educational opportunities surrounding STEM.
We talk about her work, the digital divide in the U.S. and how COVID-19 has escalated the need.
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For our third Overwrite event we focused on the new ways we keep ourselves healthy. We are joined by Andy Slavitt, former Administrator of CMS under Obama, host of Lemonada Media’s “In the Bubble,” and author of the book Preventable and Naj Austin, Founder And CEO, Somewhere Good And Ethel’s Club.
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MK Asante is a filmmaker, scholar, professor, and author of his memoir Buck. He’s also the host of two Snap Originals docuseries “Free Tuition with MK Asante” and “While Black with MK Asante.”
We talk about how current schooling models limit black students’ self expression, to how students thrive when given autonomy and true intellectual freedom, to how recordings of racist incidents have sparked honest discussions about race in the U.S., but ultimately cannot be the solution to racism. As well as the work he is doing with his Snap Originals shows.
Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak join to talk about how shopping habits have changed from the early days of the pandemic to now, how our shopping habits reflect our relationship to money, our upbringing and more. We even touched what’s in our personal carts: for Kulap, it’s an e-bike, while SuChin has carts across multiple countries.
Check out their new podcast with Lemonada Media, Add To Cart here!: http://smarturl.it/addtocart
Megan Smith, part of one of the most important teams in Silicon Valley in the late 1980s: General Magic and also the former Chief Technology Officer to the United States under President Obama joins us to talk about her role as the country’s CTO looked like, from pushing for tech policy to bringing technologists around the world into the U.S. government to solve important civic issues using tech, like foster care for example.
We also talked a lot about her new organization Shift7, that helps find innovators of all kinds to fix global issues. They work with initiatives like the UN Solution Summit and help gather people who are already doing the work around an issue, and help accelerate them.
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Our second Overwrite event featured David Rogier, CEO & Co-founder of Masterclass, and Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All, and tackle the lessons we have learned about how we learn in these unprecedented times. And then we have a special bonus conversation with Josie Jeffies, Design Director at Slack!
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Misinformation. Conspiracy theories. “Lulz.” meme-ified racism and QAnon theories. Professor of Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University, Whitney Phillips is with us to talk about how early alarms on trolling language were ignored, to how we need to reconstruct how our sites and networks are built to stop incentivizing the spread of misinformation.
Check out Whitney’s new book You Are Here: A Field GUide for Navigating Polluted Information.
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Our Editor is Terence Brosnan
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Jalen Rose is with us to talk about basketball in the age of social media, being an early podcaster and the moments surrounding the killing of Breonna Taylor.
Check out his new podcast, Renaissance Man!
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Our Editor is Terence Brosnan
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Listen as we kick off the first of our five-part Overwrite event series, Overwrite: How We Advocate - a discussion on advocacy in the quarantine era with Rashad Robinson (President, Color of Change) and Shaniqua McClendon (Political Director, Crooked Media).
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In early January Avi Schiffman, a high school student in Washington, was inspired to build a website to track a disease rapidly moving through China. He launched nCoV2019.live before the novel coronavirus had an official name, and long before elected officials took it seriously. 2020 Webby Person of the Year Avi Schiffmann joins host David-Michel Davies to talk about creating a vital resource as a teenager, and the international pressure he’s faced to keep the numbers accurate.
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Closing out Season 6 is a very special episode with Sinéad Burke, host of "As Me, with Sinéad." At The Webbys, we spend a lot of time looking at the Internet, and determining what we want it to be. Sinéad is someone actively doing the work to create the Internet we want.
On her show, she interviews notable guests about what it’s like to be them, how they navigate life in their bodies, and how this can help everyone better understand what its like out there for other people. She and host David-Michel Davies discuss what kickstarted her passion for accessibility advocacy, her famous TED Talk "Why Design Should Include Everyone," and more.
Early Web pioneer and Glitch CEO Anil Dash has been a strong voice championing the core values of the Web since practically as long as it has existed. Along the way, he was an early executive at Movable Type, an adviser to the Obama Whitehouse’s Office of Digital Strategy, and adviser to companies like Medium and Donor’s Choose.
Today Anil is the CEO of Glitch, a company that makes it easy to make apps, bots, art and all sorts of digital experiences, all within the Web browser, alongside a community of millions of other supportive creators.
We talk a lot about how the sites and platforms of today could be more inclusive, more ethical and more humane, and of course about Glitch and the joy of watching people make things for the Web.. and if you know Anil, you know we also had to talk about Prince, and his Webby 5 Word Speech, Everything you think, is true. As a real Prince nerd, he helps us fill in some of the gaps of what Prince meant with those five words
If you remember those amazing Bloomberg BusinessWeek covers from back in the day or seen design in the New York Times that made you pause, chances are it was designed by Tracy Ma.
Our next guest is one of the most impactful graphic designers out there today, and is currently a Designer for The New York Times Styles Desk. Tracy Ma's incredible aesthetic combined with the global scale of the Times means her work not only informs but defines a lot of the visual world we live in today.
