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Outriders

Outriders is BBC Radio 5 live's programme dedicated to exploring the frontiers of the web. It is broadcast on Tuesdays at 0300 in Up All Night.

  1. 165

    The Final Edition

    Jamillah, Chris and Rhod look back on 9 years of the segment that looked at how people innovate with technology. Look out for the next incarnation online!

  2. 164

    The Internet's influence on art

    This week Jamillah chats with author and curator Omar Kholeif about his new book collating essays by artists about the impact the Internet has had on the art world.

  3. 163

    Heartbleed, the Radiophonic Workshop and word preserving robots

    This week Outriders looks at the Heartbleed bug, veterans of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop talk about the prospect of performing live at Glastonbury and how robots are helping to preserve a trillion words.

  4. 162

    Worlds of Sound

    This week Jamillah Knowles finds out about the worlds of sound when we are online or immersed in gaming.

  5. 161

    On the Map

    Jamillah finds out more about mapping - as an artistic pursuit, in the way of neocartography and in Minecraft.

  6. 160

    Dancing with machines

    This week Jamillah and Rhod discover the ballet about Anonymous, how dancers can conduct music and how to knit your brainwaves.

  7. 159

    Outriders and the Arts

    This week Jamillah has been learning about how art has been inspired by Alan Turing, how we might be able to explore the Tate with robots and why arts organisations can do well with a digital presence.

  8. 158

    Symbols and signs

    This week Jamillah explores a new addition to Unicode, how emoticons show up in the brain and what it takes to create a clear symbol :)

  9. 157

    Selfies, music and Venezuela

    This week Jamillah finds out about self-monitoring citizen media in Venezuela, how 'Selfies' reflect our culture and why social media might not be the cure for the music business.

  10. 156

    Outriders & the animals

    This week Jamillah finds out how a fish can drive, what cats like to do with an iPad and how our environments could be changed to help working animals use technology.

  11. 155

    New networking

    This week Jamillah discusses open source hardware and software for lowering the costs of mobile networks with guests in Oaxaca, Moscow and West Yorkshire and then learns about a new browser looking to use peer to peer sharing as an alternative to the Web.

  12. 154

    Tech that fits like a second skin

    This week Jamillah explores the requirements of open data for culture hacking, how 3D printing is changing nail fashion and the metallic false eyelashes that can control your TV with a wink.

  13. 153

    Comic books

    This week Chris Vallance finds out about the Comic book expo at the British Library and chats with curator John Harris Dunning and comic legend Dave Gibbons. Meanwhile Jamillah explores digital comics with artist PJ Holden and the guys from Geek Syndicate.

  14. 152

    New ways to read

    This week Jamillah gets nosey around bookshelves, finds out about reading apps for kids and learns how to browse an Empathy Library.

  15. 151

    Chaos in Hamburg

    This week Chis Vallance has a chat with folks at the Chaos Computer Congress in Hamburg and Jamillah learns more about wearable technology

  16. 150

    Into 2014

    This week Jamillah finds out about Moore's Law and if it will become obsolete in 2014. She also checks back with some of her past guests of 2013 to find out what their hopes are for the new year.

  17. 149

    Security and safety

    Jamillah's gone festive! New gadgets? Here's some security and safety tips, maths at Christmas and hacking xmas songs.

  18. 148

    World of Warcraft terrorists

    Chris Vallance steps in for Jamillah, and takes a sideways look at whether government spies are trying to find terrorists in the virtual "World of Warcraft" .... whether websites like "They Work for You" or "fixmystreet" get things changed....and whether radio waves can stop cars.

  19. 147

    Food, Dinner & Ballet.

    Jamillah finds out about Food Phreaking and Christmas dinner, DIY cell phones and choreographing a ballet in a virtual space.

  20. 146

    Surveillance, Bitcoins and Raspberry Pi Radio

    Chris Vallance chats with tech leaders outside a Chatham House meeting while Jamillah and Rhod learn about Bitcoin investment and hacking new radio to appear vintage.

  21. 145

    Crypto, crosswords and tiny satellites

    Jamillah explores space with the FUNcube1, learns how Crypto Party has become Crypto Fest and learning lessons about strong passwords with a crossword puzzle.

  22. 144

    Toys, maths and digital women

    Wireless ways to communicate with children, women in technology and...surprisingly perhaps....maths as a social activity.

  23. 143

    Re-decentralization and tacos

    This week Jamillah and Rhod find out about re-decentralizing the web and why it's important as well as exploring what tacos have to do with a code repository.

  24. 142

    Youth and emotional states

    Jamillah and Rhod find out about engineering for teens, logic for the under tens and how you can change music with your emotions

  25. 141

    Sound, vision and time out

    This week Jamillah and Rhod discuss time out from the web, how hyperlapse videos are made and the new visual news discussion from Global Voices.

