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POLITICO Dispatch
The author of 'Broad Band' on what you didn't know about tech's hidden heroines

POLITICO Dispatch

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 17:07


Claire Evans, the author of "Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet," joins guest host and Deputy Tech Editor Daniella Cheslow to talk about frequently overlooked female tech pioneers.

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Casa DeConfidence Podcast
Exploring the UK: How Did Claire Evans Embrace Cultural Differences Living in the UK (12 Days of Christmas)

Casa DeConfidence Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 50:05


I'm thrilled to share with you the latest episode of the Casa the Confidence podcast, where I had the pleasure of hosting the multi-talented Claire Evans. A former journalist, attorney, and college lecturer, Claire's journey is as fascinating as it is inspiring.Here are some highlights from our conversation:The British Love Affair: Claire's love for all things British started from watching British television shows on PBS with her mother. She studied abroad in London and eventually married a British man she met in Peoria, Illinois.The Perpetual Student: Claire is a recovering lawyer who enjoys being a perpetual student. She shares her passion for reading, writing, and being well-versed in a subject.Cultural Differences: Claire shares her experiences of living in the UK and the cultural differences she encountered. From the importance of rules and hierarchy to the need for introductions and vouching for oneself, her stories are both enlightening and entertaining.Tea Time Tales: Claire's love for fruit tea and her husband's dislike for it led to a funny anecdote that highlights the importance of embracing differences and making concessions in a relationship.Virtual Presentations: Claire's career as a presenter took a new turn during the pandemic, with virtual presentations opening up opportunities for global reach and inclusivity.The Politics of Tea: Claire's upcoming presentation about the politics of tea at the Mark Twain Library is something you wouldn't want to miss!I can't wait for you to listen to this episode and connect with Claire. She's been incredibly kind, and our conversation was truly enriching. As they say across the pond, cheerio everybody!This is an invitation to join a supportive community of purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are creating an impact in the world.A mastermind is a community of peers who exchange ideas, provide support, and offer sound advice for running a successful business.Join the Confident YOU Mastermind now at https://goconfidentlyservices.myflodesk.com/confidentyoumastermindSupport the showThank you for listening to our podcast. Visit our website Join our Facebook GroupInstagram, TikTok We love reviews! Please leave us a review.Contact us if you want to Launch, restart, grow your podcast.

Humanise The Numbers - for ambitious accountants in practice

Don't you agree that it would be profoundly useful if you could get a sideways view of what's going on in the accounting profession, a sideways view from a fellow financial professional, but through a different lens? On this Humanise the Numbers podcast discussion with Claire Evans, you'll get the perspective of someone from the financial services industry. Claire's worked in that industry for a long time. She has trained a lot of financial services people and is training accountants now on both personal and business cash flow and how to bolt the two together. And she talks profoundly, deeply, about the need, the value, of a long-lasting, meaningful relationship with a real future focus. You'll hear Claire unpack her five-stage framework for running a brilliant client meeting, as well as many other powerful insights.I hope you enjoy this discussion with Claire as much as I did. Please scroll down this episode page for the contact information for Claire and for the additional, downloadable resources mentioned in this podcast.

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Rikosarvoitukset
32. Sohamin Murhat

Rikosarvoitukset

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 38:10


Parhaat ystävykset Holly Wells ja Jessica Chapman olivat viettäneet sunnuntaipäivää grillaten Hollyn perheen kotona. Illansuussa Hollyn äiti huomasi, että tytöt eivät olleet enää Hollyn huoneessa. Jessican vanhemmat eivät olleet myöskään kuulleet tytöistä ja pian tämän jälkeen tyttöjen katoamisesta ilmoitettiin poliiseille. Hollyn ja Jessican etsinnöistä tuli yksi suurimmista poliisioperaatioista Englannissa. Sisältövaroitus: Jaksossa käsitellään lapsen kuolemaa. Yhteydenotto: ⁠rikosarvoitukset@gmail.com⁠ Instagram: @rikosarvoitukset Lähteet: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/06/soham.ukcrime https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2191617/Ian-Huntley-Soham-killers-wife-Claire-Evans-speaks-new-life-shes-moved-on.html https://www.the-sun.com/news/4855965/soham-murder-victims-holly-wells-jessica-chapman/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/56503/ian-huntley-holly-wells-jessica-chapman-soham-murders/ https://www.goodto.com/entertainment/where-ian-huntley-now-maxine-carr https://www.the-sun.com/news/3318030/maxine-carr-ian-huntley-soham-murders/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/holly-wells-jessica-chapmans-murderer-22444149 https://www.the-sun.com/news/3317454/samantha-bryan-ian-huntley-daughter-soham-murder/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ian-huntleys-ex-wife-claire-evans-1267662 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/soham-murders-timeline-8045799.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/aug/17/childprotection.children4 https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/soham-murders-ian-huntley-holly-wells-jessica-chapman-murder-how/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/funerals-of-soham-girls-take-place-in-private-175841.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2191617/Ian-Huntley-Soham-killers-wife-Claire-Evans-speaks-new-life-shes-moved-on.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/06/soham.ukcrime

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BASF Agricultural Solutions UK
Farming, the Biggest Job on Earth: Debating the future of food

BASF Agricultural Solutions UK

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 26:20


This episode's conversations were recorded at a dinner bringing together people from across the food industry to celebrate the role of farming over a shared love of food and to discuss the challenges the industry faces. The evening was held at FarmED in the Cotswolds, a demonstration farm owned by Ian and Celene Wilkinson. Dinner guests included farmers alongside chef Ben Ebbrell, of Sorted Food fame, Government representatives, retail supply chain managers, Claire Evans the headteacher of an inner-city primary school and Professor David Hughes, an immensely well-travelled professor of global food chains.   Against the backdrop of increasing pressures for farming to be profitable, rising food inflation and the government's recent Farm to Fork Summit, the timing of this episode feels fitting, bringing together a host of people who shared a meal and conversations around the future of food, and its sustainable production. The best conversations and the fostering of understanding, happen around food.

The Poundcast
347: Yacht Returns

The Poundcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 82:51


The band YACHT, comprised of Jona Bechtolt, Claire Evans, and Rob Kieswetter, is BACK on the Poundcast.  That's right, they were on one of the earliest episodes about ten years ago.  Anyway, aside from music, YACHT does all kinds of other things and they get into all that with Doug and Brent.  For Unzipped, it's just Rob and his girlfriend Jenny Lee, who does wardrobe for TV and film.  And they play another installment of Sing It!, which is really fun, so check that out. For extended Poundcast episodes (Unzipped), subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poundcast Follow The Poundcast on Instagram and Twitter @thepoundcast For video, check out: www.youtube.com/thepoundcast Join the Poundcast Discord here: discord.gg/GnqUMmX New Pound House "Dope Beats" Pins right here: https://www.rockinpins.com/product/pound-house-dope-beats-enamel-pin And use the code word "POUNDCAST" at www.louisvilleveganfoods.com for, that's right, 20% off!

