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21. The Ongoing Book of Human Magic
Sep 9, 2020
49m 40s
20. Tools of the Art
Sep 2, 2020
28m 27s
19. The Ethical Machine
Aug 26, 2020
32m 58s
18. Judge Thy Neighbor
Aug 19, 2020
19m 23s
17. Addicted to You
Aug 12, 2020
30m 40s
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| 9/9/20 |  21. The Ongoing Book of Human Magic | In this last episode of Familiar Shapes, we’ll look at the brighter sides of the history of witchcraft, as well as efforts to make sure digital technologies are safe and equitable. We’ll say a fond farewell to our speakers – and launch ourselves into future histories. In this episode Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University Dr. Alexander Cummins, an independent historian researching early modern Eu... | 49m 40s | ||||||
| 9/2/20 |  20. Tools of the Art | In this second-to-last episode of Familiar Shapes, we’ll look at magical thinking in the digital age. We may not all be chaos magicians, but yelling at broken machines sure feels good. In this episode Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University Prof. Owen Davies Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire Prof. Mar... | 28m 27s | ||||||
| 8/26/20 |  19. The Ethical Machine | We consider the moral challenges of big data, machine learning, and the need for ethics in computer science and information technology. In this episode Heather Freeman interviews: Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Altimeter Group Dr. Douglas Guilbeault Assistant Professor in the Management of Organizations, University of California - Berkeley; Alex Hogan Managing Partner in Etic Labs; Dr. Srijan Kumar Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgi... | 32m 58s | ||||||
| 8/19/20 |  18. Judge Thy Neighbor | This week’s episode focuses on the research of Dr. Patrick Bergemann, which was the basis of his 2019 book Judge Thy Neighbor: Denunciations in the Spanish Inquisition, Romanov Russia, and Nazi Germany. Heather Freeman interviews: Prof. Patrick Bergemann, Assistant Professor of Organization and Management at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine.* Prof. Marion Gibson Associate Dean for Education in the College of Humanities, and Professor of Rena... | 19m 23s | ||||||
| 8/12/20 |  17. Addicted to You | We consider solutions to the social media monsters we all feed — even if only a few of us are their creators. In this episode Heather Freeman interviews: Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Altimeter Group; Dr. Douglas Guilbeault Assistant Professor in the Management of Organizations, University of California - Berkeley; Dr. Srijan Kumar Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Paolo Parigi, Lead Trust Scientist fo... | 30m 40s | ||||||
| 8/5/20 |  16. I Still Believe | When and why did the early modern witch trials end — or did they? In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Prof. Owen Davies Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire Prof. Marion Gibson Associate Dean for Education in the College of Humanities, and Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter Prof. Ronald Hutton Head of the School of Humanities and Profes... | 18m 06s | ||||||
| 7/29/20 |  15. Cambridge Analytica | It’s been said that personal data is the new oil. Just a few years ago, companies like Cambridge Analytica bought user data from social media companies to create hyper-targeted political ads. Cambridge Analytica isn’t around anymore, but the practice is still with us, it’s evolved, and poses a real challenge to democracies around the world. In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. Douglas Guilbeault Assistant Professor in the Management of Organizations, University of California - Ber... | 30m 44s | ||||||
| 7/22/20 |  14. Gothic Clickbait | Racy, frightening, and sensationalist, early modern pamphlets about witch trials were the clickbait of their day. And just like clickbait today, they shaped popular beliefs in dangerous ways. In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Dr. Vikki Carr, an independent scholar researching witchcraft beliefs of Early Modern England and Scotland Dr. Alexander Cummins, an independent historian researching early modern European and e... | 32m 22s | ||||||
| 7/15/20 |  13. Easy Breezy Bots | It’s incredibly easy to build a bot. And incredibly hard to track down their makers. In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. Douglas Guilbeault Assistant Professor in the Management of Organizations, University of California - Berkeley; Dr. Srijan Kumar Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Dr. Samira Shaikh Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Dr. ... | 23m 59s | ||||||
| 7/8/20 |  12. The Exceptional Witchfinder | We check out the legal structures surrounding the early modern witch trials and consider how Matthew Hopkins, the infamous 17th-century ‘Witchfinder General’, was himself pestered him by diabolic familiars. In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Dr. Vikki Carr, an independent scholar researching witchcraft beliefs of Early Modern England and Scotland Prof. Marion Gibson Associate Dean for Education in the College of ... | 34m 50s | ||||||
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| 7/1/20 |  11. Faux | In this episode of Familiar Shapes, we dig into the very heart of this entire series: misinformation. What exactly is it? How do we distinguish it from true information? And how is dangerous, false information spread on social media? In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: David Rand, Associate Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT; Tim Weninger Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Notre Dame; Samuel Woolley Assistant Profes... | 36m 59s | ||||||
