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We wrap up Season #3 with some poignant reflections, then jump into our favorite topic for the moment: Full Site Editing. Luke changes his mind and Jonathan is looking forward to Season #4.

Jonathan and Luke discuss the recently published timeline for Full Site Editing, and compare it to the rollout of Gutenberg. Also in this episode: GameStonk and Clubhouse.

Recent events have called into question our Open Web idealism. Should we have an outlet valve for some of the worst of the web? How should the Web be legislated and policed? Should it be possible to access illegal content? And importantly… what role does Open Source have in all of this?

We discuss WordPress.com and their recent announcement of a "website building service." Luke thinks it's a bad idea and questions Automattic's intentions. Jonathan tries to take his Automattic hat off and share his perspective.

Kent is a philosopher, oral historian, experiential journalist, and the host of the Voices of VR podcast. He joins Luke and Jonathan to chat about WordPress and what the web might look like 10 years from now, reimagining the 2D browser window as a 3D canvas.

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It seems we just can't get away from talking about Full Site Editing. In this episode, Luke and Jonathan announce the first Crossword livestream, as well as theme quirks in Twenty Twenty One and the Customizer.

Live coverage of the WordPress 5.6 launch! Luke and Jonathan discuss their willingness to press that Update button, then shift track to explore what it might be like to apply the constraints of time and space to the Web.

We talk about weather and wine, then jump into themes. Why is it still so hard to choose a theme? What are we using for our own projects now? What might themes look like in a year?

Francesca leads the WordPress Core Team at Yoast, and is serving as an advisor for the all women / non-binary all-star team behind WordPress 5.6. Francesca shares her WordPress journey thus far, especially in the realm of contributing to core, and we dive into topics such as open-source organizational structures, selfish vs. selfless contributions, gatekeeping or siloing in the project, and her vision for a unified WordPress Admin.

We talk about our recent experiences with the Plugin Review Team and postulate about the next 10 years of WordPress and the web.