Harold's Old Time Radio
Betty And Bob 47-06-18 003 Chet Atkins Meets Claire Evans

Harold's Old Time Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 14:21


Betty And Bob 47-06-18 003 Chet Atkins Meets Claire Evans

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NOC Into the Blue Podcast
8: Seagrass: The Powerhouse of Coastal Seas with Dr Claire Evans and Dr Alejandra Sanchez-Franks

NOC Into the Blue Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 23:08


Learn more about the vital importance of seagrass meadows, the powerhouse of coastal seas! Join Dr Alejandra Sanchez-Franks and Dr Claire Evans as we'll find out about it's ability to store blue carbon and provide a nature-based solution to climate change. Visit our Under the Surface page all about the seagrass - https://noc.ac.uk/science/under-the-surface/seagrass Watch every episode of Into the Blue on our YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoYJVOchmO7HHbYChqbdmcJgiA4uTbfiU Follow us on social media to keep up to date with new episode releases and latest news - https://linktr.ee/nocnews

Think Out Loud
Portland band YACHT experiments with artificial intelligence and music

Think Out Loud

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 18:30


In 2019, the band YACHT released an album called Chain Tripping. Every piece of the album was created by artificial intelligence: the music, the lyrics, the album art and the title.The band members, who come from Portland and Astoria, also made a documentary about the process of creating the album. It's called The Computer Accent, and it's playing this week at PAM CUT. Lead singer Claire Evans joins us to explain what AI can do for music, and what it can't.

Tech Won't Save Us
Science Fiction As Tech Criticism w/ Brian Merchant and Claire Evans

Tech Won't Save Us

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 45:37


Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant and Claire Evans to discuss their new science fiction anthology, how it uses the genre to critically interrogate the technologies being rolled out around us, and how it pushes back on the desire of tech billionaires to use science fiction to get the public to buy into their corporate futures.Brian Merchant is a tech journalist and author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone. Claire L. Evans is the author of Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet and singer of the Grammy-nominated pop group YACHT. They are the cofounders of Terraform at VICE's Motherboard and the co-editors of Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn.  Follow Brian on Twitter at @bcmerchant and follow Claire at @TheUniverse.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, support the show on Patreon, and sign up for the weekly newsletter.The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.Also mentioned in this episode:Brian and Claire wrote about their science fiction anthology and what you can expect from it.Some of the stories mentioned in our conversation are “Busy” by Omar El Akkad, “One Day, I Will Die on Mars” by Paul Ford, and “Devolution” by Ellen Ullman.Brian also wrote about the metaverse and the science fiction that inspired it for Vice.Langdon Winner wrote about the concept of epistemological Luddism in his book Autonomous Technology. Zachary Loeb expanded on it in a great essay called “Luddism for These Ludicrous Times.”Cory Doctorow wrote about science fiction being a Luddite literature.Support the show

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Kentucky Author Forum
James Bridle and Claire Evans

Kentucky Author Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 39:29


Artist and author James Bridle discusses their book, Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence with writer and musician Claire Evans. James Bridle is an artist, technologist and philosopher whose artworks have been commissioned by galleries and institutions and exhibited worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Oslo Architecture Triennale, the Istanbul Design Biennial, and the Design Museum, London. Bridle's writing has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wired, The Atlantic, The New Statesman, The Guardian, and the Financial Times. They lecture regularly on radio, at conferences, universities, and events, including South by Southwest, the Global Art Forum, and TED. Claire Evans is a writer and musician exploring ecology, technology, and culture. She is the singer of the Grammy-nominated pop group YACHT, and co-founder of VICE's imprint for speculative fiction, Terraform. Evans' 2018 book, Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, has been translated into five languages. Her writing has appeared in VICE, The Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Eye on Design, among others.

Spectator Radio
Innovator of the Year Awards: Midlands

Spectator Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 28:59


Our Midlands regional final took place on Zoom — a blast from the regional past, you might say — but was no less enjoyable and stimulating for that, all four regional entrants giving an excellent account of themselves.  They were Blutick, which is taking maths teaching online to a new level; Petalite, which offers powerful solutions for electric vehicle recharging; Regionally, which connects private investors to high-growth companies seeking capital across the UK regions; and Zipbout, an app to make travelling across transport networks easier and more efficient.  We were delighted to be joined as guest judges by Deloitte partner Claire Evans, Charles Stanley Wealth Managers' HR Director Kate Griffiths-Lambert and an old friend of the Awards, Clive Bawden, COO of former winner Warwick Music.

The Haunted Podcast
Claire Evans - Physical Medium

The Haunted Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 65:33


This week Freddie and Vanessa are joined by the very talented and respected physical medium Claire Evans, who has proven and outstanding skills in transfiguration. She hosts her own workshops and events for the development of our own spiritual, gifts and physic/ mediumship skills - follow the links for more https://www.facebook.com/Claire-evans-psychic-medium-and-spiritual-advisor-941683422645132/ As always please follow our socials; Instagram @thehauntedpodcastofficial Twitter @thehauntedpcast facebook - The Haunted Podcast Official You can always email us if you need guidance or advice thehauntedpodcastofficial@gmail.com Have a blessed week guys x

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Getting Simple
#49: Cristóbal Valenzuela — Machine Intelligence, Interfaces for Creativity and Originality, the Freedom of Being a Startup, and Runway

Getting Simple

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 18:30


Runway's co-founder Cristóbal Valenzuela on the need for new creative interfaces to control complex algorithms that focus on results (not technology), the freedom of being a startup, and how machine intelligence is changing how we think, design, and make art. Cristóbal Valenzuela is a technologist, artist and software developer interested in the intersection between artificial intelligence and creative tools. He is Runway's co-founder. Previously, he co-founded Latent Studio, a creative studio specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence. He also contributes to OSS and helps maintain ml5.js. His work has been sponsored by Google and the Processing Foundation and his projects has been exhibited in Latin America and the US, including NeurIPS, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, ARS Electronica, GAM, ACADIA, Fundación Telefonica, Lollapalooza, NYC Media Lab, New Latin Wave, DOCLAB, Inter-American Development Bank, Stanford University and New York University. Connect with Cristóbal on his website, Twitter (@c_valenzuelab), or GitHub (@cvalenzuela). Favorite quotes "You don't care about the mathematical function that goes behind blurring [an image in Photoshop]. You just want the output of it—the creative output of moving a slider and having an effect applied to your video, your pixels, or content." "When you think about using algorithms to help you and assist you in the editing process, you need [to find] a metaphor or tool that would allow you to collaborate with those algorithms." "We need those new interfaces, metaphors, and systems. And that's all we're building, basically, those next-generation systems to help people create video and content." "When you take that picture, no one is saying, 'Oh, the AI is biased' or 'The AI worked or didn't work' or 'It showed me new creative possibilities.' It just works." "[Artificial intelligence] is a tool as any other tool. And so, in general, I think all the art tools that we're making will eventually reach that point where you're not too concerned about the systems you're using. You are just using it as a tool. And if it provides you with good results to explore the creative direction, you're going to use it again." Links NYU ITP Runway ML Made with Runway Runway's Generative Media Runway's Green Screen Making albums with AI from our backyard: Claire Evans, Jona Bechtolt, and Rob Kieswetter of YACHT Machine learning (concept) StyleGAN (machine learning algorithm) Building accessible tools for artists by Cris (article) Descript People mentioned Alejandro Matamala Ortiz Anastasis Germanidis Mario Klingemann Outline Intro. [0:00] What's new with Runway ML? [0:28] We need new interfaces. [1:44] The freedom of being a startup. [4:23] How's life? [4:55] Built with Runway. [5:38] ML Lab and Sequel. [6:55] Interfaces to control ML algorithms. [8:08] Machine intelligence in design, art, and architecture. [10:31] Creativity. [13:14] Originality and bias. [14:23] AI as a tool. [16:06] Thanks. [18:13] Submit a question about this or previous episodes. I'd love to hear from you. Join the Discord community. Meet other curious minds. If you enjoy the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps. Show notes, transcripts, and past episodes at gettingsimple.com/podcast. Follow Nono Twitter.com/nonoesp Instagram.com/nonoesp Facebook.com/nonomartinezalonso YouTube.com/nonomartinezalonso

Standby for Places
A Room Full of Bitches

Standby for Places

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 18:07


Standby for Places continues to celebrate Pride Month by welcoming you to A Room Full of Bitches written by and featuring Jæ W. B, directed by Mika Kauffman, featuring William “Jada Valenciaga” Bailey, Elijah Caldwell, and Claire Evans, featuring the track The Vibes by Audiobinger and sound by Dunya J. Karam.V and her man are going through some hard times. You see, ever since she found out that he stepped out of their relationship and had some unanticipated consequences, things have not been the same. Good thing her crew is there to ki and help her through it!This episode includes explicit language and sexual themes

Futility Closet
345-Climbing Mont Blanc

Futility Closet

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 32:15


In 1838, Frenchwoman Henriette d'Angeville set out to climb Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, against the advice of nearly everyone she knew. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow d'Angeville up the mountain to fulfill what she called "a monomania of the heart." We'll also escape Australia in a box and puzzle over a fixed game. Intro: In 1986, Florida bankruptcy judge A. Jay Cristol issued an order inspired by "a little old ebony bird." Puzzling poet S.R. Ford fits 10 guests into nine rooms. Sources for our feature on Henriette d'Angeville: Rebecca A. Brown, Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering, 2002. David Mazel, Mountaineering Women: Stories by Early Climbers, 1994. Peter H. Hansen, The Summits of Modern Man, 2013. Nathan Haskell Dole, The Spell of Switzerland, 1913. Francis Henry Gribble, The Early Mountaineers, 1899. Charles Edward Mathews, The Annals of Mont Blanc: A Monograph, 1898. Albert Richard Smith, Mont Blanc, 1871. Delphine Moraldo, "Gender Relations in French and British Mountaineering: The Lens of Autobiographies of Female Mountaineers, From d'Angeville (1794-1871) to Destivelle (1960-)," Journal of Alpine Research 101:1 (2013). Diana L. Di Stefano, "The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering After the Enlightenment," Canadian Journal of History 50:1 (Spring/Summer 2015), 213-215. Gerry Kearns, Mary Kingsley, and Halford Mackinder, "The Imperial Subject: Geography and Travel in the Work of Mary Kingsley and Halford Mackinder," Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 22:4 (1997), 450-472. Bénédicte Monicat, "Autobiography and Women's Travel Writings in Nineteenth-Century France: Journeys Through Self-Representation," Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography 1:1 (1994), 61-70. Walther Kirchner, "Mind, Mountain, and History," Journal of the History of Ideas 11:4 (October 1950), 412-447. J.M. Thorington, "Henriette d'Angeville au Mont-Blanc," American Alpine Journal, 1949. Sherilyne J. King, "Crags & Crinolines," Tenth Annual Hypoxia Symposium, McMaster University, October 1997. Pascale Gorguet Ballesteros, "Women in Trousers: Henriette d'Angeville, a French Pioneer?" Journal of Design, Creative Process & the Fashion Industry 9:2 (2017), 200-213. Karen Stockham, "'Home Is Just Another Range of Mountains': Constructions of 'Home' in Women's Mountaineering Auto/biographies," Auto/Biography Yearbook 2014, 2015, 90-104. Claire Evans, "'But What Do I Wear?': A Study of Women's Climbing Attire," in Maria Vaccarella and Jacque Lynn Foltyn, eds., Fashion-Wise, 2013. Anne Ruderman, "Boots, a Tent and a Chic Chapeau: Women Hike in Footsteps of Pioneers," Concord [N.H.] Monitor, April 18, 2004. Susan Spano, "Intrepid Women Inspire New Heights," Calgary Herald, Feb. 22, 2003. Alice Thomson, "Day of the Spiderwoman: Women Climbers," Times, May 18, 1993. Hjalmar Josephi, "On Montblanc 1838," Sydney Mail, June 26, 1935. "Mont Blanc's Bride," Saint Paul Globe, Sept. 27, 1897. Karen Stockham, "It Went Down Into the Very Form and Fabric of Myself": Women's Mountaineering Life-Writing 1808-1960, dissertation, University of Exeter, 2012. Listener mail: Nuala McCann, "Crate Escape: Search for Irishmen Who Airmailed Brian Robson Home," BBC News NI, April 7, 2021. Jason Caffrey, "The Copycat Who Nearly Died Air-Mailing Himself Home," BBC News, April 7, 2015. Alison Healy, "'The Crate Escape': Two Irishmen Who Helped Mail Friend Home From Australia Sought," Irish Times, April 6, 2021. Alison Healy, "Man to Meet Irish Friend Who Helped Airmail Him From Australia," Irish Times, April 17, 2021. Heather Murphy, "A Man Who Shipped Himself in a Crate Wants to Find the Men Who Helped," New York Times, April 14, 2021. "From the Archives, 1965: Stowaway's Box Seat in Airliner," Sydney Morning Herald, April 9, 2021. "New Year's Day," Wikipedia (accessed May 23, 2021). This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Steven Jones, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Surroundscapes
Claire Evans, Author, ‘Broad Band’ and Singer/Songwriter, YACHT

Surroundscapes

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 68:17


In the first episode of series 4 we cover the feminist history of computing, albums as research projects, using Google Magenta AI as a compositional tool on YACHT’s album ‘Chain Tripping’, the changes in the platform economy as seen by musicians, making a living as a musician in pandemic times and more. This talk is one of the most far-reaching and resonant that we have had and makes a great start to this series.

The Raspy Rundown
Three Generations of Raspies

The Raspy Rundown

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 20:45


The Raspy Rundown has a special mid-week bonus episode in honor of Mother's Day! Debbie and Alexandra Bellusci sit down with the OG Raspy, Claire Evans. The ladies discuss the generational gap when it comes to dating, babies and yes, even sex. Let's just say this podcast is now rated R.

The Raspy Rundown
Three Generations of Raspies

The Raspy Rundown

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 20:45


The Raspy Rundown has a special mid-week bonus episode in honor of Mother's Day! Debbie and Alexandra Bellusci sit down with the OG Raspy, Claire Evans. The ladies discuss the generational gap when it comes to dating, babies and yes, even sex. Let's just say this podcast is now rated R.

The History of Computing
The WELL, an Early Internet Community

The History of Computing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 19:09


