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Self Directed
105: Sugata Mitra | How Learning Emerges Naturally Through Self-Organizing Systems

Self Directed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 68:08 Transcription Available


Sugata Mitra is a renowned educational researcher and innovator best known for his revolutionary "Hole in the Wall" experiment, which demonstrated the incredible capacity of children to teach themselves when provided with access to technology. A TED Prize winner and creator of the "School in the Cloud," Sugata's work challenges traditional educational systems and advocates for self-organized and emergent learning as the future of education.After a lighthearted opening about weather and cultural quirks, we transition to the ideas that underpin Sugata's groundbreaking research. The incredible story of the "Hole in the Wall" experiment, where children in a New Delhi slum mastered computer skills and explored the internet without formal teaching.The difference between self-directed, self-organized, and self-organizing systems in education—and why it matters.Reflections on unschooling and redefining education as self-directed learning, breaking away from rigid curricula.The role of technology, including the rise of generative AI, and how it impacts what it means to "know" in the 21st century.A philosophical discussion on truth, learning as an emergent phenomenon, and the importance of nonsense and unanswerable questions in human development.Reflections on communal learning and human connection.

TED Talks Daily
Reducing toxic polarization – one conversation at a time | Dave Isay

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 18:27


For the past 20 years StoryCorps has been traveling the country gathering the stories and wisdom of ordinary Americans and archiving them at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay — winner of the 2015 TED Prize — has created an unprecedented document of the dreams and fears that touch us all. In an interview with Elise, Dave shares about a new project, One Small Step, which aims to help reduce toxic polarization – one conversation at a time.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TED Talks Daily
Reducing toxic polarization – one conversation at a time | Dave Isay

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 18:27


For the past 20 years StoryCorps has been traveling the country gathering the stories and wisdom of ordinary Americans and archiving them at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps founder Dave Isay — winner of the 2015 TED Prize — has created an unprecedented document of the dreams and fears that touch us all. In an interview with Elise, Dave shares about a new project, One Small Step, which aims to help reduce toxic polarization – one conversation at a time. 

Crazy Money with Paul Ollinger
TED's Chris Anderson on Infectious Generosity

Crazy Money with Paul Ollinger

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 51:54


Chris Anderson is the Head Curator of TED and author of the new book, 'Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading' in which he argues that YOU and I can improve the world by embracing our natural inclination toward generosity. He speaks not just of financial generosity, though that's certainly a huge part of it, but also of creative generosity and generosity of spirit. In this conversation, Chris and I discuss:The formula to determine if you are a net giver or a net taker in lifeMrBeast and the phenomenon of performative philanthropyHow gratitude can foster a sense of generosity and empathyThe contribution TED has made to the world by providing a platform to share valuable ideas.How one, small act of kindness can spark generosity in others Chris was born in Pakistan where his father was  "an eye surgeon and evangelical Christian who ran a mobile hospital. He attended school in the Himalayan mountains of India before transferring to a boarding school near Bath, England. He went on to study philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford then found himself captivated by the personal computer revolution in the mid-1980's. He started Future Publishing, a specialist computer publications that eventually published 150 magazines and websites and employed 2,000 people. Using the proceeds of his success, Chris established a foundation to tackle tough global issues through media, technology, entrepreneurship and ideas. In 2001, that foundation acquired the TED Conference, then an annual meeting of luminaries in the fields of technology, entertainment and design, held in Monterey, California. Chris left the publishing world to work on TED full-time. In the next two decades, TED expanded to include the TED Prize, Ted-Ed, and the licensing of its name via TEDx, local, independently-produced conferences around the globe. Learn more about Chris and the book on InfectiousGenerosity.org. ⭐ Rate And Review Crazy Money HERE. (Seriously, Do It!)⭐ ✍️ Get Paul's Writing To Your Inbox HERE. (Seriously, Do This Also!) ✍️

A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers
224 - Edward Burtynsky

A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 93:45 Very Popular


Edward Burtynsky is regarded as one of the world's most accomplished contemporary photographers. His remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes represent over 40 years of his dedication to bearing witness to the impact of human industry on the planet. Edward's photographs are included in the collections of over 80 major museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa; the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid; the Tate Modern in London, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California.Edward was born in 1955 of Ukrainian heritage in St. Catharines, Ontario. He received his BAA in Photography/Media Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in 1982, and has since received both an Alumni Achievement Award (2004) and an Honorary Doctorate (2007) from his alma mater. He is still actively involved in the university community, and sits on the board of directors for The Image Centre (formerly Ryerson Image Centre).In 1985, Edward founded Toronto Image Works, a darkroom rental facility, custom photo laboratory, digital imaging, and new media computer-training centre catering to all levels of Toronto's art community.Early exposure to the General Motors plant and watching ships go by in the Welland Canal in Edward's hometown helped capture his imagination for the scale of human creation, and to formulate the development of his photographic work. His imagery explores the collective impact we as a species are having on the surface of the planet — an inspection of the human systems we've imposed onto natural landscapes.Exhibitions include: Anthropocene (2018) at the Art Gallery of Ontario and National Gallery of Canada (international touring exhibition); Water (2013) at the New Orleans Museum of Art and Contemporary Art Center in Louisiana (international touring exhibition); Oil (2009) at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. (five-year international touring show), China (toured internationally from 2005 - 2008); Manufactured Landscapes at the National Gallery of Canada (toured from 2003 - 2005); and Breaking Ground produced by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (toured from 1988 - 1992). Edward's visually compelling works are currently being exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the globe, including at London's Saatchi Gallery where his largest solo exhibition to-date, entitled Extraction/Abstraction, is currently on show until 6th May 2024.Edward's distinctions include the inaugural TED Prize (which he shared with Bono and Robert Fischell), the title of Officer of the Order of Canada, and the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award for Art. In 2018 Edward was named Photo London's Master of Photography and the Mosaic Institute's Peace Patron. In 2019 he was the recipient of the Arts & Letters Award at the Canadian Association of New York's annual Maple Leaf Ball and the 2019 Lucie Award for Achievement in Documentary Photography. In 2020 he was awarded a Royal Photographic Society Honorary Fellowship and in 2022 was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award by the World Photography Organization. Most recently he was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and was named the 2022 recipient for the annual Pollution Probe Award. Edward currently holds eight honorary doctorate degrees and is represented by numerous international galleries all over the world. In episode 224, Edward discusses, among other things:His transition from film to digitalStaying positive by ‘moving through grief to land on meaning'Making compelling images and how scale creates ambiguityDefining the over-riding theme of his work early onThe environmental impact of farmingWhether he planned his careerWhy he started a lab to finance his photographyAnd how being an entrepreneur feeds into his work as an artistVertical IntegrationExamples of challenging situations he has facedThe necessity for his work to be commoditisedHis relative hope and optimism for the future through positive technologyThe importance of having a hopeful component to the workHow he offsets his own carbon footprint Referenced:Joel SternfeldEliiot PorterStephen ShoreJennifer BaichwalNicholas de Pencier Website | Instagram“The evocation of the sense of wonder and the sense of the surreal, or the improbable, or ‘what am I looking at?', to me is interesting in a time where images are so consumed; that these are not for quick consumption they're for… slow. And I think that when things reveal themselves slowly and in a more challenging way, they become more interesting as objects to leave in the world. That they don't just reveal themselves immediately, you can't just get it in one quick glance and you're done, no, these things ask you to look at them and spend time with them. And I discover things in them sometimes that I never saw before. They're loaded with information.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.

SRI360 | Socially Responsible Investing, ESG, Impact Investing, Sustainable Investing
Revolutionizing Aquaculture With Impact Investing: Change Agent Amy Novogratz on AquaSpark's Mission to Transform Global Food Systems, the Ecosystem Portfolio Approach and much more (#018)

SRI360 | Socially Responsible Investing, ESG, Impact Investing, Sustainable Investing

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 57:20


Amy Novogratz is Co-Founder of AquaSpark, a global investment fund based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. AquaSpark is a holding company of innovative, novel solutions to some of aquaculture's biggest challenges, investing in companies developing a sustainable, optimal food system all along the aquaculture value chain.Amy's career as a change agent has focused on building collaborative solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges. Her early career highlights include helping set up SPAN, the Social Policy Action Network; developing and producing ‘Chat the Planet', a web and television entity that bridged young people globally; later she served as Director of the TED Conference's annual TED Prize for almost a decade, leading more than 20 global collaborations across a broad spectrum of sectors, including healthcare, education, science, technology, conservation, art, and activism.Notable projects during Amy's time at TED include: Jamie Oliver's Food revolution, JR's Inside Out Project, Bono's One.org and Sylvia Earle's Mission Blue.  It was on an expedition with marine biologist Sylvia Earle to the Galapagos Islands that Amy met Mike Velings, with whom she developed a shared vision to transform the aquaculture fish farming sector into a more sustainable industry, leading to the launch of AquaSpark – the first global investment fund dedicated to sustainable aquaculture – in 2013.Amy serves on the boards of eFishery, Energaia, and Xpert Sea.In today's episode, we discuss the aquaculture industry and the need for its transition into a more sustainable food supply.  A natural-born change agent, Amy recounts her odyssey journey starting out early in her career in activist theater which she soon felt was too indulgent. She then did an about-face and worked at a series of jobs, first with a think tank, and moving later to co-found the Social Policy Action Network with the objective of impacting culture. This ultimately led to a number of television-related media projects and eventually landing at the TED conferences.Amy explains the challenges that the sustainable aquaculture sector faces and the increasing role of technology in finding sustainable aquaculture solutions.  We discuss Aqua-Spark's theory of change and the eight components they use to measure their sustainability. She speaks about AquaSpark's ecosystem approach to portfolio management, how they select their investments, their due diligence process, examples of investments they've made and much more.Show notes: https://sri360.com/podcast/amy-novogratzAbout the SRI 360° Podcast: The SRI 360° Podcast is focused exclusively on sustainable & responsible investing. In each episode, Scott Arnell interviews a world-class investor who is an accomplished practitioner from all asset classes. In my interviews, I cover everything from their early personal journeys—and what motivated and attracted them to commit their life energy to SRI—to insights on how they developed and executed their investment strategies and what challenges they face today. Each episode is a chance to go way below the surface with these impressive people and gain additional insights and useful lessons from professional investors. Connect with SRI 360°: Sign up for the free weekly email update: https://sri360.com/newsletter/ Visit the SRI 360° PODCAST: https://sri360.com/podcast/ Visit the SRI 360° WEBSITE: https://sri360.com/ Follow SRI 360° on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SRI360Growth/Follow SRI 360° on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SRI360Growth/

No Such Thing: K12 Education in the Digital Age

Aaron is an award winning social entrepreneur. The author of the Purpose Economy, he is one of the foremost experts on the science of purpose and fulfillment. He founded the Taproot Foundation, the venture-backed Imperative and has recently launched Purpose Mindset. He began his career working in education in Chicago. He authored Fast Company's ‘Purposeful CEO' series and has written for or been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg TV, Newsweek, MIT Management Review, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. He is a TED Prize finalist and a LinkedIn Influencer. He graduated from the University of Michigan where he studied service learning. He is available for keynotes and on Purpose Mindset and the Purpose Economy.https://purpose-mindset.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronhurst/https://purposeeconomy.com/Self Determination Theory: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-21800-020LinkedIn Live with Laura Putnam and Special Guest Aaron Hurst https://www.youtube.com/live/tLS3tE4JKmk?feature=share Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EduFuturists
Edufuturists #195 - Outstanding Achievement Keynote 2022 with Sugata Mitra

