Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) is a 2005 non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Sherry Turkle: Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

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In January 2011, Jessica Bennett wrote “The promise of technology is connectedness. But could modern gadgetry be making us lonelier than eve...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Nell Irvin Painter: The History of White People

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In November, 2010, John Jackson, at the Huffington Post, mentioned the Nell Irvin Painter and "The History of White People" this w...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway from KERA's Think Podcast

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[2010-12-21 12:00:00] Will Interstate 69, the actual "NAFTA Highway" ever be constructed? We'll examine the issue this hour wi...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

'Reshaping the Work-Family Debate' from KQED's Forum Podcast

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The U.S. has the most family-hostile public policy in the developed world. So says Hastings law professor Joan Williams in her new book, ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction from The Takeaway: Early Edition by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

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Are there limits to the kinds of problems humans are capable of solving? It can certainly seem like it. The conflict in Afghanistan rages o...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Please Explain: Caffeine from Lopate - Underreported by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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This week's Please Explain will answer all of our caffeine-related questions, from whether or not we should drink coffee before we run a...

Charlie Rose's Friday, August 13, 2010 conversation with Author Christopher Hitchens

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CHARLIE ROSE: Christopher Hitchens is an English-born, Oxford- educated writer and journalist who has lived and worked in Washington for ...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Charlie Rose's Tuesday, May 18, 2010 conversation with Joel Kotkin - author of 'The Next Hundred Million' -

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CHARLIE ROSE: Joel Kotkin is here. He is a distinguished presidential fellow in urban futures at Capp University in California. His new...

Charlie Rose's Tuesday, May 18, 2010 conversation with Joel Kotkin - author of 'The Next Hundred Million' -

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CHARLIE ROSE: Joel Kotkin is here. He is a distinguished presidential fellow in urban futures at Capp University in California. His new...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

James Fallows on China's Economy from KQED's Forum by forum@kqed.org (KQED Public Radio)

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Does the global economic crisis spell doom for China? Not according to James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic. Fallows joins...