Aram Sinnreich is the author of "Mashed Up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture." He talks with Anne Strainchamps about what he means by configurable culture.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Cheeni Rao came from a successful Indian family and attended an elite American college. But he ended up a junkie on Chicago's South side.
Elisabet Sahtouris has no truck with Biblical creationists but thinks the standard story of evolution has major problems.
Azhar Usman is a Muslim stand-up comic and part of the "Allah Made Me Funny" Comedy Troupe. He tells Jim Fleming that he sees himself as belonging to a long tradition of socially conscious comedians.
Reporter Benson Gardner chronicles the ethical dilemmas posed by advanced veterinary care. How much should you do for an ailing pet? Where do you draw the line, and why?
Christopher Byron tells Anne Strainchamps that the Martha Stewart public image is consistent and ubiquitous but has little to do with the real Martha Stewart.
Jazz performer Esperanza Spalding shares what a lifetime of improvising has taught her about reconciliation.
I dunno, but it seems kind of extreme, not to mention risky, to bio-engineer a mass mosquito die-off. So Steve Paulson tracked down the world’s greatest living entomologist to see what he has to say. E. O Wilson is sometimes called “the ant man” – that’s the insect he studied most – but he’s best known as the evolutionary biologist and a champion of biodiversity. He’s 86 years old now, and has just finished what is probably his last book – called “Half Earth”. It’s a passionate plea to save humanity by dedicating half the planet to nature. You’d assume that Wilson would be happy to let mosquitos live in that half… but that’s not what he told Steve.
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