EduFuturists

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 27:15


In this special episode we bring you the keynote delivered by Sugata Mitra at the 2022 Edufuturists Awards. Sugata Mitra is a world leading educational innovator. Professor Emeritus, NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India (Retd. 2019) Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Former 2012) Visiting Professor, MIT Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA Winner of the Dewang Mehta Prize for Innovation in IT, 2003 Winner of the first ever USD 1 million TED Prize, 2013 #Education #TED #Exams This episode is brought to you by Wacom - A New Mix of Teaching, Learning & Tech With the world constantly changing, educators are rethinking and redesigning how teachers teach and students engage to learn and thrive. The right mix of technology, tools and teachers leads to more creativity, deeper comprehension, meaningful feedback and empowered students who innovate and excel. Equip your classroom with technology developed to make teaching and learning easier. Wacom products work with the top learning apps, and across operating systems, including Chromebook. To find out more at https://www.wacom.com/en-gb/education --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message

EduFuturists
Edufuturists #183 - Schools Won't Exist with Sugata Mitra

EduFuturists

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 62:16


On this episode we are joined by the 2022 winner of the Edufuturists Outstanding Achievement Award sponsored by C-Learning. Sugata Mitra is a world leading educational innovator. Professor Emeritus, NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India (Retd. 2019) Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Former 2012) Visiting Professor, MIT Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA Winner of the Dewang Mehta Prize for Innovation in IT, 2003 Winner of the first ever USD 1 million TED Prize, 2013 #Education #TED #Exams --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message

Social Innovation
EP 12 - Channe Suy Lan - InSTEDD iLab - We Need to be Faster than the Disease Spreading

Social Innovation

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 31:10


As part of our series on social innovation in Cambodia, we talk to Channé Suy Lan the Managing Director of InSTEDD's Southeast Asia iLab in Phnom Penh. InSTEDD stands for Innovative Support to Emergency Diseases and Disasters. It was founded by Larry Brilliant, who while working with a team to eliminate smallpox in India envisioned how technology could play a vital role in early disease detection and response. In 2006 he presented his vision in a TedTalk, which won the year's TED Prize and he used the prize money to launch InSTEDD. In 2008 they opened InSTEDD's first iLab in Phnom Penh to spearhead innovations in Southeast Asia with the support of Google.Org and the Rockefeller Foundation. Channé Suy Lan joined the iLab when it was launched and has since experienced first-hand the evolution in digital technologies. According to Channé, SMS was central to many of the technological solutions they developed in the early years of iLab but now the internet is widespread and also cheaper. However, she emphasizes the importance of recognizing how many new internet users are not exposed to the internet beyond Facebook. During its 10 years, InSTEDD's iLab in Cambodia has been involved in many projects from creating a malaria surveillance system to supporting remote printing for HIV lab results. One of the latest and most impactful projects is the 115 Hotzone Disease Reporting and Information Hotline. Working closely with Skoll Global Threats Fund and the CDC (The Council for the Development of Cambodia), they launched the automated hotline in January 2016. The hotline is designed as a medium to report infectious diseases before they spread and is used by 1000 health centers around the country. Channe goes on to discuss iLab's ICT4D Solution Incubator Initiative, which is supported by SPIDER. It aims to empower Cambodia-based development actors to integrate ICTs in their programs for maximum social impact. One project Channe illustrates is with the KAPE, an NGO that focuses on improving education outcomes in Cambodia. Together with the KAPE, they are developing interactive Khmer reading and writing learning apps for use on tablet computers that are shared in school libraries. The conversation concludes with Channe discussing the importance of projects and solutions being owned by government service providers. “In every place that we do our projects, we are trying to engage the government and the ministry because the goal is to have them own it.”

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
173 | Sylvia Earle on the Oceans, the Planet, and People

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 73:50 Very Popular


It's a well-worn cliché that oceans cover seventy percent of the surface of Earth, but we tend to give them secondary consideration when thinking about the environment. But climate change is wreaking havoc on the oceans, not to mention pollution and overfishing — 90% of the world's marine fish stocks are fully exploited or depleted. Today's guest, Sylvia Earle, is a well-known ocean scientist, a celebrated underwater explorer, and a tireless advocate for the world's oceans. We talk about the current state of our oceans, what we know and have yet to learn about them, and what we can do individually and collectively to make things better.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Sylvia Earle received her Ph.D. in phycology from Duke University. She is currently National Geographic's Rosemary and Roger Enrico Chair for Ocean Exploration, as well as founder of Mission Blue, SEAlliance and Deep Ocean Exploration and Research. She formerly served as Chief Scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Among her awards are the TED Prize, the National Women's Hall of Fame, and the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Seattle Aquarium. She is the author of several books, the most recent of which is National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey.Mission BlueNational Geographic profile pageNational Women's Hall of FameWikipediaIMDb pageAmazon author pageTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Business of Aquaculture
Season 2 Episode 7, Amy Novogratz, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of AquaSpark

The Business of Aquaculture

Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 22:11 Transcription Available


In this episode, we interviewed Amy Novogratz, who is one of AquaSpark's founders that invests in the future of sustainable aquaculture. She is one of the go to women experts in our industry.  Amy brings almost two decades of experience in fostering collaborative solutions to some of the world's big challenges. From helping to start the Social Policy Action Network, bringing together policy makers, academics, journalists and grassroots organizations to tackle pressing social policy issues, to developing and producing Chat the Planet, a web and television entity that bridged young people globally and to serving as director of the TED Conference's annual TED Prize for almost a decade, leading more than twenty global collaborations across a broad spectrum of sectors, including healthcare, education, science, technology, conservation, art, and activism. With TED, her list of notable projects include: Sylvia Earle's Mission Blue, Jamie Oliver's Food revolution, JR's Inside Out Project, and Bono's One.org among others. Amy met her partner Mike through ocean conservation work connected to Sylvia Earle's Mission Blue and together built Aqua-Spark to invest in the right types of aquaculture solutions to provide access to healthy, affordable protein and take pressure off of the ocean. With Aqua-Spark Amy serves on the boards of eFishery, Energaia and Xpert Sea.

Humankind on Public Radio

This is a fascinating dialogue with British historian Karen Armstrong, winner of the TED Prize and best-selling author of The History of God and Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence. A one-time nun, Armstrong grew deeply disenchanted with religious life, only to evolve into a brilliant religious historian, based in London. She […]

Not Your Normal Social Emotional Learning
Ep. 90 - The Moving Target of "Normal," with Prof. Sugata Mitra

Not Your Normal Social Emotional Learning

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 58:46


We hear a lot about ‘returning to normal' these days, especially in response to Covid. To me, the term ‘normal' has become a marginally meaningless cliché, so I was intensely intrigued when I came across a blog post by Sugata Mitra in which he comments on a legitimate concept of ‘normal' for these times… especially in direct relationship to the education of our children and students. If you've been listening to this, the BIG PICTURE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING podcast for awhile, you appreciate that the name for this podcast is no casual accident… because this podcast is all about providing a ‘big picture/wide angle lens on social emotional learning, and my approach to nurturing kids' social and emotional development is very much in line with Sugata's highly regarded work in proving that it's better to NOT teach learners what they can learn by themselves… based on asking them the right kinds of questions… and asking those questions with an attitude and teacher/student relationship that fires up kids' natural curiosity, intelligence, creativity, and collaborative problem-solving skills. I first became aware of Prof. Sugata Mitra when, many years ago, I watched a TED talk he gave which resulted in him receiving a TED Prize of 1 million dollars for his paradigm-shifting approach to education which works with the natural ability of learners to come together (either in person or virtually) and learn via communication and collaboration. Sugata retired as Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University in 2019. It was an incredible honor to share conversation with him. When paradigms shift, there are layers of adjustment required of us to relate in new ways to our world, to the ways in which we've always done things, to our relationships with others and with ourselves. The thing about paradigm shifts, that we need to understand, is that no matter how much we resist them, no matter how long we resist them, they're not really optional… Throughout history waves of paradigm shifts have proven themselves to be manifestations of cumulative currents and rising tides powered by Life itself. Change is hard for some people, but resistance to what is inevitable, from what I've observed, makes for an even rougher ride. I'd love to hear your thoughts, and so would Prof. Mitra, so please shoot us an email, or make a comment on the Big Picture Social Emotional Learning Podcast Facebook page. Thank you for being here, and thank you for all that you do for our kids and for the world they're growing into. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nini-white/message

3 Books With Neil Pasricha
Chapter 81: Dave Eggers on surreptitious spying in the snares of surveillance

3 Books With Neil Pasricha

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 78:24


I discovered Dave Eggers in the late 90s when the Internet was all belts and pinions and the only two comedy websites that I remember reading were The Onion and McSweeney's. The Onion's site was the notorious outcropping of a campus comedy newspaper from Wisconsin and McSweeney's was founded by a publishing dynamo Whiz Kid named Dave Eggers who'd worked at places like Wired and Might Magazine, which he'd cofounded out in San Francisco. In 2000 Dave's ‘anti-memoir' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius came out and, no big deal, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. I loved the book and the seemingly endless creative fireworks Dave was capable of producing. What happened in the twenty years since? Well today Dave Eggers is one of the most celebrated writers in the world — he's written bestsellers like The Circle, A Hologram For The King, Zeitoun and won or been nominated for endless awards including the TED Prize, The Salon Book Award, Time's 100 Most Influential People, The National Book Critics Circle Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the list goes on. Dave is also co-founder of 826 National which is a non-profit dedicated to tutoring and helping students age 6 - 18 with writing. (The organization helps over 100,000 students a year.) Oh, and Dave's written screenplays like Away We Go, together with his wife Vendela Vida, and The Wild Things, the Spike Jonze-directed adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Is that it? No! He's also a painter. His art has been exhibited at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit, The Nevada Museum of Art, The Biennial of the Americas and many other art galleries around the world. More recently, his training as an artist was put to use in a fabulously quirky book called Ungrateful Mammals. His latest book The Museum of Rain is about to release. I read it and loved it and was so excited to talk to him about it. He called in from a landline for our chat because he is known for being off the grid. No wifi and no smartphone! I was nervous and, to help the interview along, I completely mismanaged my time, so the whole thing may or may not dissolve into complete disarray by the end. But we somehow still managed to discuss: spying, life without smart phones, the ethics of Alexa, how to get boys to read, cheering for the underdog, the problem with Rotten Tomatoes, the joys of old old laptops, the tradeoff between convenience and surveillance, making art in an algorithmic society, and of course the incredible Dave Eggers' three most formative books… Let's flip the page into Chapter 81 now … What You'll Learn: What are the trade-offs between surveillance and convenience? Why do we give away our privacy so easily? How do we figure out which companies to trust? How can we help kids find their way to books on their terms? How do we carve out mental space for ourselves? How do we make art and ignore the algorithm?  How do we consume art? What is particular about the podcast art form? How does great art shine in today's shallow world? What is the problem with Rotten Tomatoes? And much, much, more You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/81  Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future episode: 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/email-list  3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, and Judy Blume. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and every single full moon all the way up to 5:21 am on September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co

常夏
114. どんな料理ZINE作ろうかなあという話

常夏

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 59:56


料理ZINE作りたいなっていう話です。 ■112. 好きな動物ベスト3でキリンがどこまで健闘するのか https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/%E5%B8%B8%E5%A4%8F/id1457505104#episodeGuid=416aa6c8-ae69-46e5-bb11-883d1d15fe09 ■108. 寺田倉庫を変えたミニマリスト - オススメ本『ぜんぶ、すてれば』レビュー https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/%E5%B8%B8%E5%A4%8F/id1457505104#episodeGuid=3c9b425c-3baf-400c-9583-1fbcf3dc78d4 ■112. ジャカルタでの建築生活・前編【ゲスト: おちゃらけ太郎・花子】 https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/%E5%B8%B8%E5%A4%8F/id1457505104#episodeGuid=d702bf14-1b90-4058-a6e2-5415ece50592 ■106. ドレイのおしゃべり(前編) https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/%E5%B8%B8%E5%A4%8F/id1457505104?i=1000506377253 オススメブックリスト ◽️坂口恭平『COOK』 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9c6u0Fug0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4794970692/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_5EADCZKEJ2RSSCSEQBSS ■『スタジオ・オラファー・エリアソン キッチン』 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/456850631X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_TFSY67A3D4NA1NKZNHC7 ■オラファー・エリアソンの料理本、待望の日本語版が完成。 https://casabrutus.com/food/71071 ■社食堂 https://suppose.jp/ideas/%e7%a4%be%e9%a3%9f%e5%a0%82/ https://instagram.com/shashokudo?igshid=1szufmww5e0cw ■【ICF2015】重松象平 - デザインの再定義「これもデザインなのか?」 https://youtu.be/A1dur8Tyh8k ■土井善晴『一汁一菜でよいという提案』 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4766129547/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_8FT5PM2KWATX5VYVNZ9R ■三浦哲也『LAフード・ダイアリー』 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/406522134X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_KDZ8K2Y397KWZ55F4298 ■三浦哲也『食べたくなる本』 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07Q72SGW6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_G6TXBR860GYYH0KJE6BD ■味な副音声〜voice of food〜 https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/%E5%91%B3%E3%81%AA%E5%89%AF%E9%9F%B3%E5%A3%B0-voice-of-food/id1529984212 ■How to make Jamie's Lasagne | Jamie Oliver https://youtu.be/GK7GObLUCWU ■ジェイミー・オリバー 「子ども達に食の教育を」  (TED Prize授賞講演) https://youtu.be/go_QOzc79Uc■クッキング・ハイ: マリファナ料理対決 https://www.netflix.com/title/80988793?s=i&trkid=13747225&t=twt ■ストリート・グルメを求めて: アジア https://www.netflix.com/title/80244996?s=i&trkid=13747225&t=twt ■タコスのすべて https://www.netflix.com/title/81040704?s=i&trkid=13747225&t=twt ■レイチェルのパリの小さなキッチン https://www.netflix.com/title/81079158?s=i&trkid=13747225&t=twt ■男子ごはん https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/danshigohan/ みなさんぜひぜひメッセージください!!アンサー率100%です。どちらでも大丈夫ですが、フォームからいただければ嬉しいです。好きな動物ベスト3は常に募集しています。 お便りフォーム↓ https://forms.gle/wXSBA35uY2UfjUga9 Twitter↓ https://twitter.com/tokonats_radio

Future Learning Design Podcast
On Self-Organized Learning Environments - A Conversation with Professor Sugata Mitra

Future Learning Design Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 29:21


Prof. Sugata Mitra is Professor Emeritus at NIIT University, India. He retired in 2019 as Professor of Educational Technology and Principal Research Investigator in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. In 2012, he was Visiting Professor for the MIT Medialab in Massachusetts, US. In 1999, Sugata began the now world-renowned ‘Hole in the Wall (HIW)' experiment, when a computer was embedded within a wall in an Indian slum at Kalkaji, Delhi and children were allowed to freely use it. The experiment aimed at proving that kids could be taught computers very easily without any formal training. Sugata termed this as Minimally Invasive Education (MIE). The experiment has since been repeated in many places around the world. Sugata is the recipient of many awards from India, the UK, USA and many other countries in the world and has conducted research that has pushed the boundaries of many disciplines including electrical engineering, medicine and computer science. He has a PhD in Physics and is credited with more than 25 inventions in the area of cognitive science and educational technology. He was conferred the prestigious Dewang Mehta Award from the Government of India for Innovation in Information Technology in 2003. Amongst many other awards, he was also awarded the 1 million dollar TED Prize in 2013. In 2006, Sugata invented Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLEs), now in use throughout the world. In 2009, he created the Granny Cloud, of teachers who interact with children over the Internet. Since the 1970s, Professor Mitra's publications and work has resulted in training and development of perhaps a million young Indians, amongst them some of the poorest children in the world. Sugata published hundreds of ground-breaking academic papers, and in 2019 pulled many of his ideas together into his book, The School in the Cloud: The Emerging Future of Education. Social Links Twitter: @sugatam Web: www.cevesm.com

EdgeCast
Larry Brilliant - A Very Bumpy Ride

EdgeCast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 92:53


Epidemiologist and pandemic expert LARRY BRILLIANT, MD, (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/larry_brilliant_md) is on the Advisory Board for Ending Pandemics. He is also on the board of the Skoll Foundation and was the founding executive director of Google's non-profit organization. Dr. Brilliant lived in India for more than a decade while working as a United Nations medical officer, where, in 1971, he helped run the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program in South Asia. He also worked for the WHO polio eradication effort and Chaired the National Bio-Surveillance Advisory Subcommittee, created by President George W. Bush. He has won the TED Prize, TIME 100, and many honorary doctorates and is the author of Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventures of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/larry_brilliant-bumpy-ride

Arts and Letters
The Captain and the Glory

Arts and Letters

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 0:30


Imagine a noble cruise ship with a rogue charlatan as its new captain with followers "most fowl" and a conspiracy theorist speaking from the bowels of the ship... Join us as we interview author and journalist Dave Eggers about his satirical allegory, The Captain and the Glory . "I like being captain," said the man with the yellow feather. He was installed high on the bridge of the Glory , and surveyed the seas with swelling pride. The ship's passengers had elected him to steer the ship and he was very pleased about it. The supporters of the new Captain were pleased, too. In fact, they were jubilant. Never in their lifetimes had something like this happened. They felt triumphant and unstoppable and capable of doing anything. Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including The Circle , The Monk of Mokha , What is the What , A Hologram for the King , and The Lifters . Eggers is winner of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize,

American Innovations
Fighting Coronavirus | Larry Brilliant on Why We Need a Global Covid Response | 19

American Innovations

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 26:39


There are few people who have thought more about pandemics than epidemiologist Larry Brilliant. He worked with the World Health Organization to eradicate smallpox. He’s fought polio and blindness in India. And, in his 2006 TED Prize talk, he warned the audience that a pandemic was coming “within your children or your grandchildren's lifetime.”He was right. What he couldn’t predict, though, was how mismanaged our response would be – and how quickly we’d set aside the lessons we learned defeating smallpox. As Larry tells Steven, “We have to work together… and we're not doing it so far.”Watch Larry’s Ted Prize acceptance speech: https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics?language=enSupport us by supporting our sponsors! Great Courses Plus - Get unlimited access to the entire at thegreatcoursesplus.com/fightingcv.UV Clean - You can enjoy 15% off plus free shipping on your order of two or more when you visit getuvclean.com and use promo code FIGHTING CV.

Fighting Coronavirus, from American Innovations
Larry Brilliant on Why We Need a Global Covid Response

Fighting Coronavirus, from American Innovations

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 26:39


There are few people who have thought more about pandemics than epidemiologist Larry Brilliant. He worked with the World Health Organization to eradicate smallpox. He’s fought polio and blindness in India. And, in his 2006 TED Prize talk, he warned the audience that a pandemic was coming “within your children or your grandchildren's lifetime.”He was right. What he couldn’t predict, though, was how mismanaged our response would be – and how quickly we’d set aside the lessons we learned defeating smallpox. As Larry tells Steven, “We have to work together… and we're not doing it so far.”Watch Larry’s Ted Prize acceptance speech: https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics?language=enSupport us by supporting our sponsors! Great Courses Plus - Get unlimited access to the entire at thegreatcoursesplus.com/fightingcv.UV Clean - You can enjoy 15% off plus free shipping on your order of two or more when you visit getuvclean.com and use promo code FIGHTING CV.

Herejes: El Podcast
E008: ¿Por qué la ignorancia mata?

Herejes: El Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 53:30


Platicamos sobre cómo la gente ignora, a veces por voluntad propia, la ciencia y las consecuencias que esto puede tener. Hacemos algunas menciones a la sanación espiritual, medicina alternativa, COVID19 y a los antivaxxers.- https://www.patreon.com/herejeselpodcast -Ale Durán - https://twitter.com/FunkBob -- https://www.instagram.com/ale_duran_erana/ - Lola Montalvo- https://twitter.com/lola_montalvo - Bobby López- https://twitter.com/BobbyEsqvlz -- https://www.instagram.com/bobbyesqvlz/ -Fuentes:"El Mundo y sus Demonios" La ciencia como una luz en la oscuridad, escrito por Carl Sagan, editorial Crítica, edición 2017.- https://amzn.to/2W6uL9D - "Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival" Skyler B Johnson, Henry S Park, Cary P Gross, James B Yu 10 August 2017 Sirois FM (2008) Motivations for consulting complementary and alternative medicine practitioners: A comparison of consumers from 1997–8 and 2005. BMCTed Talk de Bill Gates (2015) "The Next Outbreak"--- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Af6b_wyiwI&feature=youtu.be -Ted Talk de Larry Brilliant (2007). "TED Prize wish: Help stop the next pandemic"---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNhiHf84P9c -The Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN)https://gphin.canada.ca/cepr/aboutgphin-rmispenbref.jsp?language=en_CADestroyed Habitat Creates the Perfect Conditions for Coronavirus to EmergeCOVID-19 may be just the beginning of mass pandemics. By John Vidal, Ensia on March 18, 2020. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/destroyed-habitat-creates-the-perfect-conditions-for-coronavirus-to-emerge/ --->>> Recomendación leer tooodos los links que aparecen en este texto (es un hoyo negro de diversión infinita!!!)Cheng, V. C., Lau, S. K., Woo, P. C., & Yuen, K. Y. (2007). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus as an agent of emerging and reemerging infection. Clinical microbiology reviews, 20(4), 660–694. https://doi.org/10.1128/CMR.00023-07. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2176051/Fe de erratas:Minuto 40:20- Lola dijo: "el virus mide 200 nanómetros". Corrección, el peso del virus no es lo mismo que el tamaño. Lo correcto en esa idea debió haber sido hablar del tamaño y no del peso. Info primaria aproximada: "Coronavirus virions are spherical with diameters of approximately 125 nm as depicted in recent studies by cryo-electron tomography and cryo-electron microscopy [2,3]." Obtenido de: Fehr, A. R., & Perlman, S. (2015). Coronaviruses: an overview of their replication and pathogenesis. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1282, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2438-7_1

Talks at Google
Dave Isay: "A Powerful Love Story (and an Exploding Bra)" | Zeitgeist 2019

Talks at Google

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 20:54


StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay talks through how the organization has cemented the voices of millions of people for generations and presents examples of some of the incredible stories that have been recorded over the years. Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody Awards and a MacArthur "Genius” Fellowship. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work. In 2015, Dave was recognized with the TED Prize, awarded annually to one exceptional individual with a creative, bold vision to spark global change. To support or participate in StoryCorps visit TakeOneSmallStep.org.

