Policy decisions are proposed and discussed on the <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'/maillist') %-->">Mailing list</a>,
which is open to anyone to join.
Mailing list discussions are brought to the attention of the listening community on the first Monday of the month in the
<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'series/0047.html') %-->">HPR Community News</a> show.
This show is also <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'recording.html#round_table') %-->">open to anyone</a> to participate in.
The schedule for the Community News shows can be downloaded as an <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'HPR_Community_News_schedule.ics') %-->">iCal calendar</a> containing recording dates for the next 12 months. A reminder is also sent to the mailing list in the week before the recording.</p>
<p>Our hosting is kindly provided to us by <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'correspondents/0174.html') %-->">Josh Knapp</a> from <ahref="https://anhonesthost.com/hosting/shared-hosting">AnHonestHost.com</a>, and he has the last word in issues related to site security. A changing team of volunteers called the "admins" or "Janitors", deal with the day to day operation of HPR. Acting as the first point of contact, processing the shows, coordinating policy discussions, removing spam, updating the website, etc. They are contactable via the email account admin @ HPR. They have no more say over policy than anyone else. Anyone who has shown a long term dedication to the project and is trusted by the community, can become an admin.
<li><ahref="https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2021-July/004191.html">HPR will move #oggcastplanet on libera, and we will also include links to the matrix, and mastodon channel</a></li>
<li><ahref="https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2021-August/004200.html">Existing shows will be flagged with the current version and new shows will default to "Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)"</a></li>
<li><ahref="https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2021-November/004328.html">The Intro Outro will be changed and the upload form will remove the option to add intro and outros.</a></li>
<li><ahref="https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2021-December/004341.html">Removal of "by arranged permission" when posting to HPR</a></li>
Our hosting is kindly provided by <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->correspondents/0174.html">Josh</a> from <ahref="https://anhonesthost.com/shared-hosting/">AnHonestHost.com</a>.
We would appreciate it if you could <ahref="https://secure.anhonesthost.com/cart.php?gid=17">donate</a> to help reduce his costs in funding the hosting. He is also accepting bitcoins to <em>1KsxJr9HtsdaUeU7yaV9bk9bQi21UPBtUq</em>
HPR is governed by the community, so decisions about how <?php print "${HPR_Name}";?> Public Radio should be run are made on the mailing list you can join it by going to :<br/>
<li>2019-10-18: <ahref="https://blog.feedspot.com/hacker_podcasts/">Top 10 Hacker Podcasts You Must Follow in 2019</a> (<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2019-10-18_blog.feedspot.com-hacker_podcasts-Top_10_Hacker_Podcasts_You_Must_Follow_in_2019.pdf') %-->">Archived</a>)</li>
<li>2018-08-01: <ahref="https://www.linuxlinks.com/review-hacker-public-radio-podcasts-hacker-community/">Review: The Linux Podcast Scene - all the movers and shakers</a> (<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2018-08-01_linuxlinks.com_review-linux-podcast-scene-movers-shakers.pdf') %-->">Archived</a>)</li>
<li>2016-05-18: <ahref="http://solutionsreview.com/endpoint-security/top-ten-cybersecurity-podcasts/">Ten Security Podcasts You Should Be Listening To</a> by Lauren Cooke in Endpoint Security News (<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2016-05-18_solutionsreview.com_endpoint-security_top-ten-cybersecurity-podcasts.png') %-->">Archived</a>)</li>
<li>2014-06-30: <ahref="http://opensource.com/life/14/6/hacker-public-radio">Free software on Hacker Public Radio</a> by Bryan Behrenshausen (Red Hat)(<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2014-06-30_Free_software_on_Hacker_Public_Radio.pdf') %-->">Archived</a>)</li>