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Our next guest, Sofie Andersen, has spent her career thinking about how the Internet and technology can enrich museums and museum going. Her work has transformed the experience of some of the world’s most visited museums, like the Whitney where she was the Director of Digital Media and the Tate in London, into more interactive and more vibrant experiences.
Today as Interim Head of Digital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art she is charged with thinking not only about how technology can improve the Met, but how it can bring the content, information and mission of the Met to people all over the world.
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Our Producer is Terence Brosnan
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Data privacy has become hot button issue for anyone using the Internet. Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a key figure in protecting the digital civil liberties of millions of people around the world. She joins The Webby Podcast to discuss her first case at the EFF, against leaving encryption capabilities in government hands, to the EFF’s current work to decentralize social networks, and more.
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For anyone who is part of the design world, the name John Maeda immediately commands respect. Having served as the President for the Rhode Island School of Design, transitioned to the world of Silicon Valley, and now in a new role at Publicis Sapient, our next guest has had a breadth of experience with the wildly changing worlds of design and technology. John walks us through career-defining moments like meeting his idol, legendary graphic designer Paul Rand, and what he has learned on the way, including the often exclusive nature of the tech world.
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The ACLU has been more visible in recent years, which is a great thing. Whether it’s fighting the US government’s Muslim ban or working to end the suffering of young immigrants at our borders, the ACLU has played a big role in the defense of American Civil Liberties and been a champion for their mission in digital media across the United States.
Our next guest is working behind the scenes to protect us in this modern world. As Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the ACLU, Jennifer Granick works on Government Surveillance and Speech and Privacy in its technology division. At the core of what she does is fight against the intrusion of technology, surveillance and search when it infringes on our basic civil liberties. This covers everything from if Ring doorbell cameras should be accessible to police investigators to whether immigration officials should be able to access social media accounts.
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As the former Chief White House Correspondent for CNN, our next guest Jessica Yellin knows a lot about why the news is so combative and uninformative, and is on a mission to change it.
Her independent Internet news organization, NEWS NOT NOISE, is an oasis for people looking for just that - great reporting, insight and information without all the drama. Just breaking down policies and terms in basic language through Instagram Stories.
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David Carroll is an Associate Professor of Media Design at Parsons School of Design, and is one of the main subjects of the Netflix documentary, The Great Hack. David’s been an advocate for data privacy for many years and as we discover in the documentary, initiates a type of UK freedom of information request with a network of privacy activists that leads to the eventual downfall, exposure and bankruptcy of Cambridge Analytica.
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We write a lot on the Internet—emails, tweets, texts, direct messages—on any window, any device. This proliferation has impacted how we write, making good writing more important than ever. We’re joined by Kieran Snyder, co-founder of Textio, a company that makes machine learning software to augment our writing and make our words more impactful.
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To learn more about Textio's great resources, visit textio.com
Cenk Uygur and his online news show The Young Turks are known for keeping it real.
That willingness to embrace what other political news programs won’t say is what’s kept TYT popular since its premiere in 2002.
Uygur joins us for the Webby Podcast. Listen to his interview with host David-Michel Davies, on the nascent days of TYT, from satellite radio to building their online show with audience help, the inner workings of progressive media, and what we should expect ahead of the 2020 election.
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David Wallace-Wells isn't going to sugarcoat it for you: The climate is in a state of emergency, and we are running out of time to turn things around.
But, can we still turn things around? Yes. With action.
Journalist and author David Wallace-Wells joins us for the first episode of Season 6 of The Webby Podcast. Listen to his conversation with host David-Michel Davies, and check out his book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming.
Plus, watch the moment from the 23rd Annual Webby Awards when David Wallace-Wells presented the 2019 Webby Social Movement of the Year Award, honoring Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Sixteen-year-old Thunberg ignited a movement of students who are demanding action all over the world—with a weeklong climate strike coming up Sept. 20-27th. See herefor more information and to get involved!
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The Webby Podcast is on a summer break, but we're putting out a special episode today celebrating some particularly amazing work that won both a Webby Award and a Lovie Award this past year. The Lovie Awards is the European sister to the Webby Awards, now in its ninth year celebrating the best of the European Internet. In this episode, David-Michel Davies is joined by Lovie Managing Director Emily Warren and Webby Awards Executive Director Claire Graves to discuss some of the team's favorite Webby-and-Lovie-winning work.
If you are making great work for the European Internet or for a European audience, be sure to enter The Lovie Awards in Websites, Online Advertising, Internet Video, Apps, Mobile, Podcasts & Voice and Social before the Final Entry Deadline on Friday, July 19th at lovieawards.eu
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Sound Artist, Designer, Musician, and Pentagram Partner, Yuri Suzuki is a fascinating person. Many of his projects explore how sound works in relationship with people, like his famous Ototo music kit. He joins David-Michel Davies for a talk on design, how music technology has changed over the decades, and his new work with Pentagram.
