ListenSourcesas of 2026-10-31
- Post Formats, Bring Back the Fun and Flexibility in Blogging
Bob Dunn and Derek Hanson reflect on blogging, personal writing, and using post formats to shape digital presence beyond social media.
- David Harvey & Ani O'Brien: The Return of the Online Regulator | Free to Speak
In 2023, more than 18,000 Free Speech Union supporters told the Government they didn't want a single regulator for online content. The Minister dropped the plan in 2024. Two years on, it's back. Labour is promising a "digital duty of care" enforced by a new online regulator, and…
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- The Path of Honor
All the news from around the Atmosphere, including FOSDEM, a CFP for next year’s Atmosphere Conf, atmospheric integrations, and more.
- TRANS CAPTURE in LibDems: Dr Zoe Hollowood on Liberal Voice for Women's fightback
Connie Shaw speaks with Dr Zoe Hollowood, chair of Liberal Voice for Women. Zoe, a LibDem activist, scientist and gender critical feminist, spoke at her party's 2026 conference. She argued that women's sex based rights should continue to be recognised under the Equality Act. The…
- David Smylie: One Email, a Medical Council Complaint, and Why a GP Left New Zealand
GP David Smylie tells Dane Giraud how one late-night email to a pharmaceutical sales rep, sent in November 2022, became a Medical Council of New Zealand investigation. He says the complaint was made by the rep's manager. David says he apologised early and offered to meet the rep…
- Balancing Digital Life While Making the Internet Weird Again
Bowe Frankema shares how digital creation affects daily life and what bringing weirdness back to the internet means.
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- THE FREE SPEECH UNION SIX YEARS ON | Live from the Battle of Ideas
In October 2026, the Free Speech Union passed two major milestones: membership exceeded 50,000, while the number of cases it had handled since Lord Young founded the organisation in 2020 surpassed 7,000. In this special edition of the podcast, recorded live at the 2026 Battle of…
- Ep. 285: Why you should talk to strangers w/ Fin Colleton and Kratima Divakar
Growing up, most of us learned one simple rule: don't talk to strangers. But American Dialogues is betting on the opposite. In New York City parks, the group's organizers set out folding chairs and invite anybody passing by to sit down and talk about politics, culture, and every…
- The Code is the Easy Part
Lessons from building the EmDash CMS, a “spiritual successor to WordPress” from principal engineer Matt Kane.
- Gary Vee Was Right About Social Media. Here’s What’s Next.
What can history teach us about surviving the AI era? Before Gary Vaynerchuk became a household name, he was running his family's wine business in New Jersey, pioneering digital marketing before most people knew what it was. From launching one of the first e-commerce wine sites …
- Gary Vee Was Right About Social Media. Here’s What’s Next.
What can history teach us about surviving the AI era? Before Gary Vaynerchuk became a household name, he was running his family's wine business in New Jersey, pioneering digital marketing before most people knew what it was. From launching one of the first e-commerce wine sites …
- Ep. 284: Venezuela is a cautionary tale w/ Jim Epstein and Germania Rodriguez Poleo
For more than half a century, Radio Caracas Televisión, or RCTV, broadcast news, sports, comedies, and telenovelas in Venezuela. Its news coverage was also fiercely critical of President Hugo Chávez. When RCTV's broadcast license expired, the government refused to renew it. Minu…
- Building the internet you want to find, with Search Engine's PJ Vogt
Dot Social’s Mike McCue talks to PJ Vogt, host of the Search Engine podcast. PJ is also a co-founder of the Forkiverse, a Mastodon instance launched with the Hard Fork team as an experiment in community and a concrete way to show how a decentralized social network can work. The…
- Mastodon’s First and Next 10 Years, with Executive Director Felix Hlatky
As Mastodon celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2026, the open source platform’s new Executive Director, Felix Hlatky, is focused on what it’ll take to make the next 10 years even more impactful. That vision includes an overhaul in version 5.0, a new feature called Collection…