RealAudio – Can designers save the world? Bruce Mau says they already are. The groundbreaking graphic designer has launched a new exhibit at the Vancouver Art Museum called “Massive Change”. The project takes a look …

RealAudio – A new study says that temperatures at the top of the world are rising fast, and warn that if current trends continue, the days of polar bears, and low lying coastal areas could …

RealAudio – Our relationship with technology is oddly intimate, worming its way into even our most evocative memories. Producer Ilene Segalove talks to people with humorous memories of the “latest technologies” of their childhoods, now …

WinMedia – Author Chistopher Phillips travels the world to lead discussion groups he calls Socrates Cafes, engaging groups of people in the manner of the ancient Greek philosopher. [Weekend Edition]

RealAudio – Indian economist C.K. Prahalad thinks he has found a cure for poverty: rather than viewing the world’s poor as victims, we ought to treat them as entrepreneurs and consumers. He calls his theory …

RealAudio – A battle of ideas between two of the world’s most respected weekly magazines. [The Brian Lehrer Show]

RealAudio – Professor Peter Apers, Scientific Director, Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT) at University of Twente in the Netherlands and Chairman of the Wireless Campus Steering Committee discusses how this giant hotspot was …

WinMedia – In this keynote, Tim O’Reilly and Etech program chair Rael Dornfest introduce you to the thinking and themes behind this year’s O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference and some of the people and projects they’re …

WinMedia – Professional journalists have been the chief gatekeepers of news about political campaigns and governmental operations. That’s changing, fast, as the Internet and other technical tools open up a variety of avenues for other …

RealAudio – Scientists off the coast of California are hoping the sea floor may offer a way to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. [Public Broadcasting Service]

MP3 – Genetic algorithm pioneer John Holland argues that humans one day may create conscious machines, but evolutionary techniques, not brute computational force, will take us there. [Dr. Dobb's TechNetcast]

WinMedia – Dr. J. talks with British futurist Ian Pearson, author of many articles about the future in his capacity as official futurologist for British Telecom. [Changesurfer Radio]

RealAudio – Unhappy with traditional journalism, Wikipedia volunteers have started Wiki News. Anyone can edit and post corrections to entries, although Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales believes a smaller group will do most of the work. …

WinMedia – Dr. J. talks with Andy Miah, author of Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping, and Sport. [Changeserver Radio]

RealAudio – The United Nations is considering rewriting its rulebook, trying to focus its muddled mission with a major overhaul of the organization. [The Connection]

Part One MP3 – Part Two MP3 – A conversation in two parts: Part One on the surprises between the first conception and real growth of the Web; Part Two on the ways in …

WinMedia – Dr. J. talks with Joseph Coates, futurist consultant and author of 2025: Scenarios of US and Global Society Reshaped by Science and Technology. [Changesurfer Radio]

WinMedia – Dr. J. talks with Tom Atlee, author of The Tao of Democracy and director of the Co-Intelligence Institute. Atlee argues for expanded use of participatory democracy through citizen juries to develop “co-intelligent citizenship.” …

MP3 – Lawrence Lessig is joined by advocates of the Open Source, Open Spectrum, Web Services, and standards worlds for a frank discussion on the future of innovation in a time when commercial and governmental …

RealAudio – Bill Joy gives the human race a 50-50 chance of surviving the next 100 years. In a conversation with Wired Magazine’s Editor-in-chief Katrina Heron, he sounds a clear and urgent warning against the …

RealAudio – The nation that put Mao on the map and made Communism a religion is now one of the world’s most formidable capitalist engines, with a roaring annual growth rate near 8 percent. …

RealAudio – If you were born in 1982 or after, you’re part of what historian Neil Howe calls the Millennial Generation. Counter to knee-jerk stereotypes of “young people today,” Millennials are optimistic, community-minded, modest and …

MP3 – Ralph Merkle explains the “Top 10″ recent achievements in nanotech, their significance, and which are likely to make the most difference in moving us toward molecular manufacturing.
[Foresight Institute]

WinMedia – A conversation with Raymond Laflamme on the latest advances in quantum computing. [National Public Radio]

RealAudio – WinMedia – The technology of wireless affects how people behave in large groups of interconnected smart mobs or “flash mobs” using data-driven communications rather than voice. Internet visionary Howard Rheingold believes it is …