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Bridging the Digital Gap
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 25, 2009
iPhone vs. Droid
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 23, 2009
The Motorola Droid is the latest smartphone to hit the market. Is it an 'iPhone killer'? To settle the issue, two WNYC producers, On the Media's
Stealing Time
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 19, 2009
Don't have time to listen to the entire show? Listen to this and you might gain it.
Bridging the Digital Gap: Internet Freedom in China
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 19, 2009
This week's topic: Censorship and blogging in China.
Homework for next week: Africa Knows
NPR Ombudsman
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 13, 2009
NPR Ombudsman
Bridging the Digital Gap: Language Barriers
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 12, 2009
This week's topic: crossing language barriers.
Check out Meedan.net, a website that uses machine-assisted translation technology to bring together English and Arabic speakers.
Tweeting Tragedy
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 10, 2009
Tweets from inside Fort Hood were used in news reports about the shooting there last week. But some of the tweets turned out to detail false information.
Significant Objects
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 05, 2009
What gives an object meaning, or makes it worth anything at all.
Bridging the Digital Gap
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 05, 2009
This week's topic: Bridge-blogging.
For next week, check out Meedan.net, a website that uses machine-assisted translation technology to bring together English and Arabic speakers.
Wordnik: Tech Terms
The Brian Lehrer Show
October 22, 2009
Today is the launch of Windows 7, and the release of Wornik's API.
Listener word challenge! We know about "initialisms" (API) vs. "acronyms" (RAM) but there's a third category - for example AAA, which we call "triple A." Erin doesn't know what this is called, so it's up to you to come up with it, and give us other examples! Post your suggestions below!
Conceptual Artists Gather in NYC Public Space for Conflux Festival
September 17, 2009
This weekend, over a hundred conceptual artists will use the city's public space as their canvas -- creating projects that hope to inspire civic engagement and new perspectives on city life. It's pa....
Robot as Connoisseur
Studio 360
September 18, 2009
Sparky is four feet tall and has a TV monitor for a head. He can see, he can talk, and he likes sculpture by Louise Bourgeois. He's the invention of the artist Marque Cornblatt, who controls Sparky from his laptop – and he wants you to have a Sparky of your own. Lisa Katayama takes Sparky on a spin through the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
AUDIO SLIDESHOW - Sparky at SFMOMA:
Produced by Chaleampon Oates Ritthichai and Otis Hart.
Going Dutch
September 04, 2009
Taking a trip this weekend? How about going back in time 400 years? That's the idea anyway at the New Amsterdam Village in Bowling Green Park in honor of Henry Hudson's New York landing there 400 yea....
Auto-Tune the News
Studio 360
August 21, 2009
Take ordinary news footage and political commentary, send it through a software tool that makes you sound like a robot, and you have a viral internet hit. That's what the band The Gregory Brothers did with their series "Auto-Tune the News." Certain politicians and anchors are inherently musical, say the band members: "Katie Couric is the Queen of Auto-Tune." Produced by Barrett Golding of Hearing Voices.
VIDEO: Auto-Tune the News #5
Tweet, Tweet
The Brian Lehrer Show
August 19, 2009
Blowin' in the Phone
Studio 360
August 14, 2009
The blockbuster iPhone app called Ocarina lets you play music by blowing into the phone. Its inventor, Ge Wang, thinks that the more people playing music, the better; but even he is a little nervous about the impact of technology on people's lives. Produced by Angela Frucci.
An Ocarina performance of Stairway to Heaven:
Lifehacking 101
The Brian Lehrer Show
August 13, 2009
Aspen Extra: Wiki Government
The Brian Lehrer Show
August 07, 2009
Life Hacking 101
The Brian Lehrer Show
August 06, 2009
This week: making lists, and crossing them off!
Ice Factory Festival
July 30, 2009
Summer used to mean downtime for New York theater. But in the past decade or so, it’s become much busier -- thanks to a few Off Off Broadway festivals. In SoHo, the Ice Factory festival is midway t....
YUEI: Video Contest Finals
The Brian Lehrer Show
July 30, 2009
Stay tuned online for the 12:30 p.m. webcast of Your Uncommon Economic Indicators video contest. Congratulations to finalists Christopher Tignor, Sean McGee and Gabriella Kessler. The three videos will be viewed by our guest judges
See all the video submissions on the WNYC Youtube channel
Highlights of the Lincoln Center Festival
July 25, 2009
The Lincoln Center Festival is winding down, but there are still a few ambitious international productions running through this weekend. WNYC’s Karen Frillmann has been following the festival and ....
