Notebook on Cities and Culture
(Formerly The Marketplace of Ideas.) Colin Marshall sits down for in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene all around Los Angeles and beyond.
Japan expert John Nathan (part two) The second part of a conversation about life in film and literature in Japan and America with translator, filmmaker and Japan expert John Nathan, author of Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere.
Direct download: MOI_John_Nathan_2.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:32am UTC

Japan expert John Nathan (part one) The first part of a conversation about life in film and literature in Japan and America with translator, filmmaker and Japan expert John Nathan, author of Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere.
Direct download: MOI_John_Nathan_1.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:12am UTC

Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak A conversation about the art of engineering, the value of jokes and the nuisance of spam with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and author of iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.
Direct download: MOI_Steve_Wozniak.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:55pm UTC

It's The Marketplace of Ideas live in Los Angeles! Come bid farewell to Dutton's Brentwood Books and watch a live taping of The Marketplace of Ideas, featuring a conversation with Mark Sarvas, noted Elegant Variation blogger and author of the upcoming novel Harry, Revised. This all happens on Saturday March 29th at 12:00 noon. Dutton's is located at 11975 San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA.
Direct download: MOI_Live_in_LA.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:24pm UTC

Undercover economist Tim Harford A conversation about speed-dating, the advantages of city life and the fun economists are having with "Undercover Economist" Tim Harford, author of The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World.
Direct download: MOI_Tim_Harford.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:42pm UTC

Comic artist Peter Bagge A conversation about Generation X, penciling techniques and libertarianism with Peter Bagge, creator of Hate and Apocalypse Nerd.
Direct download: MOI_Peter_Bagge.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:14am UTC