| 6/24/20 |  10. Witchy Women | Who was accused of witchcraft? Mostly women. But for reasons that are both predictable and surprising. In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Prof. Owen Davies Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire Prof. Marion Gibson Associate Dean for Education in the College of Humanities, and Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter Prof. Ronald Hutton Head of the S... | 28m 20s | ||||||
| 6/17/20 |  9. Learned Machines | In this episode, we look at some of the more sophisticated bots, from those that employ Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, to those that employ -- well, human beings. In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University ; Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Altimeter Group; Douglas Guilbeault Assistant Professor in the Management of Organizations, University of California - Berkeley; Alex ... | 36m 38s | ||||||
| 6/10/20 |  8. Anatomy of a Familiar | What exactly was the early modern witch’s familiar? Was it a cuddly pet or a malevolent demon? In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Dr. Vikki Carr, an independent scholar researching witchcraft beliefs of Early Modern England and Scotland Prof. Owen Davies Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire Prof. Marion Gibson Associate Dean for Education in the College of Humanities, and Professor of... | 24m 52s | ||||||
| 6/3/20 |  7. Fool Me Once | Note to Listeners - DOH! I managed to upload an incorrect version and just realized that now. Classy. Your welcome. If you already listened to it, really sorry about those audio errors. And if you haven't listened yet -- excellent! And if you haven't gotten to this episode yet, jump ahead to end for some practical advice of social media hygiene. What exactly constitutes a "bad bot"? And how they manipulate human behaviors in online social networks? In this episode, Heather Free... | 23m 09s | ||||||
| 6/2/20 | 6.1 Addendum - Present and Dangerous Disinfo | This is an important note to listeners. Disinfo campaigns are happening right now on social media, amidst national protests, demonstrations, and the on-going pandemic. It's up to each of us to fact check the things we see before we share them. For more information, please read (and consider sharing) the following articles: 'None Of This Is True': Protests Become Fertile Ground for Online Disinformation. NPR (6/1/2020) https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867137863/none-of-this-is-true-protest... | 3m 40s | ||||||
| 5/27/20 |  6. My Buddy Luridan | We’ll see what early modern grimoires tell us about the magical beliefs and practices of that era. And then we’ll take a gander at summoning Luridan the Familiar. (You know. For kicks.) In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Dr. Vikki Carr, an independent scholar researching witchcraft beliefs of Early Modern England and Scotland Dr. Alexander Cummins, an independent historian researching early modern European and early ... | 27m 08s | ||||||
| 5/20/20 |  5. The Well-Intentioned Bot | We’ll look at how social bots interact with people in on-line social networks, and how sometimes people behave like, well, bots. In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Altimeter Group; Alex Hogan Managing Partner in Etic Labs; Srijan Kumar Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Samira Shaikh Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at ... | 26m 02s | ||||||
| 5/13/20 |  4. The Cunning Folks' Commons | Who were the early modern cunning folk, and what exactly were they doing with all those books? And how do we act ethically in a community and avoid the 'Tragedy of the Commons'? In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. John Callow, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Suffolk Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University Dr. Alexander Cummins, an independent historian researching early modern European and early American religion,... | 37m 12s | ||||||
| 5/6/20 |  3. Magical Networks | What did early modern people really think about magic? And how do on-line spaces differ from real-world spaces? In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews: Dr. Vikki Carr, an independent scholar researching witchcraft beliefs of Early Modern England and Scotland Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University Prof. Owen Davies Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Al... | 31m 06s | ||||||
| 4/29/20 |  2. Tay and John Walsh | Tay is a bot-gone-wrong and John Walsh was a cunning-man accused of witchcraft. Their stories are chased with a crash course in the history of information technologies. Filmmaker Heather Freeman interviews Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire), Susan Etlinger (Altimeter Group and The Centre for International Governance Innovation), Marian Gibson (University of Exeter), and Samuel Woolley (University of Texas - Austin). Addition Sounds thanks to: Freesound.org fromtexttospeeach.co... | 26m 45s | ||||||
| 4/20/20 |  1. Magnum Opus Postmortem | What do you do when Covid-19 kills the context of your feature documentary film? You turn it into a podcast, apparently. Filmmaker Heather Freeman interviews Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire), Marion Gibson (University of Exeter), Douglas Guilbeault (Annenberg School of Communication), Paolo Parigi (AirBnB and Stanford University), Samira Shaikh (UNC Charlotte), Tim Weninger (University of Notre Dame), and Samuel Woolley (University of Austin at Texas) about the early modern witch t... | 27m 32s | ||||||
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