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Program Archive
April 2002
04/06/02
Utopias, From Co-housing To Esperanto, The Internet Promise, Musak Defended
and The Seventies Attacked.
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Host Marty Goldensohn takes us on a voyage in search of Utopia: co-housing
that create village-like communities, Musak as democratic musical "air
conditioner", do you speak Esperanto? the global language, is disco
the only good thing about the seventies?, commentaries, music and much
more.
Links of the Week
Ralph Dratman, founder of www.maximumsoftware.com,
explains utopian hi-tech and also clues us in on some of his favorite
websites. Visit www.sciencedaily.com
for slightly edited press releases. Popular search engine, www.google.com
also has electronically gathered news headlines. Another completely automated
news-gathering site is http://www.cs.columbia.edu/nlp/newsblaster.
The San Francisco Chronicle news paper is available online at http://www.sfgate.com/.
Looking for unusual headlines? Visit www.robotwisdom.com
for alternative news. Need "news for nerds" http://www.slashdot.com
offers that and information on open source software.
Cantines Island is just one of several communities available in the cohousing
movement. There are communities located in and out of the city as well
as intergenerational developments. To learn more about the subject visit
http://cantinesisland.home.att.net/
or www.cohousing.org.
James Lileks is victim of bad taste: www.lileks.com
Books of the Week
- Elevator music usually gets a bad rap but not in Elevator Music
: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong
by Joseph Lanza. Lanza sets it straight with his appreciation for all
Muzak.
04/13/02
Lies, Tall Stories and Failing Lying Detector's Tests.
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Host Marty Goldensohn explores the history of lying and the consequences
of playing with the truth. He innocently straps himself to a lying detector's
test and fails. Also discovering the tall stories woven by Bill Lepp,
five time winner of the West Virginia Liars Contest, writer Stanley Miese
about living with (and leaving) a compulsive liar, Dr Sean Chillag on
illnesses with symptoms that mislead, discovering the restaurant with
the shortest menu in the world (2 dishes), music, humor and much more
in this edition of BTDT.
Links of the Week
Books of the Week
- Learn more about the art of lying and lie detection in Telling Lies:
Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage by Paul Ekman.
- In Evelin Sullivan's The Concise Book of Lying she writes about the
usage of lies in various literary works as well as discussing the philosophy
and psychology of lying.
04/20/02
What Me? Worry, High Anxiety Revisited, And Fun Travel Tales
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Host Marty Goldensohn explores "high anxiety" from Mad magazine
and its on going history of a "What me Worry" attitude (as told
from its editor) to ways of dealing with mood and anxiety disorders. Also,
Josh Piven ( author of "Worst Case Scenario) with advice about dealing
with hungry bears and escaping from almost anywhere, paper clips as therapy.
Plus paying for college, useful anti worry information, Paul Gorman (Executive
Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment) on
an "inward bound" trip plus travel, music, humor and much more
in this edition of BTDT.
This week we heard an excerpt from Didi Sprecher Agee's short story "Momentum."
Hear
the whole piece here.
Links of the Week
- Anxiety can be a serious disorder. It's important to distinguish
between average worrying and debilitating anxiety . If you would like
to learn more about Anxiety Disorder go to sites like http://www.adaa.org/
or http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxiety.cfm
- From the looks of things inventor Al Jaffee and co-editor Nick Meglin--who
have been with Mad Magazine for over 40 years now--have nothing to worry
about. To see the fruits of their labor visit http://www.madmag.com
Books of the Week
- Joe Piven "Worst Case Scenario"
- Henry Petroski "Paper Boy, Confessions of a Future Engineer"
- Kal Chaney "Paying for College Without Going Broke"
04/27/02
Taste Buds, Double Speak And Fast Talking Dames
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Host Marty Goldensohn uncovers the meaning of double speak in business
and politics with writer Bill Lutz, talks to Forbes Magazine senior editor
about seven ways to rescue your retirement plan, has a conversation about
the tongue with surprising information about taste buds, and goes to the
movies with Maria Di Battista author of "Fast Talking Dames"
plus another way of to Bob Dylan, and much more in this archive edition
of BTDT.
Links of the Week
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