The Colbert Report - September 16, 2010 - Jerome Goddard, Lawrence O'Donnell

769 September 16 None Jerome Goddard, Lawrence O'Donnell None 6117

Source: Wikipedia. See also: Infectious Diseases and Arthropods, Infectious Diseases and Arthropods (Infectious Disease)

The Colbert Report - September 15, 2010 - Saul Griffith

768 September 15 None Saul Griffith "The new Halo game was released today, so I assume you're not watching this. This is The Colbert Report." 6116

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Charlie Rose's Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Conversation with Annie Cohen-Solal

CHARLIE ROSE: Annie Cohen-Solal is here. She is a writer, and a
teacher and a culture historian. In 1985 she made a name for herself when
she published "Sartre, a Life," a well-regarded biography of the famous
French philosopher. She then arrived in New York in 1989 as a cultural
counselor to the French embassy.

Then she met art gallery legend Leo Castelli. He became her mentor
and her friend different. She’s now written a biography about him called
"Leo and his Circle, the Life of Leo Castelli." I’m very pleased to have
Annie Cohen-Solal back at this table. Welcome.

Watch the interview here. See also: Jean-Paul Sartre: A Life (Lives of the Left), Painting American: The Rise of American Artists, Paris 1867-New York 1948, Charlie Rose with Raymond Kelly; Edward Said; Annie Cohen-Solal (November 20, 2001)

Word Maven Patricia T. O'Conner from Lopate - Underreported by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

Our word maven, Patricia T. O'Conner, answers questions about the English language and grammar. An updated and expanded third edition of her book, Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, has recently been published in paperback, and a paperback version of Origins of the Specious, written with Stewart Kellerman, was just issued. Have a question about language and grammar?

Good God, we wish these titles were on the Kindle! Read the full The Leonard Lopate Show story here, and listen to the podcast. See also: Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language

Aid industry: "More harm than good"? from BBC News | Business | UK Edition

International humanitarian assistance is a multibillion dollar enterprise, but is much of the aid doing more harm than good?
That is the controversial question raised by Linda Polman, a Dutch writer and journalist who has covered conflict and humanitarian crises from Haiti to Darfur, eastern Congo and Afghanistan.
There are situations, she says, in which the best thing the aid givers can do is walk away. HARDtalk asks if that means turning our backs on a world of human suffering.

You can watch the full BBC Hard Talk interview here.

The Colbert Report - September 14, 2010 - Sean Wilentz

767 September 14 Mutually Assured Coercion Sean Wilentz "Oprah is taking her audience to Australia, so I'm taking my studio to the Outback Steakhouse. This is your treat: Colbert Report." 6115

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William Gibson and the Future of the Future from Books - Culture - The Atlantic by Douglas Gorney

Compared to the AI entities and digitally-enhanced hackers of his debut novel, Neuromancer, William Gibson's current cast of characters is remarkably dialed-down. But their quest is the same—to gain an edge by identifying critical, emerging patterns of data among the noise. In his new novel, Zero History, global marketing genius Hubertus Bigend and his team find themselves in less virtual though equally dangerous realms of military contracting and fashion, chasing the holy grail of post-modern marketing—the secret brand.

Leave to The Atlantic to fill in, just as we thought that we'd cleared our plate. "Oh yeah, Zero History came out the other week!" And it's out on the Kindle, which is a relief; 'cause we're getting awfully bored of stumping the old Kindle catalog, e.g. when are we going to see Neuromancer on the Kindle?

The Colbert Report - September 13, 2010 - Lisa Birnbach

766 September 13 None Lisa Birnbach "Violent crime is down for the third year in a row. I say that calls for a celebratory riot. This is The Colbert Report." 6114

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Charlie Rose's Monday, September 13, 2010 conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times

CHARLIE ROSE: Tuesday marks the second anniversary of the fall of
Lehman Brothers, the event that helped create the deepest recession since
the Great Depression. In July President Obama signed into law
comprehensive financial regulation to prevent the next economic crisis, but
worries about rising unemployment and the threat of a double dip recession
have taken precedence, leading to the midterm elections.

In a move to stimulate the economy President Obama’s proposed
extending the Bush tax cuts to individuals makes less than $250,000.

Watch the full interview here, and download the transcript here.

'Other People': A Family Portrait Of Depression from NPR by HELLER MCALPIN

"Every family has a secret and the secret is that it's not like other families," Alan Bennett writes in A Life Like Other People's. This family memoir, extracted from his 2006 autobiographical volume, Untold Stories, is at once a touching portrait of his parents, "the tenderest and most self-sufficient couple," and a sobering tale of depression and dementia.

You can find a lengthy excerpt of the book at NPR.org. See also: The Uncommon Reader: A Novella, Untold Stories, Writing Home, The Complete Talking Heads