Wikipedia was once an impossible dream. Today, it is 25 years of humanity at its best.

Bonus Episode: Privacy’s Defender

While How to Fix the Internet is on hiatus, we wanted to share a great conversation with you from earlier this week. EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn spoke wit…

Wikipedia has been a gift to the world for 25 years. Now’s your chance to give back.

Open Source Beats Authoritarianism

What if we thought about democracy as a kind of open-source social technology, in which everyone can see the how and why of policy making, and everyone’s concer…

Wikipedia is written, edited, and fact checked by nearly 250,000 volunteers from around the world.

Trudi Radtke on InclusiveAccess.org

In this month's episode, Jennryn Wetzler, CC's Director of Learning and Training, talks all things Open Education and Inclusive Access Textbooks with Trudi Radt…

Wikimedia Research Showcase - February 2026

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker of Smarthistory

On this episode, we're joined by art historians, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, the co-founders and executive directors of Smarthistory. Smarthistory is…

Sam Williams of Arweave

On this episode of CC's Open Minds, CC’s Chief Operating Officer, Anna Tumadóttir, sits down for an interesting conversation with Sam Williams, the co-founder a…

*Special Episode* CC Roundtable on EU DATA ACT

In this episode, we switch things up from our typical interview style and play back the recording of Creative Commons’ hybrid roundtable on the EU Data Act, whi…

Wordle and the Web We Need

Where is the internet we were promised? It feels like we’re dominated by megalithic, siloed platforms where users have little or no say over how their data is u…

An AI Hammer in Search of a Nail

It often feels like machine learning experts are running around with a hammer, looking at everything as a potential nail - they have a system that does cool thi…

The Philosopher King

Computer scientists often build algorithms with a keen focus on “solving the problem,” without considering the larger implications and potential misuses of the …

Damien Riehl & Noah Rubin of All The Music

In this episode of CC's Open Minds, we sit down with programmer, musician, and copyright attorney Damien Riehl, and fellow musician and programmer, Noah Rubin, …

Teaching AI to Its' Targets

Too many young people – particularly young people of color – lack enough familiarity or experience with emerging technologies to recognize how artificial intell…

Making Hope

The joy of tinkering, making, and sharing is part of the human condition. In modern times, this creative freedom too often is stifled by secrecy as a means of m…

Cory Doctorow, Science Fiction Author, Journalist and Tech Activist

In this episode, Creative Commons' General Counsel, Kat Walsh, sits down for an hour-long discussion with award winning science fiction author, journalist and t…