Having the conversations about design we want to have, sometimes with guests. Hosted by Erika Hall and Mike Monteiro. You should listen.
Episodes
May 8, 2020
May 8, 2020
1hr 2 min
We sit down with Max-Beverton Palmer, Head of Tech and Society at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, to discuss his work helping policy-makers address challenges around the world.
Max wanted you all to know that the world has clearly changed a lot since this podcast was recorded, but the political and technology principles discussed haven’t. The Institute Max works for has pivoted to tackling the crisis. You can find more here, and two reports on how we use tech to get through the current crisis:
Digital Policy for a Lockdown: How Tech Can Help Us Adapt to a Radically Altered World
A Price Worth Paying: Tech, Privacy and the Fight Against Covid-19
EPISODE LINKS
- Max on Twitter
- Narratives of Hate: The Spectrum of Far-right Worldviews in the UK
- Diversify by June Sarpong
- The Bretton Woods Conference, 1944
- Sky parental control design
Feb 11, 2020
Feb 11, 2020
1hr 1 min
We get the band back together! Our lawyer Gabe Levine joins us to reminisce about contract negotiations past and discuss the fundamentals of negotiation for designers, or anyone, really.
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Jan 17, 2020
Jan 17, 2020
1hr 11 min
Accessibility consultant and trainer Elle Waters joins us to talk about the importance of inclusive design, and why we aren’t there yet.
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Nov 26, 2019
Nov 26, 2019
57 min
Yonah Camacho Diamond, union organizer with the Communications Workers of America explains how unions works in the US. We discuss why tech workers might want to consider organizing and the process for doing so.
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Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
1hr 46 sec
John Hanawalt, designer and co-founder of the Queer Design Club, returns to Mule to tell us about his work to celebrate queer contributions to the design industry and foster community, and especially the Queer Design Count.
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Oct 24, 2019
Oct 24, 2019
52 min
Kio Stark, author of When Strangers Meet, TED speaker, and person who by her own admission makes strange faces, joins us to talk about the benefits of talking to people you don’t know. We talk about ways to step out of your comfort zone to experience moments of ‘fleeting intimacy’ without coming across as a sociopath. And it turns out this is all connected to research.
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Sep 11, 2019
Sep 11, 2019
58 min
Kristina Halvorson, founder of Brain Traffic and Confab: the Content Strategy Conference joins us to talk about content, and strategy, and why some people continue to be wrong on the internet. Also, what’s up with supervillain lairs?
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Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019
1hr 11 min
Design pioneer, entrepreneur, author, and longtime friend of Mule Nathan Shedroff joins us to talk about innovation, sustainability, and the Cats trailer. Nathan co-founded one of the first web services firms ever, went on to create the ground-breaking Design MBA program at California College of the Arts (CCA), and is now executive director of Seed Vault Ltd, building an independent, trusted bot economy on the blockchain.
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May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
44 min
Mike wrote a book about ethics. We also talk inexpertly about equines and touch on the stupidity of gender reveal parties and Ayn Rand fans.
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Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
57 min
Jeff Tidwell, entrepreneur and long-time friend of Mule joins us to talk about his latest project. Next For Me is a resource for people 50+ as they navigate new work and social contributions. We discuss ageism, opportunities to build a better society, and the relationship of kids these days to our lawns.
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