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Lydia Ratcliff: Vermont Farmer, Stoic Survivor

Milking Time at Lovejoy Brook Farm About 40 years ago, farms were thick on the ground in Andover, a rural town in southern Vermont. Today, 75-year-old Lydia Ratcliff’s Lovejoy Brook Farm is the last working farm still in operation. But can it survive much longer? ThoughtCast’s Jenny Attiyeh grew up visiting Lydia each summer, listening to [...]...

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[ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:06:38 +0000 ]

The “Puzzle of Existence” with Jim Holt

Jim Holt (photo: Michael Todd)In this ThoughtCast interview, science writer Jim Holt takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingess, existence and emptiness, quantum tunneling and the uncertainty principle. The author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes, Holt lends his wit to a dissection of the [...]...

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[ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:59:51 +0000 ]

The “Puzzle of Existence” with Jim Holt

Jim Holt (photo: Michael Todd) In this ThoughtCast interview, science writer Jim Holt takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingess, existence and emptiness, quantum tunneling and the uncertainty principle. The author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes, Holt lends his wit to a dissection of the [...]...

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[ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:59:51 +0000 ]

The Dopamine Economy

dopamine brain Wall Street on Drugs: What motivated these former masters of the universe? And why did they act like kindergartners? ThoughtCast’s Jenny Attiyeh speaks with James Poterba, the Mitsui Professor of Economics at MIT, and Jonah Lehrer, the author of “Proust Was a Neuroscientist” and “How We Decide”, as well as the writer and [...]...

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[ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:17:40 +0000 ]

The Dopamine Economy

dopamine brain Wall Street on Drugs: What motivated these former masters of the universe? And why did they act like kindergartners? ThoughtCast’s Jenny Attiyeh speaks with James Poterba, the Mitsui Professor of Economics at MIT, and Jonah Lehrer, the author of “Proust Was a Neuroscientist” and “How We Decide”, as well as the writer and [...]...

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[ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:17:40 +0000 ]

Jonah Lehrer on Emotional Hijacking and “How We Decide”

Jonah Lehrer (photo credit: Lori Duff) Jonah Lehrer, the precocious author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, has come out with a new book called How We Decide. He spoke at the Harvard Book Store, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Click here to listen (28 minutes.) After his talk, ThoughtCast spoke with Lehrer briefly about the value of emotion in [...]...

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[ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:05:08 +0000 ]

The Economic Pits with James Poterba

James Poterba What is the right expression to describe today’s economic nightmare? I’m sick of “mess” and “crisis” is too bland. What about “cesspool”? Well, I compromised with “pits” — feel free to add your own juicy descriptions in ThoughtCast’s comments section! Either way, I dived into the “pool” with MIT’s Mitsui Professor of Economics James [...]...

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[ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:45:13 +0000 ]

The Economic Pits with James Poterba

James Poterba What is the right expression to describe today’s economic nightmare? I’m sick of “mess” and “crisis” is too bland. What about “cesspool”? Well, I compromised with “pits” — feel free to add your own juicy descriptions in ThoughtCast’s comments section! Either way, I dived into the “pool” with MIT’s Mitsui Professor of Economics James [...]...

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[ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:45:13 +0000 ]

Samuel Huntington — on Immigration and the American Identity

Note: Sadly, Sam Huntington died in late December of 2008, so in memory of him, I’ve moved this 2005 interview to the top of my pile of posts. This interview was broadcast twice on WGBH, in Boston. Sam Huntington The eminent and provocative political scientist and prolific author, talks with ThoughtCast about what he sees as the [...]...

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[ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:24:08 +0000 ]

The New York Review turns 45!

Note: this interview has been broadcast on the WGBH public radio affiliate, WCAI/WNAN. Robert Silvers (credit Melanie Flood) The venerable New York Review of Books was launched amidst a newspaper strike in the winter of 1963, and has continued unabated ever since. Devoted to intensive and nuanced coverage of politics, the arts, literature, science (and now movies [...]...

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[ Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:10:35 +0000 ]

Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn

Note: this program was broadcast on the public radio stations WCAI/WNAN, the Cape and Islands affiliates of WGBH! Harvey Cox Simon Blackburn In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men - one founded on faith, the other on reason. Harvey Cox, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author of The Secular City and When Jesus [...]...

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[ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:27:29 +0000 ]

Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn

Harvey Cox Simon Blackburn In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men - one founded on faith, the other on reason. Harvey Cox, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author of The Secular City and When Jesus Came to Harvard, talks with ThoughtCast about his faith, and the religious resurgence taking place [...]...

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[ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:27:29 +0000 ]

Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn

Note: this program will soon be broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, the Cape and Islands affiliate of WGBH! Harvey Cox Simon Blackburn In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men - one founded on faith, the other on reason. Harvey Cox, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author of The Secular City and When Jesus Came to [...]...

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[ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:27:29 +0000 ]

Getrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas&Janet Malcolm!

Gertrude & Alice (photo credit: Cecil Beaton) They were a strange pair: Gertrude Stein, the avant-garde writer, salonniere and collector of art and artists, and her lover and companion, the querulous Alice B. Toklas, standing beakishly in the background. But together they formed a whole. Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, a new book by journalist Janet [...]...

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[ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:23:00 +0000 ]

Getrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas & Janet Malcolm!