Yuri has a ton of projects you should check out, from the Electronium Project to Ototo. Visit his website yurisuzuki.com, and follow him @yurisuzuki on Twitter.
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From restaurant recommendations to weather forecasts, our next guest believes each use case of Voice should seamlessly fit into our lives. Cathy Pearl is the Head of Conversation Design Outreach at Google and is on a mission to foster better conversations between machines and humans. She joins David-Michel Davies for a deep dive on Voice technology—from how computers should encompass the variety of human speech, her blueprint to help anyone who dreams of designing Voice User Interfaces, and much more.
Keep up with Cathy @cpearl42 to learn how voice tech is developing through smart speakers and beyond. And if you’re interested in designing voice, grab a copy of Cathy’s book “Designing Voice User Interfaces.”
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Society has a tumultuous relationship with parenthood and motherhood. That’s why journalist and radio producer Hillary Frank created the Webby Award-winning podcast, The Longest Shortest Time. She joins David-Michel Davies to chat about her journey starting the podcast, how it created a community fostering honest conversations on the complexities of raising another life, and her new book Weird Parenting Wins.
Be sure to listen to the latest season of The Longest Shortest Time, and pick up a copy of Hillary’s book Weird Parenting Wins.
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MythBusters can easily be credited as leading the resurgence of the Maker Movement in the early 2000s—and its co-hosts, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are to thank. Adam joins The Webby Podcast to talk about the legacy of MythBusters and its new chapter, MythBusters Jr., as well as his hope to give readers permission to explore the most creative aspects of themselves in his new book, Every Tool’s a Hammer.
Pick up a copy of Adam’s new book, Every Tool’s a Hammer, and keep up with Adam @donttrythis.
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Last Monday was the 23rd Annual Webby Awards! Most people see what happens on the big stage, but not what goes on backstage. So we sent Podcast Producer Ryan Kailath behind the scenes on the Internet’s biggest night. Hear from winners, presenters, and the Webby Awards community on the show’s best moments, as well as their personal relationships to the Internet. Hear from Webby Artist of the Year Tierra Whack, Webby Special Achievement Winner Michael Douglas, Webby Winner and Pod Save the People host DeRay Mckesson, and Dylan Marron (host of Conversations with People Who Hate Me), who presented a Webby to Monica Lewinsky.
A big thank you to Ryan Kailath for producing this episode! Hear more of his work here.
And watch the full show at wbby.co/watch for more incredible moments from the 23rd Annual Webby Awards.
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Tonight is the 23rd Annual Webby Awards and we are THRILLED to kick things off with our host: the acclaimed actress/comedian Jenny Slate! Jenny joins David-Michel Davies in the studio to talk about why she's excited to host The Webbys, her relationship with the Internet, and her current work on Netflix's Big Mouth; as well as her new fiction podcast Earth Break.
Keep up with Jenny on Twitter at @jennyslate. And be sure to follow #Webbys across all social media tonight for all the best moments from The Webby Awards as they happen. Including Jenny's monologue, Red Carpet interviews, 5-Word Speeches from Winners like Issa Rae, Hasan Minhaj, Tierra Wack, Gritty, Michael Douglas, and much more. Follow #Webbys and stay tuned.
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Home cooking in 2019 is hard—carving time in your schedule and finding the right recipe while inundated with choices is daunting. That’s why Epicurious’ Digital Director David Tamarkin is supplying the Internet with recipe ideas simple enough for "Tuesday night dinner" through Epicurious and his new book Cook90.
David joins David-Michel Davies for a talk on food, his journey to revamping Epicurious, and how people can return to home cooking.
Check out Epicurious for tested—and delicious—recipes. Plus, order David’s Cook90 book now to challenge yourself to more home-cooked meals.
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For decades, media and entrepreneurial badass Cindy Gallop has spoken truth to power on the advertising industry’s toughest issues: diversity and sexual harassment. Today, she’s using the Internet to tackle our relationship to healthy sex with her video-sharing platform, Make Love Not Porn.
Cindy joins host David-Michel Davies for an important conversation on #MeToo, ways men can hold themselves accountable while uplifting female colleagues, and how both of these themes are linked to society’s limited view of what healthy sexual expression looks like.
If you’re over 18 years old, feel free to check out https://makelovenotporn.tv, and follow Cindy @cindygallop.
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The 23rd Annual Webby Award Winners have been announced! Host and Webby CEO David-Michel Davies is joined by Webby Executive Director Claire Graves and Webby Executive Producer Steve Marchese for a roundtable celebrating a few standout winners, including New York Public Library Insta Novels, Philadelphia Flyers’ Gritty Social account, the I Love Hue game, and more.
