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Dec 22 2008
Sep 28 2008
Saturday Night Live skit: Sarah Palin - Katie Couric interview
Sep 26 2008
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Arnold Kling, an economist who has worked for Freddie Mac and the Fed, talks to the Cato Institute about the proposed bailout.
Sep 25 2008
Sep 16 2008
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Stiglitz Says Iraq `Surge’ Not Success That Bush Claims — Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — Joseph Stiglitz, an economist at Columbia University, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. spending on the conflicts, and the outlook for the credit crisis and financial market regulation.
Jun 02 2008
A couple, both writers, spend a day no more than 15 feet apart like a couple, both Buddhists, who were profiled in the NY Times.  
May 01 2008
Apr 27 2008
Clay Shirky’s talk from the Web 2.0 Expo touching on his Here Comes Everybody book.
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Another good thought-provoking talk by Tim O’Reilly.
Feb 02 2008
Penn Jillette ruminates on getting famous. 
Jan 20 2008
Seen on New York Times Laugh Lines blog.
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Jan 07 2008
Can you hit the bulls-eye?
Can you hit the bulls-eye?
Dec 17 2007
Boing Boing’s demonstration of the AeroPress. I love mine.
Dec 15 2007
 Steven Pinker discusses research showing violence decreased in the progression from hunter-gather societies to our own very inter-connected time.
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