Jeff Schechtman's "Talk Cocktail"

"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

Friday, October 29, 2010

The Gun

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When it comes to war, sometimes the weapons define the conflict itself. From the musket, the Monitor and the Merrimack to Fat Man and Little...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Poet in the Laboratory

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Claude Levi-Strauss, who died a year ago at age 100, was one of the towering intellectuals of the 20th Century. Just as Freud shook up the ...

Homeless to Harvard

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Next time you or your kids are feeling underprivileged, take a listen to this remarkable and riveting story of a young woman who triumphed o...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The Vertical Farm

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Imagine a technology that could help in securing the world's food supply, solve environmental crises, lower the need for fossil fuels an...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Lost Peace, Lost Opportunities

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In 1989 as the Cold War came to end, we thought we were at "the end of history." We thought the end of the great superpower rivalr...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Capitalism vs. Democracy

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The current financial crises may have put capitalism under siege and highlighted the tensions between capitalism and American democracy. Ye...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A Citizen of the World

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We often hear what sounds like a cliche, that one man can truly make a difference. In this complex, often overwhelming world, it seems more...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Is this man really dangerous or just crazy?

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The American experience is filled with demagogues who are often brought on by tough economic times and periods of dramatic change. Fear mon...
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Jeff Schechtman
Napa, California, United States
I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.
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