Guest host Guest host Neil Gaiman introduces two American classics. In Ray Bradbury’s futuristic “The Veldt,” a virtual reality nursery turns on its owners. The reader is Stephen Colbert. In James Thurber’s “The Catbird Seat,” a mild-mannered employee plots revenge. Leonard Nimoy performs.
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Dreams and Schemes -Selected Shorts: On Air
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Diversity Roundtable - Let’s Make Mistakes - Mule Radio Syndicate
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Looper with Rian Johnson - The Talk Show - Mule Radio Syndicate
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Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital, Part 1 #291 - This Week In Startups -
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Dick Costolo at ONA12
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In Our Time explains the Higgs Boson
The history of the quest to find the Higgs Boson, also known as the ‘God Particle’. With Jim Al-Khalili, David Wark and Roger Cashmore.
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The birth of The Simpsons
Cartoonist Matt Groening remembers how he created The Simpsons 25 years ago.
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SXSW 2012: The Ultimate Bruce Sterling Talk
This is Bruce Sterling’s closing talk from SXSW 2012 Interactive.
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Adactio: Articles—Of Time And The Network
A presentation about history, networks, and digital preservation, from the Webstock conference held in Wellington, New Zealand in February 2012.
Our perception and measurement of time has changed as our civilisation has evolved. That change has been driven by networks, from trade routes to the internet. Now that we have the real-time web allowing instantaneous global communication, there’s a danger that we may neglect our legacy for the future. While the web has democratised publishing, allowing anyone to share ideas with a global audience, it doesn’t appear to be the best medium for preserving our cultural resources: websites and documents disappear down the digital memory hole every day. But we can change that. This presentation will offer an alternative history of technology and a fresh perspective on the future that is ours to save.
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Bell Labs: ‘The Idea Factory’: Forum | KQED Public Media for Northern CA
Long before Silicon Valley became the nation’s technology hub, ambitious researchers and creative thinkers flocked to New Jersey to work at the famed Bell Labs. We talk with Jon Gertner, author of ‘The Idea Factory,’ which chronicles Bell’s uniquely innovative culture. What were the conditions that made Bell Labs successful, and what lessons can Silicon Valley learn?
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