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Programmer David Heinemeier Hansson tells us about his Out Of Office experience, David is a partner at 37signals and a co-author (with Jason Fried) of REMOTE: Office Not Required. We also meet Ignacio Uriarte, he left his cubicle for a career in Office Art. And Ravenna Koenig, TOE's newest correspondent, explains the difference between Facebook-Work & Work-Work. <a href="https://www.scrollkit.com/s/2uiFYP7">Click for more info</a> or VISIT toe.prx.org

Out Of The Office

New version with 25% more audio diary!  In 1984 your host was twelve years old and like George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith, he kept a diary for the citizens of the future. For this special installment of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything we travel back in time and give this diary a soundtrack. TV commercials, radio spots, movie clips -  all sound from 1984 (the year not the book).  Along with personal memories of making the transition to middle school, the show focuses on four of the most important people of year:  Ronald Reagan, Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs and Clara Peller. Find out what totalitarianism really sounds like.
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1984 (the year not the book)EXPANDED VERSION

NASA's Voyager spacecraft has landed: meet the aliens who found it. Performed by Chet Siegel and Peter McNerney. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.

Voyager Found

Decades before the first shot  was fired in the American revolution, a band of runaway slaves known as the Maroons, living in the mountains in Colonial Jamaica took on the British Empire and won.  I've long been obsessed with the Maroons.  So last summer I jumped at the opportunity to visit their compound in Charlestown for the annual celebration of their 1739 victory. I learned that the Maroons hope to play a leading role as Jamaica moves down the path of Marijuana decriminalization and legalization - but some of the folks I met claim the Maroons are still listening to Radio What's Innit Fo Me?

Radio WIFM

"G.S." was one of the first friends I made when I moved to Bozeman, Montana many years ago. The story he told me about how bad karma brought him from Devon, England to the C.U.T. bomb shelters in Gardiner, Montana still haunts me. A few years ago we reconnected and he recounted the whole story for me. Also Astronomer Chris Impey explains how Dark Energy will end it all.

Dark Karma

The financial crisis of September 2008 overshadows one of the most important events in recent New York History: the arrival of Airbnb. And while your host wasn't paying attention back then either, today he is fed up with the commodification of every square inch of the city. But what if the Airbnb economy is also changing the way New York City dreams and makes art? Can it be stopped? Housing Activist Murray Cox gives us a tour of his insideairbnb project, Sociologist Richard Ocejo takes us on a jaunt through Hell Square, and legendary performance artist Penny Arcade shows us around "the big cupcake".

New York After Rent (part 1 of 3)

Theresa Sparks has lived more than one life.  Born a guy’s guy, a man’s man, cowboy boots, motorcycles,  a stint in the army,  married his childhood sweetheart, kids, big successful business.  But the truth was more complicated than that.  In Fugitive Waves, Episode 21, one of San Francisco’s most respected and outspoken transgender activists tells her truth, that she was walking around in the wrong suit for 50 something years. “Transparent" years before the series saw the light of day.

21 - The Secret (and not so Secret) Life of Theresa Sparks

The diaries of a teenager on a quest to become an empowered witch.  To learn more about Mortified visit getmortified.com. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

16 Brooke: I Was A Teenage Witch

The voice of the ToE episode announcer revealed! (her name is Mathilde)  and she joins our host for this two part series about the intersection between France and China and wine. The story of the red obsession of Wealthy Chinese has been told many times, but what is going to happen when China's elusive emerging middle class gets wine fever? Can wine transmit cultural values? Can it transcend consumerism?  In this installment Benjamen and  Mathilde traverse France to discover this vino nouvelle vague.

