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Summary: ThoughtCast is a podcast and public radio interview program on authors, academics and intellectuals. I’m the host, Jenny Attiyeh, and my goal is to offer something that is glaringly absent from the media today: a bridge between the publications and pursuits of the academic world and a curious, informed, mainstream audience. By providing detailed, unhurried conversation with current writers and thinkers, I aim to create a show that is both informative and entertaining – a synergy between the media and the ivory tower. Check out my interview with Samuel Huntington, the provocative political scientist and author of "The Clash of Civilizations." Or listen to my program with Ilan Stavans, the hispanic 'public intellectual', author and and Latino literary critic. He talks about his identity as a Mexican-Jewish-American, about his controversial dictionary, "Spanglish," and his new book, "Dictionary Days." And thanks!
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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Beyond BroadcastA key panelist was Terry Heaton, the president of Donata Communications. He’s part rebel, part businessman, part visionary: (5:30 minutes) Here’s my interview with Jamie Biggar, the young but wise senior developer at WGBH Interactive: (4:30 minutes) Dan Fellini, managing producer, Public Interactive Now […]
A key panelist was Terry Heaton, the president of Donata Communications. He’s part rebel, part businessman, part visionary: (5:30 minutes) Here’s my interview with Jamie Biggar, the young but wise senior developer at WGBH Interactive: (4:30 minutes) Dan Fellini, managing producer, Public Interactive Now here’s a man with a mind of his own! (5:30 minutes) […] The post Beyond Broadcast: more state of mind… appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Beyond Broadcast Branching Out I attended the Beyond Broadcast conference at Harvard Law School in in the spring of 2006, and here are some of the participants I grabbed for a quick ThoughtCast interview: For starters, there’s Pat Aufderheide, the director of the Center for […]
Branching Out I attended the Beyond Broadcast conference at Harvard Law School in in the spring of 2006, and here are some of the participants I grabbed for a quick ThoughtCast interview: For starters, there’s Pat Aufderheide, the director of the Center for Social Media, and a professor at the School of Communication at American […] The post Beyond Broadcast: the state of mind appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.
A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.
Dan Gillmor, the influential technology writer and blogger, has recently founded a new initiative called The Center for Citizen Media. Its purpose: to assist in the formation of citizen journalism and other forms of grassroots media. Gillmor, who is now a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, delivered […] The post Dan Gillmor on ThoughtCast appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.
WGBH broadcast this ThoughtCast interview, and also features it on their “Science Luminaries” series, as part of “WGBH Science City.” It was also broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, public radio stations for the Cape and Islands. Lisa Randall Professor Randall is a theoretical particle physicist who sees past the rest of us to a world of extra dimensions and parallel universes. Hers is a world of warped geometry, sink-holes and branes — a world that fills glaring gaps in current thinking, and can finally explain why gravity is so ‘weak’! Now while this might sound like so much Greek — just wait. Randall’s latest book, written for the layman, is called “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions” — so she’s had plenty of practice explaining these high-flying ideas to English majors. Click here: to listen (28:30 mins). Click here to listen to Lisa Randall’s lecture at IDEAS Boston on the WGBH Forum Network.
Note: The WGBH sister stations WCAI and WNAN broadcast this interview, and it also received a 5 star review on PRX! Robert Pinsky Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky tackles King David of the Bible – the shepherd, poet, warrior and adulterer – in his “Life of David.” Is David a legend? A real, flesh and blood warrior who killed Goliath, and united the 12 Jewish tribes into one nation? Robert Pinsky delves into these questions, and into David’s story, with relish. David’s story has been told many times, and the tale has changed with each telling. There’s the David of the Hebrew Bible, and another version of his life in the Talmud. We know he slept with Bathsheba, but was this a sin? An act of love? Of violence? It depends on whom you ask. David, who lived about 3000 years ago, was beloved of God, and as a result, he got away with more than his share. He was a seductive, wily politician, a doting father, a bitter old man. These contradictions in David’s character spur Pinsky on, and he adds his own twist to the tale, as you will hear, on ThoughtCast! Click here: to listen (28:30 mins). And click here to listen to a discussion with Robert Pinsky on Poetry and Democracy on the Forum Network.
A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.
Click here: (25 minutes) to listen to Alan Dershowitz’s talk on “Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways” at Harvard Hillel, presented by the Harvard Book Store. Among other subjects, Dershowitz discusses the doctrine of preemption, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, torture, and our ‘war on terror’. And to hear a ThoughtCast interview with Alan, click here!
A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.
Kevin Smokler, the author, critic and literary blogger, has recently edited a book of essays called “Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times.” Its aim is to remind the world of the relevance of reading, eh, books. Not just summaries of books, or book reviews, or headlines about books, but the real thing. No matter if […]
Note: This interview was broadcast on WGBH radio’s “Arts and Ideas.” And here’s a review of the program on PRX! Megan Marshall Author Megan Marshall has recently written a well-received biography of the three Peabody sisters – Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia – who were key players in the founding of the Transcendentalist movement in the early to mid 19th century. Elizabeth, the oldest, was intellectually precocious, learning Hebrew as a child so she could read the Old Testament. Mary was the middle sister, somewhat subdued by the dominant – and bossy – qualities of Elizabeth, and by the attention paid to the youngest, Sophia, who was practically an invalid. Nonetheless, Mary managed to become a teacher, writer and reformer. Sophia, beset by devastating migraines, spent most of her early years in bed. But when she had the strength, she painted. In an interview with ThoughtCast, Megan Marshall continues the tale… Click here: to listen (28:30 mins). Click here to listen to a lecture by Megan Marshall on the Peabody sisters on the WGBH Forum Network.
A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.
A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.
