ThoughtCast® » feminism http://www.thoughtcast.org An online watering hole for ideas. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:02:22 +0000 en hourly 1 ThoughtCast® by ThoughtCast, 2005 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ jenny@thoughtcast.org (Jenny Attiyeh) jenny@thoughtcast.org (Jenny Attiyeh) http://www.thoughtcast.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg ThoughtCast® http://www.thoughtcast.org 144 144 An online watering hole for ideas. A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals. jenny attiyeh, thoughtcast, interview, author, public radio, academic, books, poetry, Jenny Attiyeh Jenny Attiyeh jenny@thoughtcast.org no no Lisa Randall, Harvard physicist http://www.thoughtcast.org/science/lisa-randall-harvard-physicist/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/science/lisa-randall-harvard-physicist/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:32:41 +0000 Jenny http://thoughtcast.org/casts/lisa-randall-harvard-physicist WGBH broadcast this ThoughtCast interview, and also features it on their “Science Luminaries” series, as part of “WGBH Science City.” It was also broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, public radio stations for the Cape and Islands.

Lisa Randall
Professor Randall is a theoretical particle physicist who sees past the rest of us to a world of extra dimensions and parallel universes. Hers is a world of warped geometry, sink-holes and branes — a world that fills glaring gaps in current thinking, and can finally explain why gravity is so ‘weak’!

Now while this might sound like so much Greek — just wait. Randall’s latest book, written for the layman, is called “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions” — so she’s had plenty of practice explaining these high-flying ideas to English majors.

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Click here to listen to Lisa Randall’s lecture at IDEAS Boston on the WGBH Forum Network.

]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/science/lisa-randall-harvard-physicist/feed/ 34 0:28:30 WGBH broadcast this ThoughtCast interview, and also features it on their “Science Luminaries” series, as part of “WGBH Science City.” It was also broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, public radio stations for the Cape and Islands. L[...] WGBH broadcast this ThoughtCast interview, and also features it on their “Science Luminaries” series, as part of “WGBH Science City.” It was also broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, public radio stations for the Cape and Islands. Lisa Randall Professor Randall is a theoretical particle physicist who sees past the rest of us to a world of extra dimensions and parallel universes. Hers is a world of warped geometry, sink-holes and branes — a world that fills glaring gaps in current thinking, and can finally explain why gravity is so ‘weak’! Now while this might sound like so much Greek — just wait. Randall’s latest book, written for the layman, is called “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions” — so she’s had plenty of practice explaining these high-flying ideas to English majors. Click here: to listen (28:30 mins). Click here to listen to Lisa Randall’s lecture at IDEAS Boston on the WGBH Forum Network. Science Jenny Attiyeh no no The Peabody Sisters – with biographer Megan Marshall http://www.thoughtcast.org/history/the-peabody-sisters/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/history/the-peabody-sisters/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:15:44 +0000 Jenny http://thoughtcast.org/casts/the-peabody-sisters Note: This interview was broadcast on WGBH radio’s “Arts and Ideas.” And here’s a review of the program on PRX!

Megan Marshall
Author Megan Marshall has recently written a well-received biography of the three Peabody sisters – Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia – who were key players in the founding of the Transcendentalist movement in the early to mid 19th century.

Elizabeth, the oldest, was intellectually precocious, learning Hebrew as a child so she could read the Old Testament. Mary was the middle sister, somewhat subdued by the dominant – and bossy – qualities of Elizabeth, and by the attention paid to the youngest, Sophia, who was practically an invalid. Nonetheless, Mary managed to become a teacher, writer and reformer. Sophia, beset by devastating migraines, spent most of her early years in bed. But when she had the strength, she painted. In an interview with ThoughtCast, Megan Marshall continues the tale…

Click here: to listen (28:30 mins).

Click here to listen to a lecture by Megan Marshall on the Peabody sisters on the WGBH Forum Network.

]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/history/the-peabody-sisters/feed/ 2 0:28:30 Note: This interview was broadcast on WGBH radio’s “Arts and Ideas.” And here’s a review of the program on PRX! Megan Marshall Author Megan Marshall has recently written a well-received biography of the three Peabody s[...] Note: This interview was broadcast on WGBH radio’s “Arts and Ideas.” And here’s a review of the program on PRX! Megan Marshall Author Megan Marshall has recently written a well-received biography of the three Peabody sisters – Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia – who were key players in the founding of the Transcendentalist movement in the early to mid 19th century. Elizabeth, the oldest, was intellectually precocious, learning Hebrew as a child so she could read the Old Testament. Mary was the middle sister, somewhat subdued by the dominant – and bossy – qualities of Elizabeth, and by the attention paid to the youngest, Sophia, who was practically an invalid. Nonetheless, Mary managed to become a teacher, writer and reformer. Sophia, beset by devastating migraines, spent most of her early years in bed. But when she had the strength, she painted. In an interview with ThoughtCast, Megan Marshall continues the tale… Click here: to listen (28:30 mins). Click here to listen to a lecture by Megan Marshall on the Peabody sisters on the WGBH Forum Network. History Jenny Attiyeh no no