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Jesse Sheidlower: The F-Word
Jesse Sheidlower
September 17, 2009
Oxford English Dictionary editor at large Jesse Sheidlower discusses his new, in-depth look at that most offensive, rhymes-with-pluck, four-letter English obscenity, The F-Word.
Lewis Lapham: Mixed Media
Lewis H. Lapham
April 29, 2009
00:58:49
Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham observes that the media these days speak in so many forked and foreign tongues - film, book, video game, broadcast, blog - that without a dictionary or a concordance it is hard to know who is saying what to whom.
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Postcards from China
James Fallows
January 25, 2009
01:27:47
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, who has been living in China for the last two years, discusses his book, Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China, with the founder of Harvard University's Global Equity Initiative, Dr. Lincoln Chen.
Broadband Video Leadership Panel
Deanna Brown
November 10, 2008
01:02:46
In this exclusive and timely panel, leading experts from broadband video's front lines offer diverse perspectives and practical insights on what the broadband future holds.
Vikram Kumar: Software Solutions to Societal Problems
Vikram Sheel Kumar
October 30, 2008
00:21:05
Vikram Kumar explains in detail his current projects and why he believes that “behind every societal ill is a solvable software problem.” He has developed, among other things, an electronic medical records system used by tens of thousands of people in Zambia; software that can detect clinical depres
David Edwards: Artscience
David A. Edwards
October 30, 2008
00:16:41
David A. Edwards, an entrepreneur, novelist, and champion of arts education, talks about the fusion of the dreamlike process of the artist and the analytical process of the scientist into “artscience,” and how it can create surprise results.
Free Speech, Free Minds, Free Markets
Jimmy Wales
September 11, 2008
01:45:52
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales joins journalist Christopher Lydon to discuss where Web 2.0 will take us next, and how objectivist philosophy guides his vision. Across the globe we are building, editing, and contributing to a growing body of knowledge and tools at everyone's fingertips.
Private Rights and Public Broadcasting: Keynote
Tom Ashbrook
March 26, 2008
00:48:06
Tom Ashbrook, host of WBUR's On Point, Jonathan Abbott, WGBH President, and Paula Kerger, PBS President, open the 'Private Rights and Public Broadcasting' conference.