Fairphone builds a deeper understanding between people and their products, driving conversations about what “fair” really means. Follow our monthly conversations with the luminaries of sustainable electronics and let us bring you a little closer to our world.
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In Material Matters, host Grant Gibson talks to a designer, maker, artist, architect, engineer, or scientist about a material or technique with which they’re intrinsically linked and discovers how it changed their lives and careers. Follow us on Instagram @materialmatters.design and our website www.materialmatters.design The Material Matters fair will run from 18-21 September 2024 at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, as part of the London Design Festival. Material Matters is produced and publishe ...
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SustainNOW Podcast - Learn from entrepreneurs & scientists about climate solutions
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This podcast interviews successful entrepreneurs and scientists about newest climate solutions in all sectors (food, agriculture, raw materials, fashion, etc.) to increase awareness to business owners, investors, and private persons. Also to stay positive, engaged and hopeful that this man made problem can be solved by us. Through SUSTAINNOW, listeners learn, get inspired, and get connected with the wider community, and together help build a better future. The podcast was founded in 2021 by ...
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Magnifeco radio is a series of frank and intimate conversations hosted by Kate Black, author and founder of magnifeco.com. Each week Kate chats with designers, makers and sustainable leaders about their path and motivation plus the latest in ethical fashion, clean beauty and sustainable living.
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The Phones Show (previously The Smartphones Show) is a television programme all about phones, but broadcast over the Internet, using the likes of iTunes and RSS. A new show will be available every few weeks. The Show is aimed at anyone who's either just purchased or is about to purchase a smartphone. This is the MP3 audio version of the main show, for those who haven't got time to watch the video or for the visually impaired. 90% of content is still accessible. By popular demand etc!
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DONT MISS OUR BEST OF SEASON 1: 10 audio episodes shorter than 10 minutes with the best entrepreneurship advice of the first season! Visit GTImpact.com (https://gtimpact.com/podcast-for-entrepreneurs/) to download or listen to this best of series. Welcome to Mission First, the podcast to learn from successful entrepreneurs who are building a sustainable future for our planet and its people! Growing a company that aims at having a sustainable impact is not easy! That’s why I created Mission F ...
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Alkesh Parmar on orange peel.
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Alkesh Parmar is a designer and researcher. Over the years, he has hollowed out champagne corks and turned them into chandeliers, as well as transforming traditional Indian terracotta cups into light fittings. But he is best known for his work with citrus peel in general – and orange peel in particular. Using a material generally thought of as wast…
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As a first, we recorded with a live audience! Featuring @Adrianyyy, @ollieparanoid, @1peter10, @devrtz, @calebccff,@Fellintr, @agx, @kuleszdl, @z3ntu, @erebion (in order of appearance). Social event hacking & soldering: Adrian: "@cas and @elly hacking on the …" - chaos.social Adrian: "Xiaomi Mi Smart Clock (x04g) b…" - chaos.social Luca Weiss: "👀 […
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Sanne Visser on human hair.
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Sanne Visser is a Dutch-born, London-based designer. She describes herself as a ‘material explorer, maker and researcher’, who is best known for a string of installations and products using human hair. Since graduating from Central Saint Martins a little under a decade ago, she has exhibited all over the world and been nominated for a number of awa…
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36: Cracking Methane Emissions: A Seaweed Solution for Cattle
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Today's episode promises to be a fascinating deep dive into the science of sustainability and the future of livestock. Joining us today is Steve Meller, co-founder of CH4 Global, a company focused on reducing methane emissions from livestock—specifically, the burps and farts of cows. Yes, you heard that right! We’ll be discussing how a unique type …
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Bharti Kher on material alchemy and her fascination with bindis.
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Artist Bharti Kher was brought up in England before moving to India almost on a whim in the early ’90s. Since then, she has established herself as a major player on the international art scene. Her sculptures talk about women’s place in society and the female body. She has a fascination with mythology and mixing the real with the magical, as well a…
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Oliver Heath on biophilic design.
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Oliver Heath is a designer, architect, author and one of the world’s leading advocates for biophilic design. Along with his team and the sustainable platform Planted, he currently has an exhibition at the Roca Gallery in South London, which focuses firmly on bio design – illustrating what it is, why it’s important, and how it can be used in the spa…
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#42 INTERVIEW: verdre (of GNOME Shell on Mobile Fame)
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Jonas tells us some crazy stories about how together with Tobias he startedGNOME Shell on Mobile, how he found quite the important vulnerability inApple's AirPods, running Aliendalvik from Sailfish OS and more! Featuring @craftyguy, @verdre and @ollieparanoid (in order of appearance). GNOME Shell on Mobile: Matrix room gnome-shell-mobile.git Blog p…
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35: Refurbed - how a refurbishing marketplace is resilient against current market economics. Interview with Refurbed Co-founder Kilian Kaminski.