See the Winners mentioned in this episode listed below. Meet the rest of the 23rd Annual Webby Award Winners at webbyawards.com/winners
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2019 Webby Winners mentioned in the episode:
New York Public Library Instagram Novels (Social)
Slow Burn Season 2 (Podcasts)
I Love Hue (Games)
Reelgood for iOS (Apps)
The Return of Colonel Sanders (Advertising)
Billy on the Street featuring Emma Stone (Video)
@SeeLikeMenna (Advertising)
CAT BOUNCE! (Websites)
Gritty (Social)
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Thirteen years ago, Lila King and her team at CNN created iReport, an endeavor that would forever change storytelling in the digital era. Now Head of News & Publishing Partnerships at Instagram, King joins our host David-Michel Davies to discuss her iReport days, and how Instagram is empowering raconteurs of all kinds to tell visual-first stories.
Keep up with Lila @lilacina. And stay up to date on all of Instagram’s initiatives by visiting instagram-press.com
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The Internet really loves NASA. Specifically, it loves NASA’s social media presence. Today, David-Michel Davies chats with the woman who started it all, Veronica McGregor, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab’s News and Social Media Manager. They dive into the agency’s first Twitter account for its 2008 Mars Phoenix mission, and how her team is using interactive, digital experiences to educate the public on planetary exploration.
NASA JPL has so many ways for you to keep up with its missions. For starters, follow @NASAJPL, @MarsCuriosity, and @MarsRovers to learn more about the robotic explorations of planets.
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Season 5 of The Webby Podcast kicks off with a special roundtable, celebrating the JUST ANNOUNCED 2019 Webby Nominees (wooo!).Our host and Webby CEO David-Michel Davies is joined by Webby Executive Director Claire Graves and Webby Executive Producer Steve Marcheseto discuss a few of their favorite Nominees—from the Donut County game, to The Long Distance Con podcast, and more.
Nominees mentioned in this episode are listed below. See the rest of the 23rd Annual Nominees and vote at vote.webbyawards.com
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2019 Nominees mentioned in the episode:
- The Long Distance Con (Podcasts)
- Muse: Brain Sensing Headband (Mobile)
- Donut County (Games)
- The Perfect Loaf (Websites)
- Bon Appetit (Social)
- Billions of Birds Migrate. Where Do They Go? (Websites)
- Tide CEO: You Gotta Stop Eating Tide Pods (Video)
- Drawings for My Grandchildren
- The Uncensored Playlist (Advertising)
The Webby Podcast Season 5 premieres on Tuesday, April 2, everywhere you get your podcasts.
The Webby Podcast is back with a brand new season of great stories about the Internet! Host David-Michel Davies is joined by special guests, including NASA JPL’s Veronica McGregor, Epicurious’ David Tamarkin, Instagram’s Lila King, The Longest Shortest Time host Hillary Frank, and more!
Subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode. And stay tuned: Nominees for the 23rd Annual Webby Awards are announced Tuesday, April 2nd at webbyawards.com
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When Jimmy Wales co-founded Wikipedia in 2001, he set out to create a universal, digital encyclopedia for all users. And he did. Today, Wikipedia is a global staple for anyone seeking general knowledge on millions of topics. Many know where Wiki has been; learn about where it’s going on the season four finale of the Webby Podcast.
Jimmy speaks with host David-Michel Davies on how the Wikipedia team is using language and machine learning, expanding public policies, and its new Wiki Data Project, to improve human knowledge across the world. Listen now.
Consider donating to Wikipedia. Every dollar helps their team keep Wikipedia a great, free resource for the Internet.
And enter the 23rd Annual Webby Awards before the Final Entry Deadline this Friday, December 14 at webbyawards.com
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The Bureau Local is a collaborative, investigative arm of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism—and the recipient of the Lovie Be Greater with Data Award at the 8th Annual Lovies (our European sister).
Megan Lucero serves as The Bureau Local's Director. She joins us to talk about how The Bureau Local uses technology to make journalism accessible to local communities across the UK.
Check out the moment we honored The Bureau Local at The Lovie Awards here: lovies.eu/2UbzHrN
Find The Bureau Local at: thebureauinvestigates.com/local
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From starting BCSWomen, the UK's first networking group for women in computing, to launching the social enterprise #Techmums, to her campaign to save Bletchley Park and preserve the stories of 8,000 female codebreakers, Dr. Sue Black has been paving the way for women in tech since the earliest days of her career. We were thrilled to celebrate her Lifetime Achievement at the 8th Annual Lovie Awards in London (European sister to The Webbys). Here's her conversation with David-Michel Davies the morning after The Lovies.
Check out the moment we honored Dr. Sue Black at The Lovie Awards here: https://lovies.eu/2Qj1O9t
Keep up with Techmums at techmums.co and follow Dr. Sue Black at @Dr_Black.
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The subway is the key to life in New York City. But an old system and analog technology are threatening its future (and making the present-day pretty miserable for riders). We talk with Rachel Haot, Executive Director of the Transit Innovation Partnership, on her plan to save the MTA by calling on tech entrepreneurs through the Transit Tech Lab. We also get into what data teaches us about transportation, and how New York can create equitable transit for all.