<li>2014-04-11: <ahref="http://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/2014/04/11/hand-picked-audio-podcasts-for-linux-users/">Hand-picked audio podcasts for Linux users</a> by Milosz Galazka (<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2014-04-11_hand-picked-audio-podcasts-for-linux-users.pdf') %-->">Archive</a>)</li>
<li>2013-10-11: <ahref="http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20130706190339587/LinuxPodcasts-Page1.html">Illuminating Linux Podcasts</a> by Dan Petersen (<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2013-10-11_Illuminating_Linux_Podcasts.pdf') %-->">Archive</a>)</li>
<li>2012-12-24: <ahref="http://www.maketecheasier.com/10-great-podcasts-for-linux-open-source-geeks/">10 Great Podcasts for Linux & Open Source Geeks</a> by Rebecca "Ruji" Chapnik (<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2012-12-24_10-great-podcasts-for-linux-open-source-geeks.pdf') %-->">Archived</a>)</li>
<li>2011-08-01: <ahref="http://www.linuxformat.com/archives?issue=147">Linux Format: Pick the perfect geek podcast in our roundup</a> by Mayank Sharma in Linux Format Magazine(<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'press/2011-08-01_hpr-linux-format.png') %-->">Archive</a>)</li>
<p>Please be aware that our Archive exceeds <strong>62Gb</strong><em>(Ogg: 21Gb, Spx: 16Gb, mp3: 25Gb)</em>. We are happy for you to download them, but please make sure that you are not going to incur additional bandwidth charges on your side.</p>
<p>We will be happy to post you the episodes on physical media anywhere in the world if bandwidth is an issue.</p>
<h2>Full Episode Guide</h2>
<p>
The <ahref="<!--% absolute_path(baseurl) %-->eps/index.html">compete episode guide</a> is available to you, and it lists all the shows on one page going right back to the very first episode.
</p>
<h2>Command line download</h2>
<p>
You can download the audio of the episodes directly from the command line using the following commands:
<h1id="so_you_want_to_record_a_podcast">So you want to record a podcast<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'about.html#so_you_want_to_record_a_podcast') %-->">.</a></h1>
<p>Well you've come to the right place. Our goal here at HPR is to make it as easy as possible for you to get a podcast released. We take care of the hard bits so you don't need to. Recording your first show is always a daunting prospect but <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->correspondents/index.html">hundreds of people</a> like yourself have done it and so can you.
The first thing you will need to do is decide on a topic for your show. You might already have an idea but if not you can have a look at our <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->eps/index.html">Archive</a> page for examples of shows people have recorded in the past. You can also look at our <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->about.html#requested_topics">Requested Topics</a>, or our <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->series/index.html">Series</a> page to see if you can add your knowledge to the pool.
If you are worried that your show may not be of interest to Hackers then you can <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->will-my-show-be-of-interest-to-hackers.html">click here</a> to check if it is.
If you can't think of anything to talk about then please just record a show telling us <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->series/0029.html">how you got into tech</a> as a way to introducing yourself to the community.
Once you have your audio ready you can post your show by going to the <ahref="<!--% hub_baseurl %-->calendar.php">Calendar</a> page or press the <strong><ahref="<!--% hub_baseurl %-->calendar.php">⇧Upload⇧</strong></a> button.
After you have selected a date you will be redirected to the <ahref="<!--% hub_baseurl %-->request.php">request page</a>, where you will be asked to select your show and email address. We will send a link to where you can upload your show to this address and so it must be a valid working address that you can access quickly. We intend to use <ahref="https://www.gnupg.org/">GPG</a> to speed up the validation of hosts, so you may wish to use an email address that has an associated public key available on public key servers.
