Hacker puppets answer your questions about the net

Cory Doctorow 3:00 pm Sat Sep 13, 2014

Gus writes, "Two of us who help produce the Hackers On Planet Earth conference and the Off The Hook radio show are starting a new season of The Media Show, our media/digital literacy show; we'd love to invite Boing Boing readers to participate in the crowdfunding and questions for our next season."

They're raising $4700 for 15 episodes, $10 gets you stickers; $25, a tee; $35 a DVD, and there's lots more. Basically, the rewards are just thank-yous, you're really just contributing to an excellent cause: free gonzo educational Internet materials for all!

We're excited about this season! These episodes are going to specifically answer questions people ask Google about how the Internet and media work — found via Google search autocomplete. We'll be directly educating people who are ready to learn, in short, funny videos.

You may have caught our earlier "What is a hacker?" interviews with Mitch Altman and Emmanuel Goldstein.

And I know Xeni retweeted our episode debunking myths about online predators which scare people into keeping their kids away from the Internet.

The Media Show Answers The Internet's Stupid Questions

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