Welcome to Free Reads, where Hugo and Nebula award winning author James Patrick Kelly podcasts his fiction and non-fiction under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Categories: Arts
Tags: cyberpunk, fantasy, fiction, future, Hugo, humanist, james, kelly, Nebula, patrick, robot, science, scifi, Space
Peter Scott-Morgan intends to defy his fatal diagnosis and live on as a cyborg.
Peter is extraordinary. A robotics scientist, an acclaimed business process expert and an accomplished author. Peter and his partner, Francis, were also the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the UK.
In 2017, Peter discovered he had a Motor Neurone Disease (MND). From the very start, he saw this terminal diagnosis as an opportunity to put his fascination with robotics and science fiction into practice and become the world’s first human cyborg.
This three-part podcast documents Peter’s curious journey, which could have profound implications for many people who suffer from conditions like MND. It opens up that big question: What does it mean to be human if you can continuously improve your ‘quality of life’?
Peter has a looming problem. “It’s like trying to build a lifeboat after the ship has already started sinking.” The increasingly debilitating effects of his diagnosis are closing in on his ambition. He encounters restrictive attitudes towards his new disability and the challenge of recruiting some of the world’s greatest minds, including IBM and Microsoft, to engage with his very personal problem. “We have to pull a number of rabbits out of a hat.”
What keeps Peter going is surprising. Living as a gay man, for forty years, has prepared him for this pioneering mission, despite the scepticism and prejudice he will encounter. “What makes you a man is what’s up here” Peter remarks as he raises a feeble hand to head height.
Peter 2.0 was created by sifting through over 100 hours of footage from a Channel 4 documentary, Peter The Human Guinea. The podcast reached the Top Ten in Apple Podcast’s Science list, was selected for the coveted New and Noteworthy recommendation and was shortlisted for a Rose D’or and won silver for Smartest Podcast at British Podcast Awards in 2021.
In the first three episodes, we’ll explain Peter’s journey to his ground-breaking transformation. The rest of the season follows Peter adapting to his new life as a cyborg.
For more information on Peter’s progress visit https://www.scottmorganfoundation.org/
written and presented by Chris Durlacher
production team: Agata Mastalerz and Helen McAuly Stewart
music composer: Sandy Nuttgens
producer: Bernard P Achampong
assistant producer: Rhys Gunter
executive producer: Pat Younge
An Unedited production for Cardiff Productions. The podcast was made possible with funding from the Wellcome.
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Categories: Science, Technology
Tags: #PeterTheHumanCyborg, artificial intelligence, cerepoc, cyborg, dark web, death, human interest, lgbtq, MND, Motor Neurone Disease, robot, unedited
Robocop! The 1980s classic film spawned 2 sequels, 2 cartoons, and 2 live action TV series. Now this year Alex Murphy is being brought back from the dead once more in a remake of Robocop. To prepare for the new film, download Robocop’s history onto your iPod, and your brain, to hear Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob as they watch and review all the Robocop movies at nowplayingpodcast.com! Robocop has been the star of numerous comic books, TV series, cartoons, video games, and more. His legacy is even worthy of a cinematic remake, hitting theaters in February, 2014. It’s quite the achievement for a character that no director wanted to touch until Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven brought his ultra-violent, satirical aesthetic to the character. The film was originally given an X-rating for violence and decried for its gratuitous gore, but it was a box office success and became a cult hit. Now, in preparation for the new Robocop film, Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob look back at the original. Do the film’s sci-fi elements and cynical view of corporate America hold up today? Listen to find out!
Tags: action, blu, blu ray, Critique, cyborg, drama, DVD, ED-209, film, Gary Oldman, horror, movie, Movies, music, OCP, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, Podcast, police, Remakes, review, Robocop, robot, Samuel L Jackson, Sci-Fi, Suspense, television
Welcome to Decrypted, Ars Technica’s weekly podcast that follows TV shows like Mr. Robot and Westworld. We’ll be diving into the shows in a way only Ars can—which is to say it’ll be thorough, we’ll talk with experts, and no detail is too minute or nerdy. Mr. Robot S2 starts 7/13/16. Westworld starts 10/2/16.
Categories: Society & Culture, Technology, TV & Film
Tags: arstechnica, EPISODIC, hacking, mrrobot, popculture, robot, science, tech, tv, Westworld
Robots in Depth (RID) is an interview series with everyone in robotics, from top entrepreneurs, investors and corporate leaders to researchers, political policy makers and domain experts. The episodes are 30-60 minutes long, and a new episode is published each week. The format of RID is that of a talk show with one host and one interviewee, both in the same space. The interviews are relaxed and conversational in style and cover every aspect of robotics. Per Sjöborg hosts Robots in Depth. He is an experienced interviewer in the field of robotics, interviewing robotics experts regularly since he started his podcast in 2010. Per is well connected in the robotics community and has attended the industry’s major events since 2008.
Categories: Education, Science, Technology
Tags: 3d printing, ai, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, drones, engineering, machine learning, Podcast, robot, robotics, robotics engineer, science, stem, Technology
Jim Robbie and the Wanderers is a bi-monthly radio drama podcast. A troupe of musicians is traveling a surreal post-apocalyptic America with their robot companion Jim Robbie, entertaining and sticking their noses where they don’t belong. The United States that the Wanderers inhabit is full of all sorts of strange and wonderful surprises, from zombies, cactus people, underwater kingdoms to vampires, messed up physics and mad scientists.