  26. 140

    Ada Lovelace Day

    This week Jamillah and Rhod learn about women in tech with Dr Martha Ladly and discuss TechMums with Dr Sue Black. Celebrate women in STEM!

  27. 139

    Eyes, ears and robotic limbs

    This week Jamillah and Rhod explore computational synesthesia, open source robotic prostheses and a phenomenal archive of London sounds.

  28. 138

    Sounds like tech.

    This week Jamillah and Rhod find out about mobile tech for emergencies in Kenya, the sound of tech knitting and how policing online has evolved.

  29. 137

    American phone phreaking

    Jamillah chats with Phil Lapsley, author of 'Exploding the Phone' which looks at the history of phone phreaking - or hacking the phone system. Though the technology may not work anymore, the stories are lively and still influence technology culture today.

  30. 136

    Women Pioneers of Computing

    Chris Vallance visits a new museum gallery celebrating the women pioneers of computing. We also hear about exploring the moon, mars and asteroids as Outriders visits the European Planetary Science Congress.

  31. 135

    Beekeeping and knitting

    Jamillah explores beekeeping, algoraves and mathematical knitting.

  32. 134

    Mixed treats

    Jamillah and Rhod find out about an autonomous boat crossing the Atlantic, a shocking solution for social media indulgence and the Teletext Art Festival. Meanwhile, Chris Vallance tries Jeremy Bentham's pie.

  33. 133

    Eye-Tech

    This week Jamillah and Rhod explore technology for your face, asking why augmented and virtual reality are not already on everyone's nose, and if glasses can help us with digital privacy.

  34. 132

    Code, science, terms and film

    This week Jamillah and Rhod find out about long terms and conditions, scientific code review and the DEFCON hacker conference documentary.

  35. 131

    Young Rewired State

    This week Jamillah has been in Birmingham at the Young Rewired State Festival of Code where children under 16 probably have better coding skills than adults.

  36. 130

    Outdoors

    This week Jamillah finds out about the "Observe, Hack, Make camp" and how Slovenia's networks are spreading via mesh and optical means.

  37. 129

    Biohacking and citizen science

    Biohacking and citizen science are the focus this week. Jamillah explores biohacking as a hobby, skill and business. It's growing and there are many ideas about what biohacking means, whether it is for scientific discovery or artistic exploration.

  38. 128

    No Internet?

    This week Jamillah and Rhod find out about how to break the Internet and what could be provided as an alternative.

  39. 127

    Creativity

    Jamillah talks to the creator of electronics for people with disabilities so they can use games consoles, a guy who tells stories in 3d online, a couple of chaps who created music using camera sounds and the creator of Dr Puppet - a web based animation linked to the 50th anniversary of Dr Who.

  40. 126

    Changes in news

    Jamillah is joined by Emily Bell, Mathew Ingram, Kevin Anderson and Chris Vallance to discuss the latest changes in digital news.

  41. 125

    Listening and more listening

    This week Jamillah finds out more about the issues raised by Edward Snowden and the NSA leaks as well as learning about what a city can sound like.

  42. 124

    Kids' activities in science and code

    This week Jamillah finds out about kids' activities in science and code for after school and through the summer with Code Club, Young Rewired State and Night Science.

  43. 123

    News, satire and mathematics.

    This week Jamillah finds about news and satire site UsVsTh3m and then gets mathemagical with some maths in museums, film and literature. Algebraic!

  44. 122

    Sources, Digital Publishing & Social Media

    This week, Jamillah discusses The importance of protecting sources in journalism, the state of digital publishing and how established authors are using twitter.

  45. 121

    The Open Data Institute, Warp Records and the problems with LGBQT gaming.

    This week Jamillah and Rhod learn about how the Open Data Institute is working, how Warp Records is planning an incubator and the problems with LGBQT gaming.

  46. 120

    Heists, worms and cryptoparties

    This week Jamillah finds out how to make a worm with computers, what happened in the latest ATM hack and why there ain't no party like a cryptoparty.

  47. 119

    Alan Turing: the musical

    Jamillah sees a musical about the life of Alan Turing.

  48. 118

    Hacker movies and phones for the blind

    A chat with one of the eclectic method producers who put together a mix about hackers in movies. And talking with the designer of a phone app for blind people.

  49. 117

    Brain Mapping

    This week Jamillah Knowles looks into research about brain mapping and finds out about electrical engineering and some of its hazards.

  50. 116

    Douglas Rushkoff

    This week Jamillah and Rhod find out what 'Present Shock' is from author and commentator Douglas Rushkoff.

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Outriders is BBC Radio 5 live's programme dedicated to exploring the frontiers of the web. It is broadcast on Tuesdays at 0300 in Up All Night.

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