Podcasts
William Gibson: The Future Will View Us as a Joke
William Gibson speaks to Tasneem Raja of Mother Jones magazine on the occasion of the pubication of his newest book, …
NPR Planet Money: When Women Stopped Coding
NPR talks to computing pioneers who are women about what changed in the technology industry through the years to …
Endnotes: David Foster Wallace on the BBC
Professor Geoff Ward discusses the work of David Foster Wallace and places it in context with other literary figures of …
Working: How The Colbert Report Works
https://soundcloud.com/slateradio/working-stephen-colbert Stephen Colbert describes in great detail his process for building an episode of the The Colbert Report, from …
Longform: Joe Sexton of ProPublica
http://traffic.libsyn.com/longform/Ep._73_-_Joe_Sexton.mp3 Joe Sexton is an editor at ProPublica, formerly of the New York Times, where he led the team that produced “Snow Fall.” Here he …
This American Life: Fiasco!
Listen at thislife.org A classic episode featuring a series of stories about good intentions gone awry.
Debug: Sexism in Tech
http://traffic.libsyn.com/zenandtech/debug34.mp3 A great panel conversation between women who work in the tech industry about sexism, abusive behavior and ideas about …
Merlin Mann & John Gruber on Blogging at SXSW
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.libsyn.com/media/themerlinshowhi/SxSW_09_-_Gruber__Mann_-_HOWTO__149_Surprising_Ways_to_Turbocharge_Your_Blog_With_Credibility.mp3 A candid and entertaining live panel on the subject of Blogging from two people who have built careers as …