The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner show

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

Summary: The Open Mind is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life.

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Podcasts:

 Joe Nocera's Good Guys & Bad Guys | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:39

New York Times Business columnist Joe Nocera discusses the trajectory of American finance.

 Bill Moyers Journal... The Conversation Continues, Part II | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:29

Richard Heffner continues the discussion with Bill Moyers.

 Bill Moyers Journal... The Conversation Continues | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:52

Richard Heffner speaks with one of his favorite journalists, Bill Moyers.

 Howard Gardner on Truth, Beauty and Goodness | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:52

Howard Gardner is Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University. He speaks with Richard Heffner about his new book on truth, beauty, and goodness in the 21st century.

 Memories of a Newsman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:43

Richard Heffner talks with longtime New York Times reporter John Darnton.

 For the Old Men of the Class of '46 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:02

Columbia Dean Dr. Michele Moody-Adams discusses liberal arts education.

 In Memoriam: Fred Plum, MD 1924-2010 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:49

Ricahrd Heffner's Open Mind Dr. Fred Plum celebrates the pioneering former chairman of the Neurology Department at Cornell Medical School and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

 "There are not all that many people who can really move the needle" Sir Paul Nurse | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:37

Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse discusses the culture of science and medicine.

 Have Scientists Lost the Trust of their Paymasters... the Public? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:04

Eminent medical scientist Sir Paul Nurse discusses the relationship between science and the public.

 Farewell to Gutenberg? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:52

Historian Michael Korda discusses the history and trajectory of publishing.

 Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:38

Philadelphia News writer Will Bunch discusses his new book on "paranoid politics."

 Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:58

Law professor David Garland discusses his new book on capital punishment in America.

 The Bully Pulpit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:25

Michael Callahan discusses his book "POTUS Speaks."

 Medicalizing Poor Political Leadership, Part II | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:30

Lord David Owen continues the discussion on the effect on the course of history of illness in heads of government.

 Medicalizing Poor Political Leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:27

Lord David Owen discusses the effect on the course of history of illness in heads of government.

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