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast
223. Karen Armstrong (theologian) – the art of getting outside of yourself

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 51:37


I’ve spent more of my life than most people I know immersed by choice in what my guest today would call “scripture”. I was never much of a Roman Catholic, in spite of being dragged weekly to church until I was about 13 and could no longer be dragged, and, in my boredom, sometimes believing I saw the statue of Jesus moving on the cross. But in late adulthood, the need for spiritual meaning gripped me tight and wouldn’t let go. It led first into Judaism and Jerusalem, and then, for the past couple decades, mostly to Buddhist study and practice. But I’m as troubled as all the Enlightenment thinkers I know by scripture-thumping orthodoxy and intolerance of any kind. Troubled watching my wife Demet’s country, Turkey, split between retrograde, homophobic and misogynistic Islamism on the one hand and intractable secular nationalism on the other. Moses and I don’t have much in common, but like him, I get tongue-tied talking about these things. Religious, or spiritual, or scriptural ideas and practices can be so essential and become so problematic at the same time.  My guest today is Karen Armstrong. On these subjects, she doesn’t get tongue-tied. She’s one of the clearest and most nuanced thinkers I know of on god, religion, and scripture. Author of THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE and THE CASE FOR GOD, recipient of the TED Prize, and a co-creator of the interfaith Charter for Compassion. Her new book is called THE LOST ART OF SCRIPTURE and I’m so happy it brings her to Think Again.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earth Ancients
Sarah Parcak: Archaeology from Space

Earth Ancients

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 97:39


National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the exciting new world of space archaeology, a growing field that is sparking extraordinary discoveries from ancient civilizations across the globe.In Archaeology from Space, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world’s ancient treasures.Parcak has worked in twelve countries and four continents, using multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery to identify thousands of previously unknown settlements, roads, fortresses, palaces, tombs, and even potential pyramids. From there, her stories take us back in time and across borders, into the day-to-day lives of ancient humans whose traits and genes we share. And she shows us that if we heed the lessons of the past, we can shape a vibrant future.Sarah Parcak is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, CEO of Globalxplorer, and Director of the Joint Mission to Lisht (Egypt). Her remote sensing work has been the focus of three BBC specials covering Egypt, ancient Rome, and the Vikings. She is a Fellow in the Society of Antiquaries, a 2014 TED Senior Fellow, the winner of the 2016 TED Prize, and a National Geographic Fellow.www.globalxplorer.org

The Primalosophy Podcast
#30 - Jill Tarter

The Primalosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 58:00


Astronomer Jill Tarter is director of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute's Center for SETI Research, and also holder of the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI. She led Project Phoenix, a decade-long SETI scrutiny of about 750 nearby star systems, using telescopes in Australia, West Virginia and Puerto Rico. While no clearly extraterrestrial signal was found, this project was the most comprehensive targeted search for artificially generated cosmic signals ever undertaken. Tarter serves on the management board for the Allen Telescope Array, a massive instrument that will eventually include 350 antennas, and that has already increased the speed and the spectral range of the hunt for signals by orders of magnitude. With the 2009 TED Prize, Tarter launched SETILive, a citizen project that allowed volunteers to stream live data from the array and help with the search. Tarter's life work is chronicled in the book, Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. She's deeply committed to the education of future citizens and scientists. Beyond her scientific leadership at NASA and the SETI Institute, Tarter has been actively involved in developing curriculum for children. She was Principal Investigator for two curriculum development projects funded by NSF, NASA, and others. One project, the Life in the Universe series, created 6 science teaching guides for grades 3-9. The other project, Voyages Through Time, is an integrated high school science curriculum on the fundamental theme of evolution in six modules: Cosmic Evolution, Planetary Evolution, Origin of Life, Evolution of Life, Hominid Evolution and Evolution of Technology. She also created the TED-Ed lesson, "Calculating the Odds of Intelligent Alien Life." Connect with Jill: https://www.seti.org/our-scientists/jill-tarter https://www.ted.com/speakers/jill_cornell_tarter https://twitter.com/jilltarter?lang=en Connect with Nick Holderbaum: https://www.primalosophy.com/ https://twitter.com/primalosophy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A If you enjoy the podcast please leave a review on iTunes. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-primalosophy-podcast/id1462578947 If you would like to set up a consult call with Nick Holderbaum, you can schedule with him at https://www.primalosophy.com/health-coaching

The Do One Better! Podcast – Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship
Executive Director of Compassionate Atlanta, Leanne Rubenstein, joins Alberto Lidji to talk about the Charter for Compassion and what it means to be a compassionate city, business and individual

The Do One Better! Podcast – Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 31:21


Executive Director of Compassionate Atlanta, Leanne Rubenstein, joins Alberto Lidji to talk about the Charter for Compassion and what it means to be a compassionate city, business and individual.     Leanne’s professional experience has a strong footing in the refugee resettlement space and she notes that she’s in her comfort zone when working with people who came from all over the word.   The Charter was the wish of Karen Armstrong – winner of the 2008 TED Prize – and aims to bring people to the centre of morality; to treat others as you would like to be treated. It has been endorsed all over the world, including by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.   Leanne notes that the Charter encourages people to ‘teach your children about other religions, traditions and cultures’. Because once we know each other it’s much harder to dislike one another – it’s about finding a common humanity.   Globally, there is an international charter office and approximately 500+ different chapters across the world; 197 of these chapters are located in the USA.  It’s a grassroots movement and every chapter looks different and is independent.   What is compassion? Well, for some it might be compassion for the Earth, or compassion for children and youth, or compassion for people who are incarcerated. Leanne notes that compassion has many faces.   Part of her job and that of Compassionate Atlanta is to listen to the community and look to them for guidance. There’s one program they’re running with the Sierra Club looking at compassion and climate.   When asked what it takes to start a local chapter in one’s own community, Leanne points listeners to the Charter for Compassion website, where one can sign up and find out more – there are ways of engaging for cities, businesses and individuals. Indeed, some cities can twin with each other and mentor one another.   Compassion is overarching and it’s for everybody. Yes, there is a strong interfaith component but, also, there’s an appreciation that faith itself can be divisive. Compassion is for people of all faiths as well as for those with none. Representing people of different faiths is just as important as representing the secular community.  It’s about everyone coming together.   Leanne likes to focus on similarities rather than differences. This is particularly important in today’s politically divided and polarised environment.  Her advice: start by tackling the conversations that are easy and make progress from there. There’s no need to start by talking about people’s voting intentions. Why not start by exchanging preferences and experiences about food, film, the arts? Build a rapport and take it from there.   Being compassionate isn’t just good for individuals and cities in communities across the world. It is also important for businesses and, as Leanne points out, can have a positive effect on customer service and employee retention; it can lead to happier and more productive employees. She specifically references the CEO of LinkedIn, who has spoken about compassion in a corporate setting.   Leanne recognises that sometimes businesses don’t like the word compassion because it may feel ‘soft’ but, actually, she remarks that compassion is really ‘strong’.   In a business setting, compassion takes many forms and can be facilitated by getting employees around the table, being inclusive, having fluid communications and simply asking employees what makes them happy in their job. It’s about small incremental changes and can have a positive influence across the whole organisation.    Leanne’s Key takeaway: Treat others as you wish to be treated; and treat others as they wish to be treated. Know that you can make an incredible difference and that one person can really shift the world for another.   Visit Lidji.org for guest bios, episode notes and useful links. Please subscribe and share if you like this podcast -- thank you!

Reckon Interview
Sarah Parcak on space archaeology and the history of the South

Reckon Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 42:46


Dr. Sarah Parcak, a space archaeologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the 2016 winner of the TED Prize. She has a new book out called “Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past,” which highlights how she and her colleagues use satellite technology to deepen our understanding of ancient history. On this week's episode, we discuss ancient civilizations, Confederate monuments, and how she has helped carve out a whole new field of exploration. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Dr. Sarah Parcak on her book Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past (7/10/19)

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 55:44


In her new book “Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past” National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries and future potential of the new field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world’s ancient treasures. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Parcak on the achievements and possibilities of satellite archaeology in this installment of “Leonard Lopate at Large” on WBAI.

TED Talks Daily
My wish: Protect our oceans | Sylvia Earle

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2019 17:48


Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Wired Educator Podcast
WEP 126: Start Sole, an Interview with Jeff McClellan

The Wired Educator Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 50:34


Jeffrey McClellan is the founder and CEO of StartSole.org, a community, a resource and a tool for implementing Self Organized Learning Environments. SOLE is an amazing lesson any teacher, in any grade or subject can employ to level-up their classroom. SOLE combines an essential question, with research and a presentation in a single class period that enhances learning through better technology use, collaboration, presentation skills and so much more. Jeff is brilliant, and I am incredibly proud to share his story and work with you. This episode of The Wired Educator Podcast will impact the life of and classroom of everyone who listens and applies this amazing free resource. Buckle-up, you are going to love this interview with Jeff McClellan. Jeff became the founding director of SOLE CLE in January 2015, after founding and heading MC2STEM High School in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. McClellan is supporting the implementation of Self Organized Learning Environments in schools and educational entities within the Cleveland Region and beyond. The concept of SOLE was first introduced by Sugata Mitra, the winner of the first $1 million TED Prize. Prior to MC2 STEM, McClellan worked for the Lima City Schools in Ohio.  STARTSOLE helps transform education through SOLE (Self-Organized Learning Environments).SOLE focuses on the process of learning itself instead of simply focusing on the results. Ithelps prepare students for success in today's era of technology and information. SOLEprovides an early intervention in education that can level the academic playing field andincrease equity among all students. With SOLE, kids will be able to develop the skills needed for a modern digital society, and they will have the opportunity to work in environments that favor inclusion and educational innovation. Mentioned in this Podcast: Planbook.com: The best way to create, organize, collaborate on, and share your lessons. Wired Educator grades Planbook.com an A+. Tell them Kelly sent you.  StartSole.org: This is Jeff's amazing site that has everything you need to begin SOLE in your classroom. It's all awesome, and it is all free; I hope you will check it out.  Jeff's recommended reading: A Time to Learn by George Wood Your Opening Day Speaker for 2019: I would like to be your school district's opening day speaker. I hope you will take a minute to check out my speaking page and send me an email. My presentation is unlike anything you have ever seen. I have combined all of my passions: art, computer animation, music, writing, speaking around how to be an innovative educator that makes a lasting impact in the lives of students. I want to honor recognize the amazing work of your staff and give them a new perspective and direction for the year, along with some amazing tools to make their year more fun and their classrooms even more impactful.  ———————————————————————– Kelly Croy is an author, speaker and educator. If you'd like to learn more about Kelly, or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email. • Listen to Kelly's other podcast, The Future Focused Podcastand subscribe. • Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcastwith over 115 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly's website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school's opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly's book, Along Came a Leaderfor a school book study or your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram 

VERT DIDER
Джейми Оливер — Учите детей питаться

VERT DIDER

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 22:18


Лауреат ежегодной награды TED Prize Джейми Оливер делится трогательными историями со своего проекта в Хантингтоне, штат Западная Вирджиния и шокирующими фактами о количестве сахара в нашем рационе и призывает бороться с повальным гастрономическим невежеством. Если вы хотели бы поддержать проект или отблагодарить нас за работу, то вот способы, как это можно сделать: Карта СберБанка: 4276 5500 3584 7907 Якимов Роман PayPal: roman@vertdider.com Яндекс.Деньги: 410014480104961 QIWI: +79990419925 WebMoney: Рубли — R707789886321 Доллары США — Z783779684564 Биткоины — X342666387851

Social Innovation Asia
Channé Suy Lan of InSTEDD: Designing Tech Solutions to Detect Diseases and Support Development in Cambodia

Social Innovation Asia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 31:10


As part of our series on social innovation in Cambodia, we talk to Channé Suy Lan the Managing Director of InSTEDD's Southeast Asia iLab in Phnom Penh. InSTEDD stands for Innovative Support to Emergency Diseases and Disasters. It was founded by Larry Brilliant, who while working with a team to eliminate smallpox in India envisioned how technology could play a vital role in early disease detection and response. In 2006 he presented his vision in a TedTalk, which won the year's TED Prize and he used the prize money to launch InSTEDD. In 2008 they opened InSTEDD’s first iLab in Phnom Penh to spearhead innovations in Southeast Asia with the support of Google.Org and the Rockefeller Foundation. Channé Suy Lan joined the iLab when it was launched and has since experienced first-hand the evolution in digital technologies. According to Channé, SMS was central to many of the technological solutions they developed in the early years of iLab but now the internet is widespread and also cheaper. However, she emphasizes the importance of recognizing how many new internet users are not exposed to the internet beyond Facebook. During its 10 years, InSTEDD's iLab in Cambodia has been involved in many projects from creating a malaria surveillance system to supporting remote printing for HIV lab results. One of the latest and most impactful projects is the 115 Hotzone Disease Reporting and Information Hotline. Working closely with Skoll Global Threats Fund and the Cambodia Communicable Disease Control (CDC) Department, they launched the automated hotline in January 2016. The hotline is designed as a medium to report infectious diseases before they spread and is used by 1000 health centres around the country. Members of the public are also encouraged to use the hotline. They are directed to a menu that allows them to access information on diseases or report potential outbreaks in their community. For example, a farmer reported his chicken dying abnormally via the hotline, which allowed government officials to recognise a case of H5N1. Channé explains, "The farmer made a phone call using the system and it immediately alerted the top national officials in the Ministry of Health.” Channe goes on to discuss iLab's ICT4D Solution Incubator Initiative, which is supported by SPIDER. It aims to empower Cambodia-based development actors to integrate ICTs in their programs for maximum social impact. One project Channe illustrates is with the KAPE, an NGO that focuses on improving education outcomes in Cambodia. Together with the KAPE, they are developing interactive Khmer reading and writing learning apps for use on tablet computers that are shared in school libraries. The conversation concludes with Channe discussing the importance of projects and solutions being owned by government service providers. “In every place that we do our projects, we are trying to engage the government and the ministry because the goal is to have them own it.”

