WNYE-FM: Digital Age Podcast http://www.digitalage.org Copyright 2007 WNYE-FM - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 en Digital Age, covers politics, media and the way we live in the Digital Age. WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York WNYE-FM no http://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/thumbnail/icon_510175.jpg WNYE-FM: Digital Age Podcast http://www.digitalage.org Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:03:18 -0400 How Can We Protect Our Mid-East Diplomats?? When Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in our consulate in Benghazi Libya on September 11, people wondered whether it was an Al Qaeda hit or the lawless action of an enraged mob. Some in Congress called for an end to  foreign aid for Libya and Egypt. Former Ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner surveys the Middle East and tells Jim Zirin why we are  there to stay.  

]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:03:18 -0400 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/174449861/WNYE_174449861.mp3 When Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in our consulate in Benghazi Libya on September 11, people wondered whether it was an Al Qaeda hit or the lawless action of an enraged mob. Some in Congress called for an end to  foreign aid for Libya and Egypt. Former Ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner surveys the Middle East and tells Jim Zirin why we are  there to stay.  

]]> jim,frank,episode,digital,chris,foreign,age,iran,islam,spring,al,relations,qaeda,keywords,egypt,arab,september,stevens,11,mideast,libya,zirin,wisner,islamists,morsi,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Did the Social Media Convict Amanda Description      Author of a brilliant new book entitled “The Fatal Gift of Beauty,” Nina Burleigh followed the Amanda Knox case from start to finish. She concludes that Knox’ Italian murder conviction in Perugia, later overturned on appeal, was a total miscarriage of justice. She tells Jim Zirin that Knox was unfairly incriminated by a weirdly superstitious prosecutor, Italian fantasies about sexuality and beautiful women, and ambiguous posts she and her boyfriend made on the Web..

]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:23:17 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/173461324/WNYE_173461324.mp3 Description      Author of a brilliant new book entitled “The Fatal Gift of Beauty,” Nina Burleigh followed the Amanda Knox case from start to finish. She concludes that Knox’ Italian murder conviction in Perugia, later overturned on appeal, was a total miscarriage of justice. She tells Jim Zirin that Knox was unfairly incriminated by a weirdly superstitious prosecutor, Italian fantasies about sexuality and beautiful women, and ambiguous posts she and her boyfriend made on the Web..

]]> amanda,nina,jim,free,halloween,murder,italy,sex,meredith,knox,witchcraft,dna,masonry,rudy,burleigh,perugia,raffaele,zirin,kircher,guede,sollecito,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml What's New at Lincoln Center Theater? In a down economy where most get their entertainment from a screen, Lincoln Center Theater is growing up (literally) with a  new 131-seat black box theater offering  experimental theater on the roof of the existing Vivian Beaumont Theater in a third performance space. LCT Artistic Director André Bishop tells Jim Zirin of a flourishing theater that will survive the digital age.

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:03:33 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/173200284/WNYE_173200284.mp3 In a down economy where most get their entertainment from a screen, Lincoln Center Theater is growing up (literally) with a  new 131-seat black box theater offering  experimental theater on the roof of the existing Vivian Beaumont Theater in a third performance space. LCT Artistic Director André Bishop tells Jim Zirin of a flourishing theater that will survive the digital age.

]]> horse,jim,center,war,digital,age,theater,pacific,sam,south,bishop,andre,lincoln,wendy,kahn,madeline,zirin,wasserstein,waterston,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Will Sportswriters Survive the Bloggers Over Time? In Frank Deford’s latest book, “Over Time My Life as a Sportswriter,” he provides a fascinating memoir of a spectacular half-century career before the bloggers took over. Deford discovered Bill Bradley and Bobby Orr, befriended Arthur Ashe, covered  Billie Jean King, and interviewed superstars who made sports history. The iconic sportswriter with not too little nostalgia recalls for Jim Zirin a tumultuous era.

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:03:21 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/173200280/WNYE_173200280.mp3 In Frank Deford’s latest book, “Over Time My Life as a Sportswriter,” he provides a fascinating memoir of a spectacular half-century career before the bloggers took over. Deford discovered Bill Bradley and Bobby Orr, befriended Arthur Ashe, covered  Billie Jean King, and interviewed superstars who made sports history. The iconic sportswriter with not too little nostalgia recalls for Jim Zirin a tumultuous era.

]]> miller,jim,frank,digital,jimmy,age,bradley,smith,bill,arthur,red,rice,cannon,bobby,ashe,lite,orr,zirin,deford,grantland,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Can Obama Learn Gun Control Lessons from LBJ? After the King and Kennedy assassinations, LBJ pushed hard for comprehensive gun control, including gun registration and licensing of owners. Congress dithered, and all Johnson got was a ban on mail-order sales, sales of guns to minors and imports of $10 specials. Joe Califano, LBJ’s domestic adviser, tells Jim Zirin that Obama needs to act fast before the gun lobby blocks any real legislative changes.