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Art De Vivre (I of II)

In the 90's, a teenager sends fan letters to Katharine Hepburn in an attempt to save her from eternal damnation. To learn more about Mortified visit getmortified.com. A proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

17 Katie: Saving Katharine Hepburn

Benjamen and Mathilde continue exploring the intersection between France and China over wine. In this installment they traverse China talking with winemakers, wine enthusiasts and drinkers to find out what the emerging middle class of China, one of the most powerful forces on Earth, wants from a bottle of wine.  Plus Your host is forced to defend his working methods and his beliefs in the art of living well.
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Art De Vivre (II of II)

The birth of the Main Street of America—songwriter Bobby Troup  tells the story of his 1946 hit Get Your Kicks on Route 66; Gladys Cutberth, aka Mrs. 66 and members of the old "66 Association" talk about the early years of the road. Mickey Mantle explains "If it hadn't been for US 66 I wouldn't have been a Yankee." Stirling Silliphant, creator of the TV series "Route 66" talks about the program and its place in American folklore of the 60s. 

Route 66—The Mother Road, Part I

In the sharing economy no one  can hear you work. This is because companies like Uber, Lyft, Postmates and others only employ "partners" or independent contractors. So your host decided to partner with Andrew Callaway, a 25 year old San Francisco native, to find out what its like to work in the sharing economy. As the official ToE instapoder Andrew will drive, shop, clean, deliver, and serve for a whole month, and he’s going to record his entire experience.  Plus in this episode technology journalist Sarah Lacey tells us the truth about Uber.
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Instaserfs (part one of three)

This week TMI explores the world of pseudonyms.  <a href="http://www.carmelaciuraru.com/">Carmela Ciuraru</a> talks about some of the authors she profiles in her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nom-Plume-Secret-History-Pseudonyms/dp/0061735264/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1305255473&sr=1-1">Nom de Plume</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ing-Epic-Twitter-Quest-MayorEmanuel/dp/1451655142/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316543292&sr=1-1">Dan Sinker</a> tells us about <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MayorEmanuel">@MayorEmanuel</a> the fake twitter pseudonym  he created for Rahm Emanuel,  <a href="http://www.andycarvin.com/">Andy Carvin</a>, <a href="http://jilliancyork.com/2011/07/29/a-case-for-pseudonyms/">Jillian York</a> and <a href="http://xom.blogs.com/xoom/2011/08/say-no-to-the-meat-wallet.html">Meg Worley</a> weigh in on #nymwars. And Artist <a href="http://www.chriscollinsart.com/">Chris Collins</a> attempts to learn the story behind the handle <a href="http://www.artfagcity.com/2011/05/25/img-mgmt-a-letter-to-ron-tye-of-tyepilot-com/">Tyepilot</a>. PLUS TMI's special corespondent takes us inside the top secret world of rebranding. 

PSEUDONYMS

Photographer <a href="http://www.mitchepstein.net/work/americanpower/index.html">Mitch Epstein</a> traverses the USA in search of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/AMERICAN-POWER-Mitch-Epstein/dp/3865219241">American Power</a>, <a href="http://www.zsl.org/science/ioz-staff-students/raihani,1111,AR.html">Nichola Raihani</a> tells us about the power dynamics of the <a href="http://www.livescience.com/14596-cleaner-fish-sex-change.html">cleaner wrasse</a>, <a href="http://www.girlstothefront.com/bio.html">Sara Marcus</a> tells us the about the power of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Front-Story-Grrrl-Revolution/dp/0061806366/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330989299&sr=1-1-spell%22">Riot Girrrl</a>, <a href="http://users.utu.fi/valvil/">Valtteri Viljanen</a> demos <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107007802">Spinoza's geometry of power</a>, "David" gets caught in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Power-Essential-Works-Foucault-1954-1984/dp/1565847091">Foucault's web of power</a>, and <a href="http://www.asc.upenn.edu/Faculty/Faculty-Bio.aspx?id=128">Joe Turow</a> explains to us how <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Daily-You-Advertising-Industry-Defining/dp/0300165013/">Advertising</a> holds all the real power.

POWER

Radio/Podcast host:
"Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything" a proud member of PRX's Radiotopia collective. http://radiotopia.fm 
"Too Much Information" WFMU (2009 - 2013)
"The Big Ideas Podcast" The Guardian UK (2011 - 2012) 