One Half Buddhist, One Half Christian, One Half Pagan

Even at age 84, a Doc Watson concert is a wonderful thing.

My favorite bit was about an hour and a half in, when he did a medley of some early rock'n'roll hits: Blue Suede Shoes/Tutti Frutti/and a few others.

Intellegence Squared

The goal of IQ2 US is to raise the level of public discourse on our most challenging issues. To provide a new forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis. To transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively ideological. To encourage recognition that the opposing side has intellectually respectable views. To engage the live audience as active participants who will ask questions and decide which speakers have carried the day by voting on the motions both before and after the debate.

I've listened to a couple of their debates as a podcast, and it's really interesting and thought provoking.

I'd love to make it to an episode in person.

I love how the show brings up issues that other news sources overlook, but the host is a really bad interviewer. Most of the reporters that I've heard are just as bad.

They also need to re-think their production set-up. The volume is frequently un-even, and sometimes you can hear talk between the production staff (I think). Basically it sounds like they aren't giving episodes a final listen before airing them.