Got any questions not covered here, then just email <strong>"admin" at "HPR"</strong>, and we'll get in touch with you with all you need to know about getting your show published.<br/>
You can chat with other podcasters using IRC in the <strong>#oggcastplanet</strong> channel on the <ahref="https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=oggcastplanet">libera.chat</a> network. Follow us on <ahref="https://identi.ca/group/hpr">identi.ca</a> (use the tag <strong>!hpr</strong>) and on <ahref="https://twitter.com/hpr">Twitter</a> (use the tag <strong>#hpr</strong>). We have a <ahref="https://www.facebook.com/HenryPartickReilly">Facebook</a> and <ahref="https://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3737302">LinkedIn</a> group, so please join and spread the word.</p>
<p>This is a list of topics that have been requested by the community. Feel free to add it to the list by emailing admin at hpr or by tweeting us on <ahref="https://twitter.com/hpr">@HPR</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>How did you get into podcasting/linux/geekdom?</li>
<li>What podcasts you listen to and can recommend</li>
<li>How to record a tag team tutorial on a topic</li>
<li>Open Street Map new editor</li>
<li>etymology</li>
<li>functional versus procedural programming</li>
<li>sed, awk and grep</li>
<li>Setting up imap/smtp (gmail) in a cli mail program</li>
<li>Irssi - a sane setup</li>
<li>Your view of the future</li>
<li>Alternative uses for Bayesian email classifiers (<ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKB5CojW4AA">more info</a>)</li>
<li>How to use a multimeter, and other basic electronic components like a 555 timer</li>
<li>How does Hubble remain fixed on a spot in space while in orbit of the earth</li>
<li>Gnu automake system.</li>
<li>What's the deal with IPv6 (i.e., why can't we just NAT at the ISP level, are there privacy issues in having your MAC address as part of your IP?)</li>
<li>Network like a Pro. If you were to treat your home network like a corporate server farm, what tools and hardware would it entail to treat your home network like a security professional? What do we need for a firewall and what are the detection/prevention technologies that we could be implementing?</li>
<li>Beyond Firewall and an IDS/IPS, what do I need? I've started listening to Security Weekly, starting with last December, and at one point the suggested a secondary IDS, behind the firewall, to record what the primary defenses missed. Where and how do I set that up? Beyond firewall and IDS, what other tools should I be running, where should they be in my network, and how many physical boxes are we talking? Emphasis should be on low power devices and free as in beer tools.</li>
<li>Now That Your Security is in Place, How to Read Logs and Formulate a Response to an Intrusion. What I've learned from SW, is that you can't prevent an intrusion, it's how to respond when you are compromised. Again, according to SW, the security manager's job is to detect intrusions, inside 48 hours rather than 48 months. How can you protect your proprietary data and customer database?</li>
<li>What Are the Answers I Need, To the Questions I Don't Know Enough to Ask?</li>
<li>#IPFS (and don't leave out IPNS!). I'd really like to get a better understanding of practical use of this.</li>
<li>Any experiences integrating Dell/Wyse thin- and zero- clients into linux networks.</li>
Once you upload a show, you will no longer be allowed to create or edit pages relating to <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Public_Radio">Hacker Public Radio</a> in <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations">Wikipedia</a>.<br/>
Our hosting is kindly provided to us by <ahref="<!--% absolute_path(baseurl) %-->correspondents/0174.html">Josh Knapp</a> from <ahref="https://anhonesthost.com/hosting/shared-hosting">AnHonestHost.com</a>, and The Internet Archive at <ahref="https://archive.org/donate/">Archive.org</a>.
We encourage you to support our Patrons.
Over the years kind people have donated services and supported equipment for our conferences.
HPR is founded on the principle of Hackers sharing knowledge.
For this reason we are only releasing material created exclusively for HPR.
We will continue to promote new podcasts and other creative commons material, but if you wish to have your show promoted, then please contact our sister site <ahref="https://freeculturepodcasts.org/">Free Culture Podcasts</a>.
</p>
<p>
That said, if there is a piece of creative commons content that you would like to promote, then feel free to record a regular show.
There you can introduce the content and explain why it is important, providing links to where we can get more information etc., and then include one example episode.
The HPR Schedule is entirely community driven and we recommend that <strong>you</strong> pick the date or show number as then you know when your show will be released.
However the slots will only be allocated once the shows have been successfully processed.
Any missing information can result in a show missing the requested slot.
Once the slots have been allocated it is not possible to move them.
Any host can select any free slot a up to year in advance. However the audio must be ready at time of picking a slot so that it can be upload immediately afterwards.
In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to reserve a slot while not having the audio available, but this must be approved by the <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'/maillist') %-->">HPR Mailing List</a> in advance.
Be sure to allow as much time as possible, and include a reason why you feel it is necessary to reserve the slot.
</p>
<p>
This is intended only for exceptional circumstances, such as a scheduled interview where we would like the audio to be released as soon after the event as possible, or to cover an important topical situation that has occurred.
Due to the extended time now needed to post shows to external sites, the extra work this entails and the disruptive effect of reservations, we will no longer be allowing them except in very rare cases of the type mentioned above.
</p>
<p>
The following are standing reservations:
<ul>
<li>Anniversary episodes.</li>
<li>HPR Community News on the first Monday of the month.</li>
<blockquote>See the video "<ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MijmeoH9LT4">Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle - Computerphile</a>" for an interesting background to ASCII and <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8">UTF-8</a>.
