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https://thoughtcast.org

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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 To friend or not to friend: Judith Donath on online social status | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Have you “friended” someone recently? Have you ever? Sooner or later, we’ll all start to friend, or be friended, if we are to inhabit the jolly online world of social networking. MIT Media Lab’s Judith Donath explains…. Click here: (4:17 minutes) The post To friend or not to friend: Judith Donath on online social status appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

 To friend or not to friend: Judith Donath on online social status | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.

 Ethan Zuckerman’s homage to homophily | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Ethan Zuckerman of Global Voices waxes lyrical on the term homophily, which isn’t actually a web word, but it’s a phenomenon playing itself out on the Internet. Click here for clarification! (2:20 minutes) And to listen to a discussion with Ethan Zuckerman on the Forum Network, click here! The post Ethan Zuckerman’s homage to homophily appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

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A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.

 More Neologisms with TPM’s Josh Marshall | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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! 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 least to him! […] The post More Neologisms with TPM’s Josh Marshall appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

 More Neologisms with TPM’s Josh Marshall | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.

 Tim Wu’s neologism: Network neutrality! | File Type: video/x-flv | Duration: Unknown

NOTE: Tim Wu has a new book out, called The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires! The term network neutrality was the brainchild of Tim Wu of Columbia Law School. So what does this term mean, and what power does it have? Click here: (2:23 minutes)

 Tim Wu’s neologism: Network neutrality! | File Type: video/x-flv | Duration: Unknown

NOTE: Tim Wu has a new book out, called The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires! The term network neutrality was the brainchild of Tim Wu of Columbia Law School. So what does this term mean, and what power does it have? Click here: (2:23 minutes) The post Tim Wu’s neologism: Network neutrality! appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

 Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia – the word! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Jimmy Wales, the founder of the free online encylopedia Wikipedia, shares his thoughts on the power of one incredibly successful neologism – that amazing name! Wikipedia is a name he’s “stuck with” — in a good way, of course! Click here: to listen. (2:13 minutes) And hear what else “Jimbo” had to say that day, […] The post Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia – the word! appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

 Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia – the word! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals.

 In Search of Neologisms with Esther Dyson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Esther Dyson Neologisms are defined as new words or phrases (or new uses of a word or phrase). And what better place to find them than at a gathering of netizens (itself a neologism) steeped in the new world of the “net”. The Berkman Center for Internet and Society, at Harvard, recently celebrated its 10th […]

 In Search of Neologisms with Esther Dyson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Neologisms are defined as new words or phrases (or new uses of a word or phrase). And what better place to find them than at a gathering of netizens (itself a neologism) steeped in the new world of the “net”. The Berkman Center for Internet and Society, at Harvard, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and […] The post In Search of Neologisms with Esther Dyson appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

 The Borromeo String Quartet Meets Steve Reich! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

"Different Trains" tells the story of Steve Reich's childhood - his train trips between separated parents - and also the trains Jews were forced to take during the Holocaust. The post The Borromeo String Quartet Meets Steve Reich! appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

 Zen and the Art of Writing – with Natalie Goldberg | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:29:30

Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, KZMU and WFIU. It also received a 5-star review on PRX! Natalie Goldberg (self-portrait) Natalie Goldberg, the well-known painter, writer and writing teacher, who wrote the best-seller on how to write called Writing Down the Bones, is also a Zen practitioner, who applies the lessons of Zen Buddhism […]

 The Future of Europe – with Alberto Alesina | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: a portion of this interview was broadcast on the WGBH public radio affiliates WCAI/WNAN! Whither the European Union? This is not a question we (in America) often ask ourselves. But perhaps we should. As we now live in an era of borderless commerce – and threats – it might be wise for us to […] The post The Future of Europe – with Alberto Alesina appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

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