Tim Pritlove (full name: Tim Francis Pritlove; born 25 November 1967 in

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, Germany) is a British/German podcaster, media artist and Discordian. He lives and works in

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. In 1988, Pritlove began studying computer science at the University of Hildesheim but dropped out later that same year. Before and after his studies, he worked as a programmer using microprocessors such as the

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and

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, as well as platforms like the

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, programming in languages such as C and

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. From 1998 to 2005, he was the main organizer of the

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and the

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s. Also, until 2006, he was in charge as managing director of the “Chaos Computer Club Veranstaltungsgesellschaft mbH.” He also played a central role in the

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, where he is a member. As a Discordian, Pritlove appeared under the pseudonym ''Theodor Prinz der Tapfere, Hüter der Flamme des Herzens, Haus der Apostel der Eris'' (translation: “Theodore, Prince of the Brave, Keeper of the Flame of the Heart, House of the Apostles of Eris”). With this name, he blogged until March 2008 on the MobileMacs blog. Since the beginning of April 2008, he has been blogging at MobileMacs by his civic name.

Media-art

At the beginning of the 1990s Pritlove belonged to the developers of the first interactive, telephone based communication platform Die Villa. He is coordinator and co-developer of

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. In 1996 he founded the first T-shirt

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of the hacker culture named ''interhemd nerdwear''. From 2000 to 2005 he was artistic-scientific assistant of Joachim Sauter at the ''Institut für zeitbasierte Medien'' of the

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Podcasting

Pritlove was involved with Chaosradio, a radio show of the

Berlin, since the beginning in 1995. Until the year 2019, Chaosradio used to run with

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, a program of

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, and since then is solely published as a podcast. In 2005, Pritlove spun off
Chaosradio Express
' (which was renamed into ''CRE: Technik, Kultur, Gesellschaft'' in December 2011),

' and

', as separate podcasts. Additionally he publishes an own

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called ''The Lunatic Fringe''. He is involved in the production of several, predominantly German podcasts, as well as the English podcast “Newz of the World”. His podcasts are often focused on technology, culture or society. Most of his podcasts are released independently and financed through donations from listeners. Some podcasts are created in collaboration with or commissioned by institutions, for example, “Forschergeist” with the German National Association for the Foundation of Science. The podcast “Raumzeit” was initiated in 2010 jointly with the

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and the

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. Since 2015, Pritlove has been producing this podcast entirely on his own. In 2014 Pritlove was one of the most popular German bloggers.

Personal life

Born

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, motivated by

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, Pritlove applied for

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, which was granted on 17 October 2018.

References

External links

Pritlove's Weblog “The Lunatic Fringe”

Metaebene Personal Media (Tim Pritlove’s production company for podcasts)

Video recordings of appearances and presentations of Tim Pritlove
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