Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Comcast Newsmakers

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Recently I had the good fortune to be a featured guest on Comcast Newsmakers, a show that runs occasionally after CNN Headline News and is viewed across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. I was part of a seven interview rotation, which meant that I was on the air a couple of times a day for the month of February. You can see see the YouTube video of my five minute interview or listen to it at Cable in the Classroom. Nothing too exciting, but my first time wearing makeup!

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a man sitting in a wheel chair next to a laptop.

High Culture

Stephen Hawking’s famous voice belonged to this pioneering MIT scientist

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

The Past

Tesla’s pigeon: How the great inventor fell for a bird

“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”

Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

Neuropsych

An untold story of LSD psychotherapy in communist Czechoslovakia

Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.

High Culture

Why have late-night talk show ratings collapsed?

Late-night shows, developed during the “golden age” of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.

The Present

How Russia’s strange cultural mindset led to Vladimir Putin’s great miscalculation

The Russian mindset is characterized by cynicism and distrust.

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