https://www.divarin.net/yt Yesterday's Tomorrows - A look back at tech pioneers who looked forward. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification divarin Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:28:00 +0000 https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9501_cfp.html Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:06:00 +0000 March, 1995 Transaction Records in Interactive Services: Who Watches the Servers? The advent of interactive capabilities in home entertainment, telecommunications, and online services gives new importance to concerns about the privacy of the transaction records generated by these services. This session will explore the issues raised by the collection of personal information in these new interactive services, followed by a debate on the various strategies proposed for protecting the privacy of electronic transaction records. false 00:54:50 full hhttps://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9502_cfp.html Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:06:00 +0000 March, 1995 A Net for All: Where are the Minorities? We examine the degree to which minority groups participate on the net, ways in which they are (inadvertantly) excluded, and techniques for increasing their participation. We also discuss characteristics of the net that encourage broad participation. Finally, we ask to what extent class is relevant to participation or non-participation on the net. (58:32) Chair - Barbara Simons, USACM / Introductions by Deborah Runkle from the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science. false 00:54:53 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9503_cfp.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:11:00 +0000 March 1995 The Case Against Computers A Systemic Critique Technological advances are sweeping through our culture like a virulent plague, changing and devastating peoples rights and privileges. Individual freedoms are slowly being eroded in favor of corporate and technology-driven interests. Similarly, privacy is increasingly seen as a threat to governments and other bureaucratic power bases. The future of our world's resources, human and material, is in jeopardy. Our panel will critique computers from these as well as other perspectives. (59:34) Chair - Jerry Mander, Author false 00:55:51 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9504_cfp.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:24:00 +0000 March 1995 His Master's Voice Early online activists have sought -- and achieved -- victories in getting political information, such as bills and reports, opened up for public access. But no good deed goes unpunished: the same media that expose government to the sunshine will be useful to disseminate political messages of all stripes. What is the future for "net propaganda" and who will pay so whose message will get to whom? false 00:56:09 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9505_cfp.html Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:54:00 +0000 March 1995 We have only received audio for this session, so do not yet have more descriptive text. false 01:28:01 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Vanishing Privacy in the Information Age false 00:59:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Future Media: More Buck for the Bang false 00:59:35 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:15:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Copywrite in the Electronic Age false 01:01:17 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Wed, 1 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Info-Surfing the Libraries of Tomorrow false 01:01:17 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Tue, 7 Jul 2026 10:42:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Trends in Hi-Tech Health Care false 00:59:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:37:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Edu-Marketing false 01:00:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:41:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Monopoly Update on the Superhighway false 00:59:35 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:53:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Hi-Tech Jobs from Defense Conversion: Can It Be Done? false 00:58:33 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Democratic Access to Government Information false 01:00:38 full https://town.hall.org/radio/CommRev/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:08:00 +0000 02/19/1995 - Liberation Technology: From Disbaled to Enabled false 01:01:17 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/040793_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 3/31/1993 - Dr. Marshall T. Rose Carl Malamud interviews Dr. Erik Huizer of SURFnet BV, a network service provider in the Netherlands. Dr. Huizer, in addition to his duties for network development of SURFnet is the Area Director in the Internet Engineering Steering Group for the Applications Area. Applications in the IETF includes key topics such as resource discovery. In this interview, Carl Malamud and Dr. Huizer cover a wide range of topics, including the future of messaging systems in a multiprotocol world and the role of the PTT. Dr. Huizer goes on to discuss the internationalization of the Internet and the future of the European Multiprotocol Backbone (EMPB). Also in this episode of Geek of the Week are three featurettes. The Incidental Tourist features Freeling's classic books. Name that Acronym features an obscure and, for most engineers, arcane acronym to reverse engineer. Book Byte has a review of a book on Obfuscated C. false 00:48:09 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/040793_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 4/07/1993 - Dr. Erik Huizer Carl Malamud interviews Dr. Erik Huizer of SURFnet BV, a network service provider in the Netherlands. Dr. Huizer, in addition to his duties for network development of SURFnet is the Area Director in the Internet Engineering Steering Group for the Applications Area. Applications in the IETF includes key topics such as resource discovery. In this interview, Carl Malamud and Dr. Huizer cover a wide range of topics, including the future of messaging systems in a multiprotocol world and the role of the PTT. Dr. Huizer goes on to discuss the internationalization of the Internet and the future of the European Multiprotocol Backbone (EMPB). Also in this episode of Geek of the Week are three featurettes. The Incidental Tourist