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Upcoming Programs
Big Picture Science:
Wired for Thought
airs Wednesday, February 1, 7pm
A cup of coffee can leave you wired for the day. But a chip in your brain could wire you to a machine forever. Imagine manipulating a mouse without moving a muscle, and doing a Google search with your mind. Welcome to the future of the brain-machine interface. Don your EEG thinking-cap and discover a high-tech thought game that may be the harbinger of machine relationships to come.
Engineers of the New Millennium:
Responding to Disasters
airs Wednesday, February 8, 7pm
From re-creating tsunamis in the laboratory to tracking global pandemics, scientists and engineers around the country are seeking new insights into natural and man-made disasters. This one-hour special report looks at what researchers are doing to protect us from and help us survive these life-shattering events.
Recently Aired . . .
Making Contact:
Tariq Ali on the Rise of the "Extreme Center"
aired Monday, January 30, 6:30pm
As the U.S. prepares for another presidential election, journalist Tariq Ali says the choices don’t present much in the way of options. Ali speaks about the growth of the "extreme center" and how Occupy and other emerging social movements are challenging the status quo.
Sea Change Radio:
Stewards of Other People's Money
aired Monday, January 23, 6:30pm
Socially responsible capitalism: is this an oxymoron? Not according to Graham Sinclair, a South African sustainable investment consultant and the President of the Africa Sustainable Investment Forum. Money managers like him attract conscientious investors, using the tools of capitalism to pressure corporations to be more socially responsible.
Commonwealth Club of California:
William Clay Ford, Jr.
aired Wednesday, January 18, 7pm
With the number of cars in the world projected to double to 2 billion, the future of personal mobility is a compelling concern. Some see a huge business opportunity and others see social and environmental disasters. Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company William Clay Ford, Jr., talks about the move toward electric cars, government regulations, new technologies and environmental stewardship.
Making Contact:
Inside the Syrian Uprising
aired Monday, January 16, 6:30pm
As the Arab spring enters its second year, the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues. Scores are being killed by government forces, but international condemnation has not been enough to stop the violence. Foreign correspondent Reese Erlich is one of the few foreign reporters who got into Syria to interview opposition demonstrators, Kurdish refugees, government officials and impassioned supporters of President Bashar al Assad.
Big Picture Science:
Light, the Universe, and Everything
aired Wednesday, January 11, 7pm
What makes up this vast sprawling cosmos? Why does it exist? Why do we exist? Why is there something rather than nothing? For possible answers, travel to the moment after the Big Bang and discover all that came into being in those few minutes after the great flash: time, space, matter, and light. Plus, the bizarre stuff that makes up the bulk of the universe: dark energy and dark matter.
Making Contact:
Cornel West & Carl Dix
aired Monday, January 9, 6:30pm
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America’s youth in the age of Obama.
Commonwealth Club of California:
Daniel Levitin
aired Wednesday, January 4, 7pm
Humans have been creating and enjoying music for thousands of years, but what really creates the experience? Daniel Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain on Music, joins in musical conversation with fingerstyle guitarist Alex De Grassi, to jam, chat and foot tap their way through the story of "Music and the Mind Machine."
Making Contact:
Looking Back, Moving Forward
airs Monday, January 2, 6:30pm
2011 was a year in which people raised their voices to call for justice. Look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate change.
Making Contact:
Confronting Stereotypes of the Black Woman
aired Monday, December 26, 6:30pm
Author and political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry speaks about the stereotypes black women face, the resulting impacts on their identity, and how those stereotypes have limited the ways in which society views black women as true “citizens.”
BackStory w/ the American History Guys:
A History of the Holiday Season
aired Wednesday, December 21, 7pm
Christmas may be the Big Kahuna of American holy days, but it wasn’t always so. For many centuries, it was a time of drunken rowdiness, when the poor would aggressively demand food and money from the rich. Little surprise, then, that the Puritans banned Christmas altogether. In fact, it wasn’t until the 1820s that the holiday was re-invented as the peaceful, family-oriented, and yes, consumeristic ritual we celebrate today. Beginning with contemporary debates over the proper role of religion in the public square, the History Guys move backwards in time, searching for the roots of the holidays we celebrate today.
Sea Change Radio:
Busting Convention with the Combustion Engine
aired Manday, December 19, 6:30pm
The shift to a fossil-free fleet of vehicles on this planet is likely to be a slow cumbersome process that unfolds over several decades. In the meantime, however, there are some bright, inventive minds trying to ease the pain associated with the dirty, carbon-intensive status quo. Host Alex Wise speaks to two men whose start-up companies are reworking the old-fashioned combustion engine into cleaner, greener machines—a seemingly simple solution whose time should have come long ago.
State of the Re: Union:
Wyoming: The New Old West
aired Wednesday, December 14, 7pm
Wyoming is the least populated state in the US. In this sparse landscape, where tradition and self-reliance are prized, what are the things that bring together distant neighbors? In their struggle to confront change—an oil boom in the suburbs of Cheyenne, a minister with unconventional ideas, the emerging gay community in Laramie—Wyomingites find the bonds between them tested.
Peace Talks Radio:
Peace on the Battlefield
aired Monday, December 12, 6:30pm
Explore two instances when peace broke out on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the early months of fighting in Europe in World War I. Then, the story of the National Jubilee of Peace—the first major gathering of Civil War veterans from the North and South in 1911—50 years after the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas.
Action Speaks!:
1972: Birth of Pong & Rise of Videogames
aired Wednesday, December 7, 7pm
Action Speaks! investigate the popularity of video games, their use in education, their relationship to the military, and whether or not they are presaging the global expression of our utopian yearnings. Featured panelists include D. Fox Harrell, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Digital Media at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mary Flanagan, Professor of Film & Media Studies at Dartmouth College; Randall Nichols, Assisstant Professor at Bentley College; and Michael Townsend, world record holder in video games.
Sea Change Radio:
Solar Power to the People
aired Monday, December 5, 6:30pm
Solar power is an essential part of the green technology revolution, a movement that has the potential to create jobs that are good for the community and the environment. But when we think about who’s actually benefitting from solar right now, it tends to be mid-to-upper income individuals and households. Hear from two women whose organizations are creating templates to make solar power an equitable component of a carbon-free tomorrow.
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