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Audio Podcast #143: Last Episode

Jesse Brown — Tue, 26 Jun 12 10:16:23 GMT

In the series finale, Cory Doctorow joins us for a last look at the Internet. Mailing list: http://jessebrown.ca.

Listen now: Last Episode (.mp3)

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This is Not a Phone

Jesse Brown — Mon, 18 Jun 12 11:59:14 GMT

Wireless phones were supposed to be phones without wires. So how did they become so much more than that?

In this video series, Jesse Brown asks ...
if it’s not a phone, then what is it?

it's a wireless device

it's a typewriter

it's a credit card

it's a diary

it's a political weapon

it's a lie detector

it's a library card

it's a global equalizer

it's crack

Audio Podcast #142: China Uncensored

Jesse Brown — Mon, 18 Jun 12 11:48:09 GMT

Boxun.com editor Watson Meng on how he changed Chinese politics from North Carolina.

Listen now: China Uncensored (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #141: A New CRTC?

Jesse Brown — Tue, 12 Jun 12 12:13:24 GMT

Steve Anderson of Open Media talks about new CRTC chair Jean Pierre Blais and the future of his citizen's coalition.

Listen now: A New CRTC? (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #140: Last Look at CyberWar

Jesse Brown — Mon, 04 Jun 12 15:11:11 GMT

Flame, Stuxnet, Plan X, Simurgh: is CyberWar hype or should we be afraid? Ron Deibert explains.

Listen now: Last look at CyberWar (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #139: Interview with Byron Sonne

Jesse Brown — Mon, 28 May 12 15:03:16 GMT

The exonerated G20 "security geek" in conversation with Jesse.

Listen now: Interview with Byron Sonne (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #138: Byron Sonne: Guilty of Curiosity

Jesse Brown — Wed, 23 May 12 12:00:35 GMT

A report from the Toronto courtroom where Byron Sonne - the "G20 security geek" - received his verdict.

Listen now: Byron Sonne: Guilty of Curiosity (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #137: Whatever Happened to Peace, Love and Digital Democracy?

Jesse Brown — Wed, 16 May 12 09:56:41 GMT

Micah Sifry on the slow growth of Internet-powered politics.

Listen now: Whatever Happened to Peace, Love and Digital Democracy? [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #136: Does the Internet Cure Loneliness?

Jesse Brown — Tue, 08 May 12 10:37:16 GMT

An argument with writer Stephen Marche about whether Facebook is making us lonely.

Listen now: Does the Internet Cure Loneliness? [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #135: Throwing Students Under the Bus

Jesse Brown — Mon, 30 Apr 12 16:44:46 GMT

A major Search Engine announcement, plus Michael Geist on why Canadian universities and colleges took the worst deal ever offered for access to scholarly texts.

Listen now: Throwing Students Under the Bus [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #134: Pirate Radio

Jesse Brown — Tue, 24 Apr 12 13:57:08 GMT

Anonymous and the Pirate Bay are tired of waiting for the music industry to fix itself. Luke Simcoe and Fenwick McKelvey talk about AnonTune and the Promo Bay.

Listen now: Pirate Radio [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #133: The E-book Conspiracy

Jesse Brown — Tue, 17 Apr 12 16:07:40 GMT

GigaOm's Mathew Ingram takes us through the antitrust lawsuit against Apple and the world's biggest book publishers.

Listen now: The E-book Conspiracy [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #132: No Warrant, No Problem

Jesse Brown — Tue, 10 Apr 12 13:07:21 GMT

Cell phone tracking in America. The ACLU's Allie Bohm on the routine practice of warrantless real time GPS tracking.

Listen now: No Warrant, No Problem [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #131: Ira Glass on the Internet

Jesse Brown — Tue, 03 Apr 12 10:47:17 GMT

Ira Glass about the success of This American Life online and the impact of the Internet on public radio.

Listen now: Ira Glass on the Internet (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #130: The Legacy of the G-20

Jesse Brown — Tue, 27 Mar 12 11:52:33 GMT

Dr. Kate Milberry on the surveillance society.

Listen now: The Legacy of the G-20 (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #129: Digitally Locked

Jesse Brown — Mon, 19 Mar 12 17:49:08 GMT

Financial Post editor Terence Corcoran on why Digital Locks need legal protection.

Listen now: Digitally Locked (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #128: The Antisocial Network

Jesse Brown — Tue, 13 Mar 12 14:16:17 GMT

Are they trolls, griefers, hackers, vigilantes, activists- or all of the above? A closer look at Anonymous with journalist Julian Dibbell.

