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e144. So, It’s Been a Week! (1/3/21 – 1/9/21)

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January 11, 2021
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We totally didn’t want to talk politics this week. And we certainly didn’t want to talk about the world being on fire. 2020 had enough of that. All we wanted…

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e137. Think Virtually, Live Locally! Our New Virtual Reality

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November 23, 2020
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Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic, people the world over have been forced to spend more time meeting and communicating virtually. As different communities have implemented differing…

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Call For Comments: The Virtual Office (Only Avatars Please.)

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November 17, 2020
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From Katya: We’ve recently all been spending more time in virtual space — conference calls on Zoom, happy hours on Hangouts, and I guess somewhere, someone has been making a…

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e124. Marveling Over Marble League!

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August 24, 2020
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If you’ve been following the show for the last several months, you know that in our COVID pandemic quarantine imposed death of media, we have turned our constant starvation for…

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e118. #activism

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July 13, 2020
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We live in very interesting times. The world around us is changing every day… and with the internet if feels like it’s changing ever rapidly. With everything from #COVID-19 to…

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Call for Comments: Performing the Minimum and Virtual Protesting

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June 30, 2020
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From Katya: This episode is more than a bit overdue but it’s especially pervading online culture right now: online activism. The internet has unquestionably opened up historic new options for…

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e114. Your Black Friend is Tired

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June 15, 2020
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A few years ago, in an interview with Stephen Colbert, Will Smith said that he believed that racism isn’t getting worse — it’s getting filmed. While it may be hard…

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Call for Comments: Your Black Friend Is Tired

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June 5, 2020
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From Mav: Well, it’s been a week. If you’re in America (or probably if you’ve simply bothered to watch the news at all anywhere else in the world), you know…

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e112. Social Media and Free Speech

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June 1, 2020
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If you’re unlucky enough to live on the planet Earth, you probably know that it’s not doing terribly well lately. We’ve had a global pandemic sweeping through every corner of…

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Call for Comments: Social Media and Free Speech

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May 29, 2020
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From Hannah: At the end of March (so basically, an entire decade ago) we released our episode “News By Meme,” which dealt with how social media spreads news and the…