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🎙️ Today in SustainNow our guest is Kilian Kaminski: co-founder of Refurbed, one of the fastest growing marketplaces for refurbished products in the DACH region. In this episode, Kilian shares the inspiring story of Refurbed, from its inception in 2017 with his two co-founders Jürgen Riedl, and Peter Windischhofer, to becoming a leading marketplace…
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34: Revolutionizing Smartphones: Fairphone's Path to Sustainability and Ethical Tech with Founder Bas van Abel
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I'm excited to have Bas van Abel, the founder of Fairphone, with us today In this episode. Bas takes us on the journey of Fairphone from its humble beginnings as an awareness campaign to running the biggest crowdfunding at that time, to its evolution into a pioneering company striving for a systemic change in the smartphone industry. We will explor…
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Best of episode 35: How to sell a product that doesn't exist yet, with Kimberly Breuer (Likeminded)
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In this Best of episode from the Mission First Podcast, Kimberly Breuer, co-CEO and co-founder of Likeminded, shared her experience about pivoting from B2C to B2B. Learn how potential customers can validate your product, the challenges and joys of pivoting, and the hard lessons learned along the way. Kimberly shares her experience of rebuilding a p…
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#41 INTERVIEW: Guido Günther (of Phosh, Librem 5 Fame)
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Guido is the main Phosh developer. He tells us how getting involved with Purismwas just a happy coincidence, how he went straight from the N900 to the L5 anda lot more in this exciting interview! Featuring @ollieparanoid, @agx and @Newbyte (in order of appearance). Phosh accepts donations via Liberapay. Related links: Guido's OpenMoko setup Phosh C…
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Best of episode 36: The truth about economic growth and wealth redistribution, with Timothée Parrique
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In this Best of episode, Timothée Parrique, PhD in economics specializing in degrowth and post-growth theories, shares his view on the impact of wealth on political decisions and environmental policies, strategies for building democratic pressure to enforce corporate responsibility on environmental issues and the importance of equitable resource di…
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45. Planting 1 million hectares of rainforest using drones and balancing short-term revenue with long-term impact
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How do you build a hardware company that not only generates immediate revenue but also creates a lasting, positive impact? How do you bring investors on board? How do you build an international team of A-players in Research & Development, Data, Marketing, and Sales? The answers in this episode. Morfo restores large-scale forest ecosystems, with the…
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Ernest Scheyder on lithium, mining, and the politics behind going green.
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Ernest Scheyder is an author and senior correspondent for Reuters. His new book, The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives, looks at the impact of the green transition in the US – and, more particularly, the tensions over the increasing need to mine for metals to decarbonise the grid (and power a plethora of devices) …
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In this Best of episode, Tessa Clarke, co-founder & CEO of Olio, shares her experience fundraising as a female co-founder. Learn from Tessa's experience about the challenges that female founders face and how she managed to overcome them. Listen to the full episode with Tessa to learn also: How to define a new business model and grow a food sharing …
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Adi Toch on why she buries copper.
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Adi Toch is one of the world’s most fascinating metal artists, who over the years has buried her pieces for months on end before digging them up, and even made them react to sound. She has also taken part in collaborations with furniture makers and glass artists. Adi has work in the permanent collections of the V&A, The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambri…
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Human Nature's Jonathan Smales on mining the Anthropocene, and building in timber and Hempcrete at The Phoenix.
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Jonathan Smales is a housing developer like few others. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Human Nature, whose new project, The Phoenix, on the outskirts of Lewes, East Sussex in the UK, has just won planning permission. What makes the development different? The Phoenix will contain 685 homes, designed by a roster of fascinating archite…
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33: Charging Forward: Inside 8Inks's Lithium-Ion Battery manufacturing innovation
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In this episode, we're taking a deep dive into the realm of energy storage with a particular focus on advanced battery designs. Joining us is Paul, the visionary mind behind 8inks, a company committed to revolutionizing the lithium-ion battery manufacturing process. Paul will walk us through the challenges and opportunities in scalable battery manu…
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Bert Frank's Adam Yeats on manufacturing in post-Brexit Britain.
