This week’s HV cast is Sleepless in Tbilisi. A twenty-four hour tour, from Turkish baths to Batumi beaches, through the country of Georgia. High-speed sight-seeing driven by the accidental tourguide: “a ‘detective,’ or ’special police,’ or ’security force.’ It’s not clear. Sometimes he even says ‘KGB,’ though that no longer exists… does it?” A story by Larry Massett, “Long Day on the Road” (14:52) mp3):

Have been catching up on my Radio Labs. Love this short segment from this season’s “Sleep” show: “We get in bed with producer Hannah Palin, and her husband, and her baby Dominic, as they all try to go to sleep. An intimate portrait of the effects of sleep deprivation:”

Researchers at Jacobs Univerity at the University of Technology- Berlin have published a International Podcastersurvey (pdf) of 1000+ podcasters, with results such as:

Quantify motivations
• Podcasting is not mainly a techies‘ affair
• It‘s more about identity and relationship management
• But most of all, it‘s about information and expression of opinion

Laurie Anderson has a new song (”Only an Expert” @ Lincoln Ctr), if indeed something by her can be “new,” cuz it still sounds like Laurie Anderson which ain’t a new sound. But, hey, I’m still a half-a-fan, so I’ll post something old that sounds new and looks great, the “Sharkey’s Day” vid by Laurie Anderson:

The entire Internet has crashed. All data lost:

Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash

inogolo: English Pronunciation Guide to the Names of People and Places— “the practical, easy-to-use website devoted to the English pronunciation of the names of people, places, and miscellaneous stuff. The site contains a searchable database of names with both phonetic and audio pronunciations in English.”

E.g., Nietzsche is:
A white wine:
Iran’s prez:

RadioSutton posted a clip from WOUB-Athens OH the acurrately imagines How Listeners Hear Fundraising (1:50):

KPFA Guns and Butter interview with Michael Hudson (59:00):

“America: Host or Parasite?”
Interview with economist, Dr. Michael Hudson. Dr. Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trend, a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of “Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire”. We discuss the US balance of payments trade deficit which creates US credit to finance the US national debt and war abroad; Russian economic shock therapy as the final stage of the cold war; the real estate bubble; permanent war and the inevitable collapse of the current US dominated global economic system. Visit his website at www.michael-hudson.com.