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An independent podcast from a handmade desk in the mountains. [Fil Corbitt • they/them] Featured on 99% Invisible, Snap Judgement, Future Ecologies, BBC Short Cuts, and a finalist for Third Coast ‘23.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Nov 11
Hey bluesky, my name is Fil and I make radio in the mountains. Rural/non-binary, making audio art and independent journalism as a podcast called the wind.
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The Wind @thewind.org · 5d
Won Gold for "Best Writing" www.signalaward.com/winners/#202...
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The Wind @thewind.org · 13d
Had a piece on All Things Considered yesterday! All about Nevada's official state drink (as of June), the Picon Punch. @npr.org
A contribution from Basque immigrants, 'Picon Punch' is having a big year in Nevada
The Picon Punch, a strong cocktail brought to Nevada by Basque immigrants, is having a big year. It just became the state's official drink, and a Nevada distiller is now making its main ingredient.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 17d
Well One Battle After Another was as good as everyone says, if not better
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jul 1
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 25
what's the pact?
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
Anyway not a particularly unique experience but it was my first interaction with AI as a bafflingly bad search tool with no basis in reality. I imagine many people would have seen chat gpt’s claim that the quotes were verified and called it a day, which is concerning.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
Since I was desperate at this point, I tried it out and it said every quote I used was correct, accurate and completely attributable to the source. But not a single one offered a verifiable primary source. They all just pointed to other quote sites, which pointed to eachother.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
I found a quote verification page run by humans but the quotes I used didn’t appear, so I searched for a “quote verification tool” at which point chat gpt came up.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
Google ai kept popping up and confirming quotes were “accurate and correct” but the sources were garbage sites that were definitely unreliable
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
first I used Google to search, but every quote was filtered through a million other seo articles and quote pages so I couldn’t find a single page that could confirm some of the quotes (just a million reposts of it)
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
Anyway, they provide assignments and a recent article assignment had me include a few “famous quotes” about the topic. The assignment said to make sure the quotes are accurate and attributable.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
Obviously not glamorous or particularly useful work but it pays well and lets me make art.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 22
On the insane inaccuracy of AI and a new realization of information dystopia…

In addition to the show, I pick up freelance work to pay the billz. Most of it is audio editing, mixing, engineering, etc.. but one gig is writing SEO articles for a big brand company.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 20
This episode gets into pre-colonial understandings of gender, lithium mining, the completely true fact that 80% of cowboys are bisexual, and more.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 20
Also, the episode features scoring by two Aeolian Harps. This one was built specifically to provide drones for this episode. Hope you dig it.
A triangular prism shaped wooden box stands upright in a freaky ass tunnel. The wooden object is an aeolian harp, aka wind harp, which sings in the wind. Single string runs length wise over 3 sound holes.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 20
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Those Who Feast with the Mountain Lion — The Wind
The story of a lithium mine in remote northern Nevada, and the two-spirit Paiute elder who fought to stop it.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 20
One of those protestors was a two-spirit Paiute elder of from nearby Pyramid Lake. Dean Barlese went out to camp a few times, and this is the story of why he was there and what happened next.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 20
While the lawsuits worked their way through the courts, the protestors stood in the newly cut mine road.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 20
In early 2021, the federal government approved a new Lithium Mine in northern Nevada. Almost immediately, a protest camp went up in the sagebrush about 65 miles north of Winnemucca, the nearest sizable town.
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The Wind @thewind.org · Jun 9
Hey y'all, I've been directing a new youtube show called Giant Leap, shot in Taylor Wilson's nuclear lab. If that sounds like your thing, check it out!
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The Wind @thewind.org · May 20
sadly, they later remodeled.
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The Wind @thewind.org · May 20
the diner was "farm house" themed, so it had all these cheesey old timey down-home posters and I often think of the one that said "Barley and Groats! For nursing women and invalids."
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The Wind @thewind.org · May 20
When I was a kid in rural Nevada there was a 24-hr diner in the local casino. After punk shows in high school (or just any night) we'd go there and drink coffee and eat hash browns in the smoking section (still legal in NV as of mid 2000s)
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Harry Stephen Keeler @harryskeeler.bsky.social · May 16
[Chicken cowboy billboard wreck, B-80, Elko, Nevada. 1991]

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