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:02:58 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/173200247/WNYE_173200247.mp3 After the King and Kennedy assassinations, LBJ pushed hard for comprehensive gun control, including gun registration and licensing of owners. Congress dithered, and all Johnson got was a ban on mail-order sales, sales of guns to minors and imports of $10 specials. Joe Califano, LBJ’s domestic adviser, tells Jim Zirin that Obama needs to act fast before the gun lobby blocks any real legislative changes.

]]> jim,joe,digital,gun,age,crime,guns,health,politics,control,obama,johnson,mental,regulations,sandy,hook,lbj,lyndon,newtown,zirin,califano,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Who will win the battle of the hackers? CFR cyber terrorism expert Adam Segal assesses China's recent cyber-attacks

on U.S. interests and argues that as  China steps up the hacking,  America must improve its defenses

and counterattack to enforce international norms of behavior.

 

]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:43:42 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/171116039/WNYE_171116039.mp3 CFR cyber terrorism expert Adam Segal assesses China's recent cyber-attacks

on U.S. interests and argues that as  China steps up the hacking,  America must improve its defenses

and counterattack to enforce international norms of behavior.

 

]]> of,jim,war,espionage,hacking,security,china,national,adam,chamber,commerce,cyberspace,hackers,segal,cyber,zirin,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Can YouTube Stop the Bloodbath in Syria? Mid-East expert and blogger Ed Husain discusses the war in Syria.  Confronted with a rising death toll, documented by YouTube video clips, the international community weighs possible military intervention to prevent a larger bloodbath. Husain tells Jim Zirin that any Western military involvement in Syria at this juncture is not in the best interests of the United States

]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:43:11 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/171115975/WNYE_171115975.mp3 Mid-East expert and blogger Ed Husain discusses the war in Syria.  Confronted with a rising death toll, documented by YouTube video clips, the international community weighs possible military intervention to prevent a larger bloodbath. Husain tells Jim Zirin that any Western military involvement in Syria at this juncture is not in the best interests of the United States

]]> jim,on,council,foreign,iran,ed,relations,united,youtube,syria,nations,mideast,zirin,alassad,bashar,husain,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Can Jack Lew Close the Deal? The Fiscal Cliff bill may have saved us from the brink, but there

is trouble ahead as we approach the “March madness” of

raising the debt ceiling, approving the budget and dealing with

mandatory spending cuts known as the sequester. Investment

banker Peter Solomon tells Jim Zirin how things will likely play

out with a new Treasury Secretary and  a deeply divided Congress.

]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:01:40 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/169917607/WNYE_169917607.mp3 The Fiscal Cliff bill may have saved us from the brink, but there

is trouble ahead as we approach the “March madness” of

raising the debt ceiling, approving the budget and dealing with

mandatory spending cuts known as the sequester. Investment

banker Peter Solomon tells Jim Zirin how things will likely play

out with a new Treasury Secretary and  a deeply divided Congress.

]]> jim,digital,age,policy,debt,obama,deficit,republicans,peter,fiscal,solomon,budget,cliff,congress,lew,geithner,ceiling,zirin,sequester,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Is Truth Stranger than Fiction in the DSK Case? Formerly a top prosecutor, now a bestselling mystery novelist,
Linda Fairstein headed the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan
District Attorney’s office. She analyzes the DSK case from perp
walk to dismissal, gives Jim Zirin her take on what really happened,
and gives a sneak preview of her next book.  

]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:39:44 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/169801565/WNYE_169801565.mp3 Formerly a top prosecutor, now a bestselling mystery novelist,
Linda Fairstein headed the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan
District Attorney’s office. She analyzes the DSK case from perp
walk to dismissal, gives Jim Zirin her take on what really happened,
and gives a sneak preview of her next book.  

]]> jim,digital,sex,age,manhattan,linda,walk,da,dna,crimes,cy,vance,nypd,zirin,dsk,fairstein,perp,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml Did the Social Media Convict Amanda Knox? Author of a brilliant new book entitled “The Fatal Gift of Beauty,” Nina Burleigh followed the Amanda Knox case from start to finish. She concludes that Knox’ Italian murder conviction in Perugia, later overturned on appeal, was a total miscarriage of justice. She tells Jim Zirin that Knox was unfairly incriminated by a weirdly superstitious prosecutor, Italian fantasies about sexuality and beautiful women, and ambiguous posts she and her boyfriend made on the Web..


]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:39:32 -0500 http://www.digitalage.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/555/510175/169801561/WNYE_169801561.mp3 Author of a brilliant new book entitled “The Fatal Gift of Beauty,” Nina Burleigh followed the Amanda Knox case from start to finish. She concludes that Knox’ Italian murder conviction in Perugia, later overturned on appeal, was a total miscarriage of justice. She tells Jim Zirin that Knox was unfairly incriminated by a weirdly superstitious prosecutor, Italian fantasies about sexuality and beautiful women, and ambiguous posts she and her boyfriend made on the Web..


]]> amanda,nina,jim,free,halloween,murder,italy,sex,meredith,knox,witchcraft,dna,masonry,rudy,burleigh,perugia,raffaele,zirin,kircher,guede,sollecito,WNYE,WNYE FM,Digital Age,Brooklyn,New York 0:00 no WNYE-FM http://nyc.gov/html/media/html/radio/radio.shtml