Feb 13th 2019
FLOSS Weekly 517
Liverpool MakeFest
Hosted by
Randal Schwartz,
Dan Lynch
A festival to promote stem, foss and maker-education.
Although the show is no longer in production at TWiT, you can enjoy episodes from our archives.
Guests:
Caroline Keep
Caroline is the co-founder of the free event called Liverpool Makefest, a festival to promote stem, foss and maker-education for young people. The festival is now in its fifth year has attracted over 20,000 visitors and is being expanded across the national libraries within the UK.
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