Categories: Arts
Tags: apocalyptic, audio, Comedy, drama, magic, Monsters, play, post, radio, robot, robots, story, Vampires, women
What have computers got to do with cows? Can a wooden mirror help us understand the computing behind digital image capture? Neil Rowse is the first dairy farmer in the UK to use a computerised system that gives cows control over when they are milked, and allows him to remotely monitor the welfare of individual animals. Daniel Rozin has created an computer operated mirror made from 835 tilting wooden tiles. With the help of a digital camera and a computer programme, the wooden tiles mimic the digital pixel information and tilt themselves into a ‘reflection’. This material is taken from The Open University course T224 Computers and processors.
Categories: Education
Tags: art, automatic, components, computer, Cows, farm, information, interactive, laser, mirror, robot, Technology
In 2003, Andy Berman, Carl Habermehl, Rick Katschke and Mike Schmalz formed the band Robot Breakdancing Union. They would go on to win their high school’s Battle of the Bands that year, but immediately became J.D. Sallinger-esque reclusives, never performing publicly again. However, over the past six years, they’ve pulled an XTC and have recorded a large sum of music. In the Robot Breakdancing Union Anthology, Andy, Carl, Rick and Mike tell the stories behind these songs and play the studio recording at the end of the episode. A good number of these songs have not been heard by anyone outside of the foursome. It will be a long journey, sometimes painful, sometimes euphoric, but always entertaining.
Categories: Comedy
Tags: andy, Berman, breakdancing, Carl, Habermehl, Katschke, Rick, robot, union
Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. FIFTY YEARS OF S**T ROBOTS is a podcast that celebrates them all. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teesside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.
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Categories: Fiction, TV & Film
Tags: Fifty, Fifty Years of Shit Robots, film history, films, geek, geeks, Matt Brown, Movies, robot, Robot History, robots, Sci-Fi, shit, Stephen Murray, years
‘We Fix Space Junk’ follows seasoned smuggler Kilner and reluctant fugitive Samantha as they travel the galaxy, dodging bullets and meeting strange and wonderful beings as they carry out odd jobs on the fringes of the law. A female-led sci-fi comedy sitcom set in the far future, in a high-tech, dystopian world, We Fix Space Junk draws on the sci-fi of the past, following in the footsteps of Harry Harrison and of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Equal parts love-letter to sci-fi and satire of the present-day, Space Junk is lovingly produced by Beth Crane and Hedley Knights of Battle Bird Productions. To support the show visit patreon.com/BattleBirdProd or visit Battlebird.productions
Tags: aliens, bbc, Comedy, drama, female, future, Galaxy, h2g2, hitchhikersguide, loans, radiodrama, repairmen, robot, scifi, sitcom, Space, spacetravel, studentloans, Universe
Get Bonus Episodes on www.patreon.com/redditreading Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/4YcFYwWTMD At Reddit Readings, we are narrating the funniest, scariest, and most disturbing stories that get sent to us. Listen to the top stories and posts that Reddit has to offer from the most popular subreddits! For business inquiries contact: redditreadings.podcast@gmail.com In this episode, we’re listening to the best revenge stories narrated directly from Reddit r/ProRevenge. Enjoy! Support us on Patreon Join our Discord Server Visit our Website Check out our Subreddit Follow us on socials: TikTok Instagram YouTube Original Posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRevenge/comments/v91prm/i_went_from_school_teacher_to_chairman_of_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRevenge/comments/v7jl4e/neighbors_kept_parking_in_our_lot_i_froze_them_out/ https://www.reddit.com/r/entitledparents/comments/vayw9r/you_are_who_i_tell_you_to_be_said_by_my_mom/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Categories: Comedy, Leisure, True Crime
Tags: ask me anything, AskReddit, Compilation, read it, Reddit, reddit readings, redditor, robot, rslash, Stories, text to speech, top posts
Action/Comedy Superhero show about a Heroic Robot fighting crime in Leadership City
Categories: Comedy, Fiction, Kids & Family
Tags: action, cartoon, childrens, Comedy, family, robot, superhero, Supervillians
Subscribe to our podcast! CollectionDX is proud to host Destroy All Podcasts DX with Jeremy, Dylan, Mike, Star, Betty, and Zuey, a podcast updated every Monday about animation and cult film with an emphasis on the Japanese and the deeply weird. It may contain foul language and filthy, dirty lies. It should not be listened to by human beings or taken orally. Please stick our ad in your podcast. Write us angry letters at feedback at destroyallpodcastsdx dot com! Our super awesome spokesrobot by Shaloop! Other podcasts we love include: Fast Karate, Anime World Order, Greatest Movie Ever, Viga the Otagal.
Categories: TV & Film
Tags: action, anime, chogokin, comics, fi, fiction, figures, Japan, japanese, Jpop, macross, manga, mazinger, nerd, otaku, robot, robotech, SCI, science, toys
‘Splintered Caravan’ is a Cyberpunk themed Audio Drama. Influenced by Blade Runner, Shadowrun and heist stories of the past. This adventure story features a primarily female lead cast, multiple intense situations, and all original music!
Categories: Fiction
Tags: Adventure, Audiodrama, Bladerunner, cyberpunk, Noir, Podcast, robot, scifi, splinteredcarava, Technology
A podcast dedicated to discussing the story, tech, world events, and themes presented in the USA Network series, Mr. Robot.
Categories: TV & Film
Tags: christian, cryptocurrency, Malek, mr, Rami, robot, slater