Lectures tagged "Web Media"


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Robert Darnton: The Case for Books
Robert Darnton
February 3, 2010
00:57:50
Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, discusses the historical and cultural importance of the printed word.
Jaron Lanier: You Are Not a Gadget
Jaron Lanier
January 13, 2010
00:49:32
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier discusses his new book, You Are Not a Gadget. Jaron Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary since the 1980s, was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture.
Cory Doctorow: Makers
Cory Doctorow
November 16, 2009
00:46:03
Sci-fi novelist and technology activist Cory Doctorow reads from Makers, his new novel about the near future of technological innovation.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Colored People
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
November 12, 2009
01:21:42
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American research and the Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor at Harvard University, discusses his memoir Colored People. This lecture is co-presented by Cambridge READS.
Tariq Ali: The Idea of Communism
Tariq Ali
November 10, 2009
00:59:40
Writer and political activist Tariq Ali discusses the historical implementations and alternate versions of communism and his new book, The Idea of Communism.
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SuperFreakonomics
Stephen Dubner
October 29, 2009
01:01:00
Journalist Stephen Dubner discusses SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance.
Boston Book Festival: Guided Open Mic
Hank Phillippi Ryan
October 24, 2009
01:29:07
Writers read their work to an eager audience and any guest authors, editors or literary agents who drop in. This open mic session is hosted by Boston Channel 7's Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of Prime Time, Face Time, and Air Time, and winner of 24 Emmy awards.
John Hodgman Interviewed by Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta
October 24, 2009
00:52:45
Tom Perrotta grills (or perhaps roasts, as on a slow-burning fire) the man whose irresistible humor begat Hodgmania on topics ranging from the sublime to the downright silly.