Reimagining the Internet

By Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure

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Reimagining the Internet is a production of the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at UMass Amherst, asking scholars, activists, journalists, and artists what is broken on the internet and how to fix it.

Episode Date
113. Deleting Everything with Dan Saltman
May 15, 2025
112. Governing the Fediverse: Erin Kissane talks her groundbreaking study into how Mastodon is run (Part 2)
Apr 30, 2025
111. How Facebook Stoked Civil War in Myanmar, with Erin Kissane
Apr 21, 2025
110. Is there hope for democracy in a social media-driven world? Nathan Schneider sees it every day.
Apr 02, 2025
109. Evelyn Douek, please tell us what is going on with the First Amendment and social media
Mar 20, 2025
108. Internet of Gifts: The 5th Annual Reimagining Holiday Special
Dec 19, 2024
107. How could a PBS of the Internet cultivate a more human web? Laurel Schwulst on a lighter weight Internet (Good Web)
Aug 21, 2024
106. What You Need to Know About Web Accessibility with Lola Odelola (Good Web)
Aug 07, 2024
105. Slow and steady: how Are.na became the Good Web for artists, designers, and researchers who love unusual connections.
Jul 24, 2024
104. MetaFilter turns 25 this month, a shining beacon of the Good Web. Reluctant owner Jessamyn West tells us how rusty tech and vibrant community keeps it vital.
Jul 10, 2024
103. How did Vermont’s favorite civic social network turn into a climate disaster response network overnight? Michael Wood-Lewis Tells Us About His Local Good Web
Jun 26, 2024
102. Cory Doctorow Coined “Enshittification.” He Sees 4 Ways to End It.
Jun 12, 2024
101. Reframing Digital Safety with Diana Freed: For Survivors and Youth, The Biggest Threats Come From Everyday Tech
May 29, 2024
100. A Better Internet for Humans with Ethan Zuckerman and Mike Sugarman
May 15, 2024
99. Do You Want to Use Data to Fight for Justice? Catherine D’Ignazio Wrote the Book For You
May 01, 2024
98. UMass’s very own Brian Levine is one of the foremost cybersecurity experts on CSAM. Here’s how he thinks we can make the Internet safer for children.
Feb 28, 2024
Rewind: Timnit Gebru Looks at Corporate AI and Sees a Lot of Bad Science
Feb 21, 2024
Rewind: Ted Lasso’s Dylan Marron wants to redeem Jar Jar Binks
Feb 07, 2024
97. There are 14 billion videos on YouTube. Mr. Beast, we hereby challenge you to watch them all.
Jan 31, 2024
Rewind: The Netherlands’ most important sociologist is building the other DPI: the Dutch Public Internet
Jan 25, 2024
Rewind: Third Wave Internet with Ben Tarnoff
Jan 18, 2024
Rewind: iDPI’s New Manifesto: The Three-Legged Stool
Jan 11, 2024
96. Should All Old Passwords Be Forgot: The 2023 Holiday Special
Dec 20, 2023
95. What’s the answer when workplace surveillance creeps into the home? Ifeoma Ajunwa says civil rights and organized labor
Dec 13, 2023
94. How does Meduza’s Kevin Rothrock publish some of the best reporting about Russia? From far, far away.
Nov 29, 2023
93. Reddit is powered by community moderators. We asked former senior mod Kethryvis if that can last.
Nov 15, 2023
92. Where’d all the music blogs go? with Emilie Friedlander
Oct 25, 2023
91. Global Voices has spent 19 years platforming bloggers in 52 languages. Georgia Popplewell, where does it go from here?