The Whole Earth ‘lectronic Link, or WELL, was started by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant in 1985, and is still available at well.com. We did an episode on Stewart Brand: Godfather of the Interwebs and he was a larger than life presence amongst many of the 1980s former hippies that were shaping our digital age. From his assistance producing The Mother Of All Demos to the Whole Earth Catalog inspiring Steve Jobs and many others to his work with Ted Nelson, there's probably only a few degrees separating him from anyone else in computing.  Larry Brilliant is another counter-culture hero. He did work as a medical professional for the World Health Organization to eradicate smallpox and came home to teach at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan had been working on networked conferencing since the 70s when Bob Parnes wrote CONFER, which would be used at Wayne State where Brilliant got his MD. But CONFER was a bit of a resource hog. PicoSpan was written by Marcus Watts in 1983. Pico is a small text editor in many a UNIX variant and network is network. Why small, well, modems that dialed into bulletin boards were pretty slow back then.  Marcus worked at NETI, who then bought the rights for PicoSpan to take to market. So Brilliant was the chairman of NETI at the time and approached Brand about starting up a bulletin-board system (BBS). Brilliant proposed NETI would supply the gear and software and that Brand would use his, uh, brand - and Whole Earth following, to fill the ranks. Brand's non-profit The Point Foundation would own half and NETI would own the other half.  It became an early online community outside of academia, and an important part of the rise of the splinter-nets and a holdout to the Internet. For a time, at least.  PicoSpan gave users conferences. These were similar to PLATO Notes files, where a user could create a conversation thread and people could respond. These were (and still are) linear and threaded conversations. Rather than call them Notes like PLATO did, PicSpan referred to them as “conferences” as “online conferencing” was a common term used to describe meeting online for discussions at the time. EIES had been around going back to the 1970s, so Brand had some ideas abut what an online community could be - having used it. Given the sharp drop in the cost of storage there was something new PicoSpan could give people: the posts could last forever. Keep in mind, the Mac still didn't ship with a hard drive in 1984. But they were on the rise.  And those bits that were preserved were manifested in words. Brand brought a simple mantra: You Own Your Own Words. This kept the hands of the organization clean and devoid of liability for what was said on The WELL - but also harkened back to an almost libertarian bent that many in technology had at the time. Part of me feels like libertarianism meant something different in that era. But that's a digression. Whole Earth Review editor Art Kleiner flew up to Michigan to get the specifics drawn up. NETI's investment had about a quarter million dollar cash value. Brand stayed home and came up with a name. The Whole Earth ‘lectronic Link, or WELL.  The WELL was not the best technology, even at the time. The VAX was woefully underpowered for as many users as The WELL would grow to, and other services to dial into and have discussions were springing up. But it was one of the most influential of the time. And not because they recreated the extremely influential Whole Earth catalog in digital form like Brilliant wanted, which would have been similar to what Amazon reviews are like now probably. But instead, the draw was the people.  The community was fostered first by Matthew McClure, the initial director who was a former typesetter for the Whole Earth Catalog. He'd spent 12 years on a commune called The Farm and was just getting back to society. They worked out that they needed to charge $8 a month and another couple bucks an hour to make minimal a profit.  So McClure worked with NETI to get the Fax up and they created the first conference, General. Kevin Kelly from the Whole Earth Review and Brand would start discussions and Brand mentioned The WELL in some of his writings. A few people joined, and then a few more.  Others from The Farm would join him. Cliff Figallo, known as Cliff, was user 19 and John Coate, who went by Tex, came in to run marketing. In those first few years they started to build up a base of users. It started with hackers and journalists, who got free accounts. And from there great thinkers joined up. People like Tom Mandel from Stanford Research Institute, or SRI. He would go on to become the editor of Time Online. His partner Nana. Howard Rheingold, who would go on to write a book called The Virtual Community. And they attracted more. Especially Dead Heads, who helped spread the word across the country during the heyday of the Grateful Dead.  Plenty of UNIX hackers also joined. After all, the community was finding a nexus in the Bay Area at the time. They added email in 1987 and it was one of those places you could get on at least one part of this whole new internet thing. And need help with your modem? There's a conference for that. Need to talk about calling your birth mom who you've never met because you were adopted? There's a conference for that as well. Want to talk sexuality with a minister? Yup, there's a community for that. It was one of the first times that anyone could just reach out and talk to people. And the community that was forming also met in person from time to time at office parties, furthering the cohesion.  We take Facebook groups, Slack channels, and message boards for granted today. We can be us or make up a whole new version of us. We can be anonymous and just there to stir up conflict like on 4Chan or we can network with people in our industry like on LinkedIn. We can chat real time, which is similar to the Send option on The WELL. Or we can post threaded responses to other comments. But the social norms and trends were proving as true then as now. Communities grow, they fragment, people create problems, people come, people go. And sometimes, as we grow, we inspire.  Those early adopters of The WELL inspired Craig Newmark of Craigslist to the growing power of the Internet. And future developers of Apple. Hippies versus nerds but not really versus, but coming to terms with going from “computers are part of the military industrial complex keeping us down” philosophy to more of a free libertarian information superhighway that persisted for decades. The thought that the computer would set us free and connect the world into a new nation, as John Perry Barlow would sum up perfectly in “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”. By 1990 people like Barlow could make a post on The WELL from Wyoming and have Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus, makers of Lotus 1-2-3 show up at his house after reading the post - and they could join forces with the 5th employee of Sun Microsystems and GNU Debugging Cypherpunk John Gilmore to found the Electronic Foundation. And as a sign of the times that's the same year The WELL got fully connected to the Internet. By 1991 they had grown to 5,000 subscribers. That was the year Bruce Katz bought NETI's half of the well for $175,000. Katz had pioneered the casual shoe market, changing the name of his families shoe business to Rockport and selling it to Reebok for over $118 million.  The WELL had posted a profit a couple of times but by and large was growing slower than competitors. Although I'm not sure any o the members cared about that. It was a smaller community than many others but they could meet in person and they seemed to congeal in ways that other communities didn't. But they would keep increasing in size over the next few years. In that time Fig replaced himself with Maurice Weitman, or Mo - who had been the first person to sign up for the service. And Tex soon left as well.  Tex would go to become an early webmaster of The Gate, the community from the San Francisco Chronicle. Fig joined AOL's GNN and then became director of community at Salon. But AOL. You see, AOL was founded in the same year. And by 1994 AOL was up to 1.25 million subscribers with over a million logging in every day. CompuServe, Prodigy, Genie, Dephi were on the rise as well. And The WELL had thousands of posts a day by then but was losing money and not growing like the others. But I think the users of the service were just fine with that. The WELL was still growing slowly and yet for many, it was too big. Some of those left. Some stayed. Other communities, like The River, fragmented off. By then, The Point Foundation wanted out so sold their half of The WELL to Katz for $750,000 - leaving Katz as the first full owner of The WELL.  I mean, they were an influential community because of some of the members, sure, but more because the quality of the discussions. Academics, drugs, and deeply personal information. And they had always complained about figtex or whomever was in charge - you know, the counter-culture is always mad at “The Management.” But Katz was not one of them. He honestly seems to have tried to improve things - but it seems like everything he tried blew up in his face.  So Katz further alienated the members and fired Mo and brought on Maria Wilhelm, but they still weren't hitting that hyper-growth, with membership getting up to around 10,000 - but by then AOL was jumping from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000. But again, I've not found anyone who felt like The WELL should have been going down that same path. The subscribers at The WELL were looking for an experience of a completely different sort. By 1995 Gail Williams allowed users to create their own topics and the unruly bunch just kinda' ruled themselves in a way. There was staff and drama and emotions and hurt feelings and outrage and love and kindness and, well, community. By the late 90s, the buzz word at many a company were all about building communities, and there were indeed plenty of communities growing. But none like The WELL. And given that some of the founders of Salon had been users of The WELL, Salon bought The WELL in 1999 and just kinda' let it fly under the radar. The influence continued with various journalists as members.  The web came. And the members of The WELL continued their community. Award winning but a snapshot in time in a way. Living in an increasingly secluded corner of cyberspace, a term that first began life in a present tense on The WELL, if you got it, you got it. In 2012, after trying to sell The WELL to another company, Salon finally sold The WELL to a group of members who had put together enough money to buy it. And The WELL moved into the current, more modern form of existence. To quote the site: Welcome to a gathering that's like no other. The WELL, launched back in 1985 as the Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link, continues to provide a cherished watering hole for articulate and playful thinkers from all walks of life. For more about why conversation is so treasured on The WELL, and why members of the community banded together to buy the site in 2012, check out the story of The WELL. If you like what you see, join us! It sounds pretty inviting. And it's member supported. Like National Public Radio kinda'. In what seems like an antiquated business model, it's $15 per month to access the community. And make no mistake, it's a community.  You Own Your Own Words. If you pay to access a community, you don't sign the ownership of your words away in a EULA. You don't sign away rights to sell your data to advertisers along with having ads shown to you in increasing numbers in a hunt for ever more revenue. You own more than your words, you own your experience. You are sovereign.  This episode doesn't really have a lot of depth to it. Just as most online forums lack the kind of depth that could be found on the WELL. I am a child of a different generation, I suppose. Through researching each episode of the podcast, I often read books, conduct interviews (a special thanks to Help A Reporter Out), lurk in conferences, and try to think about the connections, the evolution, and what the most important aspects of each are. There is a great little book from Katie Hafner called The Well: A Story Of Love, Death, & Real Life. I recommend it. There's also Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community and John Seabrook's Deeper: Adventures on the Net. Oh, and From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, And the Rise of Digital Utopianism from Fred Turner and Siberia by Douglas Rushkoff. At a minimum, I recommend reading Katie Hafner's wired article and then her most excellent book! Oh, and to hear about other ways the 60s Counterculture helped to shape the burgeoning technology industry, check out What the Dormouse Said by John Markoff.  And The WELL comes up in nearly every book as one of the early commercial digital communities. It's been written about in Wired, in The Atlantic, makes appearances in books like Broad Band by Claire Evans, and The Internet A Historical Encyclopedia.  The business models out there to build and run  and grow a company have seemingly been reduced to a select few. Practically every online community has become free with advertising and data being the currency we parlay in exchange for a sense of engagement with others.  As network effects set in and billionaires are created, others own our words. They think the lifestyle business is quaint - that if you aren't outgrowing a market segment that you are shrinking. And a subscription site that charges a monthly access fee to cgi code with a user experience that predates the UX field on the outside might affirm that philosophy -especially since anyone can see your real name. But if we look deeper we see a far greater truth: that these barriers keep a small corner of cyberspace special - free from Russian troll farms and election stealing and spam bots. And without those distractions we find true engagement. We find real connections that go past the surface. We find depth. It's not lost after all.  Thank you for being part of this little community. We are so lucky to have you. Have a great day.

