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The future past: Microsoft President Brad Smith and others discuss how tech is helping preserve our cultural heritage

About the guests

Brad Smith (left) is the president of Microsoft. He leads work on a range of issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including ethics, artificial intelligence, human rights, and environmental sustainability.  

Yves Ubelmann (center) is an architect and the founder of Iconem, a digital architecture initiative whose mission is to preserve cultural heritage sites around the world with new technology. 

Will Lewis (right) is the Principal Technical Program Manager with Microsoft Translator.  He’s led the Microsoft Translator team’s efforts to build Translation engines for many of the world’s languages. 

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In Culture podcast series: Go behind the scenes with change makers harnessing technology to shape the future

Todd Whitney

Todd Whitney is a podcast producer, editor, and sound designer exploring audio in a variety of spaces. Since 2012, he’s produced stories for NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin and reported on waste, cultures, and change for KALW’s Crosscurrents. He’s also directed audio fiction and produced food travelogues for Audible Originals. Beyond the podcast space, he’s an avid hacker-maker, whose current work centers around building soil moisture sensors.