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Adapting Journalism to the Web
Ethan Zuckerman
April 5, 2012
02:05:02
New communications technologies are revolutionizing our experience of news and information. The avalanche of news, gossip, and citizen reporting available on the web is immensely valuable but also often deeply unreliable.
Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work & Live
Jeff Jarvis
January 18, 2012
00:27:00
Well-known blogger Jeff Jarvis celebrates what he calls the "emerging age of publicness," arguing that anything we have to fear in this new networked world is overwhelmingly outweighed by all the good that will come from it.
Hanne Blank - Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
Hanne Blank - Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
Hanne Blank
April 5, 2012
00:58:43
Author and historian Hanne Blank discusses her book Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality. Like the typewriter and the light bulb, Blank argues that the heterosexual was invented in the 1860s and swiftly and permanently transformed Western culture.
David Brooks on What Makes Humans Tick
David Brooks
March 17, 2011
01:07:00
New York Times columnist and best-selling author, David Brooks, talks about his new book, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Pluto Files
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Pluto Files
Neil deGrasse Tyson
February 25, 2009
00:51:21
Paula Apsell interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, and about his work in astrophysics.
Globalization of Markets: Do Corporations Need American Consumers?
Globalization of Markets: Do Corporations Need American Consumers?
Harold Meyerson
April 16, 2012
00:52:08
Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large of The American Prospect, explores the impact of "Globalization of Markets" on the American economy.
Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua
February 22, 2011
00:55:07
Yale law professor Amy Chua discusses the differences between Eastern and Western parenting techniques and her new memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. All decent parents want to do what's best for their children.
Daisy Zamora Reads "Mother's Day"
Daisy Zamora Reads "Mother's Day"
Daisy Zamora
April 1, 2010
00:02:01
American poet Daisy Zamora reads her poem, "Mother's Day".
Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis
Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis
James K. Galbraith
May 8, 2012
00:58:43
Economist James K. Galbraith discusses his latest book, Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis. As the reach of financial markets extended across the U.S.
Paul Krugman: End This Depression Now!
Paul Krugman: End This Depression Now!
Paul Krugman
May 7, 2012
Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times columnist discusses his latest book, End This Depression Now! The Great Recession is more than four years old—and counting.
Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness
Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness
Loung Ung
May 4, 2012
01:03:02
Loung Ung discusses her memoir, Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness.
Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer
Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer
Kenneth Mack
May 4, 2012
00:50:34
Kenneth Mack discusses his book Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer.
Alison Bechdel: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
Alison Bechdel: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
Alison Bechdel
May 2, 2012
00:45:23
Memoirist and cartoonist Alison Bechdel discusses her new memoir, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama. Alison Bechdel’s memoir about her father, Fun Home, was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, she presents a second tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother.
Culinary Chemistry: Adventures in Chocolate
Culinary Chemistry: Adventures in Chocolate
Naveen Sinha
April 26, 2012
00:38:09
As part of the 2012 Cambridge Science Festival, the MIT Museum presented a lunchtime series of talks, Culinary Chemistry. Soft matter physicist Naveen Sinha provides a fun and educational talk about the physical properties of chocolate that affect the experience of eating it.
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
Tal Ben-Shahar
October 4, 2006
01:57:58
Tal Ben-Shahar discusses current research on the science of happiness and introduces ideas and tools that can actually make a difference in one's life.
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.
Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis
Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis
James K. Galbraith
May 8, 2012
00:58:43
Economist James K. Galbraith discusses his latest book, Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis. As the reach of financial markets extended across the U.S.
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox
Dani Rodrik
April 16, 2012
01:14:45
Harvard economist Dani Rodrik argues that we cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national self-determination, and economic globalization. While the world economy is becoming an international system, the political systems of the world remain based in the construct of the nation-state.
Creativity and Stress
Creativity and Stress
Debra Wise
April 22, 2012
01:20:30
In Terezin, the concentration camp in which Jewish artists, writers, and musicians were imprisoned, the opportunity to practice art—to draw, to write, to perform—provided a kind of spiritual or emotional sustenance for the prisoners.
The Moral Side of Murder / The Case for Cannibalism
Michael Sandel
September 13, 2009
00:54:56
Lecture One: "The Moral Side of Murder" If you had to choose between killing one person or five, what would you do? What's the right thing to do?

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