features Freeling's classic books. Name that Acronym features an obscure and, for most engineers, arcane acronym to reverse engineer. Book Byte has a review of a book on Obfuscated C. false 00:44:07 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/041493_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 4/14/1993 - Daniel Lynch Carl Malamud interviews Daniel Lynch, former computer manager at SRI, founder and president of Interop Company, and a long-time member of the Internet Architecture Board. This interview was conducted in January, 1993, just before Lynch stepped down as a member of the IAB. The interview shows the unique contribution that Daniel Lynch made to that body. In this interview, Carl Malamud and Dan Lynch cover a wide range of topics, from the proper role for the telphone company to the reasons that the current Internet does not yet address the needs of the small corporate network. Lynch shares his views on why unified global directories cannot work and why Netware is just as important as TCP/IP. Also in this episode of Geek of the Week is the Incidental Tourist, featuring a review of Chili Pepper magazine, the capiscium lover's periodical.. false 00:30:26 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/042193_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 04/21/1993 - Steve Deering Carl Malamud interviews Dr. Steve Deering, a member of the research staff at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and a prolific contributor to the Internet protocol suite. Dr. Deering is the father of IP Multicasting, the basis of much of the video and audio conferencing work done on the Internet. Dr. Deering is also chair of the mobile IP working group in the IETF and an active participant in the SIP work for a new version of IP. Also in this episode of Geek of the Week is the Incidental Tourist, featuring shopping hints for people in Bangkok and a Book Byte segment, featuring a review of Hanna Nelson's Z-Mail Handbook. false 00:35:20 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/042793_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 04/27/1993 - Brewster Kahle You might know Brewster Kahle as the founder of the Internet Archive. However this interview took place long before that came into existance. Nevertheless you can find seeds of the Archive in this episode. Carl Malamud interviews Brewster Kahle, the father of WAIS and the founder and president of WAIS, Inc. Brewster was a member of the AI Lab at MIT and went on to be one of the original researchers at Thinking Machines. In this interview, he discusses his vision of personal publishing, of a network of seamless libraries of information, and of his efforts to work with large and small information producers to get their data online. Brewster Kahle was recently named a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group. Also in this episode of Geek of the Week is the Incidental Tourist, featuring ways to achieve gastronomic heights in the basements of Asian department stores. false 00:29:26 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/050793_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 05/07/1993 - Milo Medin You might know Brewster Kahle as the founder of the Internet Archive. However this interview took place long before that came into existance. Nevertheless you can find seeds of the Archive in this episode. Carl Malamud interviews Milo Medin, one of the instrumental figures in the NASA Science Internet (NSI). Join the world of the routing fanatics as Milo explains the acronym-intensive world of NAPs, GIXs, and FIXs. Milo also discusses the role of the Appropriate Use Policy in his network, why ATM is useful but also needs to be combined with an internetworking protocol, and how NASA combines its mission- oriented networking needs with general-purpose links for much of the Pacific. Also this week, Dr. Jeff Case *IS* Dr. SNMP. Down on the farm, he has a saying. In fact, you'll find that Dr. SNMP has a saying for most every situation. false 00:37:32 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/051493_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 05/14/1993 - Glenn Kowack Carl Malamud interviews Glenn Kowack, Chief Executive of EUnet. Kowack is never at a loss for words on subjects ranging from the history of EUnet to the state of the Polish telephone system to the origins of modern Bulgarian networking. Learn how European networking has gone forward despite the significant obstacles posed by tariff and other PTT restrictions and by the ever-fading dream of a unified OSI protocol suite. Also this week, Dr. Jeff Case *IS* Dr. SNMP. Down on the farm, he has a saying. In fact, you'll find that Dr. SNMP has a saying for most every situation. false 00:36:57 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/052093_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 05/20/1993 - Jeff Schiller Carl Malamud interviews Jeff Schiller, one of the Internet's leading security experts and the manager of MIT's campus network. Jeff talks about the deployment of PEM and a public key infrastructure and explains his philosophy of "very good security or no security." Schiller also talks about the difficulty of policing the Internet and discusses with Carl whether horses or computers are more useful to criminals. Also this week, Dr. Jeff Case *IS* Dr. SNMP. Down on the farm, he has a saying. In fact, you'll find that Dr. SNMP has a saying for most every situation. false 00:32:04 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/052993_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 05/29/1993 - John Romkey Carl Malamud interviews John Romkey, author of numerous protocol stacks and recently named to the cast of "IAB: The Next Generation." In this wide-ranging interview, Romkey talks about the role of security in the Internet, the PGP versus PEM controversy, and export control policies that leave RSA algorithms patented in the US but available for anonymous FTP in Finland. Romkey also discusses the role of SNMP in ToasterNet and we learn why his garage is full of burnt Eggos and how he incurred the wrath of the Waffle Union. In this week's Ask Dr. SNMP, Dr. Jeff Case lets loose on a Journalist from Jupiter (aren't they all) and his inane inquiries about the future of SNMP Version 3. This week, the Internet Multicasting Service is proud to present an exclusive interview with the author of the Generic Ultimate Protocol (GUP). GUP slices and dices at any layer of the protocol stack. This distinguished scientist, fearing the wrath of protocol designers around the world, has asked us to use a computer-synthesized version of his or her voice to protect his or her identity. false 00:46:17 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/102793_geek_ITR.