Comments on: Best of ROS http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tbrucia http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90910 tbrucia Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:32:36 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90910 Perhaps not the BEST show, but the one that influenced my life the most was the one (about three years ago!) about Second Life. It propelled me into a strange and challenging 'New World'. Bizarre as it sounds, I've made friends in Second Life unlike folks I meet in 'real life'. And I have met 'real life' with folks I met there... I've helped folks there (see a doctor about your feelings of depression; even if you have no insurance, you can get meds); I've been helped by folks there; I've learned a bit about scripting, building, finance, etc. there. I've discovered a wealth of websites there, and shared others. I've even (sadly) learned an online friend in London was killed in a construction accident, and that another has a genetic form of incurable anemia :-( And I've had 'lovers' there! Some have moved on, and others have moved into roles of platonic friends.... And all this incredible adventure because of Chris's show on Second Life.... THANKS, CHRIS! Perhaps not the BEST show, but the one that influenced my life the most was the one (about three years ago!) about Second Life. It propelled me into a strange and challenging ‘New World’. Bizarre as it sounds, I’ve made friends in Second Life unlike folks I meet in ‘real life’. And I have met ‘real life’ with folks I met there… I’ve helped folks there (see a doctor about your feelings of depression; even if you have no insurance, you can get meds); I’ve been helped by folks there; I’ve learned a bit about scripting, building, finance, etc. there. I’ve discovered a wealth of websites there, and shared others. I’ve even (sadly) learned an online friend in London was killed in a construction accident, and that another has a genetic form of incurable anemia :-( And I’ve had ‘lovers’ there! Some have moved on, and others have moved into roles of platonic friends…. And all this incredible adventure because of Chris’s show on Second Life…. THANKS, CHRIS!

]]> By: Taueret http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90909 Taueret Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:37:07 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90909 ooh. Seeing others' lists makes me realise I have missed some I shouldn't have. I'll fix that. Before I name some of my favourites, I'd like to say that what I love best about ROS and what I tell people when I tell them about it, is that ALL the shows are good. You may not *think* you're interested in Hawthorne or baseball, but wait and see... you are. Ok, so without polluting my choices by looking too closely at the other lists first, and in not particular order, I loved loved loved hearing Philip Roth, loved the show about Nathaniel Hawthorn's circle, the Moby Dick show, loved the one recentlyish about libraries. The miscellany one, too. oh! Thucycides! That is probably my number one favourite. I don't think you have had Malcolm Gladwell on the show- but he would make a fab guest. ooh. Seeing others’ lists makes me realise I have missed some I shouldn’t have. I’ll fix that. Before I name some of my favourites, I’d like to say that what I love best about ROS and what I tell people when I tell them about it, is that ALL the shows are good. You may not *think* you’re interested in Hawthorne or baseball, but wait and see… you are.

Ok, so without polluting my choices by looking too closely at the other lists first, and in not particular order, I loved loved loved hearing Philip Roth, loved the show about Nathaniel Hawthorn’s circle, the Moby Dick show, loved the one recentlyish about libraries. The miscellany one, too. oh! Thucycides! That is probably my number one favourite.

I don’t think you have had Malcolm Gladwell on the show- but he would make a fab guest.

]]> By: Tisha http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90908 Tisha Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:41:21 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90908 Donal Fox:Bach to Monk. Alvin Epstein on King Lear, Neo-Conservatism: the Last Throes?, Passion: the Theremin, Bach's Chaconne, E. O Wilson: Darwin etc., The First Neo-Cons and "The Last Mughal," Making the Rounds with Seymour Hersh, Orwell Revisited, Morality: God-Given or Evolved. I found your programs on Emerson and friends and the women in that group very edifying but I grew up in England so don't feel quite the visceral connection I would if I'd grown up here. Anyway, much thanks for so many marvelous programs! Donal Fox:Bach to Monk. Alvin Epstein on King Lear, Neo-Conservatism: the Last Throes?, Passion: the Theremin, Bach’s Chaconne, E. O Wilson: Darwin etc., The First Neo-Cons and “The Last Mughal,” Making the Rounds with Seymour Hersh, Orwell Revisited, Morality: God-Given or Evolved.

I found your programs on Emerson and friends and the women in that group very edifying but I grew up in England so don’t feel quite the visceral connection I would if I’d grown up here. Anyway, much thanks for so many marvelous programs!

]]> By: patsyb http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90907 patsyb Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:08:05 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90907 Transcendental Women, Emerson Redux, Samuel Beckett -- so textured and layered and evocative. Hessler on China, The Ecstasy of Influence, Orwell Revisited, Covergences -- critical issues captured diagonally, as it were. Thought-provoking shows all of them. Thx! Transcendental Women, Emerson Redux, Samuel Beckett — so textured and layered and evocative. Hessler on China, The Ecstasy of Influence, Orwell Revisited, Covergences — critical issues captured diagonally, as it were. Thought-provoking shows all of them. Thx!

]]> By: walkerhenry http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90906 walkerhenry Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:34:52 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90906 To a newcomer who want to know what ROS provides that makes it unique and necessary, I'd recommend going to the "Series" box at left and clicking on "Military POV." To a newcomer who want to know what ROS provides that makes it unique and necessary, I’d recommend going to the “Series” box at left and clicking on “Military POV.”

]]> By: Potter http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90905 Potter Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:04:40 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90905 Sutter makes an interesting point- unless you collect the shows on a playlist for instance- how can you remember? Perhaps there should be or is an index here? Sutter makes an interesting point- unless you collect the shows on a playlist for instance- how can you remember? Perhaps there should be or is an index here?

