onBeing features an interview with John O’Donohue. A facsinating hour featuring him reading his poems and blessings from both Anam Cara and To Bless the Space Between Us. John passed away about a month after this interview was recorded. Enjoy and be enlightened
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The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption by Clay Johnson
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Weekend Edition Saturday Is It Time For You To Go On An ‘Information Diet’?
January 14, 2012
“If we want to make media better then we’ve got to start consuming better media,” says open-source-Internet activist Clay Johnson. His new book, The Information Diet, makes the case for more “conscious consumption” of news and information.
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History by Laurent Dubois
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Weekend Edition Saturday Haiti Trembles From The ‘Aftershocks Of History’
January 14, 2012
Haiti has long been regarded as a special challenge for international aid organizations. Scott talks with Laurent Dubois, author of the upcoming book Haiti: The Aftershocks of History, about the effect, or lack thereof, of aid money sent to Haiti in the wake of the earthquake two years ago.
The Flowers of War by Geling Yan
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Weekend Edition Saturday Christian Bale: An American In China
January 21, 2012
The actor’s latest character is no Batman. In The Flowers of War, Bale plays a Dust Bowl refugee caught in one of the most horrific events in China’s modern history, the Nanjing Massacre. Bale says the role was a rare opportunity to experience a completely different film-making culture.
The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
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Weekend Edition Saturday Lesson Learned: Don’t Fly To North Pole In A Balloon
January 21, 2012
In 1897, S.A. Andree took an unlikely approach to exploring the North Pole: As other Arctic adventurers tried to march, sail or sled to the northernmost point on Earth, Andree decided to fly in a hydrogen balloon. Alec Wilkinson tells the story of the ill-fated expedition in his new book, The Ice Balloon.
