Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category
Interesting KunstlerCast
I listen to the KunstlerCast every week. This episode, Modern Family Living, Â was really pretty interesting, discussing boomerang kids, boomerang parents, etc., and their relationship to suburbia. Very good talk. Give it a listen. Of particular interest to me was the stuff about how suburban living, good communications technology, and cheap air travel, have allowed [...]
September 1, 2010
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Tags: Kunstlercast, the Long Emergency · Posted in: Interviews
Rootlessness
A few posts ago I wrote about Richard Florida’s recent book, the Great Reset. Really interesting book. In that post, I played devil’s advocate and questioned the desirability of the the kind of transient lifestyle that Florida seems to advocate for “creatives”. Well, maybe he doesn’t really advocate transient lifestyles, but he does advocate a very [...]
June 7, 2010
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Tags: community, quality of life · Posted in: Book Review, Interviews
Interview with Juliet Schor
This is a must-listen interview with author Juliet Schor, that appeared on public radio. Check it out here — click the Listen tab.
June 4, 2010
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Tags: energy policy, fossil fuel addiction, Juliet Schor · Posted in: Energy, Interviews, Minimalism, consumerism
