EchoRadio - Media

Episode Forty One: Alan Rosenblatt

2005-10-25T09:51:04Z

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Alan Rosenblatt writes,

About a year or so after I finished my dissertation on Presidential use of TV to move public opinion in 1992 I was introduced to Mosaic by a housemate. I was familiar with the Internet from my work at American U. I was on a team that prepared the University for becoming an Internet node in 1988.

When I saw Mosaic, I realized the potential impact on politics. I was already teaching at George Mason U. and started talking about the Internet with my colleagues over lunch. From those discussions, Bob Dudley and I decided to teach a course called The Politics of Cyberspace: The Luddite vs. the Technofreak. He played the luddite, I played the freak. We were each a little of both.

Today, Alan continues to teach at American University and heads up The Internet Advocacy Center. Friday afternoon, Joshua and Tim sat down with him to talk about how he's seen the relationship between politics and the internet change in the past 20 years.

MP3:
echoradio.41.mp3 (7.68 MB)

Cindy Sheehan

2005-08-11T05:19:21Z

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On April 4, 2004, Humvee Specialist Casey Sheehan of the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry was killed in Sadr City, Iraq.

On August 6, 2005, Casey's mother Cindy Sheehan arrived in Crawford Texas to ask President Bush to take time out from his vacation to answer her questions about why the war that took her son's life was started and why it is being continued.

Earlier this afternoon, JoeTrippi.com hosted a conference call with Cindy. We're podcasting the recording on EchoRadio.

MP3:
CindySheehan.wav (8.42 MB)

Episode Thirty Eight: The Man Machine

2005-07-14T07:56:14Z

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Ed Churchman talks with Travis Stewart (aka, Syndrone, Tstewart, Machine Drum) about his life as an artist, Merck Records, and how musicians make money nowadays. Travis also answers questions from the IDM mailing list and the Ninja Tune forum.

Links:

Let Twerk master your work
Burnt Toast and other synthesizers
Soulseek and file sharing
Warp 100
Help save Merck Records

Soundtrack: Machine Drum, Skinny Puppy, Ween, Bogdan Raczynski

MP3:
echoradio-38.mp3 (16.25 MB)

Episode Thirty Six: A Very Spooky Interview

2005-06-08T07:06:52Z

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Ed talks with DC-native Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, about Washington DC and electronic music today. Check out Pauls book: "Rhythm Science."

Soundtrack: Dj Spooky, John Cage

MP3:
echoradio-36.mp3 (9.29 MB)

Personal Democracy Forum

2005-05-17T07:27:49Z

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EchoRadio personnel spent Monday podcasting from the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City. There are some fantastic conversations here with the new masters of internet and politics. Click on over and give them a listen.

Episode Thirty: The Cedar Revolution

2005-05-12T10:08:38Z

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On February 14, the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri triggered a wave of grassroots demonstrations demanding an end to the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. These became known as The Cedar Revolution.

In April, EchoDitto COO Harish Rao spent twelve days equipping demonstrators in Beirut with a weblog and photofeed to chrionicle the Cedar Revolution at PulseOfFreedom05.org. He talks with EchoRadio about it all.

Soundtrack: Cheb Mami and Nancy Ajram-- gloriously cheesey music imported directly from Beirut.

Photo via PulseOfFreedom on Flickr

MP3:
echoradio-30.mp3 (5.58 MB)

Episode Twenty Seven: Participatory Culture

2005-04-13T06:25:11Z

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This afternoon, the posse behind BlogTorrent and Grey Tuesday officially launched The Participatory Culture Foundation. David Moore stopped by the office to talk with us about their first project, Broadcast Machine.

Soundtrack: AFX and DJ Die

MP3:
echoradio-27.mp3 (4.97 MB)

Episode Twenty Five: MGM v Grokster

2005-04-07T08:11:50Z

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MGM v Grokster is before the Supreme Court this week. Four of us talked over the technological and commercial implications of the decision, and the ways peer-to-peer software is changing the entertainment industry.

Exciting and relevant web links!:

TheFuselage.com, the official unofficial website for the ABC TV series Lost.
ZDNet on BitTorrent in Australia

Soundtrack: Ulrich Schnauss and Matt Herbert

MP3:
echoradio-25.mp3 (22.26 MB)

Episode Twenty: Richard Gibson on Richard Wright

2005-04-07T01:48:07Z

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Richard Gibson, Journalist, Talks about the life (and death) of Richard Wright, author of Native Son. He also talks about his role in the life of James Baldwin.
Soundtrack: Aphex Twin, Chris Clark

MP3:
Episode 20 - Richard Gibson on Richard Wright.mp3 (24.94 MB)

Episode Fourteen: Garrett Graff

2005-04-07T01:50:03Z

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Yesterday morning, EchoDitto VP of Communications Garrett Graff became the first blogger ever issued a White House Press Pass. Garrett talked with EchoRadio about what the experience was been like, his plans for the future, and what really happened behind the closed doors of Scott McClellan's office.

Links

The Graff-induced media frenzy
Graff's blog, FishbowlDC
Soundtrack: Coconut Monkeyrocket and Groove Armada

MP3:
echoradio-14.mp3 (15.12 MB)

Episode Thirteen: Digital Edge

2005-05-19T08:41:39Z

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I.J. Hudson produces Digital Edge, a technology news show on NBC-4. He got word of EchoRadio through Eric at Development Seed and came by our studio to talk with us about podcasting and the future of broadcast media.

Digital Edge's focus on Podcasting broadcasts Friday March 3 at 5pm.

MP3:
echoradio-13.mp3 (7.79 MB)

Episode Seven: Downhill Battle

2005-04-07T01:52:31Z

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I've been a fan of Downhill Battle since Grey Tuesday last February. Co-founder Holmes Wilson gave EchoRadio a call on Friday to talk about DHB and the future of the music industry.Links:

A few DHB projects: Coal for the RIAA, WhatACrappyPresent.com, DHB Software Development Labs, Kids Smell Bullshit, iTunes iSbogus, The Regular, and Participatory Politics
The EFF on Voluntary Collective Licensing
Wal-Mart's scary recent publicity blitz
Holmes' favorite radio: WERS, WHRB, and WZBC
DHB's Public Service Announcements for college radio
Gutterbreakz: on 808 State and on Grime
The Blow
EchoDitto's Fundraising Best Practices for nonprofits, which we think would work for musicians too
Copyright activism hubs: Public Knowledge, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Creative Commons
EchoRadio intro music: The Evolution Control Committee

DHB does amazing and important work. Help out: Buy swag, give time and skills, donate money, or just send them an email.

MP3:
echoradio-7.mp3 (37.76 MB)

Episode Three: Independent World Television

2005-05-12T10:08:30Z

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Matt Thompson and Paul Jay, former producer of CBC's Counterspin, talk with EchoDitto about corporate media and their plans for Independent World Television.

Links:

Jon Stewart on Crossfire
Farnaz Fassihi's letter home from Iraq, and discussion at PressThink
An excerpt from An End to Evil by Richard Perle and David Frum
An excerpt from Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer
Full text of Osama Bin Laden's November 2004 "Letter To America"
South Korea's OhMyNews: Homepage and Wikipedia entry

MP3:
echoradio-3.mp3 (31.77 MB)