The deadline to apply to to the Transit Tech Lab is November 30th. Learn more about the program at transitinnovation.org
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Reductress co-founders Sarah Pappalardo and Beth Newell are no strangers to using satire to deliver a strong message, especially when it pokes fun at archaean stereotypes about women. We chat with them about what the feminist-centered, Webby-winning satirical website means in the #MeToo era, and how comedy can be used to push for effective change.
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Roy Sekoff, Founding Editor of the Huffington Post and Webby Winner, is no stranger to disruption. His work creating HuffPost Live completely shaped how we consume online media and news videos. He just self-published his first book, "Lacks Self Control," a collection of funny stories from his life and work. We discuss these stories, self-publishing in the digital age, and more.
Be sure to check out Roy’s book Lacks Self Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell, out now on Amazon Books, and follow Roy @RoySekoff.
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A quick glance through Merriam-Webster’s Twitter feed makes it clear why M-W is the Internet’s favorite dictionary. On this episode, we chat with the woman behind the dictionary’s digital strategy, Lisa Schneider, Chief Digital Officer of Merriam-Webster, about how her team has tapped into cultural discussions to create a digital record of what words (and topics) are occupying Americans’ minds.
Listen to the episode and follow Merriam-Webster at @MerriamWebster
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In his podcast, “Conversations with People Who Hate Me,” actor, writer, and activist Dylan Marron explores why people engage in hateful dialogue online, and what happens when we move them offline. We talk to Dylan about what he’s learned about Internet culture, his ethos on work made for the Internet, and how meaningful action starts with a conversation.
Listen to “Conversations with People Who Hate Me” wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Dylan @dylanmarron.
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Bird-watching data can teach us so much about bird trends, and about the Earth and its climate. And now you can access and contribute to that data easily, thanks to John W. Fitzpatrick, his team at Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology, and Ebird—a digital database that helps users log data while birdwatching.
Dr. Fitzpatrick sits down with David-Michel Davies to discuss the Ebird and Merlin bird-watching apps, and what all this data ultimately means for the future of humanity and the planet.
Download both Ebird and the Merlin app, and keep up with Dr. Fitzpatrick and his team here. Follow the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at @CornellBirds.
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Netscape and the 1998 Mozilla Project are huge milestones in the history of the Internet. Beyond inventing javascript and the very first browser, these entities paved the way for open source coding and innovation. Today’s guest, 2018 Webby Lifetime Achievement Winner Mitchell Baker and Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation has been leading change at the company since 1993.
After the 22nd Annual Webby Awards, Mitchell sits down with David-Michel Davies to discuss the early days of Netscape, building an open source project, and what that still means for the future of tech.
Follow her at @MitchellBaker and keep up with her work at blog.lizardwrangler.com
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Tonight is the 22nd Annual Webby Awards! We’re kicking off the evening’s festivities with a special guest: host of the 22nd Webbys and writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Amber Ruffin.
Webby Podcast host David-Michel Davies sits down with Amber to discuss her hilarious journey to the Late Night writers room—hint: it includes a brief, five-year departure to Amsterdam, what she likes/dislikes about Internet culture, and what she looks forward to at tonight's show.
Follow Amber at @ambermruffin. Watch her host the Internet’s biggest night on Tuesday, May 15th at www.webbyawards.com
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Women have always been pivotal to the creation, growth, and success of the Internet. Yet we typically hear the same few stories about the same few men. Today’s guest Claire Evans is here to change that—or at least contribute to what she hopes will be an ongoing conversation.
David-Michel Davies sits down with Evans to discuss her new book “Broad Band: The untold story of the women who made the Internet” and why it’s so important to tell nuanced stories about women.
Follow Claire Evans at @TheUniverse and get “Broad Band” at clairelevans.com
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Journalist and podcaster extraordinaire Anna Sale has been exploring society's most taboo subjects—from crippling debt to sex work—and how we deal with those subjects privately since 2014 in her Webby-winning podcast Death, Sex & Money.
She joins host David-Michel Davies for a great conversation on everything death, sex, and money, how Internet culture has affected the podcast's topics, and more.
Follow Anna @annasale. And be sure to listen to episodes of Death, Sex & Money at wnycstudios.org/shows/deathsexmoney.
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The 22nd Annual Webby Award Winners have officially been announced! Today we are celebrating and listening to some of our favorites in the Podcasts category.
Webby execs Claire Graves (@clairegraves) and Steve Marchese (@stevemarchese) join host David-Michel Davies to discuss and share clips from this year’s Webby-Winning Podcasts like S-Town (Best Writing & Best Series), Conversations with People Who Hate Me (Best Individual Episode), MoMA: A Piece of Work (Arts & Culture), Ear Hustle (Documentary), and more.
See all this year’s Webby Winners in Podcasts and well beyond at: webbyawards.com/winners
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Activist Deray Mckesson has been creating the digital blueprint on how to end police violence in the U.S. since 2014, from live-documenting Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson, to launching the Mapping Police Violence database, to creating his Webby-Nominated podcast on social justice and politics—Pod Save The People, and beyond.