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 10/27/1993 - Tim Berners-Lee Carl Malamud interviews Tim Berners-Lee, developer of the World Wide Web, one of the most innovative and exciting applications to be deployed on the Internet. Berners-Lee discusses how WWW makes use of SGML and hypertext to form a web of information that spans the globe. false 00:30:49 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/060493_geek_ITR.html Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 05/29/1993 - Cliff Lynch Carl Malamud interviews Cliff Lynch, one of the most thoughtful participants in the race to move libraries and publishers onto electronic publishing platforms. Lynch received his Ph.D. in database systems and is currently the Director of Library Automation for the University of California. Lynch's most amazing accomplishment is the amount of travel he puts in, far outstripping anybody this interviewer has ever met in his ability to attend any and all events where a consensus needs to be forged. His tireless activities have been instrumental in bringing the networking and library communities together. In this interview, Cliff Lynch discusses online publishing, looking at the issue of SGML as a markup language and examining the question of presentation integrity versus the desire for revisable form documents. Lynch also discusses the Z39.50 protocol, the scaling of very large databases, the democratization of publishing, and the role of the Coalition for Networked Information. false 00:45:03 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/061593_geek_ITR.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000 06/15/1993 - Christian Huitema Carl Malamud interviews Christian Huitema, the new chair of the Internet Architecture Board. The interview was conducted at the Columbus, Ohio IETF meeting in March. Huitema, prior to taking on his bureaucratic burden, was chair of the SIP working group. SIP is one of the strong participants in the race to become the next generation of IP. Huitema talks about the importance of simplicity in protocol design and gives a unique perspective on issues such as policy routing, resource reservation, and other key considerations at the network layer. false 00:31:22 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/062693_geek_ITR.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:05:00 +0000 06/26/1993 - Peter Deutsch Carl Malamud interviews Peter Deutsch, President of Bunyip Information Services and the first man known to break the speed of sound while talking. Deutsch was one of the co-developers of Archie, a service that scans anonymous FTP sites and maintains distributed databases. Archie allows users on the Internet to locate copies of files they are looking for. Peter Deutsch talks about his philosophy for services and compares Archie to X.500. Deutsch has been instrumental in the IETF working group looking to salvage what remains of the whois service and deploy a white pages service called whois++. Deutsch discusses the current status of whois++ and what kind of standards body it takes to design and deploy new things on the Internet. false 00:31:11 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/070193_geek_ITR.html Wed, 1 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 07/01/1993 - Rob Blokzijl Carl Malamud interviews Rob Blokzijl, network manager for NIKHEF, the Dutch Insitute of High Energy Physics. NIKHEF has been one of the key sites for networking in Europe and Bockzijl has been the force behind that presence. During the darkest years of OSI hysteria, NIKHEF helped the lead the move to install and operate real networks around Europe. NIKHEF, geographically and spiritually colocated with CWI, the mathematics institute, has helped make Kruislaan 409 in Amsterdam one of the key hubs in European networking. In this interview, we learn about the birth of RIPE, the IP users group for Europe. We also hear about what it was like to try and put networks together in an era of massive centrally planned information policies and functionally obese networking protocols. false 00:32:51 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/072493_geek_ITR.html Sat, 4 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 07/24/1993 - Stuart Vance Carl Malamud interviews L. Stuart Vance, a veteran in the war of bringing TCP/IP protocol stacks into alien territory. Vance discusses the concept of encapsulation and explains how his company uses encapsulation as a technique for building DECnet tunnels through the Internet and how they build TCP/IP protocol stacks on VMS platforms. Stuart Vance is well known for some of the most creative ways of using protocols that may appear at first glance to be somewhat limited. In this interview, Vance discusses how to run IP over E-mail, his efforts to build large-scale networks in a few hours for INTEROP, and how all this relates to our ability to make toast from remote locations. false 00:37:02 full https://archive.org/download/GeekOfTheWeek/GeekOfTheWeek_Steve_Kille.mp3 Wed, 8 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 08/08/1993 - Steve Kille Carl Malamud interviews Steve Kille, perhaps the most articulate and thoughtful of the OSI fanatics. Kille makes a persuasive case for protocols like X.400, X.500, and the OSI presentation layer. Kille, a former computer scientist at University College London, brings his unique hands-on perspective implementing OSI and related protocols to his current position as the head of the ISODE Consortium. ISODE is considered by most experts in the field to be the leading OSI implementation and the work of the Consortium forms the basis for commercial products attempting to meet purchasing requirements contained in GOSIP profiles around the world. false 00:36:06 full https://archive.org/download/GeekOfTheWeek/GeekOfTheWeek_Jun_Murai.mp3 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 09/22/1993 - Jun Murai Carl Malamud interviews Jun Murai, one of the most distinguished researchers in the Internet community. Murai is a professor at Keio University and the founder of the Japanese WIDE Internet. Murai talks about his research projects which range from satellite-based IP multicasting to a massive testbed for mobile computing at the Fujisawa campus of Keio University. false 00:30:40 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/092993_geek_ITR.html Web, 15 Jul 2026 10:19:00 +0000 09/29/1993 - Bob Braden Carl Malamud interviews Bob Braden, Executive Director of the Internet Architecture Board and a long-time participant in the Internet. Braden discusses the DARTNET experimental network and research in the areas of resource reservation and other topics related to his work in the End-To-End Research Group. false 00:30:49 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/100693_geek_ITR.