PODCASTS

1. We start a mini-series about tools we can trust in this episode, by explaining why we think we should care about what we use for email, and where we store our files.
2. In Building Listening into Everything, disabled artist and drag king Lady Kitt talks to host Hannah Kemp-Welch about their practice of ‘mess making as social glue’.
3. Arlene Goldbard talks with David Francis, Director of the Traditional Music Forum in Scotland, about its impressive network
4. Sophie Hope goes to Rome!

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A Black exploration of tech | Cold War Steve | Tante on AI | One Year! 1984 – 1985 | A quick quiz

PODCASTS

1. Owen Kelly discusses three approaches for advancing cultural democracy in the hostile environment that apparently constitutes 2024
2. Arlene Goldbard and Owen Kelly discuss the role of spirituality in cultural democracy, although whether they can agree on what they both mean by spirituality might also form an important part of the discussion.
3. Sam Metz talks to Hannah Kemp-Welch about listening beyond the aural, sharing examples from their work with non-verbal participants.
4. Brendan Jackson explains about the 18 month long process to create a new digital library for the Jubilee Arts Archive 1974 – 94, from original materials held in the collections of Sandwell Archives.

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The Internet Archive, Copyright and AI | Un-herd: the Project Defy podcast | Citizens in Power | Say hello to Mr and Mrs Mickey Mouse