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Dr. Oliver Sacks on media: “Something has to ignite the brain”
Dr. Oliver Sacks is now publishing a page-turner on hallucinations. A year ago, I spoke with him about music and the brain, from “Happy Birthday to You” to Beethoven. Sacks is using the power of...
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Russell Simmons on media –“I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I...
One year ago today, I had a conversation with hip hop mastermind Russell Simmons about the future of media. This was before the election. Fascinating to see what his observations are coming up...
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Alexandra Pelosi on media –“Real life is more complicated than that”
Here’s documentarian Alexandra Pelosi from a conversation we had in January 2009. Of all the interviews in this encore series on media predictions, I believe none is more startling in its accuracy...
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Conrad Fink on media –“There’s always a bully. There’s always a playground.”
Here’s the continuing story of an ad-man-turned- filmmaker — Conrad Fink — on how and why microbeats in journalism are like the micro generations now making films. It’s from my conversation with him...
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Michael Gates Gill on media –“Brand identity is not identity”
A year ago Michael Gates Gill told me we’re going to be okay eventually. He meant all of us. Here’s a look at that conversation a year later, to see if we’re okay yet, and how media is reflecting it....
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Ashton Kutcher talks public service, Star Trek, and football pants
My conversation with Ashton Kutcher and the good folks at his media studio, Katalyst, just went up at huffpo. Thought you might like to see it here, and maybe take the Kutcher/Booker Challenge … In...
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Fifteen-minute cinema: “World Cinema” with Joel and Ethan Coen
Coen main man, Josh Brolin What was the world like before sub-titles? And what is expected of us since sub-titles? Are we measuring up? Three minutes on making life’s difficult decisions, with the...
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Fifteen-minute poetry theater: Wallace Stevens seduced by conflict
Image by *clairity* via Flickr Lots of fascinating reviews coming out about the poet Wallace Stevens with the recent release of his Selected Poems, edited by John N. Serio. Wallace Stevens, Hartford...
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Fifteen-Minute Cinema: The Sculpture Diaries
Some of the most fascinating programming on the arts is now coming from The Smithsonian Channel. In this two-minute sneak peek of the HD program, The Sculpture Diaries, take a look at Nancy Holt’s...
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The Magician’s Table at the Cafe Edison
The magical city at dinner time From magician Bob Friedhoffer demonstrating how to behave if your wallet catches on fire to George Schindler on playing a magician in Woody Allens’ great old film,...
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