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:07:00 +0000 10/06/1993 - Geoff Huston Carl Malamud interviews Geoff Huston, director of the Australian Academic Research Network (AARNET). AARNET is known as one of the most progressive regional networks, rapidly adopting new services for its users. Huston talks about how networking in Australia has flourished despite astronomically high rates for long-distance lines. false 00:30:46 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/101393_geek_ITR.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:19:00 +0000 10/13/1993 - Jeff Case Carl Malamud interviews Dr. Jeff Case, also known as Dr. SNMP for his popular tutorial and his column in the Simple Times. Case discusses the Simple Network Management Protocol and its evolution, and directly addresses the question of an SNMP version 3. false 00:30:56 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/102093_geek_ITR.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:08:00 +0000 10/20/1993 - Barbara Fraser Carl Malamud interviews Barbara Fraser, an active member of the Internet community and a member of the staff of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Fraser discusses the origins of the CERT and the activities they undertake to help make the Internet a safe and prosperous community. false 00:30:36 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/110393_geek_ITR.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:06:00 +0000 11/03/1993 - Bob Hinden Carl Malamud interviews Bob Hinden, an active participant in the development of SIPP, considered to be the leading candidate for the next generation of the IP protocol. Hinden discusses how the SIPP developers are considering the issues of a careful transition, support for multicasting and other leading edge techniques, and how he sees SIPP being deployed into the Internet. false 00:30:48 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/111093_geek_ITR.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:34:00 +0000 11/10/1993 - Brian Carpenter Carl Malamud interviews Brian Carpenter, Director for networking at CERN, the high-energy physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. As one of the most active networking sites in the world, Carpenter has to deal with a signficant operational environment. Carpenter discusses how he deals with issues such as the OSI and DECnet Phase V protocols and his views on the future of the Internet. false 00:30:35 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/111793_geek_ITR.html Sat, 1 Aug 2026 10:53:00 +0000 11/17/1993 - Clifford Neuman Carl Malamud interviews Clifford Neuman, instrumental in the development of Internet protocols such as Kerberos and Prospero. Neuman discusses what Prospero is and how this miracle system can be anything you want it to be. Neuman also discusses his work in security and how that relates to his recent interests in resource discovery. false 00:30:53 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/112493_geek_ITR.html Mon, 3 Aug 2026 10:43:00 +0000 11/24/1993 - Steve Casner Carl Malamud interviews Steve Casner, an active participant in the work on a multicast backbone and instrumental in setting up the IETF TV video multicasts of working group meetings and technical presentations to the Internet. Casner talks about the future of multicasting and audio/visual work on the Internet. false 00:30:48 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/120193_geek_ITR.html Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:06:00 +0000 12/01/1993 - Peter Ford Carl Malamud interviews Peter Ford, one of the leaders of the TCP/UDP with Bigger Addresses (TUBA) effort. TUBA, based on the ISO Connectionless Network Service (CLNS), is one of the candidates for the next generation of Internet Protocol. Ford talks about TUBA and its relationship to other research efforts in the Internet. false 00:30:55 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/120893_geek_ITR.html Fri, 7 Aug 2026 10:24:00 +0000 12/08/1993 - Bernhard Stockman Carl Malamud interviews Bernhard Stockman, one of the founders and the technical manager of the European Backbone (EBONE). EBONE has proved to be the first effective transit backbone for Europe and has been a leader in the deployment of CIDR, BGP-4, and other key technologies. false 00:30:51 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/121593_geek_ITR.html Sun, 9 Aug 2026 10:43:00 +0000 12/15/1993 - Ned Freed Carl Malamud interviews Ned Freed, developer of Internet messaging software on VAX/VMS platforms. Freed talks about implementing Internet protocols on non-Unix platforms and about his work on multimedia messaging systems. false 00:30:52 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/122293_geek_ITR.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000 12/22/1993 - Noel Chiappa Carl Malamud interviews Noel Chiappa, architect of the Proteon router and a researcher with a long history of involvement in routing protocols. Chiappa explains why we don't need a new Internet Protocol, how the Internet will replace the telephone system, and how addresses can become complicated. false 00:30:19 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/011994_geek_ITR.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:10:00 +0000 01/19/1994 - Mike O'Dell Carl Malamud interviews Mike O'Dell, Vice President for Research at UUNET Technologies. O'Dell has a long record of involvement in data communications, ranging from his service as a telco lab employee, an engineer on several key projects, a member of the Usenix board. Now helping define new services for one of the largest IP service providers. false 00:30:46 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/012694_geek_ITR.html Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:59:00 +0000 01/26/1994 - Phil Karn Carl Malamud interviews Phil Karn, the father of the KA9Q publicly available implementation of TCP/IP for DOS, and a well known Internet researcher in areas ranging from security to his current work on wireless data communications. false 00:30:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/020294_geek_ITR.