Talk Utopia http://talkutopia.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 19 May 2007 00:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en [itvt] Interview: Steve Tranter, Director of Interactive Delivery, NDS Americas http://talkutopia.com/2007/05/18/itvt-interview-steve-tranter-director-of-interactive-delivery-nds-americas/ http://talkutopia.com/2007/05/18/itvt-interview-steve-tranter-director-of-interactive-delivery-nds-americas/#comments Sat, 19 May 2007 00:11:05 +0000 admin http://talkutopia.com/2007/05/18/itvt-interview-steve-tranter-director-of-interactive-delivery-nds-americas/

As director of interactive delivery for NDS Americas, Steve Tranter is based in the company’s Southern California office, where he heads up its Interactive Delivery group. In this recent, wide-ranging interview with [itvt]’s Tracy Swedlow, he discusses NDS’s interactive TV games strategy, which, among other things, sees it working with broadcasters to develop branded games that are designed to keep viewers tuned to their channels; its Xtreamplay platform, which uses the DVR hard drive to enable video-rich games, advertising, and other interactive applications; new features that it is incorporating into its MediaHighway middleware, including peer-to-peer capabilities; the new version of its Synamedia Metro IPTV platform, which is currently in trials with SES AMERICOM; its efforts to develop a next-generation EPG for HDTV; how it is working with chip vendors to ensure that their future chips will support the interactive TV services that are being conceptualized today; and much more.
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]]> http://talkutopia.com/2007/05/18/itvt-interview-steve-tranter-director-of-interactive-delivery-nds-americas/feed/ Saint Augustine http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/saint-augustine/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/saint-augustine/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/saint-augustine/ When I was a graduate student at Cornell, Saint Augustine wasn’t required reading.  Years later I became responsible for teaching the Winter quarter of a freshman class at Stanford, where the books were selected from a "Core Reading List".  I somewhat reluctantly put Saint Augustine’s Confessions on the list.  The structure of the Core List was such that I couldn’t get by with Descartes, Hume and Locke.  I set about getting up to speed on Saint Augustine.
What an interesting philosopher he turned out to be!  And an
interesting man, too.  Set aside his historical importance — the fact
that he above all others brought together the Greek and Hebrew aspects
of Christianity, that his work got Arianism, Pelagianism and
Mannicheanism condemned as heresies, and that, as many think, he is
responsible for many of the more unfortunate aspects of Christianity,
such as the low status of women, the negative attitude towards sex and
other enjoyable bodily […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/saint-augustine/feed/ Why Music Matters: Open Thread! http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-music-matters-open-thread/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-music-matters-open-thread/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-music-matters-open-thread/ posted by Ken Taylor
I’m in the airport at Tucson. I’m listening online to our episode on “Why Music Matters” which we recorded in front of live audience at a locale in San Francisco. David Harrington, of the world famous Kronos Quartet is our guest. Since my flight is about to board, I won’t have time to listen at length. And I’ve been too wrapped up in the conference to blog about the topic. But I thought it might be fun just to open up an entry to comments from listeners about the show and the topic. I’ll add my own two cents worth in a separate entry when I get some time –hopefully later this week.
For now, comments on the episode from listeners are welcome. Post away!

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-music-matters-open-thread/feed/ Work and the Self http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/work-and-the-self/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/work-and-the-self/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/work-and-the-self/ posted by Ken Taylor
Today’s episode was on Work. Our guest was Al Gini from Loyola University of Chicago. He’s a philosopher by trade, the author of a number of books about work and the self, and the resident philosopher at WBEZ public radio in Chicago.
The episode was recorded a couple of months ago, back in late October, in front of a live, large and lively audience of students and faculty at Centenary College in Shreveport Louisiana. We were at Centenary for the better part of a week. We not only recorded today’s episode there, but we also broadcast an episode on Philosophy and Literature live from Centenary’s college radio station, KSCL, which has the singular distinction of airing our show twice per week. We also did a couple of other public events […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/work-and-the-self/feed/ Rename that Radio Show?? http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/rename-that-radio-show/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/rename-that-radio-show/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/rename-that-radio-show/ posted by Ken Taylor
Believe it or not, program directors, the gate-keepers of public radio, almost universally hate ‘Philosophy Talk’ — whatever they think of Philosophy Talk. They hate both the ‘talk’ part of our name and the ‘Philosophy’ part of our name. But they particularly hate the combination of ‘Philosophy’ and ‘Talk’. They hate our name so much that some even cite it as a reason for not putting us on the air.
