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MIT Press Podcast

Summary: The podcast devoted to the authors of MIT Press.

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Podcasts:

 Once Upon An Algorithm: How Stories Explain Computing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:42

Martin Erwig show us how we can find computational concepts inside some of our favorite stories.

 Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Diversity and Free Expression in Education | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:27

John Palfrey about how diversity and free expression can coexist on a modern campus.

 Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity Through Projects, Passion, Peers and Play | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:12

Mitchel Resnick talks about his work at the MIT Media Lab, the foundation for his new book, Lifelong Kindergarten.

 MIT Press Podcast- Lifelong Kindergarten | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:12

The MIT Press Podcast brings you interviews with the authors of books currently being published by MIT Press. Chris Gondek talks with the authors about their books, their influences and their interests.

 The Chinese Typewriter: A History | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:05

Tom Mullaney talks about the invention of the Chinese typewriter and how the characters originally utilized are still the ones available on modern keyboards.

 The Digital Mind: How Science is Redefining Humanity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:09

Arlindo Oliveira speaks about intelligence in respect to consciousness, and how artificial intelligence has spawned and will grow.

 Gravity's Kiss:The Detection of Gravitational Waves | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:34

Harry Collins speaks about how the detection of gravitational waves in 2015 rocked the scientific community.

 What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:16

Ed Finn discusses algorithm disconnect and culture machines.

 MIT Press Podcast- What A City Is For | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:01

The MIT Press Podcast brings you interviews with the authors of books currently being published by MIT Press. Chris Gondek talks with the authors about their books, their influences and their interests.

 What A City Is For:Rethinking the Politics of Displacement | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:01

Matt Hearn speaks about the battles against gentrification that many urban communities in North America are fighting.

 Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:10

Cherian George discusses the manufacture of religious offense.

 Drone: Remote Control Warfare | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:42

Hugh Gusterson discusses drone warfare.

 Turing's Vision: The Birth of Computer Science | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:30

Chris Bernhardt discusses the life and work of Alan Turing.

 MIT Press Podcast- Updating to Remain the Same | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:47

The MIT Press Podcast brings you interviews with the authors of books currently being published by MIT Press. Chris Gondek talks with the authors about their books, their influences and their interests.

 Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:47

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun discusses new media.

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