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June 9, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Information Technology
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Animals 2 - Endangered Species
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Buddhism
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Information Technology
SEGMENT 1:
Nicholas Negroponte tells Judith Strasser why he believes the
future means "Being Digital," - which, not coincidentally, is
the title of his new book. Negroponte is the Founding Director
of the Media Lab at MIT.
SEGMENT 2:
Clifford Stoll has been a well-known hacker for years. His
first book, "The Cuckoo's Egg" told how he pursued and caught a
spy ring on the Internet. But now Stoll is having second
thoughts about the electronic future: his new book is called
"Silicon Snake Oil." He tells Steve Paulson that while there's
a lot of stuff on-line, most of it's junk. Also, Richard
Sclove is Director of the Loka Institute, a small nonprofit
group that studies the social effects of science and
technology. He tells Margaret Andreasen that in some
unfortunate ways, the Internet resembles the interstate highway
system.
SEGMENT 3:
James Cortada has worked for IBM for some twenty years. He's
now an executive quality consultant. He is also a historian of
office appliances. He tells Jim Fleming that today's
computer-fax-telephones are the logical evolution of the first
typewriters. Among Cortada's many books on the history of
information technology is "Before the Computer."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-05-07-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Animals 2 - Endangered Species
SEGMENT 1:
Field biologist Diane Boyd is one of the few women who really
does run with wolves. She tells Steve Paulson about the wolves
she's been studying for twenty years. Also, writer Rick Bass
tells Jim Fleming about his search for grizzly bears in
Colorado's San Juan Mountains. His book is called "The Lost
Grizzlies: A Search for Survivors in the Wilderness of
Colorado."
SEGMENT 2:
Alan Rabinowitz, a field biologist with the Wildlife
Conservation Society, tells Steve Paulson about his harrowing
adventures tracking jaguars in the jungles of Central and South
America. His research led the government of Belize to
establish the world's first jaguar preserve.
SEGMENT 3:
Daniel Taylor-Ide is president of the conservation group Future
Generations and the author of "Something Hidden Behind the
Ranges: A Himalayan Quest." He tells Judith Strasser about his
life-long hunt for the Abominable Snowman and what the Yeti
really is.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-10-08-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Buddhism
SEGMENT 1
Helen Tworkov is the founder and editor of Tricycle magazine,
the Buddhist Review in America. She tells Judith Strasser that
Buddhism has as much to do with physics as religion and that it
is flowering in America. Also, family physician Zorba Paster
(star of public radio's "Zorba Paster on Your Health") tells
Judith Strasser about his practice of Buddhism. And, writer
Natalie Goldberg tells Jim Fleming about her remarkable Zen
teacher Katagiri Roshi. Goldberg's book about him is "Long
Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America."
SEGMENT 2:
The screenwriter for Bernardo Bertolucci's film "Little Buddha"
has published a book ("Hard Travel to Sacred Places") detailing
the trip he made with his wife throughout Buddhist Asia. Rudy
Wurlitzer tells Steve Paulson what he found and how the trip
changed him.
SEGMENT 3:
The unofficial dean of American Zen is Zen Master, scholar and
radical pacifist Robert Aitken. He tells Steve Paulson how
Amerian Zen compares to the Asian tradition and describes one
path to wisdom. Aitken's latest book is "The Practice of
Perfection."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
95-02-19-C.
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