Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea? Open source currency as the next money model.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Betsy Israel tells Jim Fleming our society has always been suspicious of unmarried women and talks about examples from Louisa Mat Alcott to Ally McBeal.
Dominique Raccah tells Anne Strainchamps why she loves hearing the actual voices of people like Denise Levertov, W.H. Auden and Robert Frost.
"Independent People" by Halldór Laxness reviewed by author David Mitchell ("Cloud Atlas")
Daphne Merkin responds to Hilary Clinton as a cultural symbol and public personality.
Not all cavemen are in the past. The Modern Caveman Movement involves men in urban gyms, grunting and sprinting on all fours, lifting heavy stones, and running barefoot.
Brad Warner is a Japanese monster movie marketer, a blogger, a Zen Buddhist Master and plays bass in a punk band. His book is "Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate."
Ted Gioia was in high school when he first visited a jazz club and he realized instantly, "This is it! This is what I've been looking for." The experience changed his life and since then he's become a noted jazz critic and historian. Gioia's new book is "How to Listen to Jazz." He tells Anne Strainchamps that new collaborations with rappers and rockers are revitalizing today's jazz.
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