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Adam Yeats is co-founder and managing director of Bert Frank, one of the UK’s leading lighting companies. Yeats started the brand with designer, Robbie Llewellyn, in 2013. Since then it has gone from strength to strength, opening a showroom in London’s Clerkenwell in 2019, exhibiting at home and abroad, and winning the Elle Decoration British Desig…
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32: Design Meets Sustainability in Mutebox's Modular Office Revolution
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Today, we're focusing on MuteBox, a company dedicated to redefining workspace design by offering modular phone booths and meeting rooms with a sustainability focus. Joining us are Christian Toft Bach, who is leading MuteBox's marketing efforts and joint the company almost from day 1, and Adil Sheikh, who is focusing on the design of Mutebox to redu…
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Ptolemy Mann on colour, weaving, and painting.
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Ptolemy Mann is a British artist who came to widespread attention with her woven textile pieces, often stretched across a frame and notable for her extraordinary use of colour. More recently, her practice shifted and she has turned to painting on paper with fascinating – and inevitably colourful – results. Her latest pieces combine the two, as she …
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#40 INTERVIEW: Devin Lin (of Plasma Mobile Fame)
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Not long after the recent Plasma 6 megarelease, we are excited to hear fromPlasma Mobile's lead developer! Featuring @espidev, @ollieparanoid,@PureTryOut, @calebccff (in order of appearance). Referenced in this episode: Plasma Mobile — main website Daily driving Plasma Mobile — Bart published this blog post shortly after the episode was aired, he d…
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44. Growing FAIRPHONE to 16M€ in one year & transforming the entire electronics industry: an entrepreneurship and mental health guide
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Only 15% of old phones get recycled. And that’s not the biggest problem. When you get your new phone in your hand, most of the harm has already been done. 70 - 80 % of the phone’s footprint is in the making, not in the usage. If we use our phones longer, less resources are needed for their production. And there will be less electronics waste. But h…
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Best of episode 38: Can regenerative agriculture scale, with Philippe Birker (Climate Farmers)
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In this Best of episode, Philippe Birker, co-founder of Climate Farmers, debunks two of the biggest myths around regenerative agriculture: you cannot feed the world with it and scaling regenerative culture cannot be done. Listen to the episode to learn what are the challenges regenerative agriculture farmers face and how Climate Farmers is helping …
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In this Best of episode, Sam Sutaria, CEO of WaterBear, shares his B2B2C community growth strategies. Learn what are the challenges of growing a B2C community while building the B2B partnership side of the business. Learn about the importance of shared values when creating collaborations and finding the right trustworthy partners. Listen to the ful…
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#39 INTERVIEW: magdesign (of Cycling the World Fame)
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This time postmarketOS user @magdesign shares his amazing and inspiring storyof traveling around the world for the past 1.5 years... on bike! Featuring@magdesign, @ollieparanoid, @calebccff, @craftyguy (in order of appearance). Marc and Fiona accept donations atbrandisbrandisbrand.com. Referenced in this episode: User:Magdesign and Sxmo/Tips and Tr…
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Best of episode 40: How to drive consumer behavior change at scale, with Tessa Clarke (Olio)
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In this Best of episode, Tessa Clarke, co-founder & CEO of Olio, shares her experience with the different strategies for influencing consumer behavior they’ve used. Learn how Olio flipped communications and instead of talking about the global impact, they lead with the personal as a driver for change. Tessa also described how you can harvest behavi…
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31: Synonym's mission to create a new green asset class - using bioeconomy to replace 50% of petrochemical products
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In today's episode we will explore the world of scaling bioeconomy to replace 50% of petrochemical products in the future. That is the bold vision of Synonym, a company dedicated to accelerating the transition to better, more sustainable materials through bioproducts. Joining us today is Joshua Lachter, Co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Syno…
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In this Best of episode, Nathan Bonnisseau, co-founder of Plan A, shares two key frameworks for building a successful brand: The Mountain of Tomorrow and How Wow Now. We then explore the topic of how to create a crisp brand that all employees and external stakeholders understand. From the full episode, you will learn from Nathsn's experience how to…
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In this Best of episode, Timothée Parrique, PhD in economics specializing in degrowth and post-growth theories, shares why the current way we measure GDP is a poor indicator of the quality of life. It's an indicator that was created in the 1930s and does not reflect the social well-being of the people and the eco state of the planet. We then go to …
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30: Making farming sexy again: How Climate Farmers Aims to Support Regenerative Farmers with Co-Founder Philipp Birker
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Today, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Philippe Birker, co-founder of Climate Farmers. This company is on a mission to revolutionize agriculture by building the necessary infrastructure to scale up regenerative practices. How? By developing an ecosystem measurement system that serves as a baseline for financing the transformation to regene…
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43. How to transition to regenerative economy with digital solutions and fund 2.5M m2 of ecosystems, with Mathias Boissonot (Handprint)
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If you are into nature tech, greentech, regenerative economy, product-market fit. This episode is for you. Is it possible to make economy regenerative? Can we make e-commerce, fintech and other digital sectors more sustainable? And prove it. Handprint are on a mission to regenerate the planet with the help of digital technology and partnerships. Th…
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42. Using AI to help millions of patients find clinical trials, with Maya Zlatanova (FindMeCure)
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If you are into clinical research, life science, pivoting, founder sales or company culture. This episode is for you. If you could do just one thing that would impact the lives of one million people, what would it be? This question nudged Maya to find a solution to help people. Millions of patients around the world need treatment, but they do not k…
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Fairphone's Bas van Abel on repair, longevity, and conflict minerals.
