Doug Kaye
Doug Kaye, who spoke at the 2007 Integrated Media Association conference, is the co-founder of the pioneering podcast on information technology called IT Conversations, the CTO of GigaVox Media, and the CEO of the Conversations Network. But Doug is hardly resting on his laurels, as you’ll hear in this ThoughtCast interview. (Oh yeah, he blogs and writes books too!)
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to listen (4 minutes)
P.S… photo credit goes to Chris Pirillo!
WNYC Radio’s Bill Swersey led a working group at the conference called “Public Radio and Open Source,” which came up with the idea for a watering hole (pubforge.org) where open source developers for public media can discuss problems and share solutions. Swersey speaks with ThoughtCast about the meaning of “open source” and the challenges public broadcasters face in adjusting to the new world of “pubmedia” on the web!
Click here: to listen to the interview (4:40 minutes).
Note: This interview was broadcast on WGBH radio, on “Arts and Ideas.” Click here for details.
Megan Marshall
Author Megan Marshall has recently written a well-received biography of the three Peabody sisters - Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia - who were key players in the founding of the Transcendentalist movement in the early to mid 19th century.
Elizabeth, the oldest, was intellectually precocious, learning Hebrew as a child so she could read the Old Testament. Mary was the middle sister, somewhat subdued by the dominant - and bossy - qualities of Elizabeth, and by the attention paid to the youngest, Sophia, who was practically an invalid. Nonetheless, Mary managed to become a teacher, writer and reformer. Sophia, beset by devastating migraines, spent most of her early years in bed. But when she had the strength, she painted. In an interview with ThoughtCast, Megan Marshall continues the tale…
Click here to listen to a lecture by Megan Marshall on the Peabody sisters on the WGBH Forum Network.
Henry Becton (courtesy WGBH)
WGBH President Henry Becton inaugurated the 2007 Integrated Media Association conference with a talk on the strengths and weaknesses of public broadcasting today. He speaks with ThoughtCast about the definition - and purpose - of public broadcasting, and how it’s responding to the pressing realities of the new online media landscape.
Click here: to listen to the interview (13 1/2 minutes)
Some mildly subversive questions to think about: Are all the old parameters out? Need only revolutionaries apply? What’s worth saving, indeed savoring, from the MSM? And what does traditional media do that the newcomers can’t? Will anyone miss the good ol’ days once they’re gone?
To listen to a discussion on “Open Content and Public Broadcasting” with Henry Becton on the WGBH Forum Network, click here.
A podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and innovators, hosted by Jenny Attiyeh. (read on ...)
Credit Roll:
Jared Wolf, Web guru
Sarah Baker, consultant
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor by J.S. Bach, performed by Nicholas Goluses.
Courtesy Naxos of America
I would also like to thank:
Bob Doyle: entrepreneur/
philanthropist/ Renaissance Man.
Randy Holhut:
for contributing some searing questions
for my interview with Richard Parker.
Robert Lipsyte:
for telling me to get on with it.
Christopher Lydon:
for setting the pace and … finally having coffee with me. (!)
Charlie Nesson:
for being the first to give me the thumbs up.
Shelley Powers:
for her flair for design and her superior
programming skills, as evidenced on this website.
(Any complaints forward to her, please…)
The Rev. Karl Stevens:
for contributing thoughtful questions for
my interview with philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah.
Rob Walch:
for his podcast advice and expertise.
Lisa Williams:
for introducing me to the world of blogs and pods
- up close and in person.
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