Bytes of Good is a podcast where we engage in critical discussions about technology, the role it plays in our society, and career paths in the social good space. Feel free to contact us at podcast@hack4impact.org and take a look at our show notes for condensed summaries + resources! https://bytesofgood.org/podcast/
S2E4: Grassroots Orgs and Tech Policy (w/ Hamid Khan of StopLAPD)
Our final episode of the season! Last but not least, we chat with Hamid Khan of StopLAPD, a community-power based org that, among other initiatives, helped lead the end of LAPD’s predPol algorithmic policing program. Thanks for listening, and check out our show notes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RABc9DFJ6s3y9JeHUW9mBiS_UfAc4ZW26FKPBzJ1Kac/edit) for more resources!
19 Apr 2022
S2E3: Making a Nonprofit for Justice in Tech (w/ David Robinson)
We're back! Today we chat with David Robinson, the co-founder of Upturn, a non-profit that has made major waves on equity and justice in Tech Policy. Check out our show notes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RABc9DFJ6s3y9JeHUW9mBiS_UfAc4ZW26FKPBzJ1Kac/edit) for more resources!
8 Feb 2022
S2E2: Action with Academia (w/ Lelia Marie Hampton)
In our second episode of our Tech Policy season, we talk to Lelia Marie Hampton, a 2nd year second year Computer Science PhD student at MIT studying applied Machine Learning and AI safety. Lelia talks about why they decided to get a PhD, and how Black Feminist Philosophy provides a framework for AI safety, and how they are able to affect social change through academia. If you are interested in influencing tech policy and social change using academia as a platform, take a listen and check out our show notes for next steps! Find Lelia here: https://leliaplusplus.github.io/ Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com). Icon by Freepik (https://www.freepik.com/).
24 Jan 2022
S2E1: Crowdsourcing Tech Policy (w/ Ishan Sharma and Andrew Sosanya)
Bytes of Good is back with our second season! This time focused on Tech Policy, where guests from academia, think tanks, grassroots organizing, and more talk about how they got into the world of tech policy. This season premiere features Andrew Sosanya and Ishan Sharma from the DayOneProject, a non-partisan organization crowdsourcing US Science and Technology Policy. The org generated 100 actionable proposals for the Biden Administration, and many of their proposals have been put to action, such as the U.S. Digital Corps. If you have a science or tech policy idea, or want to create change through tech, take a listen and check out DayOneProject at https://www.dayoneproject.org/. Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com).
2 Jun 2021
EP 3: Academic Research and Tech for Social Good (w/ Dr. Aditya Vashistha)
Every year, many undergraduate students, especially those nearing graduation, find themselves contemplating a variety of post-graduation opportunities. Within the computer and information sciences, students often choose to either pursue jobs in the tech industry or to further their education in graduate programs. In this episode, Angela and James speak with Dr. Aditya Vashistha to understand the intersection between academia and social impact, with a specific focus on academic research. How can students interested in graduate school engage in computing research for social good? Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com (http://soundslikeanearful.com/)).
7 Mar 2021
EP 2: Big Tech to the Nonprofit World (w/ Anthony Suarez)
Anthony Suarez details his career path and how he made the transition from Amazon to the CTO of Code.org (http://code.org/), and eventually started his own social purpose corporation, FounderFM. Music by Sounds Like an Earful (soundslikeanearful.com (http://soundslikeanearful.com/)).
27 Jul 2020
EP 1: Zenysis & the Cholera Outbreak in Mozambique (w/ Pablo Sarmiento)
In March of 2019, a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique. It caused a massive outbreak of cholera (300-400 cases per day), and the WHO was alerted about the situation. Zenysis stepped up and was able to help. They had a case management tool that was able to unify the data of the health workers on the ground and notify the Mozambique ministry of health where the outbreaks were occurring. They were able to coordinate the dispatching of doctors and water treatment workers who chlorinated the contaminated water sources, and thanks to Zenysis' help, Mozambique brought the numbers of new outbreaks down to zero.
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27 Jul 2020
EP 0: Demystifying Social Good
Bytes of Good connects young, tech-minded individuals to opportunities around social good as well as emerging issues where new ideas are needed. Learn more about us at bytesofgood.org
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