First Monday Podcast Archive

June 2008: Watch the Ordinary

This month Michael Newman shows us how video on the Web, made by ordinary people like you, are challenging everything from professional design, aesthetic tastes, and mass media marketing.

Also! Jennifer Kelley kicks off our Podcast Review Segment with a review of The World's Technology Podcast.

Download podcast MP3 (6.4MB, 13:52) | Transcript

Extra Features

Newman, M. (2007). “Ze Frank and the poetics of Web video”
Podcast Review The World’s Technology Podcast
Download Extra Features (1.2 MB, 2:36)
Watch past episodes of The Show with Ze Frank

January 2008: Music 2.0 — Part One

First Monday Podcast investigates how the music industry’s various stakeholders — from record companies, to musicians, to radio — are adapting to the online environment.

In part one of this ongoing series University of Michigan professor Robert Frost discusses the artistic and financial advantages of eliminating record companies.

Download podcast MP3 (5.9MB, 17:12) | Transcript
Download Interview Audio Extras
R. Frost, 2007. “Rearchitecting the music business: Mitigating music piracy by cutting out the record companies”.

December 2007: Stephanie Mills — Canaries in the Digital Age

Modern day Luddite, ecological activist, writer and lecturer Stephanie Mills believes her role in today’s high–tech culture is to critically assess the totality of technology which might mean limiting our pursuit of certain kinds of knowledge.

Download podcast MP3 (6MB, 17:20) | Transcript
E. Valauskas, 2002. “FM Interviews: Stephanie Mills”.
Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science 2007 McCusker Lecture, “Matter and Energy — A Luddite Looks at Libraries” (20.5MB)
GSLIS Associate Professor Karen Brown and GSLIS student Nicole Burchfield comment on Stephanie’s lecture (1.8MB)

September 2007: Siva Vaidhyanathan — The Googlization of Everything

Cultural historian, media scholar, author Siva Vaidhyanathan discusses how the Google Book Project threatens copyright.

Download Podcast MP3 | Transcript
Download Interview Audio Extras
2007 Ted Samore Lecture — “The Googlization of Everything: Digitization and the Future of Books” sponsored by The University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies and the Center for Information Policy Research.
Read Siva Vaidhyanathan’s 2004 First Monday article “The state of copyright activism.”

	June 2008: Watch the Ordinary This month Michael Newman shows us how video on the Web, made by ordinary people like you, are challenging everything from professional design, aesthetic tastes, and mass media marketing. Also! Jennifer Kelley kicks off our Podcast Review Segment with a review of The World's Technology Podcast. Download podcast MP3 (6.4MB, 13:52) \| Transcript Extra Features Newman, M. (2007). “Ze Frank and the poetics of Web video” Podcast Review The World’s Technology Podcast Download Extra Features (1.2 MB, 2:36) Watch past episodes of The Show with Ze Frank
	May 2008: Maureen O'Sullivan, author of “Creative Commons and Contemporary Copyright” sits down with First Monday Podcast to discuss copyright, the potential of the Creative Commons, and permissible podcast language. Download podcast MP3 (7.76MB, 16:58) \| Transcript O'Sullivan, M. (2008). “Creative Commons and Contemporary Copyright”
	April 2008: The Faustian Bargain with Web 2.0 Special editor Michael Zimmer discusses “Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0” — getting behind the hype and taking stock of Web 2.0’s impact on users like you. Download podcast MP3 (5.2MB, 15:16) \| Transcript
	March 2008: NextGen Reporters and Journalism for the 21st Century Bill Cassidy addresses the differences between online and print reporters and ponders the future of journalism. Download podcast MP3 (6.6MB, 16:31) \| Transcript
	February 2008: Google Scholars? Alison J. Head challenges the popular belief today’s college undergraduates are hopelessly dependent on Google to satisfy their research needs. Download podcast MP3 (5.3MB, 15:22) \| Transcript A. Head, 2007.“Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research?”. Listen to Alison talk about Project Information Literacy Alison talks about her worst project and the Puritan nightmare! Learn more about Project Information Literacy
	January 2008: Music 2.0 — Part One First Monday Podcast investigates how the music industry’s various stakeholders — from record companies, to musicians, to radio — are adapting to the online environment. In part one of this ongoing series University of Michigan professor Robert Frost discusses the artistic and financial advantages of eliminating record companies. Download podcast MP3 (5.9MB, 17:12) \| Transcript Download Interview Audio Extras R. Frost, 2007. “Rearchitecting the music business: Mitigating music piracy by cutting out the record companies”.
	December 2007: Stephanie Mills — Canaries in the Digital Age Modern day Luddite, ecological activist, writer and lecturer Stephanie Mills believes her role in today’s high–tech culture is to critically assess the totality of technology which might mean limiting our pursuit of certain kinds of knowledge. Download podcast MP3 (6MB, 17:20) \| Transcript E. Valauskas, 2002. “FM Interviews: Stephanie Mills”. Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science 2007 McCusker Lecture, “Matter and Energy — A Luddite Looks at Libraries” (20.5MB) GSLIS Associate Professor Karen Brown and GSLIS student Nicole Burchfield comment on Stephanie’s lecture (1.8MB)
	November 2007: Paul Duguid Listen to Paul Duguid discuss his views on the Google Books Project, Tristram Shandy, and respond to his critics. Download Podcast Audio \| Transcript Download Audio Extras
	October 2007: Edward Valauskas First Monday editor in chief took time out of his busy schedule to talk with us about the future of the library, dinosaurs and gumbo. Download Podcast Audio \| Transcript Download Interview Extras Check out Ed's favoriteGumbo Recipe Listen to Ed’s final Follett Lecture - The Library is Dead... Long Live the Library! sponsered by Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Lecture Audio \| Q and A session
	September 2007: Siva Vaidhyanathan — The Googlization of Everything Cultural historian, media scholar, author Siva Vaidhyanathan discusses how the Google Book Project threatens copyright. Download Podcast MP3 \| Transcript Download Interview Audio Extras 2007 Ted Samore Lecture — “The Googlization of Everything: Digitization and the Future of Books” sponsored by The University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies and the Center for Information Policy Research. Read Siva Vaidhyanathan’s 2004 First Monday article “The state of copyright activism.”
	August 2007: Ian Bogost Listen to Ian Bogost discuss his new book Persuasive Games (just published by MIT Press), politics, and Spore in this new feature. Download the podcast MP3 \| Transcript * Download the full interview Read Ian Bogost’s First Monday article, "Playing Politics: Video Games for Politics, Activism, and Advocacy". Visit Ian Bogost’s Web site. *Editor's note: This interview was recorded prior to the printing of Ian Bogost’s book.