Plutopia News Network Podcast
1) Colin Wright: Juggling Mathematics
In this episode of the Plutopia News Network Podcast, hosts Jon Lebkowsky, Scoop Sweeney, and Wendy Grossman talk with mathematician and juggler Colin Wright, who holds a PhD in pure mathematics from ...Show More
2) Sumner Erickson: Actors of Sound
The Plutopia podcast welcomes Sumner Erickson, who discovered the tuba in sixth grade by chance and, at 18, won a job with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra after studies at the Curtis Institute. He r...Show More
3) Mike Aaron: Digital Lifeguard
On this Plutopia episode, Mike Aaron — once a renewable-energy policy aide, now a “digital lifeguard” — explains how fast-evolving tech and social engineering are fueling scams and identit...Show More
4) Roy Casagranda: Politics 2025
In this Plutopia News Network episode, political historian Dr. Roy Casagranda joins Jon and Scoop for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, U.S. presidents from Eisenhower to Trump, and the fragi...Show More
5) Nate Wilcox: The State of the Union
Nate Wilcox joins Plutopia News Network with a wide-ranging critique of U.S. politics, media, technology, and foreign policy. He argues the political center has collapsed, institutions lack credibilit...Show More
6) Paulina Borsook and Brian Maggi: In Formation Magazine
On this Plutopia News Network episode, hosts talk with In Formation magazine’s humor editor Brian Maggi and writer/contributing editor Paulina Borsook about their newly released Issue #3 — an in...Show More
7) Jeremy Faludi: Sustainable Design
The Plutopia podcast talks with Dr. Jeremy Faludi, a Delft University sustainable design researcher and lead author of Sustainable Design: From Vision to Action, about practical, systems-level strateg...Show More
8) Hugh Forrest: Community Experience
Hugh Forrest, former President and longtime programming lead for Austin’s famed South by Southwest Festival, joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss shifting from running massive events to consulting on...Show More
9) James L. Wayman: Automated Human Identification
In this Plutopia News Network podcast, Dr. James Wayman, a pioneer in biometrics, shares his career journey. His studies grew from computational acoustics in the 1970s to becoming a leading authority ...Show More
10) It’s All Balcones Fault!
On this episode of the Plutopia podcast, the hosts revisit Austin’s formative 1970s music scene through Scoop's archival 1977 interview with Fletcher Clark and Jack Jacobs, co-founders of the eclectic...Show More