On Our Mind: Producer Picks

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Stumbled Upon Hits

Every so often, in the course of work and web browsings, we stumble upon something that blows us away. Like the tUnE-yArDs performance of "Powa" that Charles came across this week. It reminded him of a band we had on years ago that had the same effect on him: Gram Rabbit.
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Dreamtime Down Under

Australia’s official national day, Australia Day, is Jan. 26th. What better way to celebrate than to crack open a can of Foster’s and listen to Steve’s conversation with Wade Davis about the concept of “The Dreaming” as practiced by Australia’s Aboriginal peoples.

Historic Future?

In this NEW and EXTENDED interview, Jared Diamond talks about how Western societies compare to hunter gatherer cultures? In his new book, "The World Until Yesterday," Jared Diamond explores our radically different values on everything from childrearing, to what we think of strangers.

Codebreaker, the Film

"Codebreaker," was just nominated for the Outstanding Documentary prize by the GLAAD Media Awards. Here's filmmaker Patrick Sammon on Turing, and the movie.
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Why A-Holes?

Coming up this weekend, a show about jerks, about assholes. Why? Well, here's why. From producer Doug Gordon. Plus, a preview of one the show segment.
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Life of Pi-ety

In Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi" - and the movie that followed it - Pi survives by his wits and by his religious faith. In this interview, Martel explains how writing the novel forced him to confront his own prejudices about religious faith and doubt.
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Roe v Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court decriminalized abortion with its landmark decision in the Roe v. Wade case on Jan. 22nd, 1973. Forty years later, abortion is still a hot topic in the U.S. In Japan, there's a different take on the question.
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Civil Rights

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're listening back to this interview with Cornel West and Tavis Smiley about the state of American democracy.

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