<li>You must have your audio recording ready to upload <strong>before</strong> you pick a slot.</li>
<li>Always try and fill any free slots that are available in the upcoming two weeks.</li>
<li>If the queue is filling up then please consider leaving some slots free for new contributors.</li>
<li>If you have a non urgent show then find a empty week and schedule it then.</li>
<li>If you are uploading a series of shows, consider scheduling one every two weeks.</li>
<li>Interviews may be released sooner.</li>
</ol>
<hr/>
<h1id="recording_a_podcast">Recording a Podcast</h1>
<p>
On this page you will find information on how to record a podcast. Our golden rule is <strong>Any audio is better than no audio.</strong> so keep that in mind. Don't forget to <strong>introduce yourself</strong> in your show.
Many of today's <ahref="https://wiki.xiph.org/PortablePlayers">portable media players</a> support recording audio out of the box. Search for "Voice Recorder", to see if there is an application for your smartphone. Whichever option you have close to hand, try and set the recording to the best quality format (<ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV">WAV</a> or <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC">FLAC</a>), and set everything else to the highest setting. It's always the goal to get the best quality audio but here at Hacker Public Radio we value content over quality and so long as it's audible we'll take it.
If you would like to record with multiple participants then you can use <ahref="https://www.mumble.com/">Mumble</a>.
Connect to <strong>chatter.skyehaven.net</strong> Port: <strong>64738 </strong>.<br/>
Walk through the audio wizard and then pop into the <strong>Hacker Public Radio</strong> room.
Once you are ready press the <strong>recording</strong> button, select <em>multichannel</em> and then <em>start</em>. That will record multiple tracks, one for each participant which you can edit and then submit.
Kwisher made a <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->Mumble-How-To.pdf">Mumble tutorial</a> which you might find useful and <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->correspondents/0228.html">Delwin</a> has produced a number of short shows on how to configure the audio quality.
You may include backing music but it's best if you don't. Most long time podcast listeners speed up their shows, as this allows them to cram more shows into a day. Having bedding music makes it more difficult to understand, and prevents tools like <em>truncate silence</em> from working correctly.<br/>
Others will convert shows to mono to listen in one ear leaving the other free to carry out their other chores. Still more slow the shows down so that they can improve their English. Others are hard of hearing and backing music makes it difficult to understand the text.
We will by default mix down your show to one channel mono and we will <ahref="https://gitorious.org/hpr-scheduling-system/hpr-scheduling-system/source/2d526e000d31e79afa3d863ea8659503e2074267:transcoding/hprtranscode">transcode</a> to MP3, ogg and spx formats. If you want to control this in more detail then please email admin at Hacker Public Radio for more information.
This is intended only for exceptional circumstances, such as a scheduled interview where we would like the audio to be released as soon after the event as possible, or to cover an important topical situation that has occurred. Due to the extended time now needed to post shows to external sites, the extra work this entails and the disruptive effect of reservations, we will no longer be allowing them except in very rare cases of the type mentioned above. [<ahref="https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2018-February/003482.html">?</a>]
You can post your show by going to the <ahref="<!--% hub_baseurl %-->calendar.php">Calendar</a> page. Once you have selected a date you will be redirected to the <ahref="<!--% hub_baseurl %-->request.php">request page</a>, where you will be asked to select your show and email address. We will send a link to where you can upload your show to this address and therefore it must be a valid working address that you can access quickly. We intend to use <ahref="https://www.gnupg.org/">GPG</a> to speed up the validation of hosts, so you may wish to use an email address that has an associated public key available on public key servers.
The audio of your show will not be moderated, however <em>the information provided in the upload form <strong>may be moderated</strong></em>. All publicly facing material is managed by the HPR Community as a whole, and not just the host providing the show. The show <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->eps/hpr2210/index.html">hpr2210 :: On Freedom of Speech and Censorship</a> describes the agreed approach to this topic.
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This email address will be published on the HPR website and will be given out in the feeds, so please use a <strong>public email</strong> address for this purpose. Where we publish it we pad it with dot nospam at-sign nospam dot. <br/>
i.e. <em>hpr@example.com</em> becomes <em>hpr.nospam@nospam.example.com</em>. If you do not want to have your email exposed, please contact the admin@hpr team to arrange a alias.
