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Hacking Culture

by Matthew Tift

Dr. Matthew Tift is a yoga teacher, musicologist, and hacker. Hacking Culture explores a variety of topics, from hacking your brain with mindfulness to software that gives people freedom from surveillance capitalists. Episodes feature interviews with meditation teachers, neurologists, free-software advocates, academics, and anyone else who can help us better understand the technology, science, and embodied practices that contribute to well-being

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Episodes

  1. The Imaginary Band of Drupal Rock Stars at Lullabot

    Matthew Tift talks with James Sansbury and Matt Westgate about the history of Lullabot, building teams of Drupal experts, and moving away from the phrase "rock star."

  2. Joanne Armitage on Feminist Algorave

    Matthew Tift talks with Dr. Joanne Armitage about performing with ALGOBABEZ, her live coding workshops for women and non-binary people, narratives around failure, inclusion and diversity, and more

  3. Mike Hodnick on Live Coding with TidalCycles

    In this episode, Matthew Tift talks with Mike Hodnick (aka Kindohm) about live coding, TidalCycles, performing with other live coders, creating new sounds, and much more

  4. The Blue Drop Matrix

    This episode discusses DrupalCon Nashville, the movie The Matrix, and various ways to understand the Drupal community

  5. Jen Lampton on the Backdrop Community and Forking Drupal

    In this episode, Matthew Tift talks with Jen Lampton about the Backdrop project, the differences between the Drupal and Backdrop communities, helping people, organizing software communities, and more

  6. Brian Frias on the Backdrop Project

    Matthew Tift talks with Brian Frias about the Backdrop community, Backdrop in the enterprise, Drupal, WordPress, FOSS, and more

  7. Tom Grandy on Backdrop, Drupal, and Education

    Matthew Tift talks with Tom Grandy about Backdrop, Drupal, and free software in schools

  8. The Paradox of Tolerance

    When a welcoming community slams the door

  9. What John Cage Can Teach Us About Hacking

    This episode of Hacking Culture offers perspectives on what John Cage can teach us about hacking

  10. Clayton Dewey on Drutopia

    In this episode of Hacking Culture, Matthew Tift talks with Clayton Dewey about Drutopia, an initiative to revolutionize the way we build online tools

  11. Matt Westgate and Seth Brown on Doing Good with Drupal

    In this episode of Hacking Culture, Matthew Tift talks with Matt Westgate and Seth Brown about Lullabot, the Drupal community, and how people who build free software improve the world.

  12. Stu Keroff on Asian Penguins

    In this episode of Hacking Culture, Matthew Tift talks with Stu Keroff about a Linux User Group for Asian middle-school students called Asian Penguins

  13. Holly Ross on the Drupal Association

    Holly Ross, the Executive Director of the Drupal Association, discusses the Drupal community, the Drupal Association, non-profits, business, tax codes, and more

  14. Allison Randal on Participating in FLOSS Communities

    Matthew Tift talks with Allison Randal about her experiences participating in multiple open source and free software communities.

  15. Ruth Suehle

    Contributing to Free Software Without Writing Code

  16. Robert Douglass and Thomas Bonte: Open Source Bach

    Robert Douglass and Thomas Bonte discuss their Kickstarter-funded project to produce a public domain recording and digital score of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier

  17. Jesse von Doom: CASH Music

    Jesse von Doom talks about how the CASH Music platform solves problems for working musicians

  18. Bill Haenel: Free Software in Public Media

    Bill Haenel from North Country Public Radio talks about free software in public media.

  19. Nate Haug: Forking Drupal

    Software forking is one of the fundamental characteristics of free software, and in this episode Nate Haug discusses Backdrop, a Drupal fork.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Dr. Matthew Tift is a yoga teacher, musicologist, and hacker. Hacking Culture explores a variety of topics, from hacking your brain with mindfulness to software that gives people freedom from surveillance capitalists. Episodes feature interviews with meditation teachers, neurologists, free-software advocates, academics, and anyone else who can help us better understand the technology, science, and embodied practices that contribute to well-being

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