MP3… Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from how we learn and work to how we communicate and even conduct war. Frontline …

MP3… A new study by British and Belgian scientists has raised provocative questions about the inner life of patients in what doctors call a vegetative state. They’re seemingly unconscious or unaware. The new research published …

MP3… Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures and author of the HBR article “Funding Eureka,” talks about new model for invention. [Harvard Business IdeaCast] (14m 40s)

MP3… Stock markets in the U.S. and Europe have taken a beating in recent days because of worries about the debt crisis in Greece, Portugal, Spain and some other European countries. Financial Times reporter Stacy-Marie …

MP3… With the bursting of the economic bubble in Iceland at the end of 2008, many people have been thrown out of work. Lines now form every week at a soup kitchen that hands out …

MP3… Dr.Moira Gunn catches up with internet pioneer and author, Jaron Lanier to discuss his new book, You Are Not a Gadget…a Manifesto, where he discusses the technical and cultural problems that can grow out …

MP3… Dr. J. (James Hughes) chats with Gowri Ramachandran, a professor of Law at the Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles California, and author of Against the Right to Bodily Integrity: Of Cyborgs and Human …

MP3… Rapid technological change and media saturation have been constants for people born in the 1990s and this decade. [Future Tense] (3m 53s)

Windows Media | Real Audio … Young people looking for jobs today can’t help feeling their timing stinks. Nearly one in five people age 16 to 24 is unemployed. Kojo Nnamdi and guests look at …

MP3… John Naisbitt, a long-time China observer, and Doris Naisbitt, director of the Naisbitt China Institute in Tianjin and a professor at Yunnan University, talk about the transformation of China′s economic, social, and political systems. …

MP3… Part 1 of our interview with Michael Belfiore, author of The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs [Future Tense] (3m 56s)

MP3… Dr. Moira Gunn sits down to talk science with writer James Schwartz about his new book, In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA, digging into the world of science and the personalities …

MP3… Just as wars over oil played a major role in 20th-century history, a new book makes a convincing case that many 21st-century conflicts will be fought over water. In Water: The Epic Struggle for …

MP3… The “Do It Yourself” movement works well when you’re talking about making your own music or growing your own vegetables. But some people are starting a DIY-biology movement. They’re studying things like DNA and …

MP3… The Economist examines international conflicts and attempts to resolve them. [The Economist] (14m 51s)

MP3… In just a couple of months, the Federal Communications Commission will introduce its long-awaited National Broadband Plan. Free Press policy director Ben Scott says that rewiring all of America for high-speed internet may be …

MP3… Dr. J. (James Hughes) chats with Martin Ford, author of The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future. Ford argues that automation and globalization will lead to further …

MP3… Dr. J. (James Hughes) chats with Martin Ford, author of The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future. Ford argues that automation and globalization will lead to further …

MP3… Dr. J. (James Hughes) chats with John Robb, a former USAF pilot in special operations and author of Brave New War. He writes the blog Global Guerrillas at globalguerrillas.typepad.com. [Changesurfer Radio] (29m 46s)

MP3… Is Greece the new Dubai? Stacy-Marie Ishmael of The Financial Times, explains what’s behind Greece’s ballooning debt and how the government is trying to address the budget crisis. Plus, we’ll find out how the …

MP3… Scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center have developed a prototype device designed to plug into an iPhone, for the purpose of detecting harmful chemicals in the air. The gadget, which will be retrofitted for …

MP3… Droughts, floods, and sea level rise caused by climate change could displace millions of people from their land. Where will these climate migrants go? The South Asian nation of Bangladesh is grappling with that …

MP3… Will our love affair with the motor car have to stop to combat climate change? [BBC Science in Action] (27m 6s)

MP3… The Economist’s deputy editor on ways to address climate change and why it must be dealt with globally or not at all. [The Economist] (21m 18s)

MP3… It’s estimated that the world’s permafrost contains 1,600 billion tons of carbon. As global temperatures rise, there are growing concerns about that all that permafrost could melt, releasing those gasses into the atmosphere. Vladimir …