Spring has sprung in London and so have new repair initiatives! Shelini and Fiona tell us about two exciting projects.

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In our 100th episode, we speak to four trailblazers of repair including, Martine Postma, Kyle Wiens, Cristina Ganapini and Mathew Lubari.

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Get a snippet of the action at Fixfest UK 2023. We interviewed 8 attendees about the state of repair in the UK and what they hope for the future.

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Our volunteers Dave, Panda and Andrew run the show, discussing the hype about the Internet of Things (IoT) and 'smart' homes, and related issues of security.

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We interview technologist and researcher Felipe Fonseca. We discuss the role of improvisation in problem-solving and repair, and we learn from Brazilian approaches to repurposing discarded technology.

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Ugo interviews Restart volunteer Philip Le Riche about his passion for cameras. We talk about the technological development of these devices, and about their repairability and product lifetime.

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As part of a summer tradition, we have compiled a summer reading list. We talk about reads which have inspired us and how they relate to our work at Restart.

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Isabel and Ugo interview Simon Werrett, Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at UCL. We talk about his upcoming book "Thrifty Science", which discusses historical practices of repair and reuse.

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In this week's episode, we interview Tim Cooper, professor of Sustainable Design and Consumption at Nottingham Trent University. We discuss the current throwaway culture, and the role of consumers, businesses and regulation in making our products last longer.

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In this week's episode, Ugo and Janet interview Nathan Proctor, Director of US PIRG's Right to Repair campaign. We talk about this movement and generally about our right to fix our devices.

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In this week's episode, Isabel and Ugo interview Lara Houston, a visiting researcher at Goldsmiths University. We talk about academic research on repair, and we also play some recordings from Kaja Ahnfelt, who has conducted research at Restart Parties.

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In this week's episode, Ugo interviews Susanne Baker, Head of Environment & Compliance at techUK. We discuss their position on the public’s growing interest in our right to repair and the future of product standards beyond Brexit.

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In this month's radio takeover, Restart volunteers Ben Skidmore and Dave Lukes talk about "repair on the edge": how to deal with unsual fixes when one lacks the necessary skills or tools.

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We talked to Rob Howard and Matt Marchant from Retro Electro Workshop about making a retro repair show and how to encourage more people to start fixing.

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Ellie and Dave interview Restart volunteer Alvin Hardy, who shares his life-long passion for "ham" radio. We discuss the importance of radio and the value of the community that it helps bring together.

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In this week's episode, Isabel Lopez and Dave Lukes talk about the stuff we use to hack and fix, from the usual tapes and glues to more sophisticated techniques and materials.

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In this week's episode, Ugo and Isabel interview Tarek Loubani, a Palestinian-Canadian doctor who has created low-cost 3D-printed medical devices to help with the lack of supply in Gaza.

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In this week's episode, Janet, Ugo and Dave Lukes discuss our personal data being collected and held elsewhere, focusing on the new EU regulation on data protection, and particularly on its implications for 'connected devices'.

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In this month's Radio “takeover”, Restart volunteers proclaim "It's MY Device!": we talk about our rights to repair and mantain our gadgets, and about exciting fixing stories at recent repair events in London.

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We interview Professor Ross Anderson, an expert on Security Engineering at Cambridge University. We discuss the problem of software obsolescence - how devices can stop working due to software, not just their physical components.

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Ugo interviews Alasdair Davies, a conservation technologist who works on bringing affordable, customisable and repairable open hardware technology to people working on conservation projects.

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In this episode, Janet and Isabel interview Suw Charman-Anderson, founder of the Ada Lovelace Day (ALD), which annually supports and increases the visibility of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

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In our monthly Radio "takeover", we have Ben Skidmore, Panda and Steve Cook discussing our relationship with phones. What makes us replace them and how can they last for longer? We discuss repairability and software support looking at the latest smartphones.

