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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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Perl developer Larry Wall says that, like a human language, you can use Perl in many ways—for baby talk, grownup talk, writing poetry or plays, and even cussing.
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A conversation with the founder of the Perl programming language
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The Harvard economist explains why legalizing all drugs—including cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine—would be a better policy than the current prohibition.
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If there were a draft, we would never have gone to war in Iraq, says the legendary journalist. The end of the draft has permitted a cowardly politics, a huge […]
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Be a good listener, says the legendary Watergate reporter. “The real purpose of reporting, of journalism is to illuminate what is real, you know, real existential truth.” And that’s about […]
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A reporter has enormous power to hurt people, says the veteran journalist. Therefore you’ve got an obligation to be fair, to find out the other side of the story, and […]
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“Has post-Watergate been a life of hardship? Hell no. It’s been wonderful and then every once in a while you get hit in the face.”
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There are news organizations that, “if they had the same kind of information that Bob Woodward and I had in Watergate would go ahead and print the stories.” But today […]
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The legendary journalist isn’t concerned about the current state of investigative reporting. But he does worry that readers are less interested in serious journalism than they used to be.
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A conversation with the Watergate journalist.
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While the U.K. likes to pretend to have independence, the British isles are closer to rest of Europe than most like to admit.
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“People are still very nationalist, and they care chiefly for their own domestic affairs,” so the challenge is to create a sense in the news coverage that their neighbor’s affairs […]
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Because of the continent’s violent history, Europeans think they should know about each other. But in reality every nation is still living inside its borders.
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To create a loyal audience, a network needs to respect the basic laws of journalism, be honest, be transparent, and strike a good “balance between values and opinions.”
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A conversation with the Executive President of Euronews
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If you want to make great images, you need to have an inquiring mind and ask a lot of questions. “If you just accept the world the way it is […]
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Physical stamina is very important, as is a sensitivity to sound, emotion, and beauty.
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Midori Goto doesn’t lift weights or try to build muscle but she is “very conscious of having to warm up correctly” in order to handle the physical and mental strain […]
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Midori Goto treats her priceless 276-year-old violin like a partner rather than an extension of herself.
