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  1. A History of the World in Maps - Late Night Live - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Throughout history, maps have always been as much about their creators and their worldviews as about reproducing an accurate replica of the world. Early maps were also about the unknown and how to display the borders of the known world. Monsters in illustration were often used to represent what lay beyond the edge of the world, and cartographers competed to create the best and scariest monsters on their creations.

    Professor and BBC documentary presenter Jeremy Brotton has produced a study of the cultural values embodied in maps and collected them in a book called A History of the World in Twelve Maps.

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/a-history-of-the-world-in-maps/4491276

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  2. Interview: Simon Garfield, Author Of ‘On The Map’ : NPR

    On the Map author Simon Garfield speaks with NPR’s Steve Inskeep about the history of maps, how they can be used as political tools, and how GPS and modern mapping applications are changing the way we see ourselves and our place in the world.

    http://www.npr.org/2013/01/07/168090325/mapping-a-history-of-the-world-and-our-place-in-it

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  3. Interview: Jerry Brotton, Author Of ‘A History of the World in Twelve Maps’ | Mapping Our World View : NPR

    In A History of the World in Twelve Maps, Jerry Brotton examines the construction of a dozen world maps throughout history, and argues that world maps are no more objective today than they were thousands of years ago.

    http://www.npr.org/2012/11/22/165727166/the-motive-of-the-mapmaker

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  4. Tumbling the Drone War | New Hampshire Public Radio

    We look into a Tumblr account that lends perspective to the drone war by using Google Earth. Joining us is blogger and artist James Bridle, creator of Dronestagram.

    http://nhpr.org/post/tumbling-drone-war

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  5. Podcast: Looking for the OpenStreetMap Road Map - Directions Magazine

    Last week the OpenStreetMap community came together in Denver, Colorado for The State of the Map. Our editors dig into the news from the event and ponder the future of this crowdsourced map of the world.

    http://www.directionsmag.com/podcasts/podcast-looking-for-the-openstreetmap-road-map/200269

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  6. Future Tense: What’s left to explore?

    In the age of Google Earth are there places in the world left to explore? That’s the question journalist Andrew Dodd set out to answer!

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  7. Ken Jennings: In ‘Maphead,’ Geography Lovers Find Each Other : NPR

    Former Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings charts what he calls "the wide, weird world of geography" in his latest book, Maphead. He profiles Google Maps engineers, geocachers, imaginary mapmakers, map collectors, geography bee contestants and "road geeks."

    http://www.npr.org/2011/09/21/140433863/love-longitude-maphead-locates-geography-buffs

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  8. William Gibson - No Maps For These Territories (audio from documentary) Part2/2

    Audio taken form the documentary No Maps for These Territories - Part1

    Taken from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories

    No Maps for These Territories is an independent documentary film made by Mark Neale focusing on the speculative fiction author William Gibson.[1] It features appearances by Jack Womack, Bruce Sterling, Bono, and The Edge and was released by Docurama. The film had its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival in October 2000.

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  9. William Gibson - No Maps For These Territories (audio from documentary) Part1/2

    Audio taken form the documentary No Maps for These Territories - Part1

    Taken from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories

    No Maps for These Territories is an independent documentary film made by Mark Neale focusing on the speculative fiction author William Gibson.[1] It features appearances by Jack Womack, Bruce Sterling, Bono, and The Edge and was released by Docurama. The film had its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival in October 2000.

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  10. Arthur C. Clarke, Alvin Toffler, Margaret Mead

    What does the future look like from the past? This exciting program with three people that could not better represent the intelligentsia of futurism circa 1970. This recording is from a radio program called “Sound on Film”, a series on films and the people who make them. This episode is entitled “2001–Science Fiction or Man’s Future?” Recorded May 7th, 1970. Joseph Gelman is the moderator.

    At the time of this recording Arthur C. Clarke had recently collaborated on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey with Stanley Kubrick. Alvin Toffler’s mega-influential book, Future Shock, is about to be published. And Margaret Mead is the world’s foremost cultural anthropologist.

    An intriguing conversation that still has relevance today.

    2001–Science Fiction or Man’s Future?

    Length–54:18

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