The Webby Podcast

Our next guest, Sofie Andersen, has spent her career thinking about how the Internet and technology can enrich museums and museum going. Her work has transformed the experience of some of the world’s most visited museums, like the Whitney where she was the Director of Digital Media and the Tate in London, into more interactive and more vibrant experiences. Today as Interim Head of Digital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art she is charged with thinking not only about how technology can improve the Met, but how it can bring the content, information and mission of the Met to people all over the world.Keep up with David-Michel @dmdlikes Our Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Data privacy has become hot button issue for anyone using the Internet. Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a key figure in protecting the digital civil liberties of millions of people around the world. She joins The Webby Podcast to discuss her first case at the EFF, against leaving encryption capabilities in government hands, to the EFF’s current work to decentralize social networks, and more.Keep up with David-Michel @dmdlikes Our Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For anyone who is part of the design world, the name John Maeda immediately commands respect. Having served as the President for the Rhode Island School of Design, transitioned to the world of Silicon Valley, and now in a new role at Publicis Sapient, our next guest has had a breadth of experience with the wildly changing worlds of design and technology. John walks us through career-defining moments like meeting his idol, legendary graphic designer Paul Rand, and what he has learned on the way, including the often exclusive nature of the tech world.Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ACLU has been more visible in recent years, which is a great thing. Whether it’s fighting the US government’s Muslim ban or working to end the suffering of young immigrants at our borders, the ACLU has played a big role in the defense of American Civil Liberties and been a champion for their mission in digital media across the United States.Our next guest is working behind the scenes to protect us in this modern world. As Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the ACLU, Jennifer Granick works on Government Surveillance and Speech and Privacy in its technology division. At the core of what she does is fight against the intrusion of technology, surveillance and search when it infringes on our basic civil liberties. This covers everything from if Ring doorbell cameras should be accessible to police investigators to whether immigration officials should be able to access social media accounts.Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the former Chief White House Correspondent for CNN, our next guest Jessica Yellin knows a lot about why the news is so combative and uninformative, and is on a mission to change it.  Her independent Internet news organization, NEWS NOT NOISE, is an oasis for people looking for just that - great reporting, insight and information without all the drama. Just breaking down policies and terms in basic language through Instagram Stories.Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Carroll is an Associate Professor of Media Design at Parsons School of Design, and is one of the main subjects of the Netflix documentary, The Great Hack. David’s been an advocate for data privacy for many years and as we discover in the documentary, initiates a type of UK freedom of information request with a network of privacy activists that leads to the eventual downfall, exposure and bankruptcy of Cambridge Analytica.Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We write a lot on the Internet—emails, tweets, texts, direct messages—on any window, any device. This proliferation has impacted how we write, making good writing more important than ever. We’re joined by Kieran Snyder, co-founder of Textio, a company that makes machine learning software to augment our writing and make our words more impactful. Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington BearTo learn more about Textio's great resources, visit textio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cenk Uygur and his online news show The Young Turks are known for keeping it real.That willingness to embrace what other political news programs won’t say is what’s kept TYT popular since its premiere in 2002. Uygur joins us for the Webby Podcast. Listen to his interview with host David-Michel Davies, on the nascent days of TYT, from satellite radio to building their online show with audience help, the inner workings of progressive media, and what we should expect ahead of the 2020 election.Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Editorial Lead is Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Wallace-Wells isn't going to sugarcoat it for you: The climate is in a state of emergency, and we are running out of time to turn things around.But, can we still turn things around? Yes. With action.Journalist and author David Wallace-Wells joins us for the first episode of Season 6 of The Webby Podcast. Listen to his conversation with host David-Michel Davies, and check out his book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming.Plus, watch the moment from the 23rd Annual Webby Awards when David Wallace-Wells presented the 2019 Webby Social Movement of the Year Award, honoring Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Sixteen-year-old Thunberg ignited a movement of students who are demanding action all over the world—with a weeklong climate strike coming up Sept. 20-27th. See here for more information and to get involved!Follow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Writer is Jordana JarrettOur Editorial Director is Nicole FerraroMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Webby Podcast is on a summer break, but we're putting out a special episode today celebrating some particularly amazing work that won both a Webby Award *and* a Lovie Award this past year. The Lovie Awards is the European sister to the Webby Awards, now in its ninth year celebrating the best of the European Internet. In this episode, David-Michel Davies is joined by Lovie Managing Director Emily Warren and Webby Awards Executive Director Claire Graves to discuss some of the team's favorite Webby-and-Lovie-winning work.If you are making great work for the European Internet or for a European audience, be sure to enter The Lovie Awards in Websites, Online Advertising, Internet Video, Apps, Mobile, Podcasts & Voice and Social before the Final Entry Deadline on Friday, July 19th at lovieawards.euFollow us everywhere @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Terence BrosnanOur Writer is Jordana JarrettOur Editorial Director is Nicole Ferraro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.