Jared Diamond has written “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” He discusses a few case histories - like Easter Island - with Steve Paulson.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Richard Ranft says the oceans are teeming with noises and plays Jim Fleming a few examples from snapping shrimp to amorous haddock and walruses.
Lawrence Lessig is the creator of the Creative Commons and says that our current copyright law is far too restrictive and stifles creativity.
Josh and Jacob Kornbluth made a film version of Josh’s play “Haiku Tunnel," which chronicles Josh’s experience as a temporary worker.
Justine Picardie is a writer for British Vogue and a former editor at London’s Observer. She talks about her efforts to contact her sister Ruth’s spirit in the year after Ruth’s death from breast cancer.
Michael Ruhlman is the author of “Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard.” He says that wooden boats are alive and have souls.
Ernest Callenbach’s “Ecotopia” was the bible of a certain kind of environmental activist, back in the 70’s. Producer Charles Monroe-Kane was one of them. He tells us what it was like to try to live the dream.
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