Into the Deep Podcast
Episode 54: In the Crosshairs of Genocide

Into the Deep Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 42:47


The first Christian nation is in trouble. Turkey has been slowly suffocating its Christian community since the 1915 genocide and denying every attempt to shine light on its dark past. Jeff King sits down with International Christian Concern's Middle East Analyst. Claire Evans, to take a deep dive into the geopolitics and religious history of the Turkey-Azerbaijan-Armenian area. The post Episode 54: In the Crosshairs of Genocide appeared first on Persecution.

There Are No Girls on the Internet
How Women Built the Internet

There Are No Girls on the Internet

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 41:51


Claire Evans is one half of the band Yacht. She’s also a tech historian who archives women’s contributions in tech and computing in her book Broadband. Claire lays out how women were always at the forefront of technology and computing and how our contributions were erased over time.

State Of The Art
The Art of YACHT the band

State Of The Art

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 48:14


We speak with Claire Evans and Jona Becholt of YACHT, Young Americans Challenging High Technology, about their use of tech to produce albums and performances that push the boundaries of how music is experienced, produced, delivered, and more. Such projects include their Grammy-nominated album Chain Tripping created with the assistance of AI. In this episode, we speak with YACHT about the creative process to produce Chain Tripping, address misconceptions around their use of AI, YACHT's origin story, and Evans' recently published book, Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet.-About YACHT-YACHT stands for Young Americans Challenging High Technology, but they're neither young nor all-American. YACHT is three people—Jona Becholt, Claire L. Evans, and Rob Kieswetter—working in Los Angeles, California, asking questions and answering them with records, texts, videos, objects, installations, scores and performances. They make as much as possible with as little as possible and learn by doing.Chain Tripping is their Grammy-nominated seventh album, composed by running their 18-year back catalogue through a scotch taped-together assortment of machine learning models and then reckoning with the results. Learn more at https://teamyacht.com/tour/Follow YACHT at @teamYACHT

50inTech Podcast
Episode #17: "When I Grew Up I Thought a Computer Had No Gender" - Claire Evans, Author of "Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet."

50inTech Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 23:44


> The reason and mission of the book Min 1 In the podcast, Claire tells us how she grew up into tech as her father was an engineer. "When I grew up I thought a computer had no gender," she said. But society bias and inequality later taught her otherwise: she felt a distance between technology and women and, as a journalist, she started looking into the hidden stories of women in tech to bring them back into the light. The more she was looking into these stories, the more she realized there were hundreds of women who made fundamental contributions to the internet, as important as Steve Job's ones. This is how the idea of her book was born, from the sense of solidarity across history that can bring women in tech together today. > The importance of history in tech Min 7 But how did history forget about the key role women played in technology? Internet is the culprit. At the very beginning of the computer industry, before the 70s, programming was seen as women's work, a mix between mental and labour work. Only with the rise of modern computing, as a real business that makes people earn money, programming became a valuable and desirable job. This is when women started to be pushed out. Min 10 At the same time, women who were actually working and making progress didn't have the time to write about their accomplishments, and even when they had the opportunity to do so, they didn't feel empowered enough to underline their achievements and ask for recognition. This is a recurring theme that often works as a barrier to gender equality. A barrier we need to demolish. Min 15 Claire underlines how learning history and understanding it is fundamental to make progress, especially in the technology industry, where we are so projected towards the future and we forget so quickly about the past. But we should never forget that looking at past mistakes helps us to challenge the status quo and really make a change. > The role of men in the tech industry Min 20 This is what Claire's book aims for: educating people in the tech industry or not and empowering women by giving them a sense of belonging and pride. But the book is not for women only: men in the tech industry are in a position of power and they should be the first ones to read about women in tech to gain a new perspective about diversity in the industry and hire and promote more women in the ranks. > The importance of diversity Min 26 Diversity is key, it brings new ideas, it builds software made for everyone, it provides inclusion, it avoids bias and exclusion. The software is as important as the hardware, but it is easily forgotten because it's not visible and it's far behind the machines we use every day. We should never forget that the human side and the personalities of people brings a lot to the table: 75 of the exact same personality is not going to build great things and it's ridiculous to reject someone which doesn't fit the culture. Culture is fluid.

