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Scientists and Visionaries, Skeptics
and Revolutionaries
and News of the Future
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12/23/00
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The Future of Death
Dr. J. addresses the Fourth
Alcor Conference on Life Extension Technologies on the implications of
emerging technologies for the changing definition
of death. |
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Definition
of Death : Contemporary Controversies
editted by Stuart J. Youngner, Robert M. Arnold, Renie Schapiro |
| 12/16/00 |
Living Terrors: Preparing for
Bioterrorism
Interview with Michael
Osterholm, co-author of Living
Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist
Catastrophe
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| 12/2/00 |
What's
Your Kidney Worth?
An interview with Nancy
Scheper-Hughes, founder of Organs
Watch, on her campaign against organ-selling in the Third World. See "The
End of the Body: The Global Traffic in
Organs for Transplant Surgery" |
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| 11/25/00 |
News
of the Future
Nano, neuro, and
extraterrestrial. |
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| 11/18/00 |
The
Socialist Future of Global Capitalism
An discussion with Chicago-based writer Bill
Dixon. He is an activist with the Chicago chapter
of the Democratic Socialists of America
and recently received a Project
Censored Award for a story on the Multilateral
Agreement on Investment. |
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| 11/11/00 |
Politics,
Technology and Climate Change
Interview with Ron Bailey,
the science and ecology correpsondent for the libertarian Reason
Magazine, and the editor of Earth
Report 2000. See other
articles by Ron. We'll review the elections from our divergent
perspectives and then take a whack at the science of global warming.
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| 11/4/00 |
CyberMarxism:
Jobs,
Equality and the Information Economy
Carl
Davidson, CEO Networking for Democracy, and founder/editor of Cy.Rev,
"A Journal of Cybernetic Revolution, Sustainable Socialism &
Radical Democracy"
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| 10/27/00 |
Bush,
Gore, Nader: A Strategy for Progressives
Jim Chapin, political historian, Vice Chair of the Democratic
Socialists of America, and political correspondent for the United
Press International
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| 10/21/2000 |
Are
We Alone?
Donald
Brownlee, co-author with Peter D. Ward of Rare Earth: Why Complex
Life is Uncommon in the Universe |
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| 10/14/2000 |
Contemplative
Family Rituals
Interviews about spiritual family
rituals conducted at the August 2000 Family Retreat of the Insight
Meditation Society, Barre Massachusetts.
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| 10/14/2000 |
Running
with Nader
A conversation with Jean de
Smet, an electrician and former Green
Party candidate for City Council in Willimantic CT, about the Ralph
Nader campaign. |
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| 9/30/2000 |
Zen and the Brain
Interview with Dr. James Austin on his book Zen
and the Brain, a mammoth study of the neurophysiology of the Zen
meditative experience. See former CSR guest Eric
Davis's review of Austin's book.
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| 9/22/2000 |
World Transhumanism
An interview with Nick
Bostrom, one of the founders and coordinators of the World
Transhumanist Association. Dr. Bostrom is a Swedish philosopher now
doing research at Yale.
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| 9/8/2000 |
Paul Levinson
Paul
Levinson is author of The
Silk Code, winner of the 1999 Locus Award for Best First Novel; editor-in-chief
of the Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems since 1990;
President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA);
Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, New
York City.
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9/1/2000
5:00 |
Future of the World and Self
Walter Truett Anderson, author, political scientist,
environmental theorist, futurist, and columnist for the Pacific News
Service (Originally broadcast 9/26/98) |
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9/1/2000
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Disabled Warriors in
Queer Space
Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold author of the Miles
Naismith/Vorkosigan science fiction series and winner of 4 Hugo Awards,
discusses the role of sexuality, politics, bioethics and disability in her
writing. (Originally broadcast 9/12/98)
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8/26/2000 |
Sex, Drugs,
and Black Holes
Dr. J. discusses News of the Future about sexuality, drugs, and the
black hole threat.
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8/19/2000
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Transgender Rights
Transgender activists
Katrina Rose, a TG rights attorney, and Dawn Wilson, Chair of the National
Transgender Advocacy Coalition, discuss the
Littleton case, in which Texas annuled a transexual woman's
marriage and the uneasy relationship of transgender, feminist
and gay activism. Also see
the weekly radio program Gendertalk.
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8/12/2000 |
Humanist Manifesto 2000
Paul
Kurtz, founder of the Committee
for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and
the Council for
Secular Humanism, discusses his newest (of 18) books on humanism, Humanist
Manifesto 2000. |
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7/29/2000
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The Chimp in Your Genetic Future
SF author and molecular biologist Joan
Slonczewski speaks on genetics and the future, at the 12th annual Readercon
in Boston.
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7/15/2000
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Cloning: What's the Big Deal?
Interview with Randolph Wicker, founder of the
Clone Rights United Front,
and news about cloning and other medical progress |
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7/8/2000
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Human Therapeutic Cloning
Dr.