</p>
<p>
Once you press <em>next</em>, an email will be sent to your email address pointing to where you can upload the show. You need to <em>open</em> the link within <strong>15 minutes</strong> or the temporary lock will be released. Once you open the link, you can fill in the information at your leisure. The upload form works on the assumption you will be posting one show at a time, from the same IP address. Once you have pressed submit you will not be able to edit any of the information.
</p>
<hr/>
<h1id="adding_an_episode">Adding an Episode</h1>
<p>
The unique link sent by email will allow you to manage both the episode and information about yourself that is displayed on HPR. The following information will be requested:
Remember <em>All information will be displayed publicly</em>. The only exception is that your email address will be sent in the feed with some anti-spam additions.<br/>
For example <em>hpr@example.com</em> will become <em>hpr.nospam@nospam.example.com</em>
If you have associated a <ahref="https://en.gravatar.com/">Gravatar</a> image with an email address, then it will be displayed here. Otherwise you can upload a 80x80 image .</li>
Enter some text about yourself with links to your blog or other online presence.</li>
</ul>
<p>
Your profile information is used on the website, in the RSS feeds, and on social media sites. You can change your profile information at any time, by submitting another show.
This will be a short descriptive title and will be used everywhere to identify your show. Any valid UTF-8 character is acceptable, but keep the length short and clear.</li>
This is a short 100 character summary of what your show is about. Please fill this out as it is used once the show has gone off the main page, on the mobile site, on printed brochures, on text to speech announcements, on twitter, mastodon etc.</li>
All our shows are now released under a <ahref="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a> license, which means that while you continue to retain the copyright to your show you are allowing us (and everyone else) to use it provided we give you attribution and that we release it under the same license. Click the <ahref="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">link</a> for more information.</li>
It is important to provide good show notes because:
<ul>
<li><strong>They provide the listeners with more information on the topic.</strong><br/>
You have taken the time to record a show on a topic, so many people will want to find out more on the subject, therefore you should include links to give more information. It is not enough to just give it in the show itself as people may be listening while away from the Internet, and they may have forgotten or misheard your links.
</li>
<li><strong>They ensure your show gets posted on time.</strong><br/>
If you do not supply show notes then your show notes will need to be edited manually by an HPR volunteer and this will most likely result in delays. During that time other shows will be processed and may get posted before your show. It is always better if you send us show notes yourself as you know best what information you are trying to convey.</li>
<li><strong>They encourage people to download your show.</strong><br/>
We produce a lot of shows and many people download based on the text in the show notes. If the show notes are not descriptive then it is less likely that it will get as many downloads as other shows with good show notes.</li>
<li><strong>They allow your show to be indexed by search engines.</strong><br/>
Search engines cannot determine the content of your show from the audio alone. The only way for your show to be indexed is for you to describe in the associated text what you say in the audio.</li>
<li><strong>They make your show accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing.</strong><br/>
Your audio is completely inaccessible to those who have hearing problems, so the only way for your show to be of help to them is if you distill the essence of the show into the show notes. If you are using a script to prepare your show then include that.</li>
The amount you can enter is restricted to 4000 characters, but you can provide additional show notes if you wish. Please add them to an full_shownotes.html file which you can expect to be served from <!--% absolute_url(baseurl) %-->eps/hpr9999/full_shownotes.html<br/><br/>
If you wish to include text formatting then please use a format that supports it. We accept:
<ul>
<li>HTML5</li>
<li>Markdown (standard)</li>
<li>Markdown (GitHub flavoured)</li>
<li>Markdown (Pandoc flavoured)</li>
<li>RestructuredText</li>
<li>txt2tags</li>
<li>Plain text</li>
</ul>
However please restrict yourself to text unless you are experienced producing valid markdown/HTML5. Regardless of the format you send your shownotes will end up in html5 <article> section, where the header and footer are not available to you. Avoid using <div> or <span>. The inclusion of JavaScript will send your show into quarantine, until an experienced HPR volunteer can be found to debug it.<br/>
It takes us a lot longer to fix incorrectly formatted shownotes than plain text, so please only create formatted show notes if you know what you are doing and are sure that what you are writing is valid.
