As 1999 became 2000, Morning Edition aired a weekly series in which we heard some of
the country's greatest contemporary thinkers air their views of the
millennium.
Thoughts on
the Millennium, Part 1
Morning Edition - December 1, 1999
NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with professor and author
Howard Zinn about what he considers to be this century's greatest
development that will endure in the next millennium. He says he hopes
non-violence will continue to make an impression. (4:04)
Thoughts on
the Millennium, Part II
Morning Edition - December 8, 1999
Continuing her weekly series, NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg asks economist Milton Friedman to name the 20th century development he thinks will have the most enduring effect on the 21st century. Friedman explains why he thinks the fall of Communism fits that description. (5:33)
Thoughts on
the Millennium, Part III
Morning Edition - December 15, 1999
In the third of her weekly series, NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg speaks with technology analyst and venture capitalist Esther Dyson. Dyson explains why she thinks the Internet will have a profound affect on the 21st century. (6:56)
Thoughts on the Millennium, Part IV
Morning Edition - December 22, 1999
NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg continues her weekly December discussions with some major thinkers about fundamental 20th century developments that will endure into the next century. Today she talks to Katha Pollitt, a poet who writes a bi-weekly column for The Nation magazine. (6:15)
Thoughts on the Millennium, Part V
Morning Edition - December 29, 1999
In another conversation with some major thinkers, NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to Harold Varmus, the director of the National Institutes of Health, about what will endure in science in the next century. (6:18)
Thoughts on the Millennium, Part VI
Morning Edition - January 4, 2000
NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg concludes a series of
interviews with major thinkers in America and their choices for the 20th
century development that will endure into this century. Today she speaks
with 27-year-old poet, actor and spoke-word performance artist, Saul
Williams. (7:45)
