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Journalist Neal Conan leads a productive exchange of ideas and opinions on the issues that dominate the news landscape. From politics and public service to education, religion, music and health care, Talk of the Nation offers call-in listeners the opportunity to join enlightening discussions with decision-makers, authors, academicians and artists from around the world.
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When Aaron Swartz took his own life this January, we lost one of the world’s foremost fighters for digital rights. But since his death, we’ve seen a massive surge of energy in the movement for freedom and justice online. On this episode, I talk to David Segal—a close friend of Aaron’s and the executive director of Demand Progress, the group that Aaron founded in 2011—who has just helped defeat an effort to make the notorious Computer Fraud and Abuse Act even worse.
In this very personal and conversation, you’ll hear how Aaron came to create Demand Progress, how he was ensnared by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and how an unlikely alliance of figures from left and right are coming together to change it. And you’ll hear what it was like for David when his partner in advocacy was indicted under a law that, no kidding, was created in reaction to the fictitious hacker-panic movie War Games in 1984. Online-rights activism was, of course, only one of Aaron’s many causes—but hearing these stories, you’ll see why changing this unjust law is a fitting and necessary first step towards honoring his legacy.
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While Philip K. Dick fan clubs have long been part of the literary landscape, one of the novelist’s biggest fans is famed author Jonathan Lethem. Lethem has co-edited of "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick," a sprawling collection of Dick’s notes, journal entries, and ideas.
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Josh and Chuck tackle taxidermy, the practice of preserving and mounting dead animal skins for display, in this episode.
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Adam Carolla is a radio and television personality, writer and actor. He hosted or co-hosted The Man Show, The Adam Carolla Show, Too Late with Adam Carolla, and Loveline. He now hosts The Adam Carolla Podcast, one of the internet’s most popular. He also co-wrote and starred in the feature film The Hammer.
Carolla grew up in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley. After dropping out of Community College, he worked for ten years as a laborer, carpenter and boxing trainer. Having given himself until he was 30 to find a job that used his mind and not his body, he got his first break at 29. Los Angeles radio powerhouse KROQ was having a promotional boxing match, and looking for trainers. Carolla headed to the station, where he was paired with Jimmy Kimmel, who became his colleague and friend.
Carolla talks with us about growing up in an apathetic family, how he found success, and balancing independence with career imperatives.
Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on her door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs.
Jonathan Franzen reads Veronica Geng’s “Love Trouble Is My Business” and Ian Frazier’s “Coyote v. Acme” and discusses them with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
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