MP3 … The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive – can the same be said for us? The creator of Wolfram Alpha describes …

MP3 … Chris Brogan is a well-known name in the social media world through his prolific blogging and speaking, his involvement with organizations like Izea, and the new book he has co-authored, Trust Agents. …

MP3 … If you’ve got stock or services you can’t move with cash sales, then the answer might be to barter. 20,000 companies now use Bartercard, accounting for annual transactions worth $10 billion – except …

MP3 … Moira Gunn interviews Zack Lynch, co-author of The Neuro Revolution. The book reviews how history has already progressed through an agricultural revolution, an industrial revolution, and an information revolution and foretells a fast …

Real Audio | Windows Media … The best-selling authors of Freakonomics return to challenge assumptions about how we make decisions, whether incentives work, and what’s really good for the world. [Diane Rehm] (51m 20s)

Real Audio | Windows Media … As a media critic, he analyzes both the medium and the message. As an author, he infuses mysteries with cutting edge forensics and infuses science fiction with philosophical meaning. …

MP3… Is a new world dawning and more importantly, are we prepared to live in it? Krys Boyd talks with Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR’s On the Media and author of the new book The …

RealMedia… William Kamkwamba describes dreaming of bringing light to his village in Africa and how he taught himself physics and used spare parts to build a windmill that produced electricity. [Diane Rehm] (51m 20s)

MP3… Mukul Devichand tells the story of the Europeans who are trying to persuade China’s expanding middle class to ditch their noodles and soya in favour of pricey European fine foods. [BBC World Service] (23m …

MP3… Michael Buerk analyses the potential – and the dangers – of citizen journalism. He talks to bloggers and critics from Sri Lanka, Iran, Burma, and Iraq. [BBC World Service] (23m 16s)

MP3… Are you addicted to FaceBook, Myspace or Twitter? Krys Boyd explores the brave new world and influence of these networks with Harvard professor Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, Ph.D., co-author of the new book Connected: …

MP3… What will our cities be like in 10, 20, or 100 years and what role will sustainability play in their design? Krys Boyd talks with Adrian Smith, principal at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill …

MP3… Wikipedia’s growth, once exponential, has flattened. In an article for TIME magazine, Farhad Manjoo writes that Wikipedia is just as dysfunctional as other large communities … and its end may be in sight. …

MP3… In Wired magazine, Nicholas Thompson writes about system known as Dead Hand. It was designed by Soviet scientists in the mid 1980s to automatically retaliate against a nuclear strike from the U.S. [Future …

MP3… Imagine a future where computers exceed our own intelligence; where problem solving is no longer limited by human thinking — what then? It’s a moment in technological time some call ‘The Singularity’. But how …

MP3… Bob Garfield, host of NPR’s On the Media and Bill Buzenberg, executive director of The Center for Public Integrity, discuss the future of media and investigative journalism. [WCPN]

MP3… Don’t believe the hype you hear about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. Host Jean Feraca talks with Minxin Pei, director of the Keck Center for International and …

MP3… Nora Young interviews Bill Wasik, senior editor at Harper’s magazine, and author of the new book And Then There’s This: How Stories live and Die in Viral Culture. He is the originator of the …

MP3… Chris Anderson, editor of Wired, on how free can succeed as an online business model, plus we discuss the importance of product design. [Guardian Tech Weekly]

MP3… Ray Kurzweil launched the Singularity University at TED earlier this year. As the first students graduate, Bobbie Johnson visits the campus to speak to Salim Ismail, the executive director of the project, as well …

MP3… Peter Brantley of the Open Book Alliance explains why the Internet Archive, Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon, librarians, writers and publishers are challenging Google’s plans to build a book search. Also, Matt Mason – author of …

MP3… A feature interview with Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. Clay and Nora Young talk about the pros and cons of social media, new online business models, …

MP3… Dr. J. (James Hughes) chats with W. Brian Arthur about his book The Nature of Technology, which argues that technologies have a natural history — are composed of prior technologies — and are subject …

MP3… The biologist on how synthetic organisms could be used to generate fuel, improve health and launch a new industrial revolution. [The Economist]

MP3… There have always been brilliant innovators working outside established institutions. With the emergence of open systems of innovation made possible by the Internet, now a far wider range of individuals, teams …