Archive for June, 2009

Howdy! On this week’s better-late-than-never episode we talk about Malcolm Gladwell’s “How David Beats Goliath” from the New Yorker. Listen to it below or subscirbe to our podcast via iTunes.
Show notes:
• Early on I mention that I couldn’t get into The Big Bang Theory because the main characters had Asperger syndrome. I want to… »

Hi folks,
Apologies, but real life concerns have pushed this week’s podcast to Friday night/Saturday morning. Sorry to… »

On this week’s episode we look at Jonah Lehrer’s New Yorker article “Don’t.”
Show Notes:
• The Julia Solis photo slide show of Detroit that Marit talked about.
• “The Case for Working With Your Hands” by Matthew Crawford which Carolyn mentions.
• I was in error during the podcast: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance came out… »

This week on the podcast the topic is “A new model for a broken motor city” by Megan O’Toole, a story of new communities emerging from the skeleton of abandoned Detroit. Supplemental to that is the news story “An Effort to Save Flint, Mich., by Shrinking It.”
Show notes:
• It should be noted that I work… »

This week on the podcast the topic is “La Vida Robot,” by Joshua Davis, which is the story of four boys from poorer backgrounds who team together to build an underwater robot. Click through to listen, read the show notes and to find out what we’re reading next week… »