David Weinberger: Too Big to Know
David Weinberger: Too Big to Know
David Weinberger
January 27, 2012
00:56:00
David Weinberger, senior researcher at the Berkman Center discusses his latest book, Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room.
Touré: Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness - What it Means to be Black Now
Touré: Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness - What it Means to be Black Now
Touré , author
January 26, 2012
00:59:48
Touré, writer, cultural critic, and TV personality discusses his newest book Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness: What it Means to be Black Now, which draws on interviews with over 100 prominent African-Americans from art to politics to journalism to academia - as well as his own thoughts and ex
Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right
Mary C. Gentile
April 26, 2011
00:26:59
How can professionals respond to ethical challenges in the workplace? Through experiential exercises that act as rehearsals, Mary Gentile demonstrates how we can learn to act on our values in real-life situations.
Being Alive and Having to Die: Forrest Church
Dan Cryer
January 25, 2012
01:09:00
Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Cryer discusses his new biography of the Rev. Forrest Church. Church, one of the foremost Unitarian Universalists in the modern era, championed the separation of church and state, and a religion that fostered tolerance.
Psychotropic Drugs and Children
Psychotropic Drugs and Children
Robert Whitaker
June 15, 2010
00:51:27
Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic, discusses the disturbing effects of psychotropic drugs prescribed for children. Such medications, used for ADHD, depression, and anxiety, for example, have become commonplace over the past 30 years.
The D-Lab at MIT: Engineering for and by the Developing World
The D-Lab at MIT: Engineering for and by the Developing World
Amy Smith
November 1, 2011
00:56:15
D-Lab is a program at MIT that fosters the development of technologies and sustainable solutions to improve the quality of life in communities in developing nations. In this video, Science for the Public visits with D-Lab director Amy Smith and four members of the staff.
A Conversation with Annie Leibovitz
A Conversation with Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz
November 18, 2011
01:24:00
Annie Leibovitz discusses her new book, Pilgrimage, which explores the places where the people who have inspired her have worked. The book includes the homes of Henry David Thoreau, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Abraham Lincoln, among others.
Cissy Patterson: The Most Powerful Woman in 20th Century America
Cissy Patterson: The Most Powerful Woman in 20th Century America
Amanda Smith
December 12, 2011
01:03:00
Amanda Smith, the daughter of Jean Kennedy Smith, discusses her recent biography, Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson, with WBUR's political news reporter Fred Thys.