Meat + Three
Bonus: Jamie Oliver on Evolutionaries

Meat + Three

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2019 45:14


This week on Meat + Three we’re bringing you an interview with an HRN Hall of Fame standout featured on HRN’s special series Evolutionaries. Jamie Oliver is a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV host. In the late 90s, he was a young restaurant cook who happened into his own show “The Naked Chef” where he cooked to his credo: “It’s got to be simple. It’s got to be tasty. It’s got to be fun”. As his career evolved, Jamie worked tirelessly to improve the nutritional quality of school foods in the UK and beyond, a mission that initially met mixed responses from the press and the public, but delivered extremely impactful success stories and lasting results. He has won several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award for his show Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution as well as a Ted Prize for his efforts to fight diet-related diseases. He also started the Jamie Oliver Foundation to improve the lives of people all over the world through food education. Jamie currently writes for publications in the UK and around the world, including his own Jamie Magazine. He also has the YouTube channels Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube and Drinks Tube, plus five award-winning apps, and has published eighteen bestselling cookbooks. Tune in to hear Jamie’s story in his own words. Meat + Three is powered by Simplecast.

Evolutionaries
Episode 36: Jamie Oliver

Evolutionaries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 44:30


Jamie Oliver is a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV host. In the late 90s, he was a young restaurant cook who happened into his own show "The Naked Chef" where he cooked to his credo: "It's got to be simple. It's got to be tasty. It's got to be fun". As his career evolved, Jamie worked tirelessly to improve the nutritional quality of school foods in the UK and beyond, a mission that initially met mixed responses from the press and the public, but delivered extremely impactful success stories and lasting results. He has won several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award for his show Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution as well as a Ted Prize for his efforts to fight diet-related diseases. He also started the Jamie Oliver Foundation to improve the lives of people all over the world through food education. Jamie currently writes for publications in the UK and around the world, including his own Jamie Magazine. He also has the YouTube channels Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube and Drinks Tube, plus five award-winning apps, and has published eighteen bestselling cookbooks. Tune in to hear Jamie's story in his own words. Photo courtesy of David Loftus. Evolutionaries is powered by Simplecast.

2:23am
Episode 35, Robb Smith -sex and sensitivity post #metoo, creating a fabulous marriage, +3 stages

2:23am

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 67:12


Robb Smith is a leader and social innovator in human development and integral metatheory, advising entrepreneurs, executives and thought leaders on leading-edge social innovation, vertical development, leadership development and company growth. He is CEO and co-founder, with American philosopher Ken Wilber, of Integral Life, a digital hub supporting the global trend towards meta-integrative human capacities (representing ~4% of adults in advanced economies). At Integral Life, he has spearheaded dialogues, courses and events that build skills and tackle pressing problems, including climate change and the rise of populism and the end of US hegemony. He has produced media and events that include Full Spectrum Mindfulness, The Future of Christianity, The Fourth Turning, WhatNEXT, Beyond Seeking, the Climate Leadership Campaign and Loving Completely. He was founder and CEO of Chrysallis, the world's most comprehensive human development app, which offered hundreds of practices across more than 50 areas of human life. Chrysallis was nominated for the 2015 Goldman Sachs Healthcare Startup of the Year and the IONS award for Transformational Technology before being acquired in 2016 by ADURO, where he now chairs the Advisory Board and supports Fortune 500 companies to deploy full-spectrum human performance initiatives. He was a co-founder and partner in Nevada Ventures, the state's first venture capital fund, dedicated himself to building Nevada's innovation economy (syndicating over $200 million in capital). He is a former director of Alere, a three-time Inc. 500 awardee, which became the largest population health management company in the United States. Robb is a graduate of University of Nevada, the Venture Capital Institute and held the Certified Management Accountant and Certified in Financial Management designations. He is a fellow of Desert Research Institute, a former fellow of Aspen Institute and former trustee of Nevada Museum of Art. He was named to Nevada Top 20 under 40 lists in three different decades and in 2012 he was nominated for the TED Prize. He gave a TEDx talk in 2013 on The Transformational Life. In a mushed up world of Politically Correct, hard right, hard left, #metoo, identity politics, too much/too little sexualization in the media, the rise of the fundamentalist view, this podcast provides contours for most of these experiences. www.robbsmith.com We experienced some minor technical issues with the recording. They do not take away from the conversation.

Candid Insights with Sahil Badruddin
Karen Armstrong on the State of the World Today

Candid Insights with Sahil Badruddin

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2018 51:30


Sahil interviews Karen Armstrong -- internationally acclaimed author, and winner of the 2008 TED Prize launching The Charter for Compassion, which has over two million signatories. She discussed her insights on compassion, the Golden Rule, nationalism, materialism, cosmopolitan ethics, religious literacy, the future of religion, perceptions of religious people, religious institutions, personal search, and her vision for the future. Interview Published for The.Ismaili & Interview Transcript: sahilbadruddin.com/karen-armstrong-interview

The Ars Technicast
Ars Technicast Experimental #12.3: Rob Reid and Sarah Parcak, 3 of 3

The Ars Technicast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2018 33:16


Today we present the third and final installment of my interview with Sarah Parcak, a prominent founding figuring the emerging field of astroarchaeology. Most of today's installment concerns a crowd-enabled detection project Sarah created with proceeds from the TED Prize. It's called GlobalXplorer. Partly inspired by Galaxy Zoo, it let armies of “citizen scientists” scan twelve million quadrants of Peruvian satellite imagery for hints of archaeological remains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TED Talks Daily
Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late | Sarah Parcak

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 21:05


Sarah Parcak uses satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth to uncover hidden ancient treasures buried beneath our feet. There's a lot to discover; in the Egyptian Delta alone, Parcak estimates we've excavated less than a thousandth of one percent of what's out there. Now, with the 2016 TED Prize and an infectious enthusiasm for archaeology, she's developed an online platform called GlobalXplorer that enables anyone with an internet connection to discover unknown sites and protect what remains of our shared human inheritance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The After On Podcast
11. Space Archaeology | Sarah Parcak

The After On Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 97:58


Sarah Parcak is a pioneer in the emerging field of space archaeology. In 2016 she won the TED Prize to launch a “citizen science” platform, which is finding lost sites and fighting archaeological looting throughout the world.    

The Rich Roll Podcast
Shaka Senghor On Righting Wrongs & Why Your Worst Deeds Don’t Define You

The Rich Roll Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2017 102:42


“That's the thing about hope. In the moment it can feel foolish or sentimental or disconnected from reality. But hope knows that people change on a timeline that we can't predict. We can never know the power that a word of kindness and or an act of forgiveness will have on the person who needs it most.”Shaka SenghorImagine yourself growing up around the wrong people. Because it's easy, you fall into the wrong crowd. Blink, and you’re in. Deep. A victim of impossible circumstances, it’s not long before you're in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the reflexive moment — impulsively and without thought – you do the wrong thing. A thing so terrible, it forever alters the trajectory of your life. A thing so unimaginably horrible, you dedicate the rest of your life in service to atonement.This is the story of Shaka Senghor. At the age of 19, Shaka shot and killed a man. Convicted of second-degree murder, Shaka would spend the next 19 years in different prisons, seven of which were spent in solitary confinement.While inside, Shaka made a decision. A decision to fully own his circumstances. A decision to transcend victimhood, understand his past, free his mind and expand his thinking. When he wasn't voraciously reading, he wrote. And it was through this relentless commitment to knowledge, self-understanding and compassion that he ultimately pulled himself out of the anger that led to his incarceration and prevented him from reaching his full potential.Released in 2010, Shaka did not return to a life of violence. Instead, he committed himself to one singular idea: that our worst deeds don’t define who we are, nor do they prohibit our contribution to a better world. Fidelity to this ideal transformed Shaka's utterly broken life into one of meaning, purpose and advocacy. Now a leading voice in prison reform, he is a powerful public speaker, a Senior Fellow with the Dream Corps, a 2014 TED Prize finalist, a former MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, a former University of Michigan lecturer, a current Fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Leadership Network and the founder of The Atonement Project. In addition, he recently launched Mind Blown Media, a new media company that aims to create high-impact content focused on the criminal justice system and mass incarceration.Shaka’s memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison* debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List as well as The Washington Post Best Seller List. He has been interviewed by Oprah and his TED Talk, which received a standing ovation, has been viewed more than 1.4 million times and was featured by TED as one of the most powerful TED Talks of 2014. Shaka has appeared on CNN, CBS This Morning, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Good Day New York, and he has been a guest on numerous radio programs, including NPR’s All Things Considered. And if all that isn't impressive enough, Shaka is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2016 EBONY Power100, the 2016 Ford Man of Courage, the 2016 NAACP Great Expectations Award, the 2015 Manchester University Innovator of the Year, and the 2012 Black Male Engagement Leadership Award.I’m honored to share Shaka’s powerful story with you today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TED Talks Daily
No one should die because they live too far from a doctor | Raj Panjabi

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017 20:40


Illness is universal -- but access to care is not. Physician Raj Panjabi has a bold vision to bring health care to everyone, everywhere. With the 2017 TED Prize, Panjabi is building the Community Health Academy, a global platform that aims to modernize how community health workers learn vital skills, creating jobs along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TEDTalks 건강
의료 시설로부터 멀리 산다는 이유로 사람이 죽어서는 안됩니다 | 라지 판자비[Raj Panjabi]

TEDTalks 건강

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017 20:30


질병은 어느 곳에나 존재합니다. 하지만 모든 사람이 치료를 받을 수는 없습니다. 의사인 라지 판자비는 모든 사람이, 모든 곳에서 의료 혜택을 받을 수 있도록 담대한 계획을 품고 있습니다. 2017 TED Prize 수상자인 그는 국제적인 플랫폼인 Community Health Academy를 설립하여 의료 혜택을 받을 수 없는 외딴 지역의 의료 노동자가 의료 기술을 배울 수 있는 현대화된 교육 시설을 갖추고자 합니다. 의료 노동자를 교육하고, 그들로 하여금 새로운 직업을 창출하기 위한 계획을 하고 있습니다.

TEDTalks صحة
لا يجب أن يموت أي أحد فقط لكونه يعيش بعيدا عن الطبيب | راج بانجابي

TEDTalks صحة

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017 20:30


المرض أمر كوني -- لكن الحصول على الرعاية الصحية ليس كذلك. يمتلك الطبيب راج بانجابي رؤية جريئة لإيصال الرعاية الصحية للجميع، في كل مكان. من خلال جائزة 2017 TED Prize فإن بنجابي يبني أكاديمية الصحة المجتمعية، وهي منصة عالمية تهدف إلى تحديث كيفية تعلم عاملي الصحة في المجتمع لمهارات أساسية، مما يساعد في خلق فرص عمل موازية.