Michael West, founder of Geron,
President/CEO of Advanced
Cell Technology, discusses advances
in cloning technology and its relationship to aging. Dr. West
spoke at the the Fourth Alcor
Conference on Life Extension Technologies. |
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7/1/2000
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The Future of Death
Dr. J. addresses the Fourth
Alcor Conference on Life Extension Technologies on the implications of
emerging technologies for the changing definition
of death. |
Listen
or download |
Definition
of Death : Contemporary Controversies
editted by Stuart J. Youngner, Robert M. Arnold, Renie Schapiro |
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6/24/2000 |
Eric Drexler:
Getting to the 22nd
Century Alive and Healthy
Eric Drexler is
the world's foremost expert on nanotechnology. Drexler is author of Engines
of Creation and Nanosystems:
Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation. Recorded at the Fourth
Alcor Conference on Life Extension Technologies. |
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6/10/2000
6/17/2000
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Ralph Nader on Fighting the Power
at the Hartford Public Library on May 16, 2000 |
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(59 mins)
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5/27/2000
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Cyberculture
Spirituality
Erik
Davis discusses
his new book, TechGnosis |
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5/20/2000
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Guaranteeing a Basic Income for
Everybody
Sally
Lerner, faculty at University
of Waterloo, advocate of a
universal basic income, co-convenor of the Futurework
e-mail forum |
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Basic
Income: Economic Security for All Canadians
by S. Lerner, C.M.A. Clark, W.R. Needham |
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5/20/2000
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TechnoLibertarianism:
Puerile CyberPolitics
Paulina
Borsook, discusses her book Cyberselfish:
A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech
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5/13/2000
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Human Origins and
Future Prospects
Dr. J. reviews paleo-news
and future prophecies.
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4/29/2000
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Starting a Low Power FM Community Radio
Station
Speech by Pete
triDish, of the Prometheus Radio
Project, with narration by John Schwenk.
See also Original
Sex and Broadcasting:
A Handbook on Starting a Radio Station for the Community
by Lorenzo Wilson Milam |
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4/22/2000
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Negative Capability: Emptiness,
Nagarjuna and Keats
Buddhist scholar Stephen Batchelor discusses the Buddhist resonances in
Keats' poesy. From a talk given at Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut.
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3/25/2000
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The Politics of Human Genetics
Interview with Dr.
Anne Williamson, a professor of neurosurgery at Yale, on
human gene patents, genetic discrimination and epilepsy. |
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3/18/2000
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Human
Gene Patents, Gene Therapy Scandals, and Organ Farming
More News of the Future with Dr. J.
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3/11/2000
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Fire from the Sky
Bruce K. Gagnon, coordinator of the Global
Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, on the US
military's efforts to put weapons in space.
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3/4/2000
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The Struggle for
One World Government
Discussion with Clay Steinberger President of the Mansfield Connecticut chapter of the World Federalist
Association on the struggle for world
government.
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2/26/2000
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Building the Road to Mars
Michael Hicks, the Connecticut coordinator for the Mars
Society, discusses their vision of colonizing Mars. For news from Mars,
checkout http://www.marsnews.com/.
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2/12/2000
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The Politics of Science Fiction
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay
discusses the journal he helps edit, Science-Fiction
Studies, and the ways that SF reflects and shapes the poltiical
zeitgeist.
* Notes
on Mutopia *
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Political
Science Fiction
Editors Donald Hassler, Clyde Willcox. 1997 |
| 2/5/2000 |
Is
an Integrated Ruling Class Better?
Richard
Zweigenhaft discusses his recent book (co-authored with
G. William Domhoff) Diversity
in the Power Elite: Have Women and Minorities Reached the Top?
Read their article, "The
New Power Elite," based on the research
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1/29/2000
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I
Sing the Body Translectric
Interview with
Kathryn
Aegis, editor of The
Transhumanist, co-author of the Transhumanism FAQ,
and author of numerous articles on transhumanist topics. With a
brief prelude from the Subgenius
Hour of Slack, on WHUS
Sunday nights from 11pm to midnight, and sometime
someplace near you.
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1/22/2000
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Silicon Brains and the Opiate of the
Masses
Dr. J. discusses the
current research on neural prosthetics, linking brains directly to computers
and robotics, replacing neurons with chips, growing neurons to replace
computer chips, as well as news of incompetence and religion.
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1/15/2000
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The Brain and Human Faith
Humanist and neurologist Dr. Nash Boutros discusses the ways that religious
experiences are grounded in neurochemical phenomena.
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Consciousness
at the Crossroads : Conversations With the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and
Buddhism
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1/8/2000
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Brain Science
Dr. J. discusses current research on human neurophysiology and pharmacology
that may make "Better Living Through Chemistry" a reality.
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1/1/2000
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Nanotech Threat:
Watch Out for Gray Goo
Dr. J. discusses current research in nanotechnology that may make it
possible to make gold out of garbage, achieve immortality and destroy all
life on Earth.
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