Familiar Shapes

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  • 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.com
    child/crying/demonic/angry: They don't love me anymore. They don't love me I hate you by 11linda / AmeAngelofSin / Ashley Eddy 


    Music thanks to:

    cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755

    Time by Darkroom (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mactonite/29957 Ft: SackJo22

    Solitude by Entertainment for the Braindead is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

    San Fairy Ann by Hypermagic is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

    Right by The Insider is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

    Traffic and Dark Alleys by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.

    The Fairy by Pk jazz Collective is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

    Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza

    Imagination; The Way You Talk; and A Childish World by Zebrat is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License

    27 min
  • 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 trials and the dangers lurking on social media.

    Addition sounds and thanks to:
    Voice of America
    Freesound.org
    Quinn Freeman Murphy

    Music from ccMixter
    Social Distancing (Extended Mix) (w/ Darkroom) by Whitewolf (c) copyright 2020
    Jerus by septahelix (c) copyright 2020
    Je suis un Phoenix by Bluemillenium (c) copyright 2020
    Morsbach,1954. by Bluemillenium (c) copyright 2012
    Solstice Contemplation by duckett (c) copyright 2011

    28 min

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Technology and magic have a long, rich history together. Each Wednesday, filmmaker Heather Freeman guides us through this apparent paradox with technologists and historians from around the world. If…