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	What's the secret of happy families? The New York Times' Bruce Feiler looks at the research.

Science of Happy Families: Part 1

	Nice guys finish last - or do they? Adam Grant says that giving is the key to success.

Do Nice Guys Finish First?

Is technology distracting us from the real relationships in our lives? We talk with Sherry Turkle, professor at MIT and author of "Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other ."

Alone Together

Want to hear more from our conversation with Jeremy Rifkin, adviser to the European Union and author of The Third Industrial Revolution? Tune in to this exclusive web extra to hear how Rifkin's plan for energy reform is beginning to take shape in Europe, China, and India.

Jeremy Rifkin: Web Extra

	Brian Stelter, media reporter for the New York Times, talks about the changing landscape of television. Will cable soon be a relic of the past?

Future of TV with Brian Stelter

	Guy Kawasaki, former Chief Evangelist for Apple and special adviser at Google, gives us his take on what's new in the world of technology for the fall.

Future of Tech with Guy Kawasaki

In this exclusive web extra, we asked Jon Gruber of MIT and Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps Health about the role doctors should play in reforming the health care system.

Web Extra: Health Care

What if doctors could prescribe food, shelter, and insurance to patients in need? We talked to Rebecca Onie, co-founder and CEO of Health Leads, an organization that aims to do just that.

Rethinking the Prescription Pad

Health care in America is breaking the bank - but can we bring it under control? We asked a panel of experts about what needs to be done to contain health care costs.

The Cost of Health

Brian Gracely from Cisco chats about driving relevance from networking perspective, moving into hyperscale datacenter networks, the company's Open Data Center Alliance membership, and platform as a service (PaaS).

Cisco Cloud Computing Update - Intel® CitC episode 32

Joyent
Fireside Chat
Cloud Computing - Do Ethics Drive Architecture?

Cloud Computing - Do Ethics Drive Architecture?

The workplace of tomorrow — no corporate hierarchy or five day workweek required. Kara Miller speaks with Jason Fried of 37signals, Maynard Webb, former COO of eBay, and Bob Pozen, Harvard Business School lecturer.

The Future of Work

Matt Richtel, journalist for the New York Times and author of “The Cloud,” says big data could be the new monster.com.

The End of the Resume

What helps us win? Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, bestselling authors of "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing," investigate the art of competition.

The Science of Competition

What makes rivalries different than other competitions? Edgar B. Herwick III, chief of WGBH’s Curiosity Desk, shares his insight.

Rivalry: A Double-Edged Sword

Are robots coming — for your job? Kara Miller led a discussion about ingenuity and automation at Innovation Hub's first live panel. 

Robots Are Coming, Part 2

Robots Are Coming, Part 1

Famed physicist Michio Kaku, author of “The Physics of the Future,” discusses the population crisis and tackles the question: how many are too many?

The Population Problem

How is Big Data — the information generated from Google searches, GPS, online shopping and more — changing our lives? Kara Miller asked a panel of experts about the benefits and downsides of the international information database.

Big Data Special: Part 2

Big Data Special: Part 1

Having woken up one morning and found that we are in fact HERE, best to do the work of evolving ourselves, of learning how to live in this world without increasing our suffering and our pain, without adding insult to injury. 

Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Pinchas. Learn more: http://romemu.org

Wisdom To Know The Difference - Pinchas פנחס

Alfie Brown is a critically acclaimed comedian and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival for several years including as part of The Lunchtime Club and two solo shows 'The Love You Take' and 'Soul For Sale'. Alfie will be performing at The Fringe this year with his new show 'The Revolting Youth'.

Alfie Brown: The Revolting Youth

"Today's youth: disenchanted and disengaged; our rights vanishing, we remain oblivious. Instead of submitting to criminal corporations and elitist politics, we must be reborn as renegades. Sounds LOL doesn’t it?"

Delhi Belly, Underbelly Cowgate
21:10 (1 hour)
Previews 1-2 Aug £6 3-4, 7-8, 12-15, 19-22 Aug £10/£9 5-6, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 Aug £11/£10
0844 545 8282 
www.underbelly.co.uk 
www.alfiebrown.com 

“Quite simply the future of British stand-up.” ***** Brian Donaldson - The List
“He could become one of the most important, incisive comedians of his generation.” **** Steve Bennett – Chortle
“Incredibly interesting new comedy voice.” **** Ben Williams - Time Out 
More praise for Alfie
“He’s the best comic I’ve seen at the Fringe so far.” ***** No Borders Magazine
“Brown is definitely one of, if not the most, exciting comedian on the circuit today.” ****1/2 HuffingtonPost
“Succeeds in making his roaring, profane, crusading humour feel entirely unique and very funny.” **** Fest 
“Brown’s is one of the boldest new voices I’ve encountered . . . mapping a route to a different class of humour.” **** Brian Logan - The Guardian
“...and...” *** Broadway Baby
“Coated in arrogance”  ** Julian Hall - The Independent
“All the intellectual rigour of Vicky Pollard.” * Kate Copstick - The Scotsman
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Sara Shulman is the Founder and Editor of Comedy Blogedy, TEDxUCL speaker on 'The Power of Funny', former Head of Comedy at UCLU Rare FM and produces the Humour Me Comedy Podcast. Sara is also a Classics Undergraduate at UCL and occasionally gigs on the comedy circuit.   
www.comedyblogedy.com   
www.twitter.com/comedyblog   
 http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxUCL-SARA-SHULMAN-The-power;search%3Asara%20shulman

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Interview with Alfie Brown (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)

Kennen Sie eine echte Wuchtbrumme? Wenn nicht, dann wird es höchste Zeit. Denn Wuchtbrummen mischen mit viel Energie den Alltag auf. http://www.dw.de/wortderwoche

Die Wuchtbrumme | Wort der Woche | Jul 01, 2013

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