All Pieces for Jenny Attiyeh

 
ThoughtCast: The Impact of the Written Word
From Jenny Attiyeh
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This new ThoughtCast series explores the impact of the written word. It examines a specific piece of writing — be it a poem, play, novel, short sto...

Bought by KUT and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:57:55
  • Purchases: 2
Tom Perrotta on Flannery O'Connor -- a literary affinity
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Flannery O'Connor in 1962, Credit: Joe McTyre/Atlanta Constitution
Tom Perrotta, the author of "Little Children", "Election" and the upcoming novel "The Leftovers", speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascin...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:30:00
Harvard Critic Helen Vendler on Emily Dickinson
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Emily Dickinson
When Helen Vendler was only 13, the future poetry critic and Harvard professor memorized several of Emily Dickinson’s more famous poems. They’ve st...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:18:02
Faculty Insight - a partnership with Harvard Extension School - on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: North Atlantic Right Whale, Credit: US Marine Mammal Commission
This ThoughtCast hour introduces Faculty Insight, a partnership with Harvard Extension School, in addition to a series of interviews on endangered ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:59
  • Purchases: 1
From Thoreau's rural journal to the future of farming - on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
From Thoreau's rural journal to the science of the mind to 36 arguments for the existence of God to classical music to the future of farming (whew!...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 00:57:30
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Robert Pinsky takes on another poet, King David of the Bible - and of the Psalms - in his "Life of David."
From Jenny Attiyeh
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Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky tackles King David of the Bible - the shepherd, poet, warrior and adulterer - in his "Life of David."

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:28:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Peabody Sisters: an interview with biographer Megan Marshall on ThoughtCast
From Jenny Attiyeh
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An interview with Megan Marshall, the biographer of The Peabody Sisters -- three women who helped found the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-1...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:35:58
  • Purchases: 1
Natalie Goldberg - on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
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Natalie Goldberg, the writer, painter and writing teacher, speaks with ThoughtCast in Santa Fe, NM!

Bought by Moab Public Radio and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:29:26
  • Purchases: 2
Virgil's Georgics: ThoughtCast interviews the poet and translator David Ferry
From Jenny Attiyeh
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Virgil's Georgics: an interview with poet David Ferry, who recently translated Virgil's second great poem, The Georgics. We're joined by Virgil sch...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:28:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Farming in Vermont -- with slideshow!
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
Lydia Ratcliff is a survivor. She's farmed her 90 acre plot of land in Andover Vermont for 43 years, and though she's now come down with chronic ob...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 00:09:09
  • Purchases: 1
The enigma of existence -- and the economy -- on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Jim Holt, Credit: Michael Todd
ThoughtCast speaks with science writer Jim Holt about his upcoming book on the "Puzzle of Existence", followed by interviews with MIT economist Jam...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 00:56:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Dopamine Economy
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: James Poterba, Credit: C-SPAN
Wall Street on Drugs: What motivated these former masters of the universe? And why did they act like kindergartners? ThoughtCast's Jenny Attiyeh fi...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:24
The American Empire and the American Elite
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Niall Ferguson
This ThoughtCast hour discusses the American "empire" and the American elite, in two back-to-back interviews. The first is with Niall Ferguson, the...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Mar 17, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:53
  • Purchases: 2
What were they thinking? And - what are they writing?
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Robert Silvers
What were they thinking?? A talk with MIT economist James Poterba about the motivations behind the economic crisis -- followed by an in-depth inter...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:52
Our American "Empire" with controversal Harvard historian Niall Ferguson -- on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
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Contrarian historian Niall Ferguson says the US is an empire -- in denial! And that we'd better get our act together!!

  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 00:19:18
Intellect, Faith and Philosophy
From Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Harvey Cox, Credit: Harvard University
Public intellectual Jack Beatty, theologist Harvey Cox and philosopher Simon Blackburn -- on ThoughtCast!

Bought by WRNC-LP and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Dec 07, 2008
  • Length: 00:57:22
  • Purchases: 2
Public Radio Goes Hollywood!
From Jenny Attiyeh
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Program Directors at the '08 PRPD conference in Hollywood speak with ThoughtCast about reinventing the medium...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 00:07:09
The Origins of Rock -- on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
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Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...

Bought by WMUB


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 00:03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Google Cooking, Griefer and other Neologisms - on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
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Google Cooking is a new phrase - a neologism - born on the Internet. Listen to this short ThoughtCast program for a definition...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 00:03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Reich's Different Trains meets the Borromeo String Quartet -- on ThoughtCast!
From Jenny Attiyeh
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The Borromeo String Quartet tackles renowned composer Steve Reich's notoriously difficult "Different Trains for String Quartet and Tape" with stirr...

Bought by WBHM-FM, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 00:13:59
  • Purchases: 3

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