Listen now: The Antisocial Network (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #127: Digital Locks have Nothing to do with Copyright

Jesse Brown — Tue, 06 Mar 12 13:18:44 GMT

Listen now: Digital Locks have Nothing to do with Copyright (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #126: The Internet is the Opposition

Jesse Brown — Mon, 27 Feb 12 17:08:10 GMT

How online protests defeated lawful access.

Listen now: The Internet is the Opposition (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #125: It's Time to Worry About Lawful Access

Jesse Brown — Tue, 21 Feb 12 18:22:30 GMT

An interview with Michael Vonn of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.

Listen now: It's Time to Worry About Lawful Access (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #124: Alan Borovoy

Jesse Brown — Tue, 14 Feb 12 15:02:33 GMT

An interview with Canada's legendary civil liberty protector.

Listen now: Alan Borovoy (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #123: Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian on Lawful Access

Jesse Brown — Tue, 07 Feb 12 11:18:56 GMT

Ontario's privacy watchdog issues a call to action on state surveillance. An interview with privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian.

Listen now: Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian on Lawful Access (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #122: The Story of Mabus

Jesse Brown — Tue, 31 Jan 12 18:31:09 GMT

How the most notorious troll in Canadian Internet history was brought to justice. An Interview with blogger Tim Farley.

Listen now: The Story of Mabus (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #121: SOPA: The Internet Punches Back

Jesse Brown — Mon, 23 Jan 12 17:02:05 GMT

Reporter Sarah Lai Stirland on how the victory against SOPA will change politics online and off.

Listen now: SOPA: The Internet Punches Back (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #120: Online is I.R.L.

Jesse Brown — Mon, 16 Jan 12 16:10:17 GMT

Alexandra Samuel on why we need to stop apologizing for our online lives and take our time on the Internet seriously.

Listen now: Online is I.R.L. (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #119: What's a Twitter Follower Worth?

Jesse Brown — Tue, 10 Jan 12 06:32:28 GMT

Noah Kravitz is being sued by his former employer for his Twitter account. They claim each follower is worth $2.50 a month. Noah responds.

Listen now: What's a Twitter Follower Worth?(.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #118: Top Tech Stories of 2012

Jesse Brown — Tue, 03 Jan 12 09:23:29 GMT

A list of the top tech stories to watch in the year ahead: U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act, Bill C-11, Usage Based Billing (1, 2, 3), Lawful Access, Byron Sonne (1, 2, 3, 4).

Listen now: Top Tech Stories of 2012 [.mp3]

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How to Make Friends on the Internet

Jesse Brown — Wed, 21 Dec 11 01:05:00 GMT

Fire the consultant. Here's how to succeed with Social Media.

Audio Podcast #117: SOPA So Far

Jesse Brown — Mon, 19 Dec 11 08:44:09 GMT

An interview with Techdirt.com editor Mike Masnick on the U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act.

Listen now: SOPA So Far [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #116: MegaMutiny

Jesse Brown — Mon, 12 Dec 11 14:22:34 GMT

Kanye, Diddy, Snoop Dogg and others have turned their backs on their labels, endorsing "rogue" website MegaUpload.

Listen now: MegaMutiny [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #115: Tony 2.0

Jesse Brown — Mon, 05 Dec 11 11:17:32 GMT

Does the Harper Government 'get' Open Government? An interview with Treasury Board President Tony Clement.

Listen now: Tony 2.0 [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #114: Interrogating Byron

Jesse Brown — Tue, 29 Nov 11 13:53:41 GMT

Striking evidence from the Byron Sonne "G20 Geek" trial and a chat with Denise Balkissoon, trial reporter.

Listen now: Interrogating Byron [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #113: U.B.B. is Dead. Is O.T.T. Dead Too?

Jesse Brown — Mon, 21 Nov 11 14:18:13 GMT

Making sense of the CRTC's Usage Based Billing decision with TekSavvy's George Burger. It may not be a win after all.

Listen now: U.B.B. is dead. Is O.T.T. dead too? [.mp3]

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Audio Podcast #112: TyrantTech: Made in the USA

Jesse Brown — Mon, 14 Nov 11 17:19:14 GMT

Ron Deibert on Blue Coat Systems, an American company whose tools help Syria and Burma to censor and spy.