He joins host David-Michel Davies for a download on the early days of using the Internet for activist work, his team's Campaign Zero initiative, and more.
Follow DeRay @deray. Listen to Pod Save the People at crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people. And be sure to check out Mapping Police Violence at mappingpoliceviolence.org.
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We’re joined by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Since starting at MoMA in 1994, she’s made digital a focal point of her work, from starting MoMA’s first website to incorporating video games in the museum (to the dismay of many) and beyond.
She joins host David-Michel Davies to talk about her well-known R&D Salon series on tech and design, her thoughts on device design, and much more.
Follow Paola @curiousoctopus and check out her incredibly interesting R&D Salon series, including Salon 23: On Protest at http://momarnd.moma.org.
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The Webby Podcast Season 3 kicks things off with a special episode on this year's incredible Nominees for the 22nd Annual Webby Awards, which were recently announced. Webby Podcast Host and Webby CEO David-Michel Davies sits down with Webb Executive Director Claire Graves and Webby Executive Producer Steve Marchese to discuss some stand-out Nomineese—from games like Cuphead, to breakout video series like Hot Ones, and more.
Check out the work of amazing Webby Awards show photographer, James Hartley, who is also mentioned in the episode.
Tim O'Reilly has spent his career helping us understand, use, and ultimately innovate upon new technologies. In his new book WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us, he's calling attention to tech's current relationship to our society, economy, and value system—and the implications that has for the future. He joins Webby Podcast host David-Michel Davies to talk about this delicate relationship, automation and algorithms' impact on the structure of our financial system, and more.
Check out Tim's book WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us, and follow him on social media: @timoreilly.
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Old tech magazines, waste facilities, swimming pools—you name it. Multidisciplinary artist and writer Jenny O'Dell uses it all in her work, as she merges the physical and digital worlds with everyday objects to explore the way in which humans think about them. She joins Webby Podcast host David-Michel Davies to talk about her projects (see below for links to a few of them!), the importance of using technology sparingly, and more.
Follow Jenny at @the_jennitaur. Visit jennyodell.com for more of her work and explore the projects mentioned in the show, like Neo Surreal, Satellite Collections, and The Bureau of Suspended Objects.
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Brit Morin started her career as a full-time employee at Apple after graduating college in two years. Since then, she's worked on projects and applications that have shaped the Internet as we know it—from iTunes to Google Maps, and more. Today, she heads Brit & Co., a multimedia company helping women tap into their creativity. She talks with us about the early stages of her career, gender bias in tech, and her mission to inspire women and girls to feel confident in their creations.
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During the Internet's nascent years, e-commerce startups faced one of the digital era's most daunting challenges: convincing consumers to not only use the Internet, but purchase online goods with their credit cards. Martha Lane Fox did that—and more—as co-founder of Lastminute.com, one of the first and largest websites to let people book travel. She joins our host David-Michel Davies to discuss Last Minute, as well as her non-profit Doteveryone and its work to combat gender and algorithmic bias, while pushing for sensible tech policy in the UK, and beyond.
To learn more on Doteveryone's fight for a fairer digital society, visit their website. Follow Martha on social media at @Marthalanefox.
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CNN Political Commentator Van Jones has ventured across the U.S., from Gettysburg to the Coastal Regions, to bridge deep political divides between the "left" and "right"—a divide he largely attributes to social media in the age of Trump. He joins us to talk about his latest book "Beyond The Messy Truth," as well as how we can move beyond social media echo chambers and divisive memes towards progress.
Be sure to check out "Beyond The Messy Truth." It is a necessary book to read in the New Year as we all look for ways to build a more progressive society.
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Critically acclaimed journalist and Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Nick Bilton has been exposingthe inner-workings of the technology sector for years—from breaking stories for The New York Times, to unearthing the betrayal behind Twitter's creation story in his book "Hatching Twitter," and beyond. He joins David-Michel Davies to discuss his latest work which traces the manhunt for Silk Road's founder ("American Kingpin"), how he reports on Silicon Valley, and more.
For more from Nick, grab a copy of "American Kingpin" and "Hatching Twitter." They are both impressive works of journalism that take readers through two true stories of Silicon Valley and its complexities.Follow Nick on social media at @nickbilton
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Women's sexuality—and even conversationsabout improving women's sexual experiences—has long been a taboo topic. But Lydia Daniller and Rob Perkins are changing that with OMGYes, a research-driven, interactive website on the science of pleasure. They sit down with host David-Michel Davies to explain how they created the Webby-Winning website and their mission to educate thousands of people on the complexities and joys of intimacy.
If you're interested in learning more, check out OMGYes—it’s a thoughtful and empowering take on women’s sexuality, using innovative digital tools. (Note: This episode may not be suitable for listening around children.)