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We interview Florence Okoye and Debs Durojaiye, two of the organisers of the Afrotech Fest in London. We talk about the experience and representation of black people in tech and we discuss the meanings of Afrofuturism.

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We talk to Oliver Franklin-Wallis about his book, Wasteland: The Dirty Truth about What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters. 

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Janet and Ugo talk with Estefania Suquilanda, who is introducing repair into a girls' school in New York. We then discuss Apple's recent claims on being zero waste and the recent 'Right to repair' movement in California.

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Janet and Neil interview Derek Wall about his new book on Elinor Ostrom: "Rules for Radicals". We discuss Ostrom’s view of the "commons" and how people can organise themselves to manage community resources.

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In this week's episode, we talk to artists Joshua Portway and Lise Autogena about their documentary ‘Kuannersuit; Kvanefjeld’, about a small town in Greenland that is divided over plans for a large, open-pit mine.

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We're trying something new. Our volunteers are a crucial part of our work at Restart, and frequently appear as guests on our show. This week, and once a month from this week onwards, we hand them the reins. It's a takeover.

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On International World Radio Day, Ugo is joined by Ben Skidmore to discuss the future of FM radio, and the future of electronic manufacturing more broadly in a post-Brexit world.

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We talk to Josh Lepawksy - Associate professor in Geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland - about his work in the field of 'Discard Studies', examining the way discarded products move through the world.

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Medicine has been revolutionized by technology that goes on - and in - our body. In these cases, questions of durability and reliability can become matters of life and death.

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Today on Restart Radio, Ugo and Neil talk to Charlie Bruce and Tom Putnam from Beeline: a smart compass for cycling.

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In our first monthly Restart Podcast of the year, Dave talks to Leyla Acaroglu: self-described designer, systems thinker and sustainability provocateur.

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In our first radio show of 2018, we cover a range of topics: from flatpack electronics, to the recent Apple battery scandal, to the vulnerabilities opened up by the discovery of Spectre and Meltdown.

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We talk to Emma Beal from West London Waste Authority about how we can promote reuse over recycling, and save working devices from the shredder.

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The soaring value of Bitcoin has been all over the media recently. But what is Bitcoin, and what is the environmental impact of 'mining' it?

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Voice-controlled home assistants are being sold in the millions: but they raise questions about privacy issues, product disposability, and machine learning.

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Are we really willing participants in the Big Data economy?

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If tomorrow we woke up and all the technologies we had come to depend on had ceased to exist, what knowledge would we need to re-build them from scratch?

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How many products do you need to fix to break a world record? The repair cafe held in Cambridge earlier this month has set the new magic number: 232.

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We talk to John Bumstead - an artist and laptop refurbisher whose company 'RKDL Inc' (pronounced "Roadkill") gives a new life to old Apple Macbooks.

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How do Robot pets force us to reconsider the boundaries between the animate and inanimate? And what issues do they raise concerning ownership and DIY repair?

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A world where gadgets can talk to each other brings a whole host of opportunities - but it also throws up unprecedented challenges. 

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On 6-8 of October, we hosted the first International Fixfest in London. It was a chance for repairers, makers, activists, tinkerers and academics from all over the world to meet each other, share tips and stories, and come up with joint strategies for repairing in future.

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Most electronic items when they break are repairable. But there are several persistent myths about DIY quick fixes that can do more harm than good.

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We take a deep-dive into the Brighton repair and reuse ecosystem, speaking to Brighton Repair Café and Tech-Takeback.

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Today, on World Mental Health Day, we talk about how repair can contribute to greater social cohesion and individual well-being for a wide range of people. 

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In part 2 of our podcast special with 'activist academic' Jack Qiu, we talk some more about the fight to end contemporary 'iSlavery'.

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Many people think of slavery as history. But for Jack Qiu, the present-day treatment of some workers in electronics factories in China needs to be conceived of as slavery. And our own addiction to gadgets is its own, related form of mental "slavery".

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