]]> By: Potter http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90904 Potter Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:01:32 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90904 There are some shows that I have not listened to yet that I have high hopes for but here are the ones that stood out for me- and I have restricted myself to the 24 best ( in no particular order with the exception of number one which was my number one) refusing to have to weed further from the 183 that I have on my playlist- I am sure I left some others out that I loved equally- ie I loved the Therimin show- not on my list: 1. Le Jazz Hot 2. Emerson 3. Philip Roth 4. David and Goliath 5. No Artist left Behind 6. Torture 6/23/ 05 7. Transcendental Women 8. Andalucia 9. E.O. Wilson on Darwin 10. Orwell 11. Spinoza 12. Joan Didion 13. Barenboim 14. Major Jackson 15. Sonny Rollins 16. Donal Fox 17. Bug Week Part 2 Heinrich 18. Don Quixote` 19. Major Jackson 20. China Migration 21. William James 22. Refuge in Fiction: Youssef ( Lebanon) and Keret(Israel) 23. Camille Paglia 24. Ralph Ellison There are some shows that I have not listened to yet that I have high hopes for but here are the ones that stood out for me- and I have restricted myself to the 24 best ( in no particular order with the exception of number one which was my number one) refusing to have to weed further from the 183 that I have on my playlist- I am sure I left some others out that I loved equally- ie I loved the Therimin show- not on my list:

1. Le Jazz Hot

2. Emerson

3. Philip Roth

4. David and Goliath

5. No Artist left Behind

6. Torture 6/23/ 05

7. Transcendental Women

8. Andalucia

9. E.O. Wilson on Darwin

10. Orwell

11. Spinoza

12. Joan Didion

13. Barenboim

14. Major Jackson

15. Sonny Rollins

16. Donal Fox

17. Bug Week Part 2 Heinrich

18. Don Quixote`

19. Major Jackson

20. China Migration

21. William James

22. Refuge in Fiction: Youssef ( Lebanon) and Keret(Israel)

23. Camille Paglia

24. Ralph Ellison

]]> By: tara http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90903 tara Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:23:21 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90903 I'll put in a vote for the show on Ethiopian jazz. Loved hearing the Ethiopian master and the American master talk together about this amazing music. It's changed my record collection forever! I’ll put in a vote for the show on Ethiopian jazz. Loved hearing the Ethiopian master and the American master talk together about this amazing music. It’s changed my record collection forever!

]]> By: rahbuhbuh http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90902 rahbuhbuh Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:30:28 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90902 not a simple ranking of shows, but grouping into reasons they were the best. Katrina in ways we didn't hear it anywhere else: Craigslist and Nola.com: Information as News To Rebuild or Not to Rebuild?, Rather than just remembering someone, legacy analysis and recollection: Carrying the Torch for Jane Jacobs Ralph Ellison's America At Dinner with David Halberstam The Death of Anna Politkovskaya The Murrow Era Eloquent fluff: A Bespoke Tailor. Online. Passion: Candy Understandable theory on things I normally don't understand: A Tale of New Cities China vs. India — The Next 100 Years The Holy Grail of Physics Current events at the time, with a different view: Gold Rush for Financial Information France: The Sarko vs. Ségo Prism The Optics of This War Shows which I had high hopes for, but kind of floundered whether due to less engaging guests or too much "isn't it great that _____?" and "remember ______? that was cool." without the questioning and nudging I normally appreciate in ROS: The New Age of Old Age, Passion: Libraries, The History of Utopia, The Spread of HIV in Africa, Anthropomorphism, Doping: Better Sporting Through Chemistry?, What Should College Teach? not a simple ranking of shows, but grouping into reasons they were the best.

Katrina in ways we didn’t hear it anywhere else:

Craigslist and Nola.com: Information as News

To Rebuild or Not to Rebuild?,

Rather than just remembering someone, legacy analysis and recollection:

Carrying the Torch for Jane Jacobs

Ralph Ellison’s America

At Dinner with David Halberstam

The Death of Anna Politkovskaya

The Murrow Era

Eloquent fluff:

A Bespoke Tailor. Online.

Passion: Candy

Understandable theory on things I normally don’t understand:

A Tale of New Cities

China vs. India — The Next 100 Years

The Holy Grail of Physics

Current events at the time, with a different view:

Gold Rush for Financial Information

France: The Sarko vs. Ségo Prism

The Optics of This War

Shows which I had high hopes for, but kind of floundered whether due to less engaging guests or too much “isn’t it great that _____?” and “remember ______? that was cool.” without the questioning and nudging I normally appreciate in ROS:

The New Age of Old Age, Passion: Libraries, The History of Utopia, The Spread of HIV in Africa, Anthropomorphism, Doping: Better Sporting Through Chemistry?, What Should College Teach?

]]> By: peggysue http://www.radioopensource.org/best-of-ros/#comment-90901 peggysue Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:27:25 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1144#comment-90901 I too loved the Convergence show. I felt like that one lit up parts of my brain in a new way. I also loved the Transcendental Women, Samuel Beckett and the Jazz shows. The thread I think I had the most fun participating in was the one on Global Hip-Hop. I too loved the Convergence show. I felt like that one lit up parts of my brain in a new way. I also loved the Transcendental Women, Samuel Beckett and the Jazz shows. The thread I think I had the most fun participating in was the one on Global Hip-Hop.

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