Listen now: TyrantTech: Made in the USA (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #111: Notes From a Digital Classroom

Jesse Brown — Mon, 14 Nov 11 11:05:26 GMT

An update from Grade 7 teacher Royan Lee on how cellphones are transforming his classroom.

Listen now: Notes From a Digital Classroom (.mp3)

Listen to the previous discussion with Royan Lee: Class, Turn On Your Cellphones

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Audio Podcast #110: Tim Wu on the Closing of the Internet

Jesse Brown — Mon, 31 Oct 11 15:03:45 GMT

A conversation with Tim Wu, the father of net neutrality, on the monopolization of the Internet, and other things.

Listen now: Tim Wu on the Closing of the Internet (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #109: Digital Lockdown

Jesse Brown — Mon, 24 Oct 11 17:26:02 GMT

Michael Geist on what Canada will look like under the Conservatives' restrictive copyright bill.

Listen now: Digital Lockdown(.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #108: Germany's Federal Virus

Jesse Brown — Mon, 17 Oct 11 16:44:54 GMT

The Chaos Computer Club of Germany exposes the "Bundestrojaner" - a virus created and spread by the country's federal police. Cyrus Farivar tells the story.

Listen now: Germany's Federal Virus (.mp3)

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Thinking About the Internet. Pt.8: Micah Sifry

Jesse Brown — Fri, 14 Oct 11 18:04:03 GMT

Micah Sifry, co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum, on why 'the Obama moment' is over.

Thinking About the Internet. Pt.7: Ian Bogost

Jesse Brown — Fri, 14 Oct 11 18:01:15 GMT

Ian Bogost, video game theorist and designer, answers the question: What's wrong with Facebook games?

Audio Podcast #107: Tim Berners Lee - The Search Engine Interview

Jesse Brown — Tue, 11 Oct 11 12:56:43 GMT

The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners Lee, talks with Jesse about the future of data.

Listen now: Tim Berners Lee - The Search Engine Interview (.mp3)

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Thinking About the Internet. Pt.6: Cory Doctorow

Jesse Brown — Tue, 11 Oct 11 12:40:26 GMT

Cory Doctorow, novelist, blogger, digital rights activist, answers the question: Does technology have politics?

Thinking About the Internet. Pt.5: Evgeny Morozov

Jesse Brown — Tue, 11 Oct 11 12:38:31 GMT

Evgeny Morozov, author and contributing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, explains "The Net Delusion".

Thinking About the Internet. Pt.4: Biella Coleman

Jesse Brown — Tue, 11 Oct 11 12:36:13 GMT

Biella Coleman, anthropologist at New York University, on online communities, 4chan, and why you shouldn't feed the trolls.

Audio Podcast #106: Heritage Minister James Moore on Copyright Reform

Jesse Brown — Mon, 03 Oct 11 12:46:29 GMT

Federal Heritage Minister James Moore finally answers Jesse's questions about digital locks and more. View the Twitter exchange on Storify: How I got Minister James Moore to appear on Search Engine.

Listen now: Heritage Minister James Moore on Copyright Reform (.mp3)

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Thinking About the Internet. Pt.3: Ira Glass

Jesse Brown — Mon, 03 Oct 11 12:36:54 GMT

Why does your radio show work so well on the internet? Ira Glass, host of NPR's This American Life: "There's an intimacy to it - a one to one feeling that I'm writing this and it's me talking to you."

Thinking About the Internet. Pt.2: Tim Wu

Jesse Brown — Fri, 30 Sep 11 17:12:37 GMT

Free speech or open networks, which is more important? Tim Wu, author of "The Master Switch" on why whoever owns the master switch gets heard.

Thinking About the Internet. Pt.1: David Weinberger

Jesse Brown — Wed, 28 Sep 11 17:41:00 GMT

David Weinberger, fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet on why the open internet is worth fighting for.

Audio Podcast #105: Vint Cerf - The Search Engine Interview

Jesse Brown — Tue, 27 Sep 11 09:57:21 GMT

The Father of the Internet talks with Jesse about open networks and the future of wireless. Also: why Lawful Access is as good as dead.

Listen now: Vint Cerf - The Search Engine Interview (.mp3)

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Audio Podcast #104: What's My Name?

Jesse Brown — Tue, 20 Sep 11 11:15:16 GMT

Lawful access, #Nymwars, Anonymous, Wikileaks: why every debate on the Internet seems to be about names.

Listen now: What's My Name? (.mp3)

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