Being right about the future is critical… but it’s not enough. You need to believe what you see, and respond to it. That requires a fundamentally new and better way of thinking, one that only …

A RealAudio clip… Oxford University mathematician Roger Penrose talks about the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory in his book The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of …

In the face of mounting competitive pressures, executives have significantly reduced costs, improved efficiencies, and strengthened their companies’ core business. Yet firms continue to destroy value for shareholders and lose ground to competitors. Renowned business …

A RealAudio clip… Larry Mantle talks with New York Times Magazine contributing writer Matt Bai about his cover story article “The Framing Wars,” which examines how Democrats are making a concerted effort to beat Republicans …

A RealAudio clip… There are roughly 1,200 hundred species currently protected under the Endangered Species Act. The Connection examines what is in store for them when the Act comes up for re-authorization and possible revision …

RealAudio – U.S. energy company Unocal is up for sale, and China’s National Offshore Oil Company has made the highest bid. But many are questioning this deal, and Congress has passed resolutions calling for a …

RealAudio – Producer Stephan Smith explores the mysterious powers of savants — people with profound mental disabilities who develop an island of genius in music, mathematics or art. Contemporary research on Savant Syndrome is producing …

RealAudio – A robotics revolution may soon be upon us. Powerful computers and new ideas about robot design are bringing the possibility of useful, helpful robots much closer than they’ve ever been before. In this …

RealAudio – China’s modernization means a thirst for oil and energy — and water, especially in the summer months, when temperatures shoot up sky high. For people in China, water shortages are a serious problem. …

RealVideo – Rebecca Henderson suggests that organizations are more likely to survive if they embrace public open standards such as Linux, and abandon proprietary software. She advocates “soft standards,” where companies design systems compatible with …

RealAudio – As rapidly as computer technology has changed, so have our hopes for — and fears about — its potential. How do we imagine the place of computers in our lives? Historians of science …

MP3 – Stewart Brand speaks on the history and future of cities. [Long Now Seminars]

MP3 – Author Joel Garreau offers a look at recent and imminent breakthroughs in technology and its three offspring: Genetics, Robotics and Nanotechnology. [An Evening With]

MP3 – According to energy analyst and author Richard Heinberg, if you can imagine a world with less than 50-percent of present day energy, then you can imagine the potential world of 2050. [An …

RealAudio – Between 711 and 1492, Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived side by side in medieval Spain and forged a golden age for each faith, making Spain the continent’s commercial and cultural center while Europeans …

RealAudio – The integration of Europe hangs in the balance now that France has rejected the European Constitution. Join Kojo Nnmandi for perspectives across the European Union on this controversial treaty. [The Kojo Nnamdi …

RealAudio – Podcasting is the latest booming activity on the Internet. It may change forever the traditional way of doing broadcast radio. This hour on Here on Earth, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss the …

Co-edited by acclaimed media scholar Robert W. McChesney, the book features chapters by Bill Moyers, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, Rep. Bernie Sanders, and Newspaper Guild president Linda Foley, among many others. With the American political …

RealAudio – You wouldn’t think it from watching the news, but across the globe, war is on the decline. Some five years ago researchers at the University of Maryland started studying global conflict, assuming they …