TEDTalks Health
No one should die because they live too far from a doctor | Raj Panjabi

TEDTalks Health

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017 20:30


Illness is universal -- but access to care is not. Physician Raj Panjabi has a bold vision to bring health care to everyone, everywhere. With the 2017 TED Prize, Panjabi is building the Community Health Academy, a global platform that aims to modernize how community health workers learn vital skills, creating jobs along the way.

TEDTalks Saúde
Ninguém deve morrer por morar muito longe de um médico | Raj Panjabi

TEDTalks Saúde

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017 20:30


As doenças tem alcance universal, mas o acesso à saúde não. O médico Raj Panjabi tem uma ideia ousada para dar a todos o acesso à saúde, em qualquer lugar. Com o TED Prize 2017, Panjabi está criando a Community Health Academy (Academia da Saúde Comunitária), uma plataforma global que tem como objetivo modernizar a forma como agentes de saúde comunitários aprendem técnicas de saúde cruciais, ao mesmo tempo em que gera empregos.

Limitless Grit Podcast
EP4 Ken Banks: Being a Reluctant Innovator

Limitless Grit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2017 55:17


I had an incredible time interviewing one of my personal heroes Ken Banks. He is the Founder of kiwanja.net and creator of messaging platform FrontlineSMS. He is a PopTech Fellow, a Tech Awards Laureate, an Ashoka Fellow and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, and has been internationally recognized for his technology-based work. In 2013 he was nominated for the TED Prize, and in 2015 Ken was appointed CARE International’s first Entrepreneur in Residence and is also a published author, with his first edited book, “The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator.” In today’s episode, we cover different topics including finding one’s purpose in life, the power of paying attention, starting an organization and much more! If you’re interested in social entrepreneurship or starting your own organization then you have to listen to this man! He has some of the most genuine and practical advice I have ever heard! TEN THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR 1. Some of the lessons Ken learned from one of the lowest points in his life! 2. His initial reaction when he first got National Geographic explorers award 3. His friendship with the Nobel prize winner Desmond tutu 4. How can one find their purpose in life 5. Importance of being humble 6. Why he decided to create an app called “app for my children” 7. Advice for young entrepreneurs 8. Working with the U.K. Prime minister’s delegation to Africa 9. What does Kiwanja mean and what is he doing with the platform. 10. What does it mean to be a reluctant innovator! Ken’s Favorite Movie: The Green Mile Ken’s Favorite Books: 1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 2. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Connect with Ken: Website: http://www.kiwanja.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=ken%20banks&src=typd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiwanja/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ken.banks Connect with Shristi Website: limitlessgrit.com Email: limitlessgrit@gmail.com instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shristigajurel/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=shristi%20gajurel&src=typd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shristi.gajurel1

TED Talks Technology
Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late | Sarah Parcak

TED Talks Technology

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 21:48


Sarah Parcak uses satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth to uncover hidden ancient treasures buried beneath our feet. There's a lot to discover; in the Egyptian Delta alone, Parcak estimates we've excavated less than a thousandth of one percent of what's out there. Now, with the 2016 TED Prize and an infectious enthusiasm for archaeology, she's developed an online platform called GlobalXplorer that enables anyone with an internet connection to discover unknown sites and protect what remains of our shared human inheritance.

TEDTalks テクノロジー
古代遺跡の発見に手を貸してください—手遅れになる前に | サラ・パーキャック

TEDTalks テクノロジー

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 21:48


サラ・パーキャックは地表から何百キロも離れた軌道を回る衛星を使って、足もとに埋もれている古代の隠された宝を発見しています。パーキャックの見立てでは、ナイル川デルタに限っても、これまでに発掘されている遺跡は存在する遺跡の千分の1%にも満たないと言います。2016年のTED Prizeと感化力のある考古学への情熱をもって、彼女はGlobalXplorerというオンラインプラットフォームを開発し、インターネットが使える者は誰でも、人類の共有財産である遺跡の発見と保護に協力できようにします。

ted prize globalxplorer
On Being with Krista Tippett
[Unedited] Parker Palmer and Courtney Martin with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2016 70:49


Parker Palmer is founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage and Renewal. He’s the author of bestselling books including “Let Your Life Speak,” “The Courage to Teach,” “A Hidden Wholeness,” and “Healing the Heart of Democracy.” Courtney Martin is the co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network and a strategist for the TED Prize. She’s the author of six books including “Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists” and most recently, “The New Better Off.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Parker Palmer and Courtney Martin — The Inner Life of Rebellion” Find more at onbeing.org.

TEDTalks Technologie
À la recherche des civilisations perdues du Pérou... avec des satellites | Sarah Parcak

TEDTalks Technologie

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 6:59


Des centaines de milliers de sites anciens perdus dans le monde demeurent enfouis et cachés. Sarah Parcak, archéologue spatiale, est déterminée à les trouver avant les pilleurs. Grâce au TED Prize obtenu en 2016, Parcak est en train de construire un outil de science participative appelé GlobalXplorer pour former une armée d'explorateurs bénévoles à trouver et à protéger ce patrimoine mondial caché. Dans cette présentation, elle nous donne un aperçu du lieu sur lequel ils vont se pencher en premier : le Pérou -- berceau du Machu Picchu, des géoglyphes de Nazca et d'autres merveilles à découvrir.

TEDTalks Технологии
В поисках затерянных цивилизаций Перу: теперь со спутниками | Сара Паркак

TEDTalks Технологии

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 6:59


По всему свету сотни тысяч затерянных древних городов лежат погребённые под землёй и спрятанные от взглядов. Космический археолог Сара Паркак намерена отыскать их прежде, чем это сделают мародёры. При помощи премии TED Prize 2016 Паркак создаёт научно-гражданский онлайн-инструмент под названием GlobalXplorer, который обучит армию волонтёров-исследователей обнаруживать и защищать затерянное мировое культурное наследие. В этом выступлении Сара предоставляет нам возможность взглянуть на место, с которого начнут вести поиски, — Перу, родину Мачу-Пикчу, линий Наска и других археологических чудес, которые только и ждут, когда их, наконец, откроют.

ted prize globalxplorer
TEDTalks テクノロジー
ペルーの失われた文明を衛星で探す | サラ・パーキャック

TEDTalks テクノロジー

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 6:59


世界には、数知れない失われた古代遺跡があり、土に埋もれて隠されています。衛星考古学者のサラ・パーキャックはそれを盗掘者よりも先に発見しようと心に決めています。TED Prize 2016によりパーキャックが構築しているのは、GlobalXplorerという市民科学のオンラインツールで、たくさんのボランティア探検家たちが世界中の隠れた遺産を発見し保護できるようにする訓練ツールです。このトークでは、パーキャックが第一の調査地のペルーを垣間見せてくれます。マチュピチュ、ナスカの地上絵をはじめとする考古学上の奇跡の地が、発見されるのを待っています。

ted prize globalxplorer
TEDTalks 기술
페루의 잃어버린 문명을 찾아서 | 사라 파칵(Sarah Parcak)

TEDTalks 기술

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 6:59


세계 곳곳에는 수백, 수천 곳의 오래된 역사적 현장들이 속속들이 숨어 있습니다. 고고학자 사라 파칵은 인공위성을 이용해 그 어떤 도굴꾼보다 먼저 그곳들을 찾아내려 합니다. 2016년의 TED Prize와 함께 그녀는 대중의 힘을 이용해 숨겨진 문화유산들을 찾고, 보호하려 합니다. 이 강연에서 그녀는 마추픽추와 불가사의의 나즈카 라인은 물론, 다양한 고고학적 경이를 지니고 있는 첫 탐험장소, 페루를 소개합니다.

TEDTalks Technologie
Auf der Jagd nach Perus verlorenen Kulturen – mit Satelliten | Sarah Parcak

TEDTalks Technologie

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 6:59


Weltweit liegen hunderttausende verlorener alter Stätten vergraben unsichtbar unter der Erde versteckt. Die Luftbildarchäologin Sarah Parcak ist entschlossen, diese zu finden, bevor sie geplündert werden. Mit Hilfe des TED-Prize 2016 erstellt Parcak ein Online-Instrument names GlobalXplorer, das ein Heer an freiwilligen Helfern ausbilden wird, das versteckte Welterbe zu finden und zu schützen. In diesem Vortrag bietet sie eine Vorschau auf das erste Land, das untersucht wird: Peru – die Heimat des Machu Picchu, der Nazca-Linien und anderer archäologischer Wunder, die auf ihre Entdeckung warten.

TED Talks Technology
Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations -- with satellites | Sarah Parcak

TED Talks Technology

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 6:59


Around the world, hundreds of thousands of lost ancient sites lie buried and hidden from view. Satellite archaeologist Sarah Parcak is determined to find them before looters do. With the 2016 TED Prize, Parcak is building an online citizen-science tool called GlobalXplorer that will train an army of volunteer explorers to find and protect the world's hidden heritage. In this talk, she offers a preview of the first place they'll look: Peru -- the home of Machu Picchu, the Nazca lines and other archaeological wonders waiting to be discovered.

Flash Forward
Bot for Teacher

Flash Forward

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 40:30


Today a future without schools. Instead of gathering students into a room and teaching them, everybody learns on their own time, on tablets and guided by artificial intelligence.    First, I talk to a Ashok Goel, a computer scientist who developed an artificially intelligent TA named Jill Watson and didn’t tell any of his students she wasn’t a human.     Then I talk to two people building future, app based educational systems. Jessie Woolley-Wilson from DreamBox explains what adaptive learning is, and how it can help create a better learning experience for kids. She also talks about all the data they collect on kids to better serve them (data we’ll come back to later in the episode.) Along with Jessie, Julia Stiglitz from Coursera explains how this kind of self-directed learning can extend into the college and post-college world.     Jessie and Julia see a future with these kinds of learning apps that could be more democratic, more creative, more fun and more effective. But there are some downsides too. Neither of them see apps or algorithms replacing teachers, but there are other organizations and projects that do.     In 2013, a guy named Sugata Mitra won the TED Prize which comes with a pretty healthy million dollar check. He won this prize for his work on what he calls “A school in the cloud.” Mitra founded this organization named Hole in the Wall, where he went around the slums of India and installed these kiosks that children could use and play with. His whole thesis is that students can be taught by computers, on their own time. Without teachers. Here’s his TED talk.    And this Hole in the Wall thing is one of the classic examples that a lot of people working on education apps point to to show that kids don’t need teachers to learn. Kids are naturally curious, they’re going to want to seek out information, you don’t have to force them into a tiny room to listen to a boring teacher.    But we talk to some people who question that narrative. Audrey Watters, who runs the site Hack Education, says that projects like Hole in the Wall often don’t last. Nearly all the kiosks that Mitra set up are abandoned and vandalized, she says, and when you look at footage and images of the kiosks you can see that older, bigger boys dominate and push the smaller boys and girls out.     And get this to a question that came up with literally every person I talked to for this episode. What is the purpose of school? Is it to teach content? Or is it to teach students how to relate to one another, how to empathize, how to think, how to be good citizens? Nobody really knows. But we talk about it on the episode!    We also talk about some of the other downsides of these systems. Jade Davis,  the associate director of digital learning projects at LaGuardia Community College in Queens New York, tells us about her concerns that algorithms might pigeonhole Kids who might not take to the system immediately. Kids like her own.     In the end, we talk about whether or not these kinds of solutions are really for everyone. Or if they’re just going to be used on poor, disadvantaged kids. Because, are Harvard students really going to be taught by robots? Probably not.     Bonus: Listen to the very end for a fun surprise.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Being with Krista Tippett
[Unedited] David Isay with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2016 72:44


David Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant and 2015 TED Prize. His new StoryCorps book is “Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work”. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “David Isay — Listening as an Act of Love. Find more at http://onbeing.org/program/david-isay-listening-as-an-act-of-love/6268

Private Passions
Free Thinking: Sugata Mitra

Private Passions

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2015 33:05


As part of Radio 3's Free Thinking weekend, Michael Berkeley talks to Sugata Mitra, who has started a revolution in education. He believes schools as we know them are obsolete; that exams shut down the brain; that children learn best when left alone, with computers, and that the best teachers are not education professionals, but grannies, who simply say 'Wow! That's amazing! How did you do that?' Sugata Mitra is the Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University. In 2013 he was awarded the million dollar TED Prize to help build a School in the Cloud, a creative online space where children from all over the world can gather to answer 'big questions'. Though Sugata Mitra now lives in Gateshead, he was brought up in Delhi, and his work with children in the slums there was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. In Private Passions, he tells Michael Berkeley about the ground-breaking experiment in Delhi which has become famous as the 'hole in the wall' - he fixed a computer into the wall of a slum, and watched what happened. Within months, children who had never seen a computer before were browsing, painting, and downloading electronic keyboards and drums to make music. Teachers, he discovered, were obsolete. This was a particular personal challenge, as he was a teacher himself at the time! Tearing up the rule book, Professor Mitra developed a radical new model of how to teach children, using computers. He talks in Private Passions about how to release children's creativity - but also how to safeguard them from the darker side of the internet. His music choices fuse East and West, with collaborations between Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar; the love poetry of Tagore; Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade; and a canon by Bach which can be played forwards and backwards. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus Production for BBC Radio 3.