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:46:00 +0000 2/02/1994 - Mike St. Johns Carl Malamud interviews Mike St. Johns, Program Manager at the Advanced Research Projects Agency. ARPA has a long distinguished history of appointing Internet-aware program managers to fund research in the field of networking, including such leading lights as Paul Mockapetris and Vinton Cerf. St. Johns continues this distinguished tradition and talks about current research directions at ARPA in areas such as network security. false 00:30:45 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/020994_geek_ITR.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:46:00 +0000 02/09/1994 - Dale Dougherty Carl Malamud interviews Dale Dougherty, Publisher of the Global Network Navigator (GNN) and a long-time employee of O'Reilly & Associates. Dougherty talks about publishing standards such as SGML and HTML and discusses the challenges in pioneering an on-line magazine based around the World Wide Web. false 00:30:51 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/021694_geek_ITR.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:48:00 +0000 02/16/1994 - Don Hoffman Carl Malamud interviews Don Hoffman, a technical manager and programmer at Sun Microsystems. Don has long (and sometimes painful) experience writing complex network-based programs in areas ranging from network management to multimedia. He discusses the challenges in implementing standards and tells us where he sees multimedia going over the next few years. false 00:30:50 full https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/022394_geek_ITR.html Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:26:00 +0000 02/23/1994 - Mike Schwartz Carl Malamud interviews Mike Schwartz, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the researchers working in the area known as resource discovery. Mike talks about netfind, his flexible, non-centralized white pages tool and about several other of his research efforts that attempt to measure empirically the types of services used and the nature of growth on the Internet, as well as his thoughts on how we will find information in a multi-protocol, multi-country, multi-purpose Internet. This interview was originally released by mistake on January 5 when we were "off the air." We forgot to notify our handy-dandy spooling script that we were on a break and it grabbed this file and sent it out into the stratosphere. Since many of you took us at our word that we weren't shoving data into the network, we wanted to release this interview since Schwartz is certainly one of the more fascinating Geeks we've seen. false 00:30:44 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/033193_tech_ITR.html Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 03/31/1993 - Internet Radio and "Wired" Magazine On this week's "TechNation ... Americans & Technology," hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn: Dr. Gunn interviews CARL MALAMUD, author of numerous books, including "Exploring the Internet," and creator of the first weekly, commercial digital radio show, "Internet Talk Radio." Malamud talks about how his program came to be, how it is meant to be accessed over the Internet and transferred as data to your personal computer, where you actually play all or part of it in any order. In our second half, Dr. Gunn interviews JANE METCALFE, President of "Wired" magazine and LOUIS ROSSETTO, Editor and Publisher of "Wired." They discuss how "Wired" is different from its predecessors, addressing the complete societal impact of technology and its latest breakthroughs. Other topics include the phenomenal success of "Wired"'s premier issue and why the BBC is "wired" while National Public Radio is "tired." false 01:02:54 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/040993_tech_ITR.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:11:00 +0000 04/09/1993 - The Future of Software On this week's "TechNation ... Americans & Technology," hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn: Dr. Gunn interviews author Ed Yerdan about the future of software and software authorship methods in the United States. In the second half, Dr. Gunn interviews Peter Neumann of SRI International. false 00:59:35 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/041993_tech_ITR.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:08:00 +0000 04/19/1993 Dr. Gunn interviews Dr. TONY MONTGOMERY, Director of Research and Technology Applications at the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory. Dr. Montgomery describes how the Super Collider will work on its dual track which is 54 miles in circumference. He also discusses the costs, the involvement of the international community, what can be expected from the Super Collider, and the contribution to science education in the United States. In our second half, Dr. Gunn interviews JOHN MC INTYRE, an architecture manager with the INTEL Corporation on their new Pentium processor chip. McIntyre reviews the progression of the chip family, the new internal architectures which makes this new processor family so powerful and the difference this new chip will make in the market. false 01:00:45 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/042493_tech_ITR.html Wed, 1 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0000 04/24/1993 Dr. Gunn interviews Dr. T.J. RODGERS, President and CEO, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation on his testimony before Congress opposing the Clinton/Gore technology initiative. On March 25, 1993, Dr. Rodgers presented his own testimony and the written statements of 10 other Silicon Valley CEOs and businessmen, expressing grave convern about the Technology Initiative. Moira met with him in his offices in San Jose, California. An editorial outlining Dr. Rodgers' position was published in the Monday, April 12th edition of the Wall Street Journal. Copies of the Technology Initiative may be obtained by calling the White House Office of Science and Technology at (202) 456-7116 or by writing to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Executive Office of the President, Room 424, the Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20500. false 01:00:41 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/051093_tech_ITR.html Sun, 5 Jul 2026 09:55:00 +0000 05/10/1993 - Technology in Our Lives It's interesting to talk about new technologies