Familiar Shapes

By: Heather D. Freeman
  • Summary

  • Technology and magic have a long, rich history together. Each Wednesday, filmmaker Heather Freeman guides us through this apparent paradox with technologists and historians from around the world. If you're into history, witchcraft, magic, social media, artificial intelligence, infotech, or ethics, this podcast brings them together with friendly familiars and malicious bots.
    © 2023 Heather D. Freeman
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Episodes
  • 1. Magnum Opus Postmortem
    Apr 20 2020

    What do you do when Covid-19 kills the context of your feature documentary film? You turn it into a podcast, apparently.

    Filmmaker Heather Freeman interviews Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire), Marion Gibson (University of Exeter), Douglas Guilbeault (Annenberg School of Communication), Paolo Parigi (AirBnB and Stanford University), Samira Shaikh (UNC Charlotte), Tim Weninger (University of Notre Dame), and Samuel Woolley (University of Austin at Texas) about the early modern witch trials and the dangers lurking on social media.

    Addition sounds and thanks to:
    Voice of America
    Freesound.org
    Quinn Freeman Murphy

    Music from ccMixter
    Social Distancing (Extended Mix) (w/ Darkroom) by Whitewolf (c) copyright 2020
    Jerus by septahelix (c) copyright 2020
    Je suis un Phoenix by Bluemillenium (c) copyright 2020
    Morsbach,1954. by Bluemillenium (c) copyright 2012
    Solstice Contemplation by duckett (c) copyright 2011

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    28 mins
  • 2. Tay and John Walsh
    Apr 29 2020

    Tay is a bot-gone-wrong and John Walsh was a cunning-man accused of witchcraft. Their stories are chased with a crash course in the history of information technologies. 

    Filmmaker Heather Freeman interviews Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire), Susan Etlinger (Altimeter Group and The Centre for International Governance Innovation), Marian Gibson (University of Exeter), and Samuel Woolley (University of Texas - Austin).

    Addition Sounds thanks to:
    Freesound.org
    fromtexttospeeach.com
    child/crying/demonic/angry: They don't love me anymore. They don't love me I hate you by 11linda / AmeAngelofSin / Ashley Eddy 


    Music thanks to:

    cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755

    Time by Darkroom (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mactonite/29957 Ft: SackJo22

    Solitude by Entertainment for the Braindead is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

    San Fairy Ann by Hypermagic is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

    Right by The Insider is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

    Traffic and Dark Alleys by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.

    The Fairy by Pk jazz Collective is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

    Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza

    Imagination; The Way You Talk; and A Childish World by Zebrat is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License

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    27 mins
  • 3. Magical Networks
    May 6 2020

    What did early modern people really think about magic? And how do on-line spaces differ from real-world spaces?


    In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews:

    Dr. Vikki Carr, an independent scholar researching witchcraft beliefs of Early Modern England and Scotland

    Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University 

    Prof. Owen Davies Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire  

    Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Altimeter Group

    Prof. Marion Gibson Associate Dean for Education in the College of Humanities, and Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter 

    Prof. Ronald Hutton Head of the School of Humanities and Professor of History at the University of Bristol 

    Srijan Kumar Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology

    Prof. Sean McCloud Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies, and Communication Studies Faculty Affiliate at UNC Charlotte

    Dr. Charlotte-Rose Millar, a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland.  

    Quinn Murphy, Heather Freeman’s eleven-year old son.

    Samuel Woolley Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Austin at Texas


    Addition sounds from Freesound.org, ccMixter, Free Music Archive.
    Visit
    https://www.familiarshapesthemovie.com/episodes for the full list of music credits.

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    31 mins

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