dwaldron April 13th, 2009
PRI’s World Technology Podcast #239 was posted on Friday and features an interview with Evgeny Morozov. Originally from Belarus, Morozov is currently a fellow at the Open Society Institute in New York. In the past, he has written for The Economist and, according to his blog, net.effect is currently writing a book on the impact of the internet on global politics, with particular emphasis on authoritarian states. A recent post to net.effect is entitled “Moldova’s Twitter Revolution.” That post, and the Technology Podcast interview, explore the role played by Twitter and other social networking sites in the recent unrest in Moldova.
The World Technology Podcast is hosted by Clark Boyd and is available at http://www.theworld.org/technology or via iTunes.
dwaldron March 12th, 2009
Public Radio International offers a weekly podcast on global developments related to technology. Host Clark Boyd does stories on a wide array of technologies and many of the stories focus on the societal and environmental impacts of technological developments. Recent stories have discussed online voting systems, political arrests of Egyptian bloggers, NATO cyber-defense, biofuels, the impact of e-waste in Ghana, efforts to track African elephants using GSM cell phones, and twittering Korean taco trucks. The podcast is available at iTunes and at www.theworld.org/technology. You won’t want to miss it.
David Waldron
dwaldron April 14th, 2008
The following podcasts are now available at http://podcast.blogs.wooster.edu:
Evaluation and Species Preservation
Bryan Norton
Bryan Norton is Professor of Philosophy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor Norton’s lecture was delivered at Wooster on March 31 of this year and was the third lecture of the Environmental Analysis and Action Symposium series.
The Earth’s Turmoil of the Last Deglacial Period
James Kennett
James Kennett is Professor of Geological Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This lecture was delivered at Wooster on March 6 and was part of The Consortium for Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Indigenous Peoples Creating, Managing and Conserving Biodiversity
Jan Salick
Jan Salick is Curator of Ethnobotany at Missouri Botanical Garden and Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. This lecture was delivered at Wooster on March 5 as part of the Environmental Analysis and Action Symposium series.
Mega Eruptions, Mega Impacts, Mass Extinctions, and the Shape of Life
Paul E. Olsen
Paul Olsen is the Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. His lecture was delivered at Wooster on February 27 and was sponsored by the Department of Geology and the Richard G. Osgood, Jr. Memorial Lecture Endowed Fund.
Tropical Diversity: An Endangered National Treasure
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo is Professor of Biology at Stanford. His lecture was delivered at Wooster on February 20 as part of the Environmental Analysis and Action Symposium series.
The production of these podcasts is a joint project of the Media Services group and the Department of Instructional Technology, both within the Office of Information Technology. These podcasts may also be downloaded from iTunes. (Search for “College of Wooster.”) Questions about these podcasts or about podcasting at Wooster should be directed to
Jon Breitenbucher.
dwaldron March 26th, 2008
On February 19, Vassar College president Catharine Bond Hill delivered a lecture at the College of Wooster entitled “Democracy and Access to Higher Education.” This lecture was part of the College’s Great Decisions series. An audio file of the lecture is now available at http://podcast.blogs.wooster.edu. The podcast of this event can also be downloaded from iTunes.
The Media Services and Instructional Technology groups within the Office of Information Technology collaborate to create and distribute podcasts of special events that take place on campus. Check Speakers@Wooster and iTunes for the latest productions. Questions should be directed to Jon Breitenbucher.