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We're joined by Aaron Koblin, a multi- Webby-winning artist, technologist, and co-founder of the virtual and augmented reality company WITHIN. Throughout his career, Koblin has created incredible art using data visualization, immersive storytelling, and VR technology. A few months ago, Koblin sat down with our host David-Michel Davies to talk about his early projects, and how he is shaping the future of storytelling through art and technology.
Follow @aaronkoblin on Twitter to learn more about data. And, if you want to explore his projects, head over to aaronkoblin.com or visit With.in.
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Our guest is longtime tech journalist and co-founder of WIRED Magazine, Jane Metcalfe. Since leading WIRED's first publication in 1993, Jane has profoundly impacted the digital revolution. Now she is documenting how the neobiological revolution is gaining speed and will shape future generations, with her new publication NEO.LIFE.Jane talks with David-Michel about the benefits of biotechnology, as well as growing concerns surrounding the safety of our genomic data.
To learn more about the debate surrounding biotechnology, head over to medium.com/neodotlife. Keep up with Jane at @janemetcalfe.
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Since 1996, Internet Archive has forged ahead with one mission: to create the world's second Library of Alexandria - this time, digitally. By archiving 11 million books and texts, 20 years of web history through the Wayback Machine, and nearly 1.5 million television news broadcasts, the Internet Archive is poised to meet its goal. Founder Brewster Kahle, Alexis Rossi, and Tracey Jacquith of the Webby Award-winning nonprofit sit down to discuss all that goes into building the world's greatest digital library.
Follow @internetarchive to gain more tips on how to preserve a public record of our humanity. And, support its critical work by donating to the Internet Archive.
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Earlier this year, Chief Digital Officer of GLAAD Jim Halloran discovered that an online network of alt-right supporters was attempting to remove a YouTube video of the GLAAD Awards—and other LGBTQ-related content—using AI algorithms to flag and permanently label the video as offensive. Halloran dives into how that discovery is fueling GLAAD's work with tech companies, the importance of creating equitable tech platforms for LGBTQ communities, and more.
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Our next guest, Thomas Kail is the Tony Award-winning Director of Hamilton, the theatrical mega sensation that has broken the Internet, as well as box office websites, time and time again with its brilliance. He sits down with our host David-Michel Davies to discuss the early days of Hamilton's creation process, the show's impact on how tickets are sold online, what it's like—as a creator—to have millions of young people engage daily with Hamilton's content on the Internet—and more.
Follow the production at @HamiltonMusical. If you're in New York, catch Thomas' show Tiny Beautiful Things at the Public Theater through December 10th.
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Jalak Jobanputra, Founder/Managing Partner of Future Perfect Ventures, has pioneered investment in tech and venture capital since the 1990s—from investing in Netscape's 1995 IPO to exploring blockchain in Africa and Asia. In this episode, our host David-Michel Davies talks to Jalak about venture capital, her thoughts on blockchain tech, and how a global perspective has informed her work.
Learn more about Future Perfect at @futurepvc and find Jalak at @jalak.
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Lawrence Lessig is a Webby Lifetime Achievement Winner, Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, and our first guest for Season Two. As a professor, attorney, and political activist, Lessig has been fighting for the free and open Internet for much of his career. He sits down with host David-Michel Davies to discuss the failed legal battle that inspired Creative Commons, technology's impact on political discourse, his legal campaign Equal to reform the Electoral College, and more.
Support the Equal Votes campaign at @EqualCitizensUS and keep up with Professor Lessig at @lessig.
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The Webby Podcast is back for Season Two next Tuesday, October 24th! This season features interviews with amazing innovators from across the Internet, including past Webby Winners, award-winning directors, crusaders for a free and democratic Internet—and beyond.
Our first episode out next week is with Creative Commons founder and Webby Lifetime Achievement Winner Lawrence Lessig. Other guests this season include Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Tommy Kail (Hamilton), the Internet Archive, Jane Metcalf (WIRED), and many more.
