Our podcast is unique in the world of technology for one simple reason – it’s not about buying new stuff. Join our Restart Project hosts twice a month, as they talk to the repairers, designers, writers, thinkers, activists and makers who’d rather repair.
Restart Radio airs live every second Tuesday of the month at 5pm on London’s best indie radio station, Resonance 104.4 FM (also on DAB).
Each month, in addition to a live radio show, we also produce a documentary – produced by Dave Pickering – where we follow these stories in a bit more detail. From a day with a washing-machine repairman to an interview with Arcade inventor and TV presenter Tim Hunkin, there’s something for everyone!
In this episode, Dave interviews Monique Szpak, Community Coordinator for Data for The Restart Project. She takes us on a tour of the data collected at community repair events across the world by The Open Repair Alliance. Through an open data standard, Monique has helped to unify and compare the Alliance’s nearly 30,000 repair attempts.
This podcast is a meditation on the quiet importance of television standards, which ensure sets remain useful as the years pass. We talk with two engineers working in television testing about creating effective standards and testing televisions.
This summer, we asked Restart Radio listeners to share their thoughts on our podcast. Around 2.6% of you who listen monthly took our radio survey. In this post, we review who listens, how they listen, how they (would) engage further and summary of your suggestions.
Earlier this year, we visited Fixfest Italia – the first national community repair gathering in Italy. We now want to share the first ever Restart Radio episode in Italian!
B4RN is the bold initiative of a community in Lancashire who simply wanted access to the Internet and decided to start their own community-run broadband. It contributes to community cohesion, education and disaster preparedness.
With Restarters Ben Skidmore and Dave Lukes, Ugo discusses some tech news and then dives into the world of repurposing computers – how can we give them a second life?
Ravi Agarwal is an artist and activist based in New Delhi, where he founded the NGO Toxics Link. We hear Ravi’s reflections on his life between disciplines.
A climate emergency has been all over the news recently. We talk about the public state of anxiety in the face of climate change and we discuss how our lives might need to change in response to this threat.