About the show

Join Privacy and Open Source advocates, Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman, as they navigate the new digital world, covering topics related to digital privacy, cybersecurity, digital identity, as well as Linux and open source and other current issues.

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • Episode 95: What Was Web 2.0?

    Episode  |  January 14th, 2022  |  27 mins 45 secs
    privacy, technology, web 2.0, web 3.0

    Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Petros Koutoupis about Air Tags and the generations of the web.

  • Episode 94: The Fun Holiday Episode

    Episode  |  December 10th, 2021  |  49 mins 37 secs
    gadgets, hobbies, technology

    Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, Shawn Powers, and Kyle Rankin talk about everything from microphones to roombas to pottery in our last episode of 2021.

  • Reality 2.0 Newsletter - December 3, 2021: Doc's Open Tabs

    Article  |  December 3rd, 2021
    By Katherine Druckman
    privacy, right to repair, whiskey

    Catch up on what's interesting.

  • Episode 93: Quad9 and DNS

    Episode  |  December 3rd, 2021  |  55 mins 58 secs
    dns, privacy, security, technology

    Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls and Kyle Rankin talk to John Todd from Quad9 about DNS, privacy, security and their open DNS recursive service.

  • Episode 92: The DIY Episode

    Episode  |  November 19th, 2021  |  54 mins 41 secs
    diy, fun, technology

    Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Shawn Powers, and Kyle Rankin talk right to repair Apple devices, cocktails, and our nerdy hobbies.

  • Reality 2.0 Newsletter - November 5, 2021: Can Facebook Be the Good Guy?

    Article  |  November 5th, 2021
    By Katherine Druckman
    metaverse

    The metaverse and whistleblowers give us a lot to talk about.

  • Episode 91: The Metaverse

    Episode  |  November 5th, 2021  |  52 mins 14 secs
    metaverse, technology

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin about the metaverse of Facebook and beyond, how it may intersect with Web 3 and blockchain, as well as Second Life and the verses that came before.

  • Reality 2.0 Newsletter - October 29, 2021: Digital Identity

    Article  |  October 29th, 2021
    By Katherine Druckman
    identity, ssi

    Thoughts on sovereign identity.

  • Episode 90: Can Facebook Be the Good Guy?

    Episode  |  October 29th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins
    privacy, technology

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers and Petros Koutoupis about Facebook’s metaverse focus and whistleblower problems.

  • Episode 89: Digital Identity

    Episode  |  October 22nd, 2021  |  47 mins 3 secs
    identity, technology

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Phil Windley about digital identity, picos, oauth, and big tech ecosystems.

  • Reality 2.0 Newsletter - October 15, 2021: Oh, Facebook

    Article  |  October 15th, 2021
    By Katherine Druckman
    social media

    Can Facebook be fixed?

  • Episode 88: Can We Fix Facebook?

    Episode  |  October 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins
    technology

    Tune in to our new episode! Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Jerry Michalski and Petros Koutoupis about Facebook, its weaknesses, relationship to its users, and impact on all of us, and what happens when it disappears for six hours.

  • Episode 87: Understanding NFTs

    Episode  |  October 1st, 2021  |  1 hr 20 mins
    technology

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Gregory Bledsoe about NFTs and the future of transactions and authentication.

  • Reality 2.0 Newsletter - September 17, 2021: Improving the Internet's Responsiveness

    Article  |  September 17th, 2021
    By Katherine Druckman
    bufferbloat

    How well does the internet work for us?

  • Episode 86: Pedal-Assisted Privacy

    Episode  |  September 17th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins
    health, privacy, technology

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers about their various health-related gadgets, including trackers, ebikes, VR workouts, etc., and the ways we incorporate them into our lives.

  • Episode 85: Bufferbloat

    Episode  |  September 10th, 2021  |  1 hr 19 secs
    bufferbloat, networks, technology

    Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Dave Taht about bufferbloat, latency, and the issues plaguing our networks.

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