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Summary: A podcast and public radio interview program on authors, academics and intellectuals, hosted by Jenny Attiyeh.
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WGBH President Henry Becton inaugurated the 2007 Integrated Media Association conference with a talk on the strengths and weaknesses of public broadcasting today. He speaks with ThoughtCast about the definition – and purpose – of public broadcasting, and how it’s responding to the pressing realities of the new online media landscape. Click here: to listen […]
Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH Radio. And here’s a PRX review of the program! Amartya Sen Amartya Sen, the distinguished economist, philosopher, Nobel laureate and Harvard professor, talks with ThoughtCast about “Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.” This new book examines the unfortunate connection between violence and our tendency to identify with […]
Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH Radio. And here’s a PRX review of the program! Amartya Sen, the distinguished economist, philosopher, Nobel laureate and Harvard professor, talks with ThoughtCast about “Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.” This new book examines the unfortunate connection between violence and our tendency to identify with one key […]
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series The Future of Public RadioThis is the final series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia. Maria Thomas is the VP and general manager of NPR digital media. As such, she oversees the development and distribution of NPR content […]
This is the final series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia. Maria Thomas is the VP and general manager of NPR digital media. As such, she oversees the development and distribution of NPR content to the Internet, mobile phones and the like. Need I say more? Click here: […]
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series The Future of Public RadioThis is a continuing series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia.Todd Mundt is one of the Young Turks in public media — he even has an influential blog. Todd recently left Michigan Public Media […]
This is a continuing series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia.Todd Mundt is one of the Young Turks in public media — he even has an influential blog. Todd recently left Michigan Public Media to take a job in his home state at Iowa Public Media. I’d keep […]
This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series The Future of Public RadioThis is a continuing series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia. Liliane Landor is the commanding editor of news and current affairs at the BBC World Service. And as a member of the BBC’s […]
This is a continuing series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia. Liliane Landor is the commanding editor of news and current affairs at the BBC World Service. And as a member of the BBC’s Creative Future for journalism team, she’s already devoted a good deal of time to […]
This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series The Future of Public RadioThis is a continuing series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia. George Boosey, the program director for North Carolina Public Radio, is a bigwig in public broadcasting. Might he also be a contrarian? Certainly […]
This is a continuing series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia. George Boosey, the program director for North Carolina Public Radio, is a bigwig in public broadcasting. Might he also be a contrarian? Certainly he’s more circumspect than many of his colleagues when it comes to the bells […]
This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series The Future of Public Radio PRPD Annually, public radio programmers from across the nation (and overseas) gather to talk shop. This year, the mood at the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference in Philadelphia was one of concern. With many listeners newly entranced by the […]
Annually, public radio programmers from across the nation (and overseas) gather to talk shop. This year, the mood at the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference in Philadelphia was one of concern. With many listeners newly entranced by the gadgets and gizmos of the 21st century — podcasts, blogs, satellite radio, streaming audio — it […]
Note: this interview was rebroadcast Jan. 21 at 10 pm on WGBH. It has also aired on WCAI/WNAN, WNED, KXOT and KYOU. And here are 2 reviews of this interview on PRX. Alan Dershowitz The controversial Harvard Law professor, author and celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz talks with ThoughtCast about his latest book, “Preemption: A Knife […]
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Beyond BroadcastA key panelist was Terry Heaton, the president of Donata Communications. He’s part rebel, part businessman, part visionary: (5:30 minutes) Here’s my interview with Jamie Biggar, the young but wise senior developer at WGBH Interactive: (4:30 minutes) Dan Fellini, managing producer, Public Interactive Now […]