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11/23/2008

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08-11-23-A

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THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE FICTION
Literature of Ideas? - George R.R. Martin
Literature of Ideas! - Ursula K. Le Guin
H.P. Lovecraft - S.T. Joshi
Beauties of Sci-Fi - Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.

Hour 2

08-11-23-A
(was 07-12-16-A)

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THIS SADNESS
Jerome Wakefield asks "is sadness the same as depression?"
Joshua Shenk believes Lincoln's depression fueled his greatness?
Eric Steel spent a year filming the Golden Gate Bridge, and the people who jumped from it
Michael Nye took photographs of San Antonio's homeless, and asked them for their stories.

11/30/2008

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08-11-30-A

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GOING GOING GONE GREEN
No-Impact Living Blogger - Colin Beaven
Scrounging - Jeff Ferrell
Edward Abbey - Steve Paulson
Peak Oil - Bryandt Urstadt
Peak Oil Game - Ken Eklund
Hope from Kids - Anne Strainchamps

Hour 2

08-11-30-B
(was 07-12-09-B)

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CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES
David Michaelis explores the extraordinary cartoonist Charles Schulz
Ashley Kahn loves Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue"
Historian William R. Drennan & Novelist Nancy Horan are both fascinated by the story of the murders at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin
Nick Abadzis has written a graphic novel about a dog on board Sputnik II

12/07/2008

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08-12-07-A

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GREEN DESIGN
Architects for Humanity - Cameron Sinclair
Small Japanese Houses - Azby Brown
S.F. Earthquake 1806 - Simon Winchester
Green Design - Ralph Knowles
Rearranging Furniture - Winifred Gallagher

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08-12-07-B
(was 07-12-09-A)

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WHAT BOYS ARE MADE OF
Conn Iggulden wrote A Dangerous Book for Boys with his brother Hal
Michael Thompson is a psychologist who specializes in boys
John Van de Ruit has written a hilarious novel about a South African boys' school
Veronica Rueckert discovered wanting a girl and getting a boy has its own pleasures
Teddy Atlas trained boxers after a rough adolescence

12/21/2008

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08-12-14-A

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RE-CONSIDERING CRAFTS
Richard Sennett
Kelly Lambert
Leonard Todd
Jessica Helfand

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08-12-14-B
(was 07-12-30-A)

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WALKING THE WALK
Satish Kumar is a former Jainus monk and environmental activist
A.J. Jacobs decided to follow the Bible for year as literally as possible
Geoff Gilpin lived inside the Maharishi's movement for five years in the Seventies
Slam Poet Alix Olson is a word warrior

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