You ever listen to Michael Pollan talk ... on weed?
May 21, 2008 2:53 PM Subscribe
"Cannabis"? "Forgetting"? "Desire"?
Yep, that's my evening as soon as I get off work tonight.
posted by you just lost the game at 3:49 PM on May 21, 2008 [1 favorite]
Yep, that's my evening as soon as I get off work tonight.
posted by you just lost the game at 3:49 PM on May 21, 2008 [1 favorite]
The Perfect Memory
Aired: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11-12PM ET
Cover of "The Woman Who Can't Forget" by Jill Price with Bart Davis
By host Tom Ashbook
Jill Price has a memory like few others in the world. She's 42 years old, and she remembers everything.
Every instant of her life, and the life around her, since she was fourteen. Down to the smallest detail. Like a movie that never stops running. Whether she likes it or not. And not just what happened, but the date and time and place.
Jill Price's memory is so unusual that scientists couldn't believe it. They had to make up a name for it.
Now she's talking, in the hope that her powers may help explain your memory.
This hour, On Point: Jill Price -- the woman who can't forget.
posted by Mental Wimp at 4:03 PM on May 21, 2008
Aired: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11-12PM ET
Cover of "The Woman Who Can't Forget" by Jill Price with Bart Davis
By host Tom Ashbook
Jill Price has a memory like few others in the world. She's 42 years old, and she remembers everything.
Every instant of her life, and the life around her, since she was fourteen. Down to the smallest detail. Like a movie that never stops running. Whether she likes it or not. And not just what happened, but the date and time and place.
Jill Price's memory is so unusual that scientists couldn't believe it. They had to make up a name for it.
Now she's talking, in the hope that her powers may help explain your memory.
This hour, On Point: Jill Price -- the woman who can't forget.
posted by Mental Wimp at 4:03 PM on May 21, 2008
And of course if you like this, you may want to read the book.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:13 PM on May 21, 2008
posted by gingerbeer at 4:13 PM on May 21, 2008
Wow, I had no idea how much he resembled the scientist character in Half Life.
posted by christopherious at 9:08 PM on May 21, 2008
posted by christopherious at 9:08 PM on May 21, 2008
I like how he turns the common understanding of evolution on its head--here I thought I was all advanced with my 35,000 genes, and along comes a piece of rice to upstage me.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:47 AM on May 22, 2008
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:47 AM on May 22, 2008
Fantastic stuff. Not only the essay on cannabis, but the panel discussion that follows about agriculture and restaurants and such. Fantastic, intelligent conversation. Thanks.
posted by eritain at 1:32 PM on May 22, 2008
posted by eritain at 1:32 PM on May 22, 2008
Two greats in my world:
Michael Pollan (got hooked after reading Omnivore's Dilemma)
James Howard Kunstler (TED discussion)
I'd like to get the two of them together on a panel moderated by Daniel Schorr from NPR...
the subject? Peak Oil and How to get your vegetables without even trying.
posted by Sam.Burdick at 9:22 PM on May 23, 2008
Michael Pollan (got hooked after reading Omnivore's Dilemma)
James Howard Kunstler (TED discussion)
I'd like to get the two of them together on a panel moderated by Daniel Schorr from NPR...
the subject? Peak Oil and How to get your vegetables without even trying.
posted by Sam.Burdick at 9:22 PM on May 23, 2008
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