bursting on the scene, but do we realize that we must think about technology and its impact on our lives? Can we learn about how technology affects us by looking at other societies? Dr. Moira Gunn interviews JERRY MANDER, a Senior Fellow at the nation's only not-for-profit advertising agency, the Public Media Center, and the author of the book "In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations." In the second half, Moira interviews FRED DAVIS. You've heard him before on Public Radio ... on "All Things Considered" and Dvorak's "Software/Hard Talk." With extensive background in computers and machines that use DOS, FRED DAVIS has been Editor-in-Chief of a number of noted personal computer magazines, including MacUser. Fred's most recent book is "The Windows 3.1 Bible." He speaks with Moira about his perspective on computers. false 01:00:02 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/051693_tech_ITR.html Thu, 9 Jul 2026 16:40:00 +0000 05/16/1993 - Environmental Issues Dr. Moira Gunn's first guest is Harvey Sass, an Environmental Marketing Manager with L&F Products, a Division of Eastman-Kodak. They make consumer cleaning products which are familiar to every American. L&F Products searched internationally to find the best technologies to produce environmentally-conscious packaging. In the second half, Moira interviews Dr. Joe Petulla, Director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Management at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of numerous books and publications, including "Environmental Protection in the United States." Dr. Petulla spoke to Moira about toxic dirt and other topics. false 00:59:26 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/052593_tech_ITR.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:50:00 +0000 05/25/1993 - GRAPES and Mice Dr. Moira Gunn's first guests are Joan Salute, Manager of the GRAPES project at NASA/Ames Research Center and Phil Frieze, Head of Winemaking for Robert Mondavi Winery. They'll be talking about a partnership between private industry and the federal government, a partnership which addresses the infestation of a disease which seriously affects the $10 billion/year California wine industry. Learn how NASA's satellites and low-flying aircraft combine with specialized sensors to discover the roots of this problem. In the second half, Moira interviews Cliff Brooks, Product Manager for Microsoft's new mouse. He describes the ergonomic development, how they tested it, left-handed-ness, and more marketing-type topics. false 01:00:06 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/052893_tech_ITR.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:24:00 +0000 05/23/1993 - Buzz Aldrin, Man of Space This week, Dr. Moira Gunn talks to Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon and first astronaut in cyberspace. It has been nearly a quarter of a century since Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. He spent a mere 2 hours and 15 minutes walking on the moon and, after that, could have retired. But, in the almost 25 years since that day, Buzz Aldrin has remained personally and professionally committed to America's space program. Today, he believes more than ever that the United States should go forward and build a dynamic space station, one that leads us into the 21st centruy, back to the moon, and on to Mars. false 00:59:42 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/061493_tech_ITR.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:53:00 +0000 06/14/1993 - Cypherpunks and Body Parts Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Steven Levy, author of the recent book "Artificial Life -- the Quest for a New Creation" and the earlier classic "Hackers." Levy has written for MacWorld, Popular Computing, and Rolling Stone. Most recently, he wrote the cover article for "WIRED" on the subject of cryptography. In the second half, Moira interviews Andrew Kimbrell, author of the book "The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life." This book delves into the questions of just what parts you can sell and where you can sell them. false 00:59:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/061593_tech_ITR.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:16:00 +0000 06/16/1993 - Science is *NOT* Funny Dr. Moira Gunn sets out to prove a theory of hers: "Science isn't funny." OK, so scientists aren't supposed to start out with an expected result, but she's only human. First, she speaks with American Public Radio's Scientist Emeritus, Dan Coffey, better known as Dr. Science. Dr. Science has a degree in science from a real university! Just in case you've lost all sense of humor, Moira speaks with St. Silicon, known to the Internal Revenue Service as Jeffrey Armstrong. Is that really a blinking computer chip on his forehead? false 00:59:45 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/062493_tech_ITR.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:13:00 +0000 06/24/1993 - Dr. John Gibbons Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. John Gibbons, Science Advisor to President Clinton, Director of the White [House] Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Executive Director of the National Space Council. This week's program is a full-hour interview which covers just what the Science Advisor does, how Science and Technology Policy is communicated from the President to the various agencies, and how policies and directives become implemented within the Federal Government. The topics include the technology initiative, information superhighways, upcoming decisions on the space station, and the future of nuclear fusion research. false 00:59:59 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/070193_tech_ITR.