Subscribe to The Webby Podcast, and be sure to enter your best work across Websites, Film & Video, Advertising, Media & PR, Mobile Sites & Apps, Social, Podcasts & Digital Audio, and Games in The Webby Awards before the Early Entry Deadline on Friday, October 27th: webbyawards.com
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We’ve been hard at work recording Season 2 of the Webby Podcast, but we’re sending out this episode a little early. Webby Lifetime Achievement Winner and WIRED magazine co-founder Louis Rossetto has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his new book, Change is Good—we discuss the project and the story of how WIRED became the publication of record for the tech revolution. Be sure to check out the Kickstarter campaign for Change is Good, and follow Louis at @rossetto. Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwards and keep up with David-Michel @dmdlikes.Our Editorial Director is Nicole FerraroOur producer is Sebastian AdeResearch and writing by Michael CharboneauMusic is Straight West by Kasket Club
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Thanks for listening to Season One of the Webby Podcast, where we’re telling the stories of the Internet in more than 5-word speeches. We’re breaking for summer and will be back in September with a new round of interviews with Webby winners, judges, and other people making the Internet awesome. Check out Season One interviews with Ben Smith, Alex Blumberg, Laurie Segall, Bob Bland, Vint Cerf, Reshma Saujani, and more.We'd love for you to rate us on iTunes, and we welcome your feedback anytime at podcast-at-webbyawards-dot-com or @ dmdlikes
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She achieved fame as a fashion blogger, launched a magazine, and started an acting career—all before her 21st birthday. Writer, actress, and Editor-in-Chief of Rookie magazine Tavi Gevinson is a powerful voice for teens online: We talk about how she built a thriving community with Rookie, publishing in the age of social media, and more.Check out Rookie at rookiemag.com and follow Tavi @ tavitulle Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwards and keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikes Editorial Director: Nicole Ferraro Research & writing: Michael Charboneau Music: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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On January 21, 2017, nearly 5 million people marched for women’s rights all over the globe as part of the Women’s March. And it all started with a Facebook post. We sat down with Women’s March National Co-Chair Bob Bland and Communications Director Cassady Fendlay, to discuss what it was like to organize the march, intersectional feminism, and more. Keep up with The Women’s March at womensmarch.com & @ womensmarch Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikes Editorial Director: Nicole FerraroAdditional editorial help this week from Michael CharboneauMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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In her video series “Mostly Human,” CNN senior tech correspondent Laurie Segall explores the darker side of tech—everything from leaving behind bots of ourselves after we die to Silicon Valley’s impact on mental health and more. We dive into those topics and try to answer some heavy questions about life’s intersection, or coexistence, with technology.Watch Mostly Human at cnn.comFollow Laurie at @ LaurieSegallCNNFollow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroEditorial help this week from Michael CharboneauMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith talks about journalism in the age of social media and Trump, the infamous Russia dossier, and his 5-Word Speech at the 21st Annual Webbys: "No, you are fake news."Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesFollow Ben Smith at @ BuzzFeedBenEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroEditorial help this week from Michael CharboneauMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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In 1984, 37 percent of all computer science graduates were women. Today, that number has dropped to just 18 percent. Why? We talk to Girls Who Code Founder and CEO Reshma Saujani about how best to close the gender gap in tech.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroEditorial help this week from Michael CharboneauMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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The 21st Annual Webby Awards, hosted by Joel McHale, is TONIGHT! Catch all the red carpet and behind-the-scenes action on our 360 Facebook Live cameras. Follow along everywhere @ TheWebbyAwards and with #Webbys. And be sure to watch the entire show Tuesday, May 16th, at webbyawards.com
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Stephen Dubner joins us to revisit the Webby-winning Freakonomics podcast episode “Is the Internet Being Ruined?”. We also discuss the Freakonomics approach to question asking, dig into what it was like to suddenly become a New York Times best-selling author, and his partnership with award-winning economist Steven Levitt.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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What's it like to start a tech company where 75 percent of the workforce is on the autism spectrum? Rajesh Anandan walks us through how neurodiversity is a competitive advantage in business.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesSpecial thanks to Zach DaviesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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The winners for the 21st Annual Webby Awards are announced today! We listen to and discuss some of our favorite winners from this year including Missing Richard Simmons (2:37), Still Processing (9:35), How to Be a Girl (16:05), The Bill Simmons Podcast (20:04), and Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell (26:02). Visit WebbyAwards.com/Winners to see all the 2017 winners.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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What’s life like as a photographer for National Geographic Magazine? Hear how photographer Anand Varma’s years-long honeybee story led him from his own backyard bee hives to capturing never-before-seen footage of honeybee development - Visit webbyawards.com/bees to watch "Honeybee Metamorphosis".Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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Founded in 2005, back when Destiny's Child was still a thing, Refinery29 is now one of the most-visited style, beauty, and lifestyle publications on the Internet.Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, Piera Gelardi, talks about how Refinery29 cultivates young writers and creators, how she built the brand into what it is today, the importance of brick-and-mortar experiences for digitally native brands, and how the publication is able to produce so much high-quality daily content.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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David-Michel sits down with Carter Cleveland, the Founder and CEO of Artsy, to discuss how discovering, buying, and selling artwork has been transformed by the Internet.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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We sit down with the founders of Gimlet Media to discuss building a podcast network, producing branded shows, working with Tinder, and the future of digital audio. This episode was recorded live at Gizmodo in NYCFollow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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We chat with the founder of Crisis Text Line and former DoSomething.org CEO, Nancy Lublin. David-Michel and Nancy talk about mental health, AI, machine learning, and how to put all this data to good use.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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In our pilot episode of The Webby Podcast, Webby Awards Executive Director David-Michel Davies sits down with the Co-Inventor of the Internet and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, Vint Cerf. They talk about the early days of computing, Al Gore, and security concerns in 2017.Follow us everywhere @ TheWebbyAwardsand keep up with David-Michel @ dmdlikesProducer: Ben WagnerEditorial Supervisor: Nicole FerraroMusic: "Straight West" by Kasket Club, courtesy of Audiosocket
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