Re-imagining Voice Assistants with Stina Hasse Jørgensen and Frederik Juutilainen
The Good Robot11 Maalis 2025

Re-imagining Voice Assistants with Stina Hasse Jørgensen and Frederik Juutilainen

To develop voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, companies spend years investigating what sounds like a human voice and what doesn't. But what we've ended up with is just one possibility of the kinds of voices that we could be interacting with. In this episode, we talked to sound engineer Frederik Juutilainen, and Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Stina Hasse Jørgensen, about their participation in [multi'vocal], an experimental research project that created an alternative ...

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Community technology is the future with Dave Griffiths

Community technology is the future with Dave Griffiths

In this episode of The Good Robot, Eleanor Drage sits down with David Griffiths, founding director of the nonprofit Then Try This. Inspired by a childhood spent coding pixels next to his mother’s trad...

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The Battle Over Data Centers with Tara Merk

The Battle Over Data Centers with Tara Merk

Join host Eleanor Drage and guest Tara Merk as they explore how community-owned data centers can revolutionize digital ownership. Discover innovative models that challenge big tech's dominance, promot...

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The Future of Data Centers and Digital Sovereignty with Friederike von Franque

The Future of Data Centers and Digital Sovereignty with Friederike von Franque

Can cloud infrastructure be owned and governed by the people, and not just Big Tech? Friederike von Franqué, policy advisor at Wikimedia Germany, reveals how feminist principles and decentralized infr...

5 Touko 27min

The Revolutionary Microscopes Powering Global Tech Equality with Richard Bowman

The Revolutionary Microscopes Powering Global Tech Equality with Richard Bowman

Why do we often overlook the transformative power of open licensing in technology? Richard Bowman, a researcher and advocate for open source innovation, reveals how open licensing and frugal tech prin...

21 Huhti 29min

Designers: Let's Create Abolitionist and Black Liberatory Futures! with Terresa Hardaway

Designers: Let's Create Abolitionist and Black Liberatory Futures! with Terresa Hardaway

Why do we often miss the profound impact of design in social justice? Terresa Hardaway, a graphic design professor and social justice advocate, uncovers how racialized and abolitionist design principl...

8 Huhti 25min

Discovering the Universe through Knitting with Elisabetta Matsumoto

Discovering the Universe through Knitting with Elisabetta Matsumoto

Why do we overlook the power of traditional crafts in modern innovation? Elisabetta Matsumoto, a physicist and textile expert, reveals how knitting and smocking are not just crafts but catalysts for g...

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Bonus Episode: The Internet's First Influencer, Tila Tequila, with Lisa Nakamura

Bonus Episode: The Internet's First Influencer, Tila Tequila, with Lisa Nakamura

In this part 2 episode, Eleanor continues her conversation with Lisa Nakamura about her latest book, The Inattention Economy. They delve deeper into the digital labor of women of color, the rise of in...

24 Helmi 26min

The Inattention Economy: Race, Gender, and Technology with Lisa Nakamura

The Inattention Economy: Race, Gender, and Technology with Lisa Nakamura

In this episode, we talk to Lisa Nakamura, Professor at the University of Michigan and author of The Inattention Economy: Seeing the Digital Labour of Women of Colour. Lisa reflects on how race, gende...

10 Helmi 33min