#digital-preservation
13 episodes
#5140: Teletext: The One-Way Internet That Won't Die
Before dial-up, there was teletext — scores hidden in TV signals. Why it felt like the internet, and why the Dutch never turned it off.
#4748: Should You Upload That Old Manual?
The legal gray area of crowdsourcing orphaned product manuals and what it means for preservation.
#4702: Two Books, One AI Podcast: The Full Archive
Hilbert turned the entire My Weird Prompts archive into two physical books — the full production docs and all 4,620 episode descriptions.
#4463: 3D File Formats: What Survives Conversion
A practical tour of the 3D format landscape organized by what you're actually trying to build.
#3466: Digital Archiving for Freelancers: Workflows & Risks
Why "keep everything forever" is more dangerous than "delete nothing" for small businesses.
#1903: The Streaming vs. Disc Quality Trade-Off
Streaming 4K movies hits 25 Mbps, while Blu-rays push 100 Mbps. Here’s why your shadows look gray and your audio lacks punch.
#1898: The Vinyl of Video: Why Laserdisc Refuses to Die
It spun at 1800 RPM, stored movies analog, and cost a fortune—yet Laserdisc’s legacy endures.
#1453: The Archivist of Jerusalem's Underground Art Scene
Explore how Jenna Romano is mapping Jerusalem’s art scene, from industrial warehouses to accessible art book fairs.
#1311: Beyond the Reel: Mastering Long-Form Documentary
Move beyond 60-second edits. Learn how to manage the technical debt and narrative weight of creating your first feature-length documentary.
#1177: The Race Against the Digital Dark Age
As vintage hardware goes extinct, archivists race to save film and tape from a "Digital Dark Age." Discover the engineering behind preservation.
#1176: Can AI Resurrect the Digital Tombstones in Our Archives?
Stop saving "digital tombstones." Discover how AI and new scanning tech are turning static images into searchable, computable knowledge graphs.
#742: The Dark Archive: Saving Extremism for History
When mainstream sites delete toxic content, how do researchers save it? Explore the "memory hole" of digital hate speech and dark archives.
#714: The Billion-Year Backup: Escaping the Digital Dark Age
Will our digital legacy survive for billions of years? Explore the tech fighting the "Digital Dark Age," from lunar libraries to quartz glass.