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Jan 19, 2025 - On this Inauguration Day episode of the Plutopia podcast, we discuss the past, present and future of democracy. We also acknowledge the return of Felonious...

Aug 4, 2023 - Wendy M. Grossman is an award-winning American freelance writer based in London who specializes in the intersection of computers, freedom, and privacy, which...

Nov 24, 2025 - Plutopians discuss Próspera, a privately managed “governance as a service” special economic zone in Honduras with its own legal, regulatory, and tax...

Aug 5, 2024 - Plutopians Jon and Scoop converse with Bruce Sterling, renowned for his cyberpunk novels. The discussion delves into Sterling’s interests beyond cyberpunk,...

Sep 8, 2025 - The Plutopia podcast talks with Dr. Jeremy Faludi, a Delft University sustainable design researcher and lead author of Sustainable Design: From Vision to...

Oct 7, 2025 - On this Plutopia episode, Mike Aaron — once a renewable-energy policy aide, now a “digital lifeguard” — explains how fast-evolving tech and social...

Nov 29, 2021 - Jasmina Tešanović - "I thought it was a temporary state of mind, but the more that time goes by, especially now with the more the system is broken of...

Jan 10, 2024 - The Internet is relatively new, and we're just learning to deal with the downsides of the pervasive infosphere. Fact-checking helps.

Oct 13, 2025 - The Plutopia podcast welcomes Sumner Erickson, who discovered the tuba in sixth grade by chance and, at 18, won a job with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra...

Sep 29, 2025 - In this Plutopia News Network episode, political historian Dr. Roy Casagranda joins Jon and Scoop for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, U.S....

Jan 9, 2024 - by Jon Lebkowsky I wrote this for the annual "State of the World" conversation on the WELL, and decided to post it here as well. Context: Bruce...

Nov 3, 2024 - In this episode of the Plutopia News Network podcast, Dr. Roy Casagranda shares his insights on the 2024 election, expressing concerns about Donald Trump’s...

Nov 18, 2025 - Jennifer Granick discusses the expanding machinery of government and corporate surveillance and its threat to civil liberties and democracy.

Apr 28, 2024 - I've been looking through various writings from decades ago, and I turned up this review of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. More info about the novel...