Creative Next: AI Automation at Work
AI & The Art of Music

Creative Next: AI Automation at Work

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 43:59


AI is being used by music groups, such as our guest this episode Claire Evans, a member of the band YACHT. Their latest album, Chain Tripping, leveraged machine learning solutions for the music, lyrics, and more. Artists are making the most of machine learning, using the technology both in the creation of their art and as a cultural touchpoint for expression, exploration, and commentary. While the Internet and more modern emerging technologies have long had a negative impact on musicians and others who create using audio, Claire Evans and her band YACHT - Young Americans Challenging High Technology - are at the vanguard of discovering how these technologies will impact art and music in the future.   Memorable Quotes “Since we only really learn by doing things and making things, we figured that the most efficient way for us to get a sort of bodily understanding of what the hell AI is and what it's doing and what it means for artists and for all of us was to try to make something with it.” “I think when we first started this project, we naively thought we could just kind of hand our back catalog to some algorithm, and the algorithm would analyze that and spit out new songs that would be new YACHT songs. And the project, the art, would be about committing to that, whatever it was. As soon as we started working on this, we realized that we're not there yet, thank God. Algorithms can't just spit out pop songs. If they could, the airwaves would be full of them.” “If you listen to the record it sounds like an interesting experimental rock or pop record. It doesn't sound like generative, you know, plausible nonsense. It sounds like songs, and that's because there was very much a human in the loop. We used the machine learning model to facilitate the process of generating source material, and then from that source material we built songs the way that we would always build songs as humans in a studio playing music.” “I was projecting my own meaning onto words that I didn't write. And trying to sort of cobble together some kind of meaning to the songs that made it possible for me to sort of perform and convey them with my voice. And so, it's oddly democratizing, because now the fans, the listeners, and the band, are all trying to figure out what it all means at the same time. And we were going to have as many interpretations of what it means as there are people to listen to it.” “It also has no consideration of the body, right. It doesn't ‘know’ what it feels like to play any of these melodies on the guitar or on the keyboard. If it's physically challenging to do. All it knows is the MIDI data that it's been fed in the training process. So, a lot of these melodies sounded odd, but simple enough to play. But then when we sat down to actually play them, we found that they were extremely challenging, because they forced us to acknowledge the embodied habits that we bring with us as players into the studio.” “I like to think of some of these machine learning models being like a camera of their individual disciplines. I mean, a text-generating model that's able to make perfect texts. Maybe that just becomes the camera of writing. And we have to completely step outside of our comfort zone to reinvent what writing means in the 21st century. And what an exciting proposition that is for an artist.” “There's also something really interesting about the reflective quality of AI as it works today. I mean, you build a machine learning model by feeding it lots of information, trading data. And in the context of music that information is historic. It's the history of music. It's a corpus of millions of notes, or a corpus of millions of words, of song lyrics from musicians and artists that we love. Or ourselves. So this idea that we could use an emerging technology not only learn to understand it, but also maybe learn something about ourselves in the process.” “Maybe in ten years we won't even be making music for people anymore. Maybe we'll just be making music for other AI's to listen to.” “Probably we'll get to a place, where machine learning models in some combination are able to generate any song that sounds like a song a human wrote. Or a novel that reads like a novel a human wrote.”   “In two or three years, who knows exactly when, we will be at a place where text generating models are able to generate texts that is effectively indistinguishable from human written texts. Arguably we're there already.” “I think we're in a really interesting moment right now, where some of these tools are just now becoming kind of artist-friendly enough to even be useful or usable to people who don't have hardcore technical backgrounds. And, I think we're going to see an efflorescence of really interesting creative material emerge out of that. And the more sort of democratic these tools get, the more unpredictable it will be.” “The future doesn't feel vast. The future doesn't feel infinite to me. Like on an individual personal level. The past feels infinite to me. I think that's one of the things that I find kind of comforting about machine learning is, as it's structured, it's not about the future. It's not something that scorches the past and makes something new. It's something that depends on the past.” “I think in a few years, we will all be nostalgic for the times in which the AI models were not completely perfect. And it will be kind of like the analog of AI. Like, people will be putting on affectations of wonky AI in the same way that artists now record on tape or we have this fetish for vinyl; where we use iPhone camera filters that look like old VHS video.” “We were really interested in this idea that you could take ‘meaningless material’ and give it meaning through performance.” “It feels more true to who we are than anything we've ever made, even though this new weird variable is in the mix.” “The personal computer represented a great deal of freedom for independent artists. Not just in terms of how music is produced but also how music is distributed, and all of the other things that touch that. Like, you know, artwork and messaging and video and text and communication and all of the things which bands have to think about and do, computers simplified that a great deal.”   Who You'll Hear Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer) Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett) Claire Evans, Author and Musician (@TheUniverse)   Join The Conversation Website & Newsletter: www.creativenext.org Twitter: @GoCreativeNext Facebook: /GoCreativeNext Instagram: @GoCreativeNext   Sponsors GoInvo, A design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare whose clients are as varied as AstraZeneca, 3M Health Information Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. www.goinvo.com  Design Museum Foundation, A new kind of museum, they believe design can change the world. They’re online, nomadic, and focused on making design accessible to everyone. Their mission: bring the transformative power of design everywhere. You can learn about their exhibitions, events, magazine, and more. www.designmuseumfoundation.org BIF, As a purpose-driven firm, BIF is committed to bringing design strategy where it is needed most - health care, education, and public service to create value for our most vulnerable populations. www.bif.is 

OECD
Claire Evans on how women made the internet

OECD

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 16:43


Until 1984, computer science in the US was full of women mathematicians and programmers, and then it all changed. What happened? Claire L. Evans, author of the book, Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet, tells a story that hadn't been told before of the many women who helped found and formed the internet-- women like Ada Lovelace, the original mother of computing, and Dame Wendy Hall, who invented a new system of hypertext that could have changed the way the World Wide Web functions. Host: Clara Young Producer: Robin Allison Davis

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TechTopia
Techtopia 95: Internettets glemte kvinder

TechTopia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 41:13


Historien om internettets skabelse er altid en historie om mandlige alpha-nørder i en garage, som kæmper længe for deres rigdom og berømmelse. Men hvor er kvinderne? Der var nemlig masser af kvinder i den historie. Den amerikanske forfatter og rockmusiker Claire Evans fortæller de glemte kvinders historie i bogen "Broadband", hvor hun har støvet en række fascinerende historier om kvindelige computernørder op. Techtopia sætter fokus på kvinder i teknologi i anledning af kvindernes internationale kampdag d. 8. marts. Derfor kan du også møde Lisa Deluca fra IBM, som ikke er glemt men yderst aktiv. I en alder af kun 35 har hun allerede en kometkarriere og et alenlangt CV, som en af techbranchens mest erfarne, yngre kvinder. Hun er bl.a. en af IBM's mest produktive kvindelige opfinder nogensinde med mere end 600 patentansøgninger til dato på verdensplan - 400 er godkendt. Medvirkende: Claire L. Evans, forfatter, journalist, musiker Lisa Deluca, Master Inventor og Director of IoT Building Insights, IBM Links: Claire Evans https://clairelevans.com/ Lisa Deluca https://www.ibm.com/blogs/watson-customer-engagement/author/lisaseacatdeluca/

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THIS IS NOT A TEST - books, music, movies, art, culture and truth
Some Book Reviews and Also the History of the Earth

THIS IS NOT A TEST - books, music, movies, art, culture and truth

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2019 38:10


Let's talk about the earth, humanity, science and yes, maybe also work in 20 book reviews somehow: "Scar Tissue" by Anthony Kiedis, "Hit So Hard" by Patty Schemel, "Gold Dust Woman" by Stephen Davis, "There's No Bones in Ice Cream" by Sylvain Sylvain, "The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince" by Mayte Garcia, "Complicated Fun: The Birth of Minneapolis Punk and Indie Rock, 1974-1984" by Cyn Collins, "The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll" by Ian Port, "Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet" by Claire Evans, "How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone" by Brian McCullough, "How to Write an Autobiographical Novel," by Alexander Chee, "Choose Your Own Disaster" by Dana Schwartz, "A Farewell to Walmart" by Carly J. Hallman, "The First Bad Man" by Miranda July, "Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons" by George Pendle, "Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address" by Stephen Birmingham, "World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made" by Irving Howe, "Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail" by Ben Montgomery, "On Drinking" by Charles Bukowski, "In Pieces" by Sally Field, and "Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy" by Savannah Knoop. Now take a breath.

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Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast
Three Little Superpigs: Once Upon a Time

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 1:19


Money Box
Money Box Live: Electric Cars

Money Box

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 28:58


The future of motoring looks set to be increasingly electric with the Government committed to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. That commitment was strengthened this month with the unveiling of a new Road to Zero strategy aimed at boosting the country's electric vehicle infrastructure with proposals including fitting chargers in new developments, offices and even lampposts. But how does buying and running an electric car compare to petrol and diesel and what might you have to consider when making the switch? Electricity can certainly be cheaper than traditional fuels but how do you navigate the range of charging options available? There're also a number of Government grants to consider- what's on offer and how can you apply? Joining Paul Lewis are Consumer Editor at What Car?, Claire Evans, Head of Go Ultra Low, Poppy Welch and Director of Zap Map, Melanie Shufflebotham. Email your questions to moneybox@bbc.co.uk or you can call 03700 100 444 between 1pm and 3.30pm on Wednesday 25th July 2018. Standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply. Presenter: Paul Lewis Producer: Tom Hill Editor: Charlotte McDonald.

