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  • Mass Surveillance and the Loss of Fun

    October 7, 2026 · 44 min

    In this episode of Future Knowledge, Alexis Durante-Tierney and Helen Vogelsong-Donahue, hosts of the Born Digital podcast, explore how growing up under constant surveillance may be changing the way young people socialize, experiment, and…

  • Open for Whom?

    September 23, 2026 · 45 min

    As AI reshapes how information is created and accessed, libraries, publishers, and educators are confronting a new question: open for whom? In this live discussion, we explore the tensions between open knowledge and AI—from the strain on…

  • The Fight for the Public Record

    September 9, 2026 · 45 min

    The public record is the foundation of an informed democracy, but in the digital age, it is more fragile than ever. In this timely conversation, Merrilee Proffitt (Democracy’s Library at the Internet Archive), James Jacobs (Stanford…

  • Big Fiction

    August 26, 2026 · 45 min

    In Big Fiction, author and Emory University professor Dan Sinykin examines how decades of mergers and acquisitions have transformed the publishing industry, and how those changes have shaped what it means to be an author. Sinykin explores…

  • Reclaiming Fair Use

    August 12, 2026 · 43 min

    In Reclaiming Fair Use, copyright scholars Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi argue that fair use is not merely an exception to copyright law, but one of its core principles, enabling creativity, scholarship, journalism, education, and…

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  • Vanishing Culture #6: What We've Learned with Vida Vojić & Alice Bridgwood

    August 5, 2026 · 29 min

    What does it mean to preserve culture in an age of disappearing websites, platform-controlled media, and fragile digital memories? In the final episode of our special six-part series on Vanishing Culture, Future Knowledge hosts Dave Hansen…

  • Vanishing Culture #5: A Language Worth Saving with Peter Scholing

    July 29, 2026 · 28 min

    Languages can vanish just as easily as books, websites, or archives, and when they do, entire ways of understanding the world can disappear with them. In the fifth episode of our special six-part series on Vanishing Culture, host Vida…

  • Vanishing Culture #4: Keeping African Folktales Alive with Helen Nde & Laura Gibbs

    July 22, 2026 · 27 min

    Folktales are living records of culture, identity, and collective memory. In the fourth episode of our special six-part series on Vanishing Culture, host Vida Vojić speaks with writer and researcher Helen Nde, founder of Mythological…

  • Vanishing Culture #3: Saving Queer Memory with Brooke Palmieri

    July 15, 2026 · 23 min

    Queer history has often been overlooked, erased, or excluded from traditional archives. In the third episode of our special six-part series on Vanishing Culture, host Vida Vojić speaks with writer, artist, and archivist Brooke Palmieri…

  • Vanishing Culture #2: The Stories Hidden in Cookbooks with Katie Livingston

    July 8, 2026 · 19 min

    Why preserve a cookbook? In the second episode of our special six-part series on Vanishing Culture, host Vida Vojić speaks with Katie Livingston, a doctoral researcher at Stanford University who studies domestic culture and women’s…

  • Vanishing Culture #1: What We Stand to Lose with Luca Messarra

    July 1, 2026 · 19 min

    As more of our cultural heritage moves online, a troubling question is emerging: what happens when the things we create, share, and cherish simply disappear? In the first episode of our special six-part series on Vanishing Culture, host…

  • Transaction Denied

    June 17, 2026 · 34 min

    In Transaction Denied: How Financial Institutions Silence Dissent and Undermine Democracy, author Rainey Reitman examines the growing phenomenon of financial censorship, in which banks, payment processors, and credit card networks can…

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About the show

Future Knowledge explores the intersection of technology, culture, and information policy with leading authors, scholars, and experts. From copyright and open access to AI and digital preservation, we discuss the big issues shaping knowledge and creativity in the digital age. This podcast is brought to you by the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance.