ThoughtCast® » words@work 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 Our American “Empire” with Niall Ferguson http://www.thoughtcast.org/politics/our-american-empire-with-niall-ferguson/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/politics/our-american-empire-with-niall-ferguson/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:08 +0000 Jenny http://www.thoughtcast.org/?p=139 Note: This interview has been picked up by the public radio stations WGBH, in Boston, its affiliates WCAI and WNAN, and WCVE in Richmond, VA.

Niall Ferguson
In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow in its footsteps. That means it’s our job to form colonies in hot climates, for years on end.
But are we up for this? While Niall would like that to be the case, he doesn’t really think so, because, he says, we’re an empire “in denial” …
Click here: to listen to a 4 minute excerpt.
Click here: to listen to the entire interview (15:30 minutes).

And to listen to an interview with Niall Ferguson on the WGBH Forum Network, click here!

]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/politics/our-american-empire-with-niall-ferguson/feed/ 0 0:03:59 Note: This interview has been picked up by the public radio stations WGBH, in Boston, its affiliates WCAI and WNAN, and WCVE in Richmond, VA. Niall Ferguson In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the acade[...] Note: This interview has been picked up by the public radio stations WGBH, in Boston, its affiliates WCAI and WNAN, and WCVE in Richmond, VA. Niall Ferguson In some ways, the Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. He’s also a big fan of the British Empire — and wants the United States to follow in its footsteps. That means it’s our job to form colonies in hot climates, for years on end. But are we up for this? While Niall would like that to be the case, he doesn’t really think so, because, he says, we’re an empire “in denial” … Click here: to listen to a 4 minute excerpt. Click here: to listen to the entire interview (15:30 minutes). And to listen to an interview with Niall Ferguson on the WGBH Forum Network, click here! Economics, History, Politics Jenny Attiyeh no no Ethan Zuckerman’s homage to homophily http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/ethan-zuckermans-homage-to-homophily/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/ethan-zuckermans-homage-to-homophily/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 20:40:57 +0000 Jenny http://www.thoughtcast.org/?p=136
Ethan Zuckerman (credit: Esther Dyson)
Ethan Zuckerman of Global Voices waxes lyrical on the term homophily, which isn’t actually a web word, but it’s a phenomenon playing itself out on the Internet. Click here for clarification!

(2:20 minutes)

And to listen to a discussion with Ethan Zuckerman on the Forum Network, click here!


]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/ethan-zuckermans-homage-to-homophily/feed/ 0 Tim Wu’s neologism: Network neutrality! http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/tim-wus-neologism-network-neutrality/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/tim-wus-neologism-network-neutrality/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 20:34:18 +0000 Jenny http://www.thoughtcast.org/?p=134 NOTE: Tim Wu has a new book out, called The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires!

The term network neutrality was the brainchild of Tim Wu of Columbia Law School. So what does this term mean, and what power does it have?

Click here: (2:23 minutes)

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Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales, the founder of the free online encylopedia Wikipedia, shares his thoughts on the power of one incredibly successful neologism – that amazing name! Wikipedia is a name he’s “stuck with” — in a good way, of course!
Click here: to listen. (2:13 minutes) And hear what else “Jimbo” had to say that day, to the Chronicle of Higher Education!

]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/jimmy-wales-on-wikipedia-the-word/feed/ 0 In Search of Neologisms with Esther Dyson http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/in-search-of-neologisms/ http://www.thoughtcast.org/public-media/in-search-of-neologisms/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 20:22:52 +0000 Jenny http://www.thoughtcast.org/?p=132
Esther Dyson
Neologisms are defined as new words or phrases (or new uses of a word or phrase). And what better place to find them than at a gathering of netizens (itself a neologism) steeped in the new world of the “net”. The Berkman Center for Internet and Society, at Harvard, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and ThoughtCast was there, fishing for novelty…
The Catch:
Internet guru Esther Dyson came up with an expression I’d never heard before… Have you? Here’s a clue: what does Google have to do with your refrigerator??!!
Click here: (1 minute) to find out!
But wait, there’s more!

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