The debate over technology and disruption is a red herring, writes Glenn Fleishman. The trouble with Uber is that it's a middleman that can control both ends of the market.

Greg Wohlwend co-created the popular game Threes. He talks with host Glenn Fleishman about the joy of success, the burden of being independent, and the problems with parasites.

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/147179288" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom are the co-executive directors of CASH Music (Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders) a non-profit organization that brings… Read the rest of the article: Talking CASH Music with Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom (New Disruptors Episode 73)

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/146203576" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Henry Smith is a games app developer, and the evil genius behind the addictive multi-player app Spaceteam. Spaceteam won oodles of awards, and… Read the rest of the article: A chat with Henry Smith, Spaceteam Game Designer (New Disruptors 72)

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/145054539" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Elly Blue is a bike activist, writer, and publisher, and has run more Kickstarter campaigns than nearly any other person or group. She… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 71: Bike Activist and Publisher Elly Blue

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/143990747" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Chris Yates is a polymath. A sculptor, artist, woodworker, cartoonist, entrepreneur, dog-kennel assembler, musician, and more. He's best known now for his handmade… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 70: Puzzle Maker Chris Yates

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/142782502" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Dylan Meconis is a prolific cartoonist who lives in Portland, Oregon. She constantly labors away at a mix between her solo work and… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 69: cartoonist Dylan Meconis

Glenn Fleishman on a crowdfunded journey into the history of comics in America

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/141571578" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder created the movie Stripped about the past, present, and future of comic strips and their creators. Dave is… Read the rest of the article: Interview with the creators of Stripped, feature-length doc about comic strips [New Disruptors Podcast #68]

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/140482537" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Danielle Hulton of Ada's Technical Books not only opened a bookstore in Seattle in 2010, but recently dramatically expanded the size of the… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 67: Danielle Hulton on how she built a dramatically successful indie bookstore

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/139329503" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Joshua Lifton is one of the founders of Crowd Supply, a company that crowdfunds around products. They take a very different approach to… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 66: Crowded House with Joshua Lifton

Jeopardy champion Glenn Fleishman on Jeopardy champion Arthur Chu

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137997684" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin founded Scratch Magazine, a born-digital publication that tells writers what they're worth and how the publishing industry sausage-making… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 65: Made from Scratch with Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136988144" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Angela and Aubrey Webber are the musical group The Doubleclicks, bringing geeky music to nerdy folk. The sisters never intended to form a… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 64: Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves with The Doubleclicks

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135677864" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Greg Knauss is an independent software developer who created Romantimatic, a reminder program for absent-minded sweethearts. You may know him from the early… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 63: Failing Upward with Greg Knauss

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/134545568" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools re-imagines the Whole Earth Catalog, of which he was an editor and publisher, for the Internet era: crowdsourced, crowdmade,… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 62: Retooling Cool with Kevin Kelly

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/133403984" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Matt Conn wanted to organize a safe event for gaymers — that's people who game and are part of the LGBTQ continuum. The GaymerX… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 61: Attention to Convention with Matt Conn

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/132112613" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Maxwell Salzberg of BackerKit knows what it's like to have a lot of people giving him money who want something in return: he… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 60: Backerkit to the Future with Maxwell Salzberg

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/130936248" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Dan Shapiro created the game Robot Turtles out of scissors, clip art, and a printer to offer asymmetric play: kids and adults can… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 59: Shell Game with Dan Shapiro

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/129846535" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Guest host Jason Snell talks to regular host Glenn Fleishman about Glenn's recent Kickstarter campaign to fund a book of non-fiction articles from… Read the rest of the article: New Disruptors 58: Gaze Deeply Into My Crowdfunding Navel with Glenn Fleishman