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:19:00 +0000 07/01/1993 - Dr. Glenn Seaborg, Scientist Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. Glenn Seaborg, a Nobel Laureate and Former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Currently a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and Chairman of the Lawrence Hall of Science, Dr. Seaborg reminisces about his years with the Berkeley "Rad Lab Gang," discovering Plutonium, and his work on the Manhattan Project. Dr. Seaborg discusses his views on the use of radioactive materials and his interest in some new research which would permit nuclear fusion without the use of radioactive fuel. Dr. Seaborg also talks about his work with the Presidential Education Commission which produced the seminal report "A Nation at Risk." A long time teacher of Chemistry and former Chancellor of the University, he speaks out on the problems with teaching science and technology in our schools. false 00:59:53 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/070793_tech_ITR.html Sun, 2 Aug 2026 11:23:00 +0000 07/07/1993 - Virus/Anti-Virus Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Urnst Kouch, publisher of the "Crypt Newletter," an electronic newsletter for computer virus writers, anti-virus writers, and the computer security industry. The discussion describes computer viruses, how to gain access to underground networks in order to collect libraries of virus code, how to place your virus, and, from a virus writer's standpoint, how susceptible a user is to viruses. In the second half, Moira speaks with John McAfee, founder and CEO of McAfee Associates, the leading manufacturer of anti-virus software. McAfee describes the techniques that anti-virus software uses, who should have anti-virus software, whether the publication of virus code should remain legal, and how the anti-virus writers stay ahead of the virus writers. false 01:00:02 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/071293_tech_ITR.html Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:17:00 +0000 07/12/1993 - The Technology of Teotihuacan Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. George Cowgill, a Teotihuacan anthropologist at Arizona State University and at the Center for the Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Dr. Cowgill discusses Teotihuacan, the oldest city in North America. Located near Mexico City, Teotihuacan existed from 100 A.D. to 750 A.D., maintained a population of 100,000 to 200,000 people, and at that time ranked as the sixth largest city in the world. The city boasts great pyramids which exist to this day, although the society had no metal, no wheels, and no beasts of burden. In the second half, Moira speaks with Leslie Bone, Archeological Objects Conservator for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. In 1976, DeYoung Museum received a bequest of over 70 murals from Teotihuacan, which they have restored. Ms. Bone discusses the technology used in making the murals and the technology of restoration. Many of these murals have been returned to Mexico. The exhibition "Teotihuacan: City of the Gods" will be presented in San Francisco from May 26th through October 31st. It contains 200 objects from the national Mexican collections and from public collections throughout the world. false 00:59:47 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/072393_tech_ITR.html Thu, 6 Aug 2026 10:20:00 +0000 07/23/1993 - Gender, Science and Society Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. Hilary Rose. Dr. Rose, a Bernard Osher Fellow at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, specializes in the study of gender, science, and society. She discusses the Feminist's Criticism of Science, particularly the exclusion of human considerations in scientific "knowledge." She is Director of the West Yorkshire Centre for Research on Women at the University of Bradford in Bradford, England. Her most recent book is "Love, Power, & Knowledge." In the second half, Moira speaks with Beverly Reiser. Ms. Reiser is an artist working with interactive electronic environments, and she is President of YLEM (eye-lum), an international society of Artists Using Science & Technology. She describes new artists and their art in the expanding world of technology. false 01:00:06 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/080393_tech_ITR.html Sat, 8 Aug 2026 10:46:00 +0000 08/03/1993 - Fusion Confusion The "confusion about fusion" is examined. Dr. Moira Gunn asks Dr. Norman Rostoker, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of California, Irvine, to describe the various approaches which are being researched to achieve nuclear fusion, as well as the government funding situation. Dr. Rostoker represents a national coalition of Alternate Fusion Researchers and discusses the current situation vis-a-vis government funding for research. Moira also speaks with one of these researchers, Dr. Bodan Maglich, President of Advanced Research Corporation, on his aneutronic fusion technology which uses Helium-3 as fuel in a collider environment and the success which he has had. Finally, Moira discusses the implications of this technology from an environmental standpoint with Harry Hamlin. With a long-standing record on environmental issues, the actor Hamlin discusses the wide- ranging support for this technology, the global implications of using this technology, and how it could change our lives. false 00:59:36 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/080693_tech_ITR.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:33:00 +0000 08/06/1993 - Technology and Medical Ethics The question of medical ethics when using life-sustaining technologies is examined. Steve Heilig is Director of Public Health and Education at the San Francisco Medical Society. Also the Editor of the Cambridge Quarterly for Healthcare Ethics, he talks about the ethical questions involved in discontinuing the use of life-sustaining technologies. In addition, the question of terminal patients choosing to end their own lives is discussed. Moira also speaks with Pierre Ludington, San Francisco Health Commissioner and former Executive Director of the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights. He talks about the problems of choosing among technologies in the interest of public health and the special needs of the AIDS community in San Francisco. false 00:59:42 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/100293_tech_ITR.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 9:38:00 +0000 10/02/1993 - Entrepreneurs & Inventors Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with talks to Robert Gilbreath, CEO of the London-headquartered international consulting firm of Proudfoot Change Management. They discuss how organizations must be prepared for change, as well as the "parables" in Gilbreath's new book, "Escape from Management Hell." Moira also speaks with James Fergason, inventor of the LCD. He discusses the problems of turning inventions into patents and patents into profits. Fergason has just been awarded his 90th patent. false 01:00:11 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/101693_tech_ITR.