Future Knowledge
Future Knowledge explores the intersection of technology, culture, and information policy with leading authors, scholars, and experts.
Internet Archive & Authors Alliance · Internet Archive
Show overview
Future Knowledge launched in 2025 and has put out 46 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode in the time since. That works out to roughly 30 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 35 min and 46 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 27 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Internet Archive.
From the publisher
Future Knowledge explores the intersection of technology, culture, and information policy with leading authors, scholars, and experts. From copyright and open access to AI and digital preservation, we discuss the big issues shaping knowledge and creativity in the digital age. This podcast is brought to you by the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance.
Latest Episodes
View all 46 episodesWill State Law Solve the Library eBook Crisis?
The Internet Archive at 30: A Conversation with Brewster Kahle
Mass Surveillance and the Loss of Fun
Open for Whom?
The Fight for the Public Record
Big Fiction
Reclaiming Fair Use
Vanishing Culture #6: What We've Learned with Vida Vojić & Alice Bridgwood
Vanishing Culture #5: A Language Worth Saving with Peter Scholing
Vanishing Culture #4: Keeping African Folktales Alive with Helen Nde & Laura Gibbs
Vanishing Culture #3: Saving Queer Memory with Brooke Palmieri
Vanishing Culture #2: The Stories Hidden in Cookbooks with Katie Livingston
Vanishing Culture #1: What We Stand to Lose with Luca Messarra
Transaction Denied
AI Tools, Not Gods
Law and Technology
Preserving the Web in the Age of AI
Vanishing Culture
Data Cartels
Ep 26The Secret Life Of Data
In The Secret Life of Data, authors Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert explore how the information we generate every day—email addresses, phone numbers, browsing habits, even biometric data—circulates through vast digital systems that shape our lives in ways we rarely see. Their book examines the hidden infrastructures of data collection, surveillance, and algorithmic decision-making, revealing how these systems influence culture, power, and identity in a networked world. Internet governance scholar Laura DeNardis speaks with Sinnreich and Gilbert.Grab your copy of The Secret Life of Data: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/the-secret-life-of-data/This conversation was recorded on 4/18/2024. Watch the full video recording at: https://archive.org/details/the-secret-life-of-dataCheck out all of the Future Knowledge episodes at https://archive.org/details/future-knowledge