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The Webby Podcast
S3 EP 6: Claire Evans, Author, Broad Band

The Webby Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2018 29:47


Women have always been pivotal to the creation, growth, and success of the Internet. Yet we typically hear the same few stories about the same few men. Today's guest Claire Evans is here to change that—or at least contribute to what she hopes will be an ongoing conversation. David-Michel Davies sits down with Evans to discuss her new book “Broad Band: The untold story of the women who made the Internet” and why it's so important to tell nuanced stories about women. Follow Claire Evans at @TheUniverse and get “Broad Band” at clairelevans.com Follow us on social @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Sebastian AdeOur Editorial Director is Nicole FerraroResearch and writing by Jordana Jarrett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Night Call
7: Ford Taurus Rising with Claire Evans

Night Call

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 54:39


Tess, Molly, and Emily are joined by their first-ever guest, Claire Evans, to talk about creepy robots, astrology as a word, and Claire's book, Broad Band, about the women who helped start the internet. Call in to Night Call at 240-46-NIGHT This episode is sponsored by [Songfinch](https://www.songfinch.com/). Articles and media mentioned this episode: Book, [Broad Band](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735211759) by Claire Evans News Item, [Drones at Milan Fashion Week](https://nypost.com/2018/02/25/drones-take-the-runway-at-milan-fashion-week/) News Item, [Alexa Laughing](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/business/alexa-laugh-amazon-echo.html) TV Show, Black Mirror Episode ["Black Museum"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5058700/?ref_=ttep_ep6) YouTube Video ["Watch: Alexa randomly laughing at users"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UznIfWxATt8) News Item, [CIMON in Space](https://www.space.com/42574-ai-robot-cimon-space-station-experiment.html) Film, [Phantom Thread](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5776858/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Livejournal Blog, [Oh No They Didn't](https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/) Article, Food and Wine, ["The 17 Most Weirdly-Specific Food T-Shirts on Amazon"](https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/weirdly-specific-food-shirts-amazon) Article, The Verge, ["Susan Miller, Your Internet BFF"](https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/15/8400299/susan-miller-astrology-zone-internet-astrologer-interview) TV Show, [Halt and Catch Fire](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, [Derren Brown: The Push](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5340856/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Website, [AstroBarry](http://www.astrobarry.com/) YouTube Channel, [Yoga with Adrien](https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene) AstroBarry's Twitter: [@astrobarry](https://twitter.com/astrobarry?lang=en) Article, New York Times, ["Man Who Gave Psychics $718,000 ‘Just Got Sucked In’"](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/nyregion/lured-in-by-two-manhattan-psychics-to-the-tune-of-718000.html) Article, Reader's Digest, ["The Psychic, The Novelist, and the $17 Million Scam"](https://www.rd.com/culture/psychic-scams-novelist-17-million/) Podcast, "Podcast Podcast" "Night Call" by [4aStables](https://www.4astables.com). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

This Is the Author
S3 E30: Claire Evans, Author of Broad Band

This Is the Author

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 11:45


"My book is about women throughout computing and internet history. It’s really a story of the 20th and 21st century told through anecdotes of women’s experiences interfacing with technology." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/545427/broad-band/

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KUCI: Get the Funk Out
Author Claire Evans, Technology Reporter and Author of BROAD BAND: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, calls in to KUCI 88.9fm to chat with Janeane about her latest book

KUCI: Get the Funk Out

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2018


If you loved Hidden Figures or Rise of the Rocket Girls, you'll love Claire Evans' breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet--written out of history, until now. The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and “brogrammers.” But female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation—they’ve just been erased from the story. Until now. In fact, women turn up at the very beginning of every important wave in technology. They may have been hidden in plain sight, their inventions and contributions touching our lives in ways we don't even realize, but they have always been part of the story. VICE reporter and YACHT lead singer Claire L. Evans finally gives these unsung female heroes their due with her insightful social history of the “Broad Band”, the women who made the internet what it is today.

Radio Motherboard
BROAD BAND (Live)

Radio Motherboard

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 58:11


We talk to Claire Evans (who last joined us on the first ever episode of Radio Motherboard!) about her new book BROAD BAND: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. Claire joined Motherboard staff writer Kaleigh Rogers to talk about the internet past and present with Marisa Bowe, editor-in-chief of one of the first internet publications, and Stacy Horn, founder of EchoNYC, an early internet community that launched in the early 1990s and still exists today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Internet History Podcast
165. Claire L. Evans, Author of Broad Band- The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Internet History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2018 67:03


Claire Evans is the author of the new book: Broad Band The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. This is the best tech history book I’ve read in a while and you know I read them all. Of special note, considering our 90s-heavy focus on this podcast, the book includes the stories of Word.com, which was a competitor to Feed.com (which we’ve previously covered) and Women.com which was a competitor to Ivillage (which, again, we’ve spoke at length about). But you also get an amazing portair of tech in the 1970s, hypertext as a movement outside of the web, and stories about amazing women like Grace Hopper and Jake Feinler.Buy it today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Well Made
26 Finding Truth in Science Fiction with Claire Evans and Jona Bechtolt

Well Made

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2017 73:25


YACHT is Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans. They're most widely known as a band, but they make way more than music. Their latest projects have included an app for finding daily happenings in LA, a Trump urinal screen, a book about the impact of women in technology, and the preservation of musical sculpture in downtown LA. This artistic pair has made a diverse, meticulous cannon of work under the name YACHT, and on this episode Stephan talks to them about all of it. Claire and Jona also share where they discovered their love of science fiction, and how it's impacting their view of the real world. Get links to on the blog.

Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast
52 - TICKLED w YACHT Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans

Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 63:19


Today Paco and George talk with Claire Evans and Jona Bechtolt from the band YACHT about one of 2016’s craziest documentaries, TICKLED! We also talk about feminist histories of the Internet, Halt and Catch Fire, cats, being prudes, sibling vs uncle torture, and George's Midnight Oil impression. New Zealand journalists David Farrier and Dylan Reeve descend down a rabbit hole of an internet mystery that keeps adding stranger and stranger twists, and the drama has only heightened since the film’s release. Jona and Claire were excited to talk about Tickling, internet subculture and their many, many other projects. TICKLED can now be viewed on HBO and on HBOGO. *If you want to help out our show and help us pick the next documentaries that we cover, please fill out our anonymous survey Bonus YACHT conversation for Patreon patrons Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.

Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast
NEXT WEEK: 3/6 TICKLED w YACHT's Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans

Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2017 0:44


Next Week on Sup Doc, Paco and George talk with Claire Evans and Jona Bechtolt from the band YACHT about one of 2016’s craziest documentaries, TICKLED! New Zealand journalists David Farrier and Dylan Reeve descend down a rabbit hole of internet mystery that keeps adding stranger and stranger twists, and the drama has only heightened since the film’s release. Jona and Claire were excited to talk about Tickling, internet subculture and their many, many other projects (like their live score for ALIEN on March 9th at LACMA https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bring-the-noise-alien-with-new-live-music-by-yacht-tickets-32000728039). TICKLED can now be viewed on HBO as of today, February 27th at 10 pm and on HBOGO. http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/tickled *If you want to help out our show and help us pick the next documentaries that we cover, please fill out our anonymous survey - http://supdocpodcast.com/listener-survey/ *and as always, check out our Patreon, where we'll be putting up exclusive content http://www.patreon.com/supdocpodcast So watch it and join us next monday MARCH 6th for YACHT on Tickled: EP 52 of Sup Doc!

