Amir Soltani: Finding Zahra's Paradise in Iran
Dot Citizen
Persian history is long, but the past century in Iran has seen almost a constant struggle for human rights, equality, dignity, and freedom. To understand what it is like to live and grow up in Iran, we sat down with Amir Soltani, author of the graphic novel Zahra's Paradise.
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The Iran and Human Rights Season: Introduction
Dot Citizen
In the next season of Dot Citizen, we're diving into human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Book Chat: "Automating Inequality" by Virginia Eubanks
Dot Citizen
Dot Citizen is back, and this week, we're discussing Virginia Eubank's book: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. A book that is as much a work of searing investigative journalism as it is brilliant political analysis, Automating Inequality examines how our attempts to engineer away human biases are creating a new "digital poorhouse."
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The Election Security Season: Closing Thoughts
Dot Citizen
In the finale episode of Dot Citizen's first mini-series, Chrisella and Zach reflect on the main points and takeaways from the interviews throughout the series.
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Harri Hursti: A Hacker's Look at Election Infrastructure
Dot Citizen
In the fourth episode of Dot Citizen's Election Security season, we sit down with Harri Hursti, founding partner at Nordic Innovation Labs and co-founder of the DEF CON Voting Machine Hacking Village. DEF CON is one of the world's largest hacker conventions. Since the first Voting Village in 2017, their work has done a great deal to bring attention to vulnerabilities in our elections infrastructure.
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Shannon McGregor: Technology in Political Communication
Dot Citizen
In the third episode of Dot Citizen's Election Security season, we sit down with Shannon McGregor, Associate Professor in Communications at the University of Utah. Shannon talks to us about the nature of political communication in a social media era, and discusses what we know (and don't know) about the role of the tech giants in our democratic process.
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H.E. Valeriy Chaly, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
Dot Citizen
In the second episode of Dot Citizen, we speak with HE Valeriy Chaly, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.
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The Election Security Season: Introduction
Dot Citizen
In the first season of Dot Citizen, we are taking a look at election security as the 2018 midterms close in. Just a few weeks before the election, the US Department of Justice accused Russia of continuing to interfere in American elections. Clearly our elections are not yet secure. Chrisella Herzog and Zachary Stickney introduce the season by 1) telling you to go vote first; & 2) discussing the framework of the topics that we'll be covering in this season. Send us your feedback on Twitter at @DotCitizenPod!
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Introducing Dot Citizen
Dot Citizen
Introducing Dot Citizen, a podcast exploring the intersection of technology, politics, and human rights.
info_outlineIn the next season of Dot Citizen, we're diving into human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
With the 2009 Green Revolution, Iranians paved the way for a new world of technology, activism, and protest. At the time, it seemed as if it was a sign technology would bring a new flourishing of human rights. But since then, we've seen how technology has been increasingly used by governments to circumvent and limit human rights. No more so than in Iran.
Chrisella Herzog and Zachary Stickney introduce the season by discussing their background with Iran issues, and how they both came to be interested in the topic. Then they introduce our interviewees this season.
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