George Dyson: Turing’s Cathedral, The Origins of the Digital Universe
Science Historian; Author, Turing’s Cathedral, Baidarka and Project OrionKatie Hafner, Journalist; Author - Moderator
Want to learn where the digital universe as we know it was born? Dyson sheds new light on the group of scientists and their government-funded lab at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton that started it all. Read more »

Poisons in the Press: Deciding for Yourself What’s ‘Safe’
Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesKent R. Read more »

Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
Keiko Fukuda, Judo practitioner
Standing less than five feet tall and weighing less than 100 pounds, Fukuda is one of only four Judo practitioners in the world (and the only woman) to currently hold 10th Dan, Judo’s highest degree black belt; she is also 99 years old and still teaches in San Francisco. She is the last surviving student of Dr. Kano, the founder of Judo. With excerpts from director Yuriko Gamo Romer's documentary, Mrs. Read more »

George Hammond: Time and EternityAuthor, Rational IdealismMonday Night Philosophy focuses on the very unfocused ideas we have about time and eternity. Alluring, yet confusing, even their scientific versions allow for responsibility-escaping backward movement in time. Clarity is achieved by using the underlying, and more coherent, concept of the continuum of change. But clarity has its price. Read more »