WFMU is pleased to welcome a new member of the freeform family, Douglas Rushkoff! Mr. Rushkoff's program, The Media Squat, can be heard live on our airwaves and webstreams every Monday at 7pm EDT, and streaming archives are available here.
The Media Squat is freeform, bottom-up, open source radio looking towards similarly open source, bottom-up solutions to some of the problems engendered by our relentlessly top-down society.
It isn't pure '60s or Whole Earth radicalism and self-sufficiency (though it's certainly related) but a 21st Century, cyberpunk reclamation of all technologies and social contracts as essentially open source, up for discussion, and open to modification. It's an application of the hacker ethic and net collectivism to everything, done in the spirit of fun and adventure.
The Media Squat is also now available as a podcast: click here to subscribe via iTunes or hit WFMU's podcast page for more options.
If you're not familiar with Douglas Rushkoff's work, dive in by reading his excellent analysis of the economic downturn for a refreshing view.
This show is ace!! Last 20 minutes of this weeks show kicked me out of my socks!!
Posted by: Rustie | March 26, 2009 at 05:57 AM
I found WFMU when I was looking for versions of "Stormy Weather" for a documentary I was producing on brain injury, "Brainstorm."
Since then, I started clicking links, just to see what kind of station would have 72 versions of "Stormy Weather" as free mp3s!
I found this show. This guy's GREAT! The way he has synthesized his computer background with Judaism with economics with grass roots with democratic, participatory media.... jeebers, what a perspective!
So, I'm turning my fellow volunteers at KUNMfm on to this show, as we do a bit of this in our programming schedule, too
BY THE WAY! We are ALSO an excellent source of free form music! AND we interview local & visiting artists, who often perform live in our studios!
Right on, Doublas! Excellent miind food!
Posted by: Rogi Riverstone | April 12, 2009 at 02:53 PM
By the way there is a problem with listening to these files with the zune software. I'm guessing you are using some slightly odd audio format.
Posted by: Jon | April 21, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Would someone please tell me where the Abba and Buzzcocks remix versions came from + Yes the content is great.
Posted by: Charles | April 21, 2009 at 07:14 PM
I think I may have just found them :)
Posted by: Charles | April 21, 2009 at 07:17 PM