Flint & Silicon

About Flint & Silicon

Tech is political, and Public Interest Technology is no exception. Flint & Silicon explores the intersection of Public Interest Technology, Open Source, Nonprofits and Philanthropy.

Publisher

Thibault Martin

Category

business · science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Oct 2024

Latest episode

11 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 3 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

   To Get Traction You Need a Mission

   Open Source funding is still an unsolved problem. It shares many traits with traditional nonprofits. Many of them are on a mission and don’t have much to sell but still need money to run. In this episode, Amy Parker, Chief Funding Officer at the OpenSSL Foundation, tells us what open source can learn from nonprofits. 🌐 https://ergaster.org/podcast (https://ergaster.org/podcast)

2. 

   22 Oct 2024

   What Even Is Public Interest Technology?

   It’s difficult to fund technology we give away for free. But is all tech worth funding? Who should fund it, and why? 🌐 https://ergaster.org/podcast (https://ergaster.org/podcast)

3. 

   17 Oct 2024

   Connecting Public Interest Technology Disciplines

   Tech is Political, and Public Interest Technology is no exception. In this podcast, grant managers, policymakers, technologists and people concerned about the impact of technology on their life will learn how we can all work together to improve society. 🌐 https://ergaster.org/podcast (https://ergaster.org/podcast)

Inside a recent episode

To Get Traction You Need a Mission

Published 11 Feb 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And people in this community are quite passionate about their causes. So this can be a hard question to ask without the emotion of it and to really step back and say, is this struggling because actually technology is moving in a different direction? Or this is just not something that's needed as much anymore? […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

97

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 22 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

19

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

0

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