A bi-weekly talk show by The Restart Project, plus a monthly documentary series produced by brilliant podcaster Dave Pickering, based on fixing triumphs, heartbreaks and wisdom shared at our community repair events – called Restart Parties – here in London. We go into real depth about good and bad design, obstacles to repair of electronics, emotional aspects of ownership, environmentally irresponsible business models, and the “end of life” of our gadgets. This podcast is for you if you'd like to fix your relationship with electronics. Let’s rethink, restart.
https://therestartproject.org/podcast/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 23 hours 41 minutes
Restart Radio: tracing minerals, and “peak stuff”
We discussed our incipient collaboration with Amnesty, Global Witness and Wikirate, which are rating companies on their sourcing of minerals. Then about the IKEA executive who caught headlines saying we may have reached "peak stuff" in households.
Restart Radio: Spare parts, consumer hype and a pre-emptive petition
We talked with long-time Restarter Dave Lukes about a couple of appliance repairs attempted in Brixton, at our first Restart Party of 2016. Then we discussed non-news from the Consumer Electronics Show, a yearly monster of an event in Vegas - and react...
Restart Podcast Ep 7: The past, present and future of gadget ownership
We talked with Restart Party participants - and experts - about different models for ownership and finance of gadgets, such as rental and leasing
Restart Radio: Firefox OS for phones is over and the Bolivian WALL-E
This was our last show for 2015. We had Restarter Ten and our podcaster Dave in the studio, sharing some of their thoughts on the most exciting repairs they witnessed during the year: a team effort to repair a TV capacitor topped the bill for Ten,
Restart Radio: top 5 good news stories of 2015
Our Top 5 Good News Stories for the year, about design, economics, business, policy, and... the children, our future! From New York to Brussels to Ghana and even Russia. Anywhere there's a yay! (And sometimes a yay-boo).
Restart Podcast Ep 6: where do our gadgets go when they die?
In this episode, we explore what happens to all of our e-stuff when we throw it away, on a roadtrip to Kent, to the largest recycling plant of its kind in southern England.
Restart Radio: Adele and Autechre Special… music, media and audio equipment
We started with Adele's flip phone, but we mostly talked about how music and sound seem to be one area where we continue to have an emotional bond to the electronics we listen with, but also the physical media itself.
Restart Radio: The Big Fix and the art of glitches
In this show, we featured the "Big Fix", Hackney's festival of repair taking place this Saturday and in contrast, the wave of consumerist events leading us to the end of the year.
Restart Radio: breaking the mobile mould
Do statistics about device ownership, numbers of people online, really mean anything if we are just passively playing catch-up? And what would a truly diverse mobile ecosystem look like?
Restart Radio: from changing plugs to changing the world
Alison from The Goodlife Centre, a workshop and learning centre in London was our special guest. We talked about DIY skills and how she has built a thriving business teaching people how to change plugs.