Gertrude & Alice (photo credit: Cecil Beaton) They were a strange pair: Gertrude Stein, the avant-garde writer, salonniere and collector of art and artists, and her lover and companion, the querulous Alice B. Toklas, standing beakishly in the background. But together they formed a whole. Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, a new book by journalist Janet [...]...

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[ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:23:00 +0000 ]

The New York Review turns 45!

Robert Silvers (credit Melanie Flood) The venerable New York Review of Books was launched amidst a newspaper strike in the winter of 1963, and has continued unabated ever since. Devoted to intensive and nuanced coverage of politics, the arts, literature, science (and now movies and the Internet!), the paper, as it’s called, is considered to be [...]...

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[ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:10:35 +0000 ]

How Fiction Works— with James Wood

This entry is part 21 of 6 in the series Talks@Harvard Book Store James Wood (photo credit: Cade Martin) James Wood, the sincere, somewhat old-fashioned, unpretentious yet high-minded New Yorker literary critic, spoke at the Harvard Book Store recently about his new book, How Fiction Works. Click here: to listen (30 minutes). Also… ThoughtCast will be interviewing Wood [...]...

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[ Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:06:03 +0000 ]

How Fiction Works � with James Wood

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Talks@Harvard Book Store James Wood (photo credit: Cade Martin) James Wood, the sincere, somewhat old-fashioned, unpretentious yet high-minded New Yorker literary critic, spoke at the Harvard Book Store recently about his new book, How Fiction Works. Click here: to listen (30 minutes). Also… ThoughtCast will be interviewing Wood [...]...

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[ Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:06:03 +0000 ]

Public Radio goes Hollywood!

Note: This piece has been mentioned on Current.org and the PRPD site — thanks for that! Public radio could easily be described as a smashing success story. Take NPR, for example. From its counter-cultural roots in the early 1970s, it has grown to become one of the most trusted sources of journalism in the United States. [...]...

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[ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:52:40 +0000 ]

Public Radio goes Hollywood!

Public radio could easily be described as a smashing success story. Take NPR, for example. From its counter-cultural roots in the early 1970s, it has grown to become one of the most trusted sources of journalism in the United States. Although it still is accused of liberal bias, an equal number of liberals and conservatives [...]...

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[ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:52:40 +0000 ]

Public Radio goes Hollywood!

Note: This piece has been mentioned on Current.org and the PRPD site — thanks for that! Public radio could easily be described as a smashing success story. Take NPR, for example. From its counter-cultural roots in the early 1970s, it has grown to become one of the most trusted sources of journalism in the United States. [...]...

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[ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:52:40 +0000 ]

Our American“Empire” with Niall Ferguson

Note: This interview was broadcast on the public radio station WCVE in Richmond, VA. In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow in its footsteps. That [...]...

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[ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:08 +0000 ]

Our American �Empire� with Niall Ferguson

In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow in its footsteps. That means it’s our job to form colonies in hot climates, for years on [...]...

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[ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:08 +0000 ]

Our American �Empire� with Niall Ferguson

In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow in its footsteps. That means it’s our job to form colonies in hot climates, for years on [...]...

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[ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:08 +0000 ]

Our American “Empire” with Niall Ferguson

Note: This interview was broadcast on the WGBH public radio affiliate WCAI/WNAN and on WCVE in Richmond, VA. In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow [...]...

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[ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:08 +0000 ]

Griefer, Google Cooking and other Neologisms

Note: This piece was broadcast on Word of Mouth on New Hampshire Public Radio and on WCVE in Richmond VA. a now-old neologism! Today’s online world is in overdrive. Think of it as a novelty factory – spewing out new ideas, products, and neologisms – new words, or phrases. Take the word blog, for example, [...]...

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[ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:17:00 +0000 ]

Griefer, Google Cooking and other Neologisms

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series NeologismsNote: This piece was broadcast on Word of Mouth on�New Hampshire Public Radio on Sept. 30, 2008. a now-old neologism! Today�s online world is in overdrive. Think of it as a novelty factory � spewing out new ideas, products, and neologisms � new words, or [...]...

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[ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:17:00 +0000 ]

Griefer, Google Cooking and other Neologisms

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series NeologismsNote: This piece was broadcast on Word of Mouth on�New Hampshire Public Radio on Sept. 30, 2008. a now-old neologism! Today�s online world is in overdrive. Think of it as a novelty factory � spewing out new ideas, products, and neologisms � new words, or [...]...

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[ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:17:00 +0000 ]

Griefer, Google Cooking and other Neologisms

Note: This piece was broadcast on Word of Mouth on New Hampshire Public Radio and on WCVE in Richmond VA. a now-old neologism! Today’s online world is in overdrive. Think of it as a novelty factory – spewing out new ideas, products, and neologisms – new words, or phrases. Take the word blog, for example, [...]...

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[ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:17:00 +0000 ]

More Neologisms from the World of the Web

Here are a few more thoughts on new words gleaned from life online — gathered at a Berkman Center conference on The Future of the Internet! Josh Marshall (credit: NY Times) Joshua Micah Marshall, who founded the influential site Talking Points Memo discusses the term “blogger”, a now old neologism that may have outgrown its usefulness, at [...]...

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[ Sun, 25 May 2008 22:49:56 +0000 ]

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