Business
Apple Sells Bonds
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Brain Candy
David Foster Wallace Tells Us About Freedom
()What do you get when you get a college diploma? To hear David Foster Wallace tell it, you get a muscle that will help you forever after — in shopping lines, overcrowded parking lots, in traffic jams. This muscle, he says, frees you when the world gets painfully dull.
Dan Pallotta: Do We Have The Wrong Idea About Charity?
()Fundraiser Dan Pallotta says nonprofits are rewarded for being frugal, not for what they get done.
TED Radio Hour
Amanda Palmer: How Do You Get People To Pay For Music? ()
May 17, 2013 Don't make people pay for music, says musician Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer, she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
TED Radio Hour
Mark Bezos: When Is the Right Time To Give? ()
May 17, 2013 Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn't go quite as expected — but that taught him a big lesson: Don't wait — give now.
TED Radio Hour
Ron Finley: How Can You Give A Community Better Health? ()
May 17, 2013 Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. He hopes to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."
Krulwich Wonders...
What Did I Do Last Summer? Oh, I Discovered How To Make Babies Without Sex. And You?()
May 17, 2013 Sex is nice, but can animals make babies without it? One summer, two little boys, their tutor and the tutor's two friends did an experiment to explore this question. What they discovered, back in 1740, shocked the world.
Krulwich Wonders...
What Is It About Bees And Hexagons?()
May 14, 2013 Bees could build flat honeycombs from just three shapes: squares, triangles or hexagons. But for some reason, bees choose hexagons. Always "perfect" hexagons. Why?
