Memes

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The Meme Machine
(Susan Blackmore)

On the Origin of Tepees
(Jonnie Hughes)

Culturematic
(Grant McCracken)

Incidental Music:

Homework
What Is Fight Club?
Single Serving Jack
Commissioner Castration
Oolong the Pancake Bunny
Oolong the Pancake Bunny
Interviewer(s): 
Jim Fleming
Steve Paulson
Anne Strainchamps
Guest(s): 
Susan Blackmore
Jonnie Hughes
Grant McCracken
Producer(s): 
Doug Gordon
06.09.2013
 (was 07.29.2012)

What do the opening notes of Beethoven’s “Symphony Number Five” and a rabbit named Oolong balancing a pancake on his head have in common?  They’re both examples of memes – units of culture that are imitated and, as a result, copied from one brain to another.  Are memes the driving force behind cultural evolution?

  1. Susan Blackmore on Memes and Temes

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    Susan Blackmore talks to Steve Paulson about memes and "temes."

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  2. Jonnie Hughes "On the Origin of Tepees"

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    Jonnie Hughes talks about about his book, "On the Origin of Tepees: The Evolution of Ideas (and Ourselves)."

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  3. Grant McCracken on "Culturematic"

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    Grant McCracken talks about his book, "Culturematic."  McCracken says that "Culturematics" draw from culture to create culture."

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  4. Diane Benscoter on Religious Cults' Use of Memes

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    Diane Benscoter talks about how the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church used memes to rewire her brain.

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