Terms Of Reference Podcast
TOR084: Kiwanja.net with Ken Banks

Terms Of Reference Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2015 38:59


Ken Banks is the founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS. He devotes himself to the application of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change in the developing world. He has worked at the intersection of technology, anthropology, conservation and development for the past twenty years and, during that time, has lived and worked across the African continent. He is a PopTech Fellow, a Tech Awards Laureate, an Ashoka Fellow and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, and has been internationally recognised for his technology-based work. In 2013 he was nominated for the TED Prize. Ken is also a published author, with his first edited book, “The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator”, released in late 2013. His latest project, Means of Exchange, looks at how everyday technologies can be used to democratize opportunities for economic self-sufficiency, rebuild local community and promote a return to local resource use.

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WordPress | Post Status Draft Podcast
How StoryCorps uses WordPress to enable storytelling everywhere

WordPress | Post Status Draft Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2015 32:14


StoryCorp is an organization that aims "to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of our lives." Featured stories are broadcast nationally on NPR. StoryCorp has published more than 50,000 interviews with almost 100,000 participants since they launched in 2003. A small to mid-size non-profit organization, StoryCorp's interviews are logged in the Library of Congress, and over the years they have created new and ingenious ways to enable story telling. There are recording booths in a number of cities throughout the country where anyone can go and record and interview or story. The first was in Grand Central Station, though it's since shut down due to budget issues. However, booths are open in Atlanta, San Francisco, and Chicago where anyone can make a reservation to record. They also have an Airstream trailer that travels the country and records interviews all over the place. Creating ways for people to share stories is the heart of StoryCorps mission. [caption id="attachment_12144" align="aligncenter" width="752"] The StoryCorps MobileBooth. Credit: StoryCorp Flickr[/caption] One WordPress developer that worked on the StoryCorp project told me, "I cry almost every time" as they listen to StoryCorps on their local NPR station every Friday morning. The stories to tend to be very powerful. I was nearly brought to tears by one where a lady hugs her son's murderer. Another moving story (from my hometown no less), features a father that comes to terms with his daughter's homosexuality. Or there's one where President Obama interviews a boy who overcame adversity to join My Brother's Keeper. Record stories anywhere The latest initiative for creating ways for people to share their story is via StoryCorps.me, a website and companion apps that make it easy for anyone with a smartphone to record an interview and publish it. StoryCorps.me is built on WordPress, and utilizes the WordPress REST API to enable access to a customized content architecture. The StoryCorps app utilizes the API to consume data and publish stories from the app back to the website. I interviewed Dean Haddock, Director of Digital & Technical Innovation at StoryCorp, about how the idea for the app came about, how they use and think of WordPress, and other insights from their short three month development period. A national day of listening Dean says he thinks the StoryCorps app really dates back to a program they ran three years ago called A National Day of Listening, where instead of shopping on Black Friday, they hosted an event where people could tell stories. Dean's team expanding on the idea, and the event turned into a micro-site using SoundCloud's API that made that process easier. That project eventually expanded into the idea that would become StoryCorps.me. Funding for the app The StoryCorps app was funded thanks to StoryCorps founder Dave Isay winning this year's TED Prize Winner. He gave a TED Talk in Vancouver just a few weeks ago, where he shared how everyone has a story to tell. [caption id="attachment_12145" align="aligncenter" width="752"] Dave Isay at TED[/caption] The TED Prize is awarded to an individual with a creative, bold vision to spark global change. By leveraging the TED community’s resources and investing $1 million into a powerful idea, each year the TED Prize supports one wish to inspire the world. - TED Prize website His wish after winning the TED Prize was to "to grow this digital archive of the collective wisdom of humanity." During the TED Talk, he noted that StoryCorps is "the single largest collection of human voices ever collected." The new app makes this mission even more plausible, by having almost no barrier for interview creation. The $1 million TED Prize made it possible. Development of the StoryCorps app With "one tap", interviews can be created and uploaded to the StoryCorps.me website and the Library of Congress archive. Dave shared some of his vision for the app during the TED Talk: Imagine, for example, a national homework assignment where every high school student studying U.S. history across the country records an interview with an elder over Thanksgiving, so that in one single weekend an entire generation of American lives and experiences are captured. Development of the app was managed on three levels. The StoryCorps team did project management, communication, and handled RFPs for app and website development. They also ensured that everything fit the StoryCorps model, and ensured that the new website and app talked to existing StoryCorps software and APIs properly. 10up built the website infrastructure, manages scalability issues, and managed the integration of the WordPress REST API. MAYA design designed and built the app for the end-user, utilizing PhoneGap so that the app could be launched simultaneously to both iOS and Android platforms. [pullquote align="right"]"We knew we going to use WordPress before we started looking for partners to help us build this thing."[/pullquote] As a "small to midsize non-profit," StoryCorps has few resources. StoryCorps.org has been on WordPress, and they wanted to use WordPress for StoryCorps.me as well. The development phase was quite short: from funding to launch took only three months. They launched at TED after receiving the funding last October. For public facing web technology, WordPress is so flexible and so malleable and amenable to whatever we need to do with it, that it really wasn't much of a question whether this was the right platform. What their real question was, Dean shares, was how WordPress could scale if and when they hit a million users, and that's why they brought in 10up. What they learned They are really pleased with how the project has gone so far. However, not everything was a success. They had to pivot and make adjustments as they went along and learned new things and requirements. Dean noted, [pullquote align="right"]"You have to be willing to completely submit to the process."[/pullquote] He says it wouldn't have succeeded if 10up and Maya weren't committed as StoryCorps to the success of the project. They also learned what Dean calls "more tangible" things, like the usage of PhoneGap. Without using a tool like PhoneGap, they wouldn't have been able to "get to market as soon as possible." However, he admits the app could be slightly better if it were built in a native platform to either iOS or Android. Powerful stories I really enjoyed digging into StoryCorps mission and the new StoryCorps.me project. I'm addicted to their stories, and some of the stories that have been uploaded -- such as those in the audio intro -- are really endearing. While there may be an element of noise to the StoryCorps.me archive, it's already evident that many gems will emerge, and who knows what ideas people will come up with for creative ways to perform interviews and record stories. The apps are available on Google Play and in the App Store. It'll be improving over the next weeks and and months. If you're excited about technology at StoryCorps, you can reach Dean at dhaddock@storycorps.org or you can also report issues or ask questions about the app at contactus@storycorps.me. StoryCorps is a great testament to WordPress and its ability to be an infrastructure to an app at scale, while also enabling efficient development cycles. This is probably my favorite utilization of the new REST API yet.

The Educators
Sugata Mitra

The Educators

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2014 27:58


Professor Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, imagines a future where children teach themselves. Famous for his Hole-in-the-Wall experiment, he believes when young people are given the right tools and encouragement, their innate sense of wonder can allow them to learn almost anything from one another. He believes the days of traditional schooling where teachers stand at the front, and facts are taught and recalled, are numbered. Professor Mitra's dreams are not going unheard either. Last year his TED wish to build a "School in the Cloud" won him the first $1m TED Prize. Since then, he and his team have gone on to open five learning in the cloud labs in schools in India and in the North East of England. In this programme, Sarah Montague finds out how Professor Mitra's Hole-in-the-Wall experiment, whereby computers connected to the internet were placed in the walls of Indian slums, has evolved into a concept called a Self-Organised Learning Environment (SOLE). She hears how groups of children with minimal supervision can teach themselves, and how a team of retired teachers, or Grannies, use webcams to provide support and encouragement during the SOLE session. Presenter: Sarah Montague Producer: Joel Moors.

Latest in Paleo
Episode 119: Rewild Your Gut

Latest in Paleo

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2014 65:40


On this week’s show we dive into the micro and consider the implications for the macro. We look at the current state of gut research via the ABC’s Catalyst program ‘Gut Reaction’ in which the Hadza play a big role. Plus, two additional gut flora studies: one dealing with a potential cure for food allergies and the other dealing with food cravings. There’s a Moment of Paleo with some thoughts on biomes and rewilding. After the Bell it’s Dr. Sylvia Earle. Links for this episode:Humans Are Not Broken - Angelo's BlogLatest In Paleo Facebook Page -- News Hunters & Gatherers Post Your Links Here!The Hadza: Last of the FirstCatalyst - Special Edition - Gut ReactionCatalyst: Gut Reaction Pt 2 - ABC TV ScienceCommensal bacteria protect against food allergen sensitizationGut Bacteria Could Provide Peanut Allergy ProtectionProbiotics may help prevent peanut allergies, animal study shows - CBS NewsA gut microbe that stops food allergies | Science/AAAS | NewsPM - Mice reveal bacteria solution to food allergy problem 26/08/2014Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms - Alcock - 2014 - BioEssays - Wiley Online LibraryYour Gut Bacteria Want You to Eat a Cupcake - The AtlanticGut Bacteria May Influence Cravings, Moods | Psych Central NewsGut feelings: Researchers suggest microbiota may manipulate eating behavioursOne Unexpected Reason You Can’t Stick To Your Diet! - YouTubeSylvia Earle: How to protect the oceans (TED Prize winner!) - YouTube

Arts & Ideas
Free Thinking 2013 - Sugata Mitra

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2014 44:25


Professor Sugata Mitra's pioneering experiments gave children in India access to computers to teach themselves and inspired the novel which became the film Slumdog Millionaire. He is now using retired volunteers in the UK to share their knowledge and guide children across the other side of the world. At the Free Thinking Festival he outlines the way he plans to use the $1 million 2013 Ted Prize to further his vision of "schools in the cloud". Presented by philip Dodd and recorded on Saturday 26th October 2013 in front of a live audience at Sage Gateshead.