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Bas van Abel founded Fairphone in 2013. The company attempts to transform the way our smartphones are manufactured, by reducing e-waste, sourcing conflict-free minerals, and improving working conditions in its supply chain. It creates a product consumers are encouraged to keep longer and which, importantly, they can also repair themselves. Fairphon…
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29: From Ancient Organism to Renewable Energy Superhero: Electrochaea Synthesis of Synthetic Methane
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In today's episode, I am speaking to Doris Hafenbradls, CTO and Managing Director of Electrochaea. Doris has enjoyed a successful career as scientist and corporate executive in the biotech and pharma industry in the US and Europe. She joined Electrochaea from Axxam, a leading provider of integrated discovery services for the life sciences industry,…
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41. Gathering 35,000 changemakers to accelerate environmental and social change, with Kevin Tayebaly (ChangeNOW)
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What if, for once a year, corporate business leaders, innovators, investors, and activists come together, not as enemies, but as collaborators for change? Picture an event on impact and environment that leaves you not with despair, but with hope and concrete actions that could be taken. That's the essence of ChangeNow, the world's largest impact su…
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Compared to last year, we decided to do the recording inside the cafeteriainstead of outside, and on Sunday instead of Saturday. Twice the amountof FOSDEM days to talk about, and with more people talking in the background.Enjoy! Featuring @z3ntu, @ollieparanoid, @pabloyoyoista, @craftyguy, @Newbyte, @dos,@PureTryOut, @linmob (in order of appearance…
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John Tuomey on his childhood, becoming an architect, and his beautiful new memoir.
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There have been over 100 episodes of Material Matters but, for listeners who might be new to all this, the idea is that I speak to a designer, maker, artist, or architect about a material or technique with which they’re intrinsically linked and discover how it changed their lives and careers. However, once in a while I break my own self-imposed for…
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Sara Grady and Alice Robinson on making ethical leather.
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Sara Grady and Alice Robinson co-founded British Pasture Leather in 2020. The duo aim in their own words ‘to link leather with exemplary farming and, in doing so, to redefine leather as an agricultural product’. All of which means creating a new network of systems within the industry. Essentially, the pair are attempting to make the material we buy…
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40. 150 million meals saved: How to grow a food-sharing app, with Tessa Clarke (Olio)
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If you are into marketplace, apps, behavior psychology, food waste prevention. This episode is for you. What’s “the chicken and the egg dilemma” when it comes to marketplace? People looking for an item want to join your marketplace only if you have a wide offering. But sellers or people who want to share something only want to join your marketplace…
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Florian Gadsby on clay and becoming a potter.
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Florian Gadsby is a bit of a phenomenon. The ceramicist currently has a new show at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and has also published a memoir, By My Hands, that charts his formative years with clay, including apprenticeships in the UK and, most intriguingly, Japan. Essentially, it unpicks his route to becoming a fully, fledged professional pott…
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#37 Clayton goes full-time, v23.12, smart speakers, musl locales
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Clayton totally surprises us for real, with his announcement of workingfull-time on postmarketOS from now on. Furthermore we are super hypedabout the upcoming FOSDEM 2024 (as we release this episode, only a week away!)and talk among other topics about how you could become a Trusted Contributor. Featuring @craftyguy, @ollieparanoid, @calebccff, @pab…
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39. How to understand today’s world and get ready for tomorrow, with Julien Devaureix
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If you are into philosophy, system thinking, economy, research, science. This episode is for you. Have we, as humanity, built a world that is so complex that even we cannot understand it? Or has it always been this way and we just simplified it so we fear it a bit less? In these days, the world is changing faster compared to any period in history. …
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