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The Era of the Amateur

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Through “crowd-sourcing,” amateurs using today’s media technology sometimes make better movies, clothing and encyclopedias than the professionals. Find out what happens when companies open up their labor to the masses. Also, a conversation with former Drug Czar and Secretary of Education William Bennett.

Primary Focus

Jonathan Tasini, candidate for US Senate
- on his run for Senate against Hillary Clinton

» Tasini for New York

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Snowed Out

Ken Walsh, senior White House correspondent for US News and World Report
- on the replacement of US Treasury Secretary John Snow with Henry Paulson

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The Wisdom of the Crowd

Jeff Howe, contributing editor for Wired Magazine
- explains how companies are outsourcing labor to the masses

» The Rise of Crowdsourcing in Wired Magazine

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It's All History

Bill Bennett, former Education Secretary and author, America the Last Best Hope, Volume I: From the Age of Discovert to a World at War(Nelson Current 2006)
- discusses American history prior to World War One.

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Open Phones

college aged listeners tell us how they feel about internships

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Best of Both Worlds

Taking a yellowcab to the beach may sound impossible, but now that the Water Taxi Beach is open...

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