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EPISODE 107 - "FACE OFF" We're back with more discussions about facial recognition and the draconian world we're quickly building. Updating our previous discussion with new information out Clearview AI, the 2020 protests, coronavirus and our new masked world, and much more. We're thrilled too have a special interview with fashion designer, activist, and technologist Kate Bertash to discuss the implications of facial surveillance and how we can start to fight back. A lot to unpack so sit back and hit play. CHAPTERS * 04:47 - Intro stats * 06:23 - What is facial recognition? * 09:14 - Why should we care? * 20:20 - Faults in the system * 35:16 - Clearview AI * 45:48 - Consumer facial recognition * 49:40 - Benefits of Facial Recognition? * 54:37 - Fear * 56:21 - Facial tracking in the home * 58:58 - Interview with Kate Bertash * 01:22:29 - Over-surveillance of communities of color * 01:29:08 - THOSE WHO RESIST: Artists, Technologists, Legislators A full transcript [https://ashesashes.org/] will be available as well as detailed links and sources [https://ashesashes.org/blog/episodea-107-face-off] (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org [https://ashesashes.org]. Find more information along with relevant news and links on your favorite social network @ashesashescast. CC BY-SA 4.0

EPISODE 106 - "HUMAN NATURE" This week we get back to the basics with an episode about climate change and the many people waking up to it. Join us as we explore everything from a new European report on need for renewable energy to fuel economic growth to the work archaeologists are doing on how humans have always had an impact on the earth. A dive into humans, nature, and our place in the world. CHAPTERS * 02:48 - Progress on 20 Global Sustainability Goals * 14:39 - Failure to respond * 19:13 - MEDEAS Report in Europe * 25:37 - Faith in science restored? * 31:29 - Short term gains, long term pains * 39:32 - What's coming: migration, heat, crop loss, and more * 53:40 - Brazil mayors cut trees for election * 59:48 - Money is the root of all evil * 1:01:11 - Debt jubilee * 1:04:18 - Economic theory disproves climate change * 1:13:03 - Deep Anthropocene * 1:33:34 - What to Do A full transcript will be available soon and detailed links and sources [https://ashesashes.org/blog/episodea-106-human-nature/] (plus credits and more) are on our website ashesashes.org [https://ashesashes.org]. Find more information along with relevant news and links on your favorite social network @ashesashescast. CC BY-SA 4.0

EPISODE 105 - "SCHOOL'S OUT" Friend of the podcast Moriah sits down with us to discuss life as a grad student during the pandemic. Then, we dive into Wendell Berry, a brief history of the start of some universities, the school-to-sports pipeline, competition in the workforce, and we ask what is the purpose of education anyway? Join us on a meandering walk down the hallway of another broken system (don't worry, we'll be back on this soon for deeper dives). CHAPTERS * 03:44 Moriah Catches Up * 23:47 Degrees for Cops * 27:16 Profits Over Education * 30:50 Sports * 47:24 Packers * 51:33 What Are People For? * 01:12:21 Land Grant Universities * 01:48:42 What is the Purpose? Detailed links and sources [https://ashesashes.org/blog/episodea-105-schools-out] (plus credits and more) are available on our website ashesashes.org [https://ashesashes.org]. Find more information along with relevant news and links on your favorite social network @ashesashescast. CC BY-SA 4.0

EPISODE 104 - "THIS LAND IS MY LAND" You might be surprised how much our cities and streets are designed to keep people out. From spikes on sidewalks, baby shark music in our parks, to gates, buzzers, bouncers, water, deeds, and a whole bunch of clowns, and more! Why are our places designed to be so hostile to common enjoyment and peace? Why is it so important for white people to wall themselves off from the rest of the world? What does it mean to live in places designed like prisons on the eve of historic climate calamities? These and other questions are all explored as we contemplate and reflect on the crazy world that's driving us all nuts! CHAPTERS * 01:12 Some things that make cities terrible * 18:58 Exclusion connected to racism * 35:31 Origins of "Family Values" * 40:47 Whiteness is self-destruction * 46:42 Real estate market exclusion * 1:01:59 Clown Town * 1:05:01 Clown Music * 1:13:34 Anti-Cruisin' USA and more examples * 1:26:57 Gated communities, escapism, and climate change Detailed links and sources [https://ashesashes.org/blog/episodea-104-this-land-is-my-land] (plus credits and more) are available on our website ashesashes.org [https://ashesashes.org]. Find more information along with relevant news and links on your favorite social network @ashesashescast. CC BY-SA 4.0

EPISODE 103 - "MINIMUM JUSTICE" Mandatory minimums, three strike rules, and other similar laws were created to strengthen the "justice" system and make us safer - but have they done the opposite? This week we interview newly minted activists working to free a man caught up in this system and explore in detail the how's and why's of this tragedy of justice. CHAPTERS * 04:18 Disparities in Sentencing * 13:26 Justice for Willie Simmons * 29:10 Interview Takeaway * 31:01 The ones who get away with it * 42:05 Mandatory Sentencing and Unintended Consequences * 01:09:08 We live in a bullshit society * 01:18:21 Why do prisons exist? Reading from Ruth Wilson Gilmore * 01:30:21 "Justice" versus Justice: What can we do A full transcript will soon be available as well as detailed links and sources [https://ashesashes.org/blog/episodea-103-mandatory-minimum] (plus credits and more) on our website ashesashes.org [https://ashesashes.org]. Find more information along with relevant news and links on your favorite social network @ashesashescast or follow our live shows at twitch.tv/ashesashescast [https://twitch.tv/ashesashescast]. CC BY-SA 4.0