Out of the Box with Steve and Lorraine
#008 Three B’s of Presence – in Salisbury, England

Out of the Box with Steve and Lorraine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2016


What a great night of encounter! Three congregations gathered together in St. Paul’s Salisbury to encounter God. Salisbury Vineyard friends, Ed & Claire Evans, Sue Holzer from City Gate Church, and the rector, Craig Ryalls of St Paul’s and their congregations came together for their city and region, uniting as one heart to adore the...

Live To Tape with Johnny Pemberton

the second official and unofficial episode of Live to Tape featuring the band YACHT, which is comprised of Jona Bechtolt, Claire Evans, and Rob "Bobby Birdman" Kieswetter.

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MUNCHIES: The Podcast
#21 YACHT - Veggie Burgers and LA’s Secret Histories, Revealed

MUNCHIES: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2016 16:08


On today’s episode, we’re eating veggie burgers at BurgerLords, a burger-walk up in LA’s Chinatown with the band YACHT. Besides making music together, Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans are writers, artists, and the developers behind the popular app “5 Every Day,” a curated list of rad things to do in Los Angeles. Over burgers, I wanted to get YACHT’S impressions on why this town is one of the fastest growing cities for creative types, discuss some of the strange histories behind some of the city’s best restaurant spaces, how they go about curating the app, and why LA rewards curiosity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Radio Motherboard
2015 - The Year in Science Fiction

Radio Motherboard

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2015 45:55


2015 was a banner year for science fiction; Motherboard's resident sci-fi editors, Claire Evans and Brian Merchant, review the year of Mad Max, Ex Machina, and, yes, Star Wars. These are the top stories about the future of 2015.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No Effects with Jesse Cohen

Claire Evans and Jona Bechtolt join me for one of my favorite conversations of 2015. We go over the many incarnations and affiliates of the band known as @YACHT, what it's like to do music and so many other things, Jona's idea for a site that reviews YACHT reviews, their TV pilot, their lapsed URLS, and finally, their amazing personal journeys.

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Ever Illuminated Podcast
6: Finding Your Photographic Style With Penny Claire Evans

Ever Illuminated Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015


Check out our interview with Penny Claire, a senior portrait photographer. She talks about finding your photographic style. Don't miss! The post 6: Finding Your Photographic Style With Penny Claire Evans appeared first on EverIlluminated.

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FT Money Show
Budget special: Buy-to-let, tax on dividends and inheritance tax

FT Money Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2015 15:17


How will the measures in the first Conservative Budget since 1997 affect your finances? Jonathan Eley unpacks the policy details with the help of Nimesh Shah, partner at Blick Rothenberg; Jason Butler, founder of Bloomsbury Wealth, and Claire Evans, partner at Deloitte. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nerdy Show
Episode 171 :: Moogfest Bound with YACHT & Omni’s Claire Evans

Nerdy Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2014 65:10


Sci-tech, sci-fi, and synths collide as our Moogfest interview series continues! Moogfest is a festival focused around electronic music with symposiums on futurism, art, and technology (April 23rd-27th, in Asheville, NC) and leading up to it, Nerdy Show is speaking with some of the incredible talent that’s been culled for this year’s event. In this episode, Cap and Jon talk with renaissance woman, Claire Evans – performer in the band YACHT, and Editor At-Large of Omni Reboot, the digital reincarnation of the legendary science and science fiction magazine, Omni. She’s not only performing at Moogfest, she’s putting on a panel called “Xenomusic: Science Fiction and the Synthesized Sound” where artists, musicians, and scientists will muse on what music will sound like in the future and what it might sound like on other worlds. Join us as we tiptoe the thin line between possible futures and the future present, discuss bringing Omni back from the dead, Philip K. Dick, what’s new with YACHT, growing up with computers, genetically engineering bacteria, and a slew of sciency subjects.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Don't Be So Dramatic!!
Life of a Producer - 16

Don't Be So Dramatic!!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 42:47


We talk with Claire Evans who was an Agent before moving onto Producing after having a family. We hear what it was like being an agent and the reality of being a Producer. Find out about producing on the Fringe and what it's like taking a show to Edinburgh Fringe. Recorded live at the Union Theatre, Southwark.

FT Money Show
FT Money Autumn Statement special podcast

FT Money Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2013 13:17


Jonathan Eley talks to three experts about what the autumn statement means for you. Christine Ross of SG PB, Claire Evans of Deloitte and Paul Emery of PwC go through the measures See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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The Conversation
The Conversation - 31 - Claire Evans

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2012 38:23


Claire Evans is half of YACHT, a "band, business, and belief system" started by Jona Bechtolt in 2002. In addition to her musical/artistic adventures, she's also a writer and regular science blogger. Unlike most bands, YACHT has a developed a detailed and public philosophy (read their FAQ or visit the YACHT Trust for more details) and they regularly explore ideas about the future in their work. I was especially intrigued by the themes of utopia and dystopia which tie together their album ​Shangri-La​.

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Aengus Anderson Radio
The Conversation - 31 - Claire Evans

Aengus Anderson Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2012 38:23


Claire Evans is half of YACHT, a "band, business, and belief system" started by Jona Bechtolt in 2002. In addition to her musical/artistic adventures, she's also a writer and regular science blogger. Unlike most bands, YACHT has a developed a detailed and public philosophy (read their FAQ or visit the YACHT Trust for more details) and they regularly explore ideas about the future in their work. I was especially intrigued by the themes of utopia and dystopia which tie together their album ​Shangri-La​.

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Annette Coleman The Artist's Voice
18-Artists, How do you cultivate patrons?

Annette Coleman The Artist's Voice

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2010 61:00


How do you cultivate patrons? How do you contact them? Where do you find them and do you share them with other artists? Artistis prerecorded and their links: Susan Wechsler, mosaicsbysusan.com Sally Echert, sallyeckert.com Regina Benson, reginabenson.com, Pat Finley, patriciajfinley.com MaryHorocks at the Dairy Center, Boulder CO, Leah Bradley, leahbradley.com, Jim Caldwell, ArtworkNetwork.com, Annette Coleman, AnnetteColemanArtist.com Barbara Kornfeld, barbarakornfeldarts.com, Mary Barron, www.adagioartglass.com, Diane Wood, DianeWoodArtist.com, Claire Evans, ClaireEvans.com, Bloomin Arts, Abecedariangallery.com, AudienceDevelopment.wordpress.com, www.bloominarts.org, theresahaberkorn.blogspot.com, My phone cut out at the tail end of the show, sorry for the dead air, it took a few minutes to take care of the situation!

Annette Coleman The Artist's Voice
16-How do you find the venues to show your work?

Annette Coleman The Artist's Voice

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2010 61:00


How do you find the venues to show your work? Do you show locally? Regionally? Nationally? Do you show in a traditional gallery? A co-op? In Fairs? At museums? At coffee shops? Business Lobbies? Gift shops? Or??? Where??? Artists pre-interviewed: Jerry Simpson, recycle2art.com/artists/Jerry Simpson.htm Claudia Roulier, claudiaroulier.com Mary Barron, adagioartglass.com Claire Evans, Claire Evans.com Diane Wood, DianeWoodArtist.com Theresa Haberkorn, TheresaHaberkorn.com Jim Caldwell, ArtworkNetwork.com, Annette Coleman, AnnetteColemanArtist.com

Cooking with Rockstars
YACHT on Cooking with Rockstars

Cooking with Rockstars

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2008 6:10


Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of YACHT chat with Jen in an alley about being vegan and share their recipe for coconut-corn chowder. [Austin, March 2008]