5x15
Witnessing global corruption - TED Prize winner Charmian Gooch

5x15

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2014 16:13


TED Prize-winner and Global Witness co-founder Charmian Gooch addresses corruption. Charmian Gooch is co-founder and director of Global Witness, a non-profit campaigning organisation that addresses the links between natural resource exploitation and the funding of conflict and corruption. She jointly led Global Witness's first campaign, exposing the trade in timber between the Khmer Rouge and Thai logging companies and their political and military backers. Subsequently, Charmian developed and launched Global Witness’s ground-breaking campaign to combat ‘blood diamonds;’ Global Witness was nominated for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize as a result of this work. In 2014 Charmian was awarded the TED Prize, given to an ‘extraordinary individual with a creative and bold vision to spark global change’. Also in 2014, Global Witness received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, awarded to ‘transformative leaders who are disrupting the status quo’. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Inquiring Minds
3 Sylvia Earle - Why the Oceans Are Not Too Big to Fail

Inquiring Minds

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2013 50:52


This week we talk to scientist and explorer Sylvia Earle, a woman who has spent almost a year of her life under water. She explains why the oceans are "not too big to fail." But she also says that just maybe, we're growing wise enough to save them.Earle is the National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, and former chief scientist at NOAA—plus she's a TED Prize winner who used that award to form Mission Blue, an ocean conservation initiative. Her unofficial titles go further: Time called her "Hero of the Planet," and many others call her "Her Deepness." She has set several underwater depth records, including diving to 1,250 feet, without a tether, in 1979.Back in 1970, when some institutions of higher education were still refusing to admit women, Earle was leading female aquanauts on expeditions to the sea floor. The Tektite Program featured a team of women who lived in an undersea laboratory off the Virgin Islands for two weeks, conducting research.This episode also features a discussion of the the latest research on how conspiracy theories fuel the denial of science on issues ranging from climate change to vaccinations, and on how scientists are reconsidering the origins of life and, yes, bringing Mars into the picture.Subscribe:itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiring-minds/id711675943feeds.feedburner.com/inquiring-minds

TEDTalks 교육
수가타 미트라: 구름 속에 학교를 짓다 | Sugata Mitra

TEDTalks 교육

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2013 22:31


TED2013 무대에서 수가타 미트라는 대담하게 TED Prize에 대한 바람을 얘기합니다: 구름 속에 학교를 만들도록 도와주세요. 이 학교에서는 인도의 교육 실험실을 찾아가고, 거기서 아이들은 구름에서 나오는 자료와 조언을 통해 탐구하고 서로에게서 배웁니다. 스스로 조직된 교육환경(SOLE)에 관한 고무적인 계획을 듣고 tedprize.org 에서 더 많은 걸 배우십시오.

TEDTalks Образование
Сугата Митра: Построим «Школу в Облаках» | Sugata Mitra

TEDTalks Образование

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2013 22:31


Выступая на TED2013, Сугата Митра рассказывает о своём смелом желании при получении премии TED Prize: Помогите мне создать «Школу в облаках», лабораторию в Индии, где дети смогут проводить исследования и обучаться друг у друга, используя ресурсы из «облаков». Слушайте о его вдохновляющей идее Самоорганизующихся Учебных Пространств (СОУП). Читайте подробности на сайте tedprize.org.

TEDTalks Educação
Construa uma escola na nuvem | Sugata Mitra

TEDTalks Educação

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2013 22:31


No palco do TED2013, Sugata Mitra faz um desejo ousado para o TED Prize: ajudem-me a projetar a Escola na Nuvem, um laboratório de ensino na Índia, onde crianças podem explorar e aprender umas com as outras - usando recursos e monitoria da nuvem. Ouça a sua inspiradora visão dos Ambientes de Aprendizado Auto-Organizáveis (AAAO) e descubra mais em tedprize.org.

TED Talks Education
Build a School in the Cloud | Sugata Mitra

TED Talks Education

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2013 22:31


Onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore and learn from each other -- using resources and mentoring from the cloud. Hear his inspiring vision for Self Organized Learning Environments.

TEDxNCSU
Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food - Jamie Oliver (2010) (video)

TEDxNCSU

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2011 21:53


Free Forum with Terrence McNally
Q&A: CAMERON SINCLAIR - Architecture for Humanity

Free Forum with Terrence McNally

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2011 23:55


Aired 02/06/11 CAMERON SINCLAIR was trained as an architect at the University of Westminster and at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. His postgraduate thesis focused on providing shelter to New York's homeless through sustainable, transitional housing. After his studies, he moved to New York where he worked as a designer and project architect. In 1999 Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr founded Architecture for Humanity, a grassroots nonprofit organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises. Sinclair and Stohr compiled a bestselling book Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. Sinclair is a TED prize recipient, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, and serves on advisory boards of the Acumen Fund, the Institute for State Effectiveness and the Ontario College of Art and Design. As a result of the 2006 TED Prize, Architecture for Humanity launched the Open Architecture Network, the world's first open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design. Every two years this network hosts a global challenge to tackle a systemic issue within the built environment. http://architectureforhumanity.org/

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

Six Pixels of Separation Podcast - By Mitch Joel

Welcome to episode #191 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is also episode #25 of Media Hacks. Thankfully, C.C. Chapman came in and was able to host the intro (I was a little late to the call) where we discuss a whole bunch of stuff that surrounds some bigger themes about privacy, security, publishing and opening up the platforms. There's talk about Please Rob Me, Foursquare, Wired Magazine, the TED conference and much, much more. Please note: this episode does have language, so it is not work safe. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #191 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 42:20. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. Episode #25 of Media Hacks is coming soon and it features:  C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven. Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents. Not present: Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents. Christopher S. Penn - The Financial Aid Podcast - Marketing Over Coffee.   A new security issue? Please Rob Me. The issue with Foursquare. Hugh thinks he's got some kind of business model with an online social network for burglars. Daring Fireball - The Whole Thing About Adobe's Flash Player Not Having Access to H.264 Hardware Acceleration on Mac OS X. Wired Magazine goes digital. ...And now back to a conversation about the Apple iPad. We are very easy to transfer over to new platforms (even though we claim that we're not). A little bit about the TED conference (what happened at TED 2010 stays at TED 2010 ;). TED Talks - Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps. TED Talks - Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero! TED Talks - Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food. The truth about Robert Scoble (umm, he's not a Media Hacks listener). What do you get out of conferences and why? Breaking down elitism. Reddit - What's your favourite TED Talk? Hugh spams the podcast with: BookCamp Toronto on May 15th, 2010! A look at Blippy the social shopping engine. Julien is old... and getting older. Reading Whitney - Too Much Information. From now on, Hugh will only shop at the Bible Store. While C.C. will only use the Apple Playboy app ;) Does anyone still look at the general Twitter stream? The beginning of Social Commerce and Social Shopping. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #191 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: adobe advertising apple bill gates bite size edits blaise aguera y arcas blippy blog blogging book oven bookcamp toronto campfire cast of dads cc chapman chris brogan christopher s penn conferences daring fireball digital marketing facebook facebook group financial aid podcast flash foursquare hugh mcguire in over your head ipad itunes jamie oliver julien smith librivox managing the gray marketing marketing over coffee media hacks new marketing labs online social network please rob me podcast podcasting reading whitney reddit robert scoble security six pixels of separation social commerce social media marketing social shopping ted 2010 ted conference ted prize ted talks trust agents twist image twitter web 20 whitney hoffman wired magazine

Big Picture Science
A Man, A Planet, A Tenal: Panama!

Big Picture Science

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2009 53:09


While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets beyond the solar system, we've let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto's demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn's moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter's vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA's New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA's Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute Andy Fraknoi - Astronomer at Foothill College and author of Voyages Through the Universe (with CD-ROM, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and InfoTrac ) Descripción en español Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Picture Science
A Man, A Planet, A Tenal: Panama!

Big Picture Science

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2009 50:43


While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets beyond the solar system, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn’s moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter’s vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute Andy Fraknoi - Astronomer at Foothill College and author of Voyages Through the Universe (with CD-ROM, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and InfoTrac ) Descripción en español

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio
1. Vaccine science improvements, epidemiology

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2009 5:07


Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio
11. Strengths of the eradication programme

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2009 3:57


Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio
8. Setbacks, reimportation of the disease

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2009 3:45


Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio
5. Rallying political and public support

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2009 5:33


Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

The History of Smallpox Eradication - Dr Larry Brilliant - Audio

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives needed to solve the global challenges of our age. Larry is an M.D. and M.P.H., board-certified in preventive medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was one of a four person international team that lead the successful WHO smallpox eradication program in India and South Asia. He later founded The Seva Foundation, which works in dozens of countries around the world, primarily to eliminate preventable and curable blindness. Seva's projects have given back sight to nearly 3 million people since its founding in 1978. He serves as Chairman of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) established by Presidential directive. He was elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations in 2009. Time magazine named him to the TIME 100, as one of the 20 most influential scientists and thinkers and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. As of June 2009, Dr Brilliant became President of the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund. He also sits on the boards of Health Metrics Network, and Omidyar Networks Humanity United. He was a professor of international health and epidemiology at the University of Michigan for ten years and is the author of two books including "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India" (1980) and dozens of scientific articles on infectious diseases, blindness, and international health policy. He was recently a “first responder” for CDC's smallpox bio-terrorism response effort, volunteered in Sri Lanka for tsunami relief, and established “Pandefense,” an interdisciplinary consultancy to prepare for possible pandemic influenza. Larry lived in India working as a United Nations medical officer for more than a decade when he worked in the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program and has recently worked for the WHO polio eradication program in India. Wired and TIME magazine call Larry a "technology visionary" for his role as co-founder of The Well, a pioneering virtual community, with Stewart Brand in 1985. He also holds a telecommunications technology patent and has served as CEO of two public companies and other venture-backed start-ups before becoming a Vice President at Google. Larry-Brilliant-and-Indian-cropped.gif He has received several awards from the Government of India and from WHO and has been awarded two honorary doctorate degrees. He has been awarded numerous honors and awards, among them he was named "International Public Health Hero" by the University of California in 2004. In February 2006 he received the TED Prize. In 2008 he was named one of the Humanitarians of the Year by the United Nationsl Organization.

Bill Moyers Journal (Audio) | PBS

With economic, political, and social strife across the globe, prominent religious scholar Karen Armstrong discusses our human commonalities and her work on an international charter for compassion. The renowned author of The Battle for God and The Bible: A Biography, Armstrong is a 2008 recipient of the coveted TED Prize. In a distinguished career encompassing time as a Roman Catholic nun, an academic, and a television broadcaster, Armstrong has become one of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs, who first drew attention with her critically-acclaimed book Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet.

Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBS
Karen Armstrong, Part II

Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2009 18:14


With economic, political, and social strife across the globe, prominent religious scholar Karen Armstrong discusses our human commonalities and her work on an international charter for compassion. The renowned author of The Battle for God and The Bible: A Biography, Armstrong is a 2008 recipient of the coveted TED Prize. In a distinguished career encompassing time as a Roman Catholic nun, an academic, and a television broadcaster, Armstrong has become one of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs, who first drew attention with her critically-acclaimed book Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet.

Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBS
Karen Armstrong, Part I

Bill Moyers Journal (Video) | PBS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2009 18:14


With economic, political, and social strife across the globe, prominent religious scholar Karen Armstrong discusses our human commonalities and her work on an international charter for compassion. The renowned author of The Battle for God and The Bible: A Biography, Armstrong is a 2008 recipient of the coveted TED Prize. In a distinguished career encompassing time as a Roman Catholic nun, an academic, and a television broadcaster, Armstrong has become one of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs, who first drew attention with her critically-acclaimed book Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet.

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking
Edward Burtynsky: The 10,000-year Gallery

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2008 76:41


Burtynsky's massively informative photographs change minds and influence policy. They are also exquisite art. Their historical value will grow with time. Other art has similar reach. There should be a gallery that collects, displays, and sifts such works over centuries and millennia, and develops ways to preserve them. That is exactly Burtynsky's plan--- a 10,000-year Gallery to accompany the 10,000-year Clock. His presentation will explore and demonstrate the idea. Edward Burtynsky is an Officer of the Order of Canada and winner of the 2004 Ted Prize. His photographs are in the permanent collections of fifteen major museums, including the Guggenheim and Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Bibiotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Victoria & Albert in London. He is the subject of a prize-winning film, "Manufactured Landscapes."

Tides Podcast
Dave Eggers' wish: Once upon a school (2008) (video)

Tides Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2008 24:33


Author Dave Eggers visited Tides Learning Community with his Voice of Witness nonprofit book series. In his 2008 TED Prize acceptance speech, he asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools.