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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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 Art & Science with Alan Lightman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:28:29

Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, the Cape and Islands affiliate of WGBH. Alan Lightman Alan Lightman, the MIT physicist and best-selling author of Einstein’s Dreams, is a man of unusual ability. Talented in both the sciences and the arts, he’s both left- and right-brained, a condition that confers challenges as well as benefits. […]

 Art & Science with Alan Lightman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, the Cape and Islands affiliate of WGBH. Alan Lightman, the MIT physicist and best-selling author of Einstein’s Dreams, is a man of unusual ability. Talented in both the sciences and the arts, he’s both left- and right-brained, a condition that confers challenges as well as benefits. Lightman has […]

 Jack Beatty, Public Intellectual | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: this interview was reviewed on PRX and earned 4 stars! And it was broadcast on WRNC-LP, and the public radio stations WCAI/WNAN, the Cape and Islands affiliates of WGBH. Public -- Or Private? Who are our public intellectuals today? What purpose are they meant to serve, and are they in fact serving it — […]

 Jack Beatty, Public Intellectual | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: this interview was reviewed on PRX and earned 4 stars! And it was broadcast on WRNC-LP, and the public radio stations WCAI/WNAN, the Cape and Islands affiliates of WGBH. Who are our public intellectuals today? What purpose are they meant to serve, and are they in fact serving it — or us? How public […]

 Kwame Anthony Appiah: the Cosmopolitan Philosopher | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:41:54

Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, an affiliate of WGBH, Boston. Kwame Anthony Appiah (Photo: Greg Martin) Princeton Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses cosmopolitanism on ThoughtCast! Born in England and raised in Ghana, Appiah is half English and half African. And perhaps because of this, he’s fascinated with the concept of identity, and the […]

 Kwame Anthony Appiah: the Cosmopolitan Philosopher | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, an affiliate of WGBH, Boston. Princeton Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses cosmopolitanism on ThoughtCast! Born in England and raised in Ghana, Appiah is half English and half African. And perhaps because of this, he’s fascinated with the concept of identity, and the power it wields over people. But […]

 The End of Our Universe among other timely topics… | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:29:44

Note: this program was broadcast on WGBH‘s sister stations WCAI & WNAN, on Sept. 9, 2007, and picked up by KPVL, a Pacifica station, on July 2, 2013! Alex Vilenkin Want to know how the world is going to end? Just ask Russian cosmologist Alex Vilenkin. If it’s our own universe you’re talking about, well, […]

 Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:29:12

Note: this program was broadcast on the WGBH public radio sister stations WCAI/WNAN, on the Cape and Islands, and on WRNC-LP! Harvey Cox Simon Blackburn In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men, with one thing in common — a belief in humanism. Harvey Cox, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author […]

 Faith and Philosophy with Harvey Cox and Simon Blackburn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: this program was broadcast on the WGBH public radio sister stations WCAI/WNAN, on the Cape and Islands, and on WRNC-LP! In this half-hour, ThoughtCast talks with two very different men, with one thing in common — a belief in humanism. Harvey Cox, the renowned Harvard Divinity School Professor and author of The Secular City […]

 Public Media Maverick Jay Allison | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:28:00

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Talks@Harvard Book StoreNote: this program was broadcast on WGBH‘s sister stations WCAI & WNAN, and on KUT News, in Austin, Texas! Jay Allison Jay Allison has egalitarian instincts. He’s a maverick, who’s made it his mission to put the “public” back into public media. As […]

 Public Media Maverick Jay Allison | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: this program was broadcast on WGBH‘s sister stations WCAI & WNAN, and on KUT News, in Austin, Texas! Jay Allison has egalitarian instincts. He’s a maverick, who’s made it his mission to put the “public” back into public media. As an independent producer of stellar public radio – and television – Jay’s been able […]

 Astrophysics in Cambridge — at the Planetarium! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Noreen Grice As part of the Cambridge Science Festival, Noreen Grice, the operations coordinator of the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science in Boston, hosted a series of presentations that feature new research in astrophysics taking place in Cambridge. Specifically, she highlighted the work of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, in Kendall Square, as […]

 Astrophysics in Cambridge — at the Planetarium! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

As part of the Cambridge Science Festival, Noreen Grice, the operations coordinator of the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science in Boston, hosted a series of presentations that feature new research in astrophysics taking place in Cambridge. Specifically, she highlighted the work of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, in Kendall Square, as well as […]

 Marc Hauser on “Moral Minds” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:17:38

Marc Hauser Note: This interview was broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, and is also featured on WGBH’s Science Luminaries series, as part of WGBH Science City. The provocative Harvard psychologist Marc Hauser recently spoke about “The Evolution of Our Moral Intuitions” at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. This ThoughtCast […]

 Marc Hauser on “Moral Minds” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Note: This interview was broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, and is also featured on WGBH’s Science Luminaries series, as part of WGBH Science City. The provocative Harvard psychologist Marc Hauser recently spoke about “The Evolution of Our Moral Intuitions” at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. This ThoughtCast interview with […]

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