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:48:00 +0000 10/16/1993 - The Secret Life of Machines/INTEROP Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Tim Hunkin, Engineer, Cartoonist, and Filmmaker. His latest television series, "The Secret Life of Machines," will be aired in the Fall on the Discovery Channel. Following a college hobby of cartooning, Tim's humorous scientific cartoon strip, "The Rudiments of Wisdom," was published for 14 years in Britain. He discusses his experience with the television series and his invention of various coin-operated machines, including "The Frisker" currently installed at Coven Garden. Moira also speaks with Dan Lynch, Chairman and Founder of Interop Company. Dan talks about the conference that has grown in a few short years from 200 people to 65,000. He answers the question of just what could bring 65,000 people to one place for an entire week and Interop Company's plans for international conferences next year. He traces his early experience on ARPANET through the present Internet, and explains how there really is no one in charge. This network of networks has no hierarchy and, now that it exists, cannot be centrally or easily shut down. false 00:59:56 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/102393_tech_ITR.html Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:34:00 +0000 10/23/1993 - Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life and Energy Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Andrew Fraknoi, Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and member of the Advisory Committee to NASA's Astrophysics Division. Items of discussion include NASA's experiment for intelligent radio transmissions, what makes up an intelligent transmission, and how we would respond. The problems with the Mars Observer and the Hubble Space Telescope are also touched upon. Moira also speaks with Hal Harvey, Executive Director of the Energy Foundation. How energy relates to all the other environmental concerns and national vs. international energy policies are discussed. The self-funding proposals of the Energy Foundation, to provide incentives to reduce gasoline consumption and to increase the efficiency of refrigeration, are introduced. false 01:00:03 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/103093_tech_ITR.html Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:46:00 +0000 10/30/1993 - Nintendo and Fuzzy Thinking Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with David Sheff, author of "Game Over--Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children." He discusses how and why Nintendo appeals to our youth, as well as how the video game industry started in America. While the American companies remained in disarray, the Japanese company, Nintendo, captured the market. Listeners will learn about the all-encompasing marketing plan of Nintendo and the myriad of lawsuits which have been brought in an attempt to break its hold. Moira also speaks with Bart Kosko, a professor at the University of Southern California. His article on Fuzzy Logic appeared in the July, 1993 issue of Scientific American. Dr. Kosko expands on the theory of Fuzzy Logic, relating it to all of Western philosophy and thinking, and discusses why it is important that anyone other than scientists should know about fuzzy logic. He is the author of the new book "Fuzzy Thinking--The New Science of Fuzzy Logic." false 01:00:13 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/110593_tech_ITR.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:58:00 +0000 11/05/1993 - Just the Fax, Ma'am Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Carl Malamud, head of the Internet Multicasting Service, and Marshall Rose, of Dover Beach Consulting, on the new service which they have set up to enable faxing over the Internet global communications network. You may say, "So what?" ... [ Ed. 184 bytes of hype deleted ;-] Moira also speaks with Don Peppers. With Martha Rogers, he is author of the book, "The One-To-One Future." The trend of mass marketing is no more -- with modern technology, the hope to "hit" some portion of the masses is fast being replaced by the ability to market to individuals. Innovative new use of the fax, and the orientation to uniquely identify each customer are discussed, along with attendant privacy issues false 01:00:02 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/110693_tech_ITR.html Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:54:00 +0000 11/06/1993 - Danger from Power Lines and Growth Hormones Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Paul Brodeur, author of "The Great Power-Line Cover-Up ... How the Utilities and the Government Are Trying to Hide the Cancer Hazards Posed by Electromagnetic Fields," They discuss the basic reasons why this exposure is unhealthy, the problems that have been found, and the groundswell of citizen response to the severity of the problem. Of special interest is the unfortunate location of many schools in the United States near power lines due to the fact that such land is the most affordable. Moira also speaks with Dr. Neil Schulman, author of "Understanding Growth Hormone ... New Discoveries to Help Very Short Children ... Are They Also the Fountain of Youth?" The background on how this drug came to be developed and the strict guidelines for the treatments are discussed. Additionally, Moira speaks with Brent Carney and his mother, Mary Ann. Through daily injections, Brent has been undergoing growth hormone replacement therapy for three years. He describes his experience with the drug, while his mother Mary Ann discusses how the family came to the decision to proceed with therapy. false 01:00:11 full https://town.hall.org/radio/TechNation/111393_tech_ITR.html Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:04:00 +0000 11/13/1993 - Life in the Technology Age Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Tony Smith, author of "Parzival's Briefcase -- Six Practices and a New Philosophy for Healthy Organizational Change." Through the medieval legend of the knight Parzival, Dr. Smith likens our journeys in the technology age to the difficulties of Parzival's search for the Holy Grail. They discuss the nature of technology organizations and maintaining your personal balance in these times of rapid change. Moira also speaks with Michael Heim. A classical philosopher, he looks at the attraction which forms of technology, including word processors and computers, have to humans. They discuss his book, "The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality," examing how people can distinguish between Virtual Reality ... and Reality. false 01:00:14 full