http://www.radiocurious.org Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:04:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org Radio Curious clean Radio Curious curious@radiocurious.org curious@radiocurious.org (Radio Curious) Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Radio Curious Radio Curious, Interviews, Environment, Education, Chautauquan, Psychology/Psychaitry, Sex, Mendocino, Law, Religion, Feminism http://www.radiocurious.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/radio-curious-rss-logo.jpg http://www.radiocurious.org/category/internet/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/08/14/brodie-richard-how-ideas-travel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/08/14/brodie-richard-how-ideas-travel/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2019 18:49:19 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4453 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/08/14/brodie-richard-how-ideas-travel/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Virus of the Mind - The developing field of science called the science of memetics is based on evolution, studies memes: how they interact, replicate, and evolve. The biological definition of a meme is a basic unit... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-BRODIE_RICHARD_8.13.19_IA.mp3) The Virus of the Mind The developing field of science called the science of memetics is based on evolution, studies memes: how they interact, replicate, and evolve. The biological definition of a meme is a basic unit of cultural transmission. The psychological definition of a meme is a unit of cultural heredity analogous to the gene, the internal representation of knowledge. A working definition of a meme is a unit of information in a mind whose existence influences events such that more copies of itself get created in other minds. “The Virus of the Mind” is a book devoted to the study of memetics and memes and was written by Richard Brodie, who also was a writer of the first version of Microsoft Word. He was our guest for this edition of Radio Curious that was originally broadcast in July of 1996. We began when I asked him what is the importance of studying memetics. Richard Brodie recommends “The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History” by Howard Bloom. Originally Broadcast: July 31, 1996 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/25/gottlieb-dr-dan-mindfulness-in-the-digital-age/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/25/gottlieb-dr-dan-mindfulness-in-the-digital-age/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2017 22:21:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4260 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/25/gottlieb-dr-dan-mindfulness-in-the-digital-age/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This program is about some of the consequences of that small pocket size electronic device which, as of January, 2017, 95% of adult Americans own and carry. (www.pewinternet. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-GOTTLIEB_DAN_10-9-17_CA.mp3) This program is about some of the consequences of that small pocket size electronic device which, as of January, 2017, 95% of adult Americans own and carry. (www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile) This device is commonly called a cell phone. In May, 2017, estimates indicate the average American over age 18 spends 2 hours, 51 minutes on their cell phone every day. (https://hackernoon.com/how-much-time-do-people-spend-on-their-mobile-phones-in-2017-e5f90a0b10a6). Dr. Dan Gottlieb, our guest on this edition of Radio Curious, is a clinical psychologist, author and the host of Voices in the Family (https://whyy.org/programs/voices-in-the-family/) aired regularly on WHYY in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He provides clinical therapy to people who suffer from feelings of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. This condition is commonly known as anxiety and appears to be an unanticipated consequence of cell phone usage. I met with Dr. Dan, as he is often called, in the studios of WHYY in Philadelphia on October 16, 2017.  We began our conversation when I asked him about the consequences of current cell phone usage especially by young people. The books Dr. Dan Gottlieb recommends are:  “The Black Widow,” by Daniel Silva, and “What Happened,” by Hillary Rodham Clinton. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/04/29/moglen-eben-internet-privacy-and-the-freedom-box/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/04/29/moglen-eben-internet-privacy-and-the-freedom-box/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:26:40 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3646 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/04/29/moglen-eben-internet-privacy-and-the-freedom-box/feed/ 0 freedom box,internet Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Eben Moglen, a developer of the Freedom Box, which is designed to prevent government and other intruders from obtaining your personal internet data. The best spy system ever created, what the internet does and how it’s controlled by national forces are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious.  We visit with Columbia Law Professor Eben Moglen, a developer of the Freedom Box, which prevents government, businesses and other intruders from obtaining your personal information and internet uses.  The book that Eben Moglen recommends is, “Free Software, Free Society,” by Richard Stallman. This interview was originally broadcast in 2011. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/15/frost-mike-spying-on-americans-not-a-new-activity-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/15/frost-mike-spying-on-americans-not-a-new-activity-part-2/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:58:03 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2918 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/07/15/frost-mike-spying-on-americans-not-a-new-activity-part-2/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part two of an archived conversation with Mike Frost, author of “Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments.” In part two Frost discusses Echelon, a large private intelligence gathering system. In the 1970s and 80s the use of the telephone or credit card, could have been and probably was recorded and saved in an international database called Echelon. This is the second part of a two part series on international spying, recorded in 1999 with Mike Frost, author of “Spy World: Inside the Canadian and American Intelligence Establishments.” We talked about Echelon, the code name given to the capability to intercept all of the word’s communications all the time. Mike Frost worked for over 30 years as a spy for the American and Canadian Governments. He wrote the book, which describes many of his experiences, because he felt the privacy rights of innocent people were then regularly violated. I spoke with Mike Frost in April 1999, from his home near Ottawa, Canada and I asked him to tell us about Echelon. Mike Frost recommends the movie “Wag the Dog.” Part one of our conversation with Mike Frost is here. Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/20/cohen-jeff/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/20/cohen-jeff/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:55:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2254 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/20/cohen-jeff/feed/ 0 Who gets to be in the media and who doesn’t? That’s the topic of Radio Curious in a conversation with Jeff Cohen, co-founder of FAIR-Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. We discuss the dominant paradigm of debates and the censorship from within. Who gets to be in the media and who doesn’t?  That’s the topic of this edition of Radio Curious in a conversation with Jeff Cohen, co-founder of FAIR-Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. A commentator on Fox news, CNN and MSNBC, Cohen offers an insider’s critique of mainstream media today.  He is the author of “Cable News Confidential, My Misadventures in Corporate Media,” published in 2006.  We spoke in the studios of Radio Curious March 13, 2012 and began our conversation when I asked Jeff to discuss the subterfuge that exists in media today. Jeff Cohen’s website is www.jeffcohen.org. The book he recommends is Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.” Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/21/moglen-eben-internet-security-and-the-freedom-box/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/21/moglen-eben-internet-security-and-the-freedom-box/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:18:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1664 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/02/21/moglen-eben-internet-security-and-the-freedom-box/feed/ 0 The concept of what the internet does and how it’s controlled by national forces is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. We visit with Columbia Law Professor Eben Moglen, a developer of the Freedom Box. The best spy system ever created and what the internet does and how it’s controlled by national forces is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  We visit with Columbia Law Professor Eben Moglen, a developer of the Freedom Box, which prevents government, businesses and other intruders from obtaining your personal information and internet uses. His blog is:  http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/blog. For more information on the Freedom Box Foundation go here: http://freedomboxfoundation.org/. The book that Eben Moglen recommends is, “Free Software, Free Society,” by Richard Stallman. Click here to begin listening or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=49618&version_id=55708&version=1)to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00