Oct 18, 2023
90. Are American politics more polarized than ever? Brendan Nyhan thinks social media just helps us see it more.
Oct 04, 2023
89. Facebook scores your politics with a number. Brendan Nyhan figured out what they do with it. (Part 1 of 2)
Sep 27, 2023
88. Does Facebook change your politics? Talia Stroud is leading studies to find out.
Sep 20, 2023
87. Before Laura Edelson was the DOJ’s chief antitrust technologist, Facebook deleted her account
Sep 13, 2023
86. danah boyd on freaks, geeks, queers, and lying to the US Census
Aug 30, 2023
85. Timnit Gebru Looks at Corporate AI and Sees a Lot of Bad Science
Aug 16, 2023
84. Ted Lasso’s Dylan Marron Wants to Redeem Jar Jar Binks
Aug 09, 2023
83. A History of Why the Internet Sucks Right Now with Dave Karpf
Jul 26, 2023
82. Twitter Blocked Tracy Chou’s Anti-Harassment App. Now She Wants to Fix Your Browser.
Jul 12, 2023
81 Third Wave Internet with Ben Tarnoff
Jun 21, 2023
80 *Slaps Roof of Algorithm* You Can Fit so Much Taste in This Thing with Nick Seaver
Jun 07, 2023
79 Taking Stock of the Everything Store with Moira Weigel
May 17, 2023
78 We Mapped Reddit with Jasmine Mangat and Virginia Partridge
May 11, 2023
77 Lawful But Awful and the Future of Social Media with Daphne Keller (part 2)
Apr 26, 2023
76 Platforms v. Supreme Court with Daphne Keller (part 1)
Apr 19, 2023
75 iDPI’s New Manifesto: The Three-Legged Stool
Apr 05, 2023
74 Do You Trust that Justice is Just? with Nathan Matias, Tracey Meares, and Tom Tyler (Trust episode 4)
Mar 22, 2023
73 How to Start a Guild with Kei Kreutler and T.L. Taylor (Trust episode 3)
Mar 15, 2023
72 Why Would People Trust Crypto? with Finn Brunton and Molly White (Trust episode 2)
Mar 08, 2023
71 Do We Trust the Internet? with evelyn douek and Primavera de Filippi (Trust episode 1)
Mar 01, 2023
70 The Mars Rover Isn’t Stealing Our Data, with Janet Vertesi
Feb 22, 2023
69 The Netherlands’ most important sociologist is building the other DPI: the Dutch Public Internet
Feb 15, 2023
68 Justice That We Can Trust with Tracey Meares and Tom Tyler
Feb 08, 2023
67 Otherweb Cuts Junk from Your News Diet
Jan 25, 2023
66 It’s a Wonderful Internet: The 2022 Holiday Special
Dec 21, 2022
65 This One Weird Trick for a Changing Society with Gal Beckerman
Nov 30, 2022
64 Forgetful Advertising with Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci
Nov 16, 2022
63 See Through AI Hype with Arvind Narayanan
Oct 05, 2022
62 Librarian Jessamyn West on the Classroom Where We Learn to be Human
Sep 14, 2022
61 Why Does a Librarian Own a Social Media Site That’s Been Around for Longer Than Facebook?
Sep 07, 2022
60 Googling like an Evangelical with Francesca Tripodi
Aug 17, 2022
59 Ben Tarnoff Wants an Internet for the People
Jul 28, 2022
58 Will Google and Meta Control Africa’s Broadband? with Andrew Blum and Carey Baraka
Jul 13, 2022
57 The Attention Economy with Vincent F. Hendricks and Camilla Mehlsen
Jun 29, 2022
56 Brandy Zadrozny, NBC’s Conspiracy Theory Sleuth
Jun 14, 2022
55 Internet of Goldfish with Bruno Patino
May 26, 2022
54 How do we reimagine Twitter?
Apr 28, 2022
53 Brandon Silverman, ex-Crowdtangle/Facebook: “legislation is coming”
Apr 20, 2022
52 Cory Doctorow wants to set your Facebook data free
Mar 30, 2022
51 It’s About Safety in Gaming with T.L. Taylor
Mar 23, 2022
50 How to Fix the Internet with EFF
Mar 16, 2022
Reimagine with Us
Mar 09, 2022
49 Molly White Thinks Web3 is Going Just Great
Mar 02, 2022
48 Jonathan Corpus Ong on Digital Labor in the Phillipines
Feb 16, 2022
47 Olivia Junell and Alex Inglizian, Experimental Sound Studio
Feb 09, 2022
46 The Lost French Web with Kevin Driscoll
Feb 02, 2022
45 Fighting Casteism in Tech with Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Jan 26, 2022
Rerun — Trebor Scholz, Platform Cooperative Consortium
Jan 14, 2022
44 Nathan Schneider, Pt. 2 (Blockchain Governance)
Jan 13, 2022
43 Nathan Schneider, Pt. 1 (Platform Coops)
Jan 12, 2022
42 A Reimagining Carol
Dec 22, 2021
Rerun — Jimmy Wales, Wikimedia Foundation
Dec 17, 2021
41 Wikipedia, The Last Bastion of Truth Online with Heather Ford
Dec 15, 2021
40 The Real Silicon Valley, with Fred Turner
Dec 01, 2021
Rerun — Amy Zhang, University of Washington
Nov 19, 2021
39 Tracy Chou Wants to Help You Avoid Trolls
Nov 17, 2021
38 The Spotify Problem, with Damon Krukowski
Nov 11, 2021
Rerun — Talia Stroud, Civic Signals
Nov 06, 2021
37 Maciej Ceglowski Wants a Smaller Internet for a Better World
Nov 04, 2021
36 Are.na’s Visual Utopia with Charles Broskoski and Daniel Pianetti
Oct 28, 2021
35 Social Media for Activism with Deen Freelon
Oct 21, 2021
Rerun — Elizabeth Hansen-Shapiro
Oct 16, 2021
34 Fixing Failed Moderation with Sarita Schoenenbeck
Oct 14, 2021
33 Caroline Sinders Wants to Design Online Spaces for Safety
Oct 07, 2021
Bonus: Omar Wasow part 2
Oct 02, 2021
32 Jillian C. Yorke Thinks Fighting Censorship Needs Platform Accounability
Sep 23, 2021
31 The AOL-era Black Internet with Omar Wasow
Sep 21, 2021
Welcome to Season 2 of Reimagining the Internet
Sep 16, 2021
30 evelyn douek (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
Jun 30, 2021
29 Jonathan Ong (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
Jun 30, 2021
28 Eliza Sorensen (#Reimagine Conference, May 2021)
Jun 25, 2021
27 Michael Wood-Lewis (#Reimagine Conference, May 2021)
Jun 25, 2021
26 Sarah Lomax-Reese (#Reimagine Conference, May 2021)
Jun 25, 2021
25 Daphne Keller (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
Jun 22, 2021
24 Cory Doctorow (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
Jun 22, 2021
23 Francesca Tripodi (#Reimagine Conference, May 2021)
Jun 10, 2021
22 Barbara Fister (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
Jun 10, 2021
21 Katherine Maher (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
Jun 08, 2021
20 Ethan Zuckerman (#Reimagine conference, May 2021)
Jun 08, 2021
19 The Sex Worker Web with Lola Hunt and Eliza Sorensen
Apr 07, 2021
18 The Prehistory of Black Twitter with Charlton McIlwain
Mar 31, 2021
17 GJ Bogaerts is Building Dutch Public Social Media
Mar 24, 2021
16 Davi Ottenheimer, Inrupt
Mar 17, 2021
15 Platform Oversight Needs Accessible Data with Elizabeth Hansen-Shapiro
Mar 03, 2021
14 Julia Angwin on The Markup’s Groundbreaking Data Journalism
Feb 17, 2021
13 A Non-Toxic Nextdoor with Front Porch Forum’s Michael Wood-Lewis
Feb 10, 2021
12 Jimmy Wales Tells Us the Story of Wikipedia
Feb 03, 2021
11 Wendy Liu, Abolish Silicon Valley
Jan 27, 2021
10 The Web without Venture Capital: Trebor Scholz on Platform Coopertivism
Jan 21, 2021
09 Amy Zhang is Building Open Sources Tools for Healthy Online Communities
Jan 13, 2021
08 Holiday Special with Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci and Mike Sugarman
Dec 23, 2020
07 Reimagining Digital Music with Liz Pelly
Dec 09, 2020
06 Tim Hwang, Subprime Attention Crisis
Dec 02, 2020
05 Kate Crawford, Atlas of AI
Nov 25, 2020
04 Kevin Roose, The New York Times
Nov 17, 2020
03 Safiya Noble, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry
Nov 10, 2020
02 Evan Henshaw-Plath, Planetary.Social
Nov 03, 2020
01 Talia Stroud, Civic Signals
Oct 27, 2020
Welcome to Reimagining the Internet
Oct 20, 2020