Hearsay Culture (Interviews)

Having finally physically moved to Elon University School of Law, I have now found the time to post three more shows for this quarter. The first, Show #92, July 22, is my interview with Dr. Susan Maret of San Jose State University, co-editor of Government Secrecy: Classic and contemporary readings. Susan has co-edited [...]

I am pleased to post Show #91, July 8, my interview with Prof. John Kunich of Charlotte School of Law. John, a subdued guest and former colleague at Charlotte School of Law, discussed his new book Cubs Fans’ Leadership Secrets: Learning to Win From a “Cursed” Team’s Errors. In our interview, we discuss [...]

I am pleased to post the first show of the summer quarter, Show #90, July 1, my interview with Prof. Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa. Michael is one of the leading intellectual property law scholars in Canada, and we had a great discussion focused primarily on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). [...]

I am pleased to post two new shows. The first, Show #88, May 27, is my interview with Prof. Gary Small of UCLA, co-author of iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind. Gary and his co-author Gigi Vorgan have written a fascinating account of the current research into the impact on [...]

I am pleased to post Show #86, March 11, my interview with Andrew Lewman and Prof. Wendy Seltzer of the Tor Project. Tor is an innovative and somewhat controversial organization whose purpose is to provide the software necessary for any Internet user to maintain anonymity online. The controversy lies in its alleged uses, [...]

I am pleased to post three more shows for the quarter. The first, Show 83, January 28, is my interview with Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), co-editor of Profiling the European Citizen. Mireille’s book is a compendium of analysis related to the use of data mining and other technologies [...]

Welcome to a new quarter! I am pleased to post the first show of the quarter, Show #82, January 14, my interview with Zohar Efroni, Non-Resident Fellow at CIS, discussing Israeli copyright law. Zohar writes in comparative copyright law, with particular focus on the law of Israel. In our discussion, we examine [...]

I am pleased to post Show #81, December 3, my interview with Prof. John Palfrey of Harvard Law School, co-author of Born Digital (co-authored with Urs Gasser). Born Digital addresses the basic questions of how we should view our children as they are (in large part) unwittingly immersed in a vastly interconnected world. [...]

I am pleased to post two new shows. The first, Show #79, is my interview with Prof. Mark Bauerlein of Emory University, author of The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30). Mark takes a critical view of the impact [...]

How do I approach posting a show with a professor with the same name as mine? Do I downplay it to appear more balanced? Do I come up with a kitschy title (Dave Meets David)? Or celebrate the achievement of another member of the tribe of Levite? I think I’ll celebrate [...]