Urban theorist Richard Florida
A conversation about personality, innovation and openness in cities and "mega-regions" with urban theorist Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and Who's Your City?
Apr 18, 2008•37 min
Notebook on Cities and Culture
(Formerly The Marketplace of Ideas.) A world-traveling interview show where Colin Marshall sits down for in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene about the work they do and the world cities they do it in, from Los Angeles to Osaka to Mexico City to London to Seoul and beyond.
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Experimental philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah
A conversation about experimental philosophy with Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and author of Experiments in Ethics.
Apr 05, 2008•50 min
Japan expert John Nathan (part two)
The second part of a conversation about life in film and literature in Japan and America with translator, filmmaker and Japan expert John Nathan, author of Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere.
Mar 28, 2008•33 min
Japan expert John Nathan (part one)
The first part of a conversation about life in film and literature in Japan and America with translator, filmmaker and Japan expert John Nathan, author of Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere.
Mar 28, 2008•53 min
Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak
A conversation about the art of engineering, the value of jokes and the nuisance of spam with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and author of iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.
Mar 22, 2008•33 min
The Marketplace of Ideas live in Los Angeles
It's The Marketplace of Ideas live in Los Angeles ! Come bid farewell to Dutton's Brentwood Books and watch a live taping of The Marketplace of Ideas, featuring a conversation with Mark Sarvas , noted Elegant Variation blogger and author of the upcoming novel Harry, Revised . This all happens on Saturday March 29th at 12:00 noon . Dutton's is located at 11975 San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA....
Mar 22, 2008•31 sec
Undercover economist Tim Harford
A conversation about speed-dating, the advantages of city life and the fun economists are having with "Undercover Economist" Tim Harford , author of The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World .
Mar 15, 2008•32 min
Comic artist Peter Bagge
A conversation about Generation X, penciling techniques and libertarianism with Peter Bagge, creator of Hate and Apocalypse Nerd .
Mar 07, 2008•56 min
On globalization with Pietra Rivoli
A conversation about Texan cotton-growing, Chinese manufacturing and African entrepreneurship with Pietra Rivoli, Georgetown business professor and author of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy .
Feb 29, 2008•49 min
Essayist, film writer, novelist and poet Phillip Lopate
A conversation about education, urbanism and Abbas Kiarostami with essayist, novelist, poet and film writer Phillip Lopate.
Feb 22, 2008•44 min
On book reviewing with Gail Pool
A conversation with Gail Pool, author of Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America .
Feb 16, 2008•46 min
Skeptic Michael Shermer
A conversation about economics, evolutionary biology and Ayn Rand with Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics .
Feb 08, 2008•49 min
On early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher
A conversation about the interplay between early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate School and author of Time, Space and Motion in the Age of Shakespeare .
Feb 02, 2008•59 min
Deep historian Daniel Lord Smail
A conversation about bridging the gap between history and prehistory with Daniel Lord Smail, professor of history at Harvard University and author of On Deep History and the Brain.
Jan 25, 2008•52 min
Economist and blogger Tyler Cowen
A conversation about using incentives, eating ethnic food and becoming a cultural billionaire with Tyler Cowen , professor of economics at George Mason University and blogger at Marginal Revolution .
Jan 18, 2008•57 min
Los Angeles Times Book Review editor David L. Ulin
A conversation about publishing, book criticism and LA literary culture with David L. Ulin, editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Jan 12, 2008•1 hr 1 min
Science journalist Jonah Lehrer
A conversation about literature, the human brain and umami with Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large at Seed magazine and author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist.
Jan 03, 2008•53 min
Novelist Joshua Henkin
A conversation about college towns, the importance of story and MFA programs with novelist Joshua Henkin, author of Matrimony.
Dec 29, 2007•1 hr 1 min
The Smart Set editor Jason Wilson
A conversation about online journalism, travel writing and H.L. Mencken with Jason Wilson, editor of The Smart Set from Drexel University and The Best American Travel Writing series.
Dec 22, 2007•53 min
Evolutionary biologist David P. Barash
A conversation about consciousness, free will and toilet training with David P. Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington and author of Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars and Other Realities of Evolution.
Dec 15, 2007•1 hr 2 min
Law professor and economist Ian Ayres
A conversation about the revolution in decisionmaking brought about by large-scale quantitative analysis with Yale law professor and economist Ian Ayres, author of Super Crunchers: Why Thinking by Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart.
Dec 07, 2007•1 hr
On political division with David Starkey
A conversation about voting one way and living in a place that votes another with David Starkey, poet, playwright, professor of English at Santa Barbara City College and editor of Living Blue in the Red States.
Dec 07, 2007•40 min
On 20 years of The Closing of the American Mind with Roger Kimball
A conversation about Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind on the 20th anniversary of its publication with Roger Kimball, editor of The New Criterion.
Dec 02, 2007•54 min
On Barry Goldwater with CC Goldwater
A conversation about Barry Goldwater with CC Goldwater, the 1964 presidential candidate's granddaughter and producer of the new film Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater.
Nov 21, 2007•51 min
Something Awful editor Zack Parsons
A conversation about ridiculous military hardware and highly un-epic science fiction with Zack Parsons, editor at the popular humor site Something Awful and author of My Tank is Fight!: Deranged Inventions of World War II.
Nov 16, 2007•51 min
1960s radical Cathy Wilkerson
A conversation about the 1960s with Cathy Wilkerson, former member of Students for a Democratic Society and Weatherman, whose new book is Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman .
Nov 16, 2007•53 min
On human rights with Lynn Hunt
A conversation about the very definition of a powerful idea with Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History at UCLA and former president of the American Historical Association. Her latest book is Inventing Human Rights: A History .
Nov 09, 2007•51 min
Bookslut founder Jessa Crispin
A conversation about food writing, Lost Girls and the disappointing DVD of David Lynch's Lost Highway with Jessa Crispin, founder and editor of Chicago-based literary webzine and blog Bookslut .
Nov 02, 2007•46 min
Wine journalist George M. Taber
A conversation about that most revered of all beverages and the devices that close our bottles of it with George M. Taber, wine journalist and former business editor of Time magazine. His new book is To Cork or Not to Cork: The Billion-Dollar Battle for the Bottle.
Oct 26, 2007•56 min
Entrepreneur and blogger Ben Casnocha
A conversation about optimism, eternal studenthood and funny conservatives with entrepreneur and author Ben Casnocha . His most recent book is My Start-Up Life.
Oct 20, 2007•55 min
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