Because we get this a lot, we’ve been thinking about changing the name. We’re just starting to brainstorm about possible new names. We’re thinking about having a “Rename that Radio Program” contest on the air and via our blog and our website in order to involve our listeners in this potential rebaptism.
What’s in a name, you say? […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/rename-that-radio-show/feed/ Political Correctness and the Speech Fashion War http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/political-correctness-and-the-speech-fashion-war/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/political-correctness-and-the-speech-fashion-war/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/political-correctness-and-the-speech-fashion-war/ posted by Ken Taylor
It’s been awhile since I’ve done this — awakened at a god-awful hour on Sunday morning, to write a blog about an upcoming show. I hope I’m lucid.
Today’s show is about the political correctness. Our guest is Leonard Steinhorn, author of a rousing defense of the baby boom generation, to which I proudly belong, called The Greater Generation. According to Steinhorn we baby boomers were the leading edge of a great sea change for the better in America. Our age cohort almost single-handedly ended racism, sexism, and homophobia. We brought down corrupt and mendacious presidents. We ended a pointless and forlorn war. By elevating the sanctity and fragility of the environment to national consciousness, we brought to heel a kind of anything goes capitalism that saw our lakes and streams and air as just […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/political-correctness-and-the-speech-fashion-war/feed/ What We’ve Been Up To, lately! http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/what-weve-been-up-to-lately/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/what-weve-been-up-to-lately/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/what-weve-been-up-to-lately/ posted by Ken Taylor
Obviously, this blog hasn’t been buzzing with activity recently. That’s mainly because life and work have been incredibly, incredibly busy for both John and me. And it seems harder and harder to get our on-air guests to take us up on our invitations to guest blog. So much to do, so little time to do it! I’m sure you understand. But I hope we can do better in the coming months.
I can already see a new New Year’s resolution coming. I will blog on a more regular basis.
Just to get back in practice, I thought I would write not so much of a philosophical blog entry, but an entry about about the recent comings and goings of the Philosophy Talk crew and about some things that are on the […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/what-weve-been-up-to-lately/feed/ Philosophy Talk Holiday Treats Coming Soon! http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/philosophy-talk-holiday-treats-coming-soon/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/philosophy-talk-holiday-treats-coming-soon/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/philosophy-talk-holiday-treats-coming-soon/ On Monday, November 26th, just in time for the holidays, we at Philosophy Talk will offer our listeners some holiday treats, including:
THE COMPLETE PHILOSOPHY TALK
Starting Monday and until the end of the 2007, you will be able to purchase The Complete Philosophy Talk , the entire archive of Philosophy Talk to date — all 142 (and counting) episodes — for the price of $129.95. That works out to about 90 cents/episode.
Buy it for yourself! Or give the gift of thought!
A perfect holiday treat for your philosophically inclined friend, offspring, parent, or significant other!
EXCLUSIVE TELECONFERENCE
Purchase either The Complete Philosophy Talk for the bargain price of $129.95 or a Philosophy Talk Annual Subscription for the low, low price of $1.35/episode between Monday, November 27th and December 31, 2007 and receive […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/philosophy-talk-holiday-treats-coming-soon/feed/ Holiday Treats Coming! http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/holiday-treats-coming/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/holiday-treats-coming/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/holiday-treats-coming/ On Monday, November 26th, just in time for the holidays, we at Philosophy Talk will offer our listeners some holiday treats, including:
THE COMPLETE PHILOSOPHY TALK
Starting Monday and until the end of the 2007, you will be able to purchase the complete archive of Philosophy Talk to date, all 142 (and counting) episodes for the price of $129.95. That works out to about 90 cents/episode.
Buy it for yourself. Or give the gift of thought, to your philosophically inclined friend, offspring, parent, or significant other.
EXCLUSIVE TELECONFERENCE
Purchase either The Complete Philosophy Talk for $129.95 or a Philosophy Talk Annual Subscription for the low, low price of $1.35/episode between Monday, November 27th and December 31, 2007 and receive for either the purchaser or the gift recipient, an invitation to an exclusive on-line teleconference […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/holiday-treats-coming/feed/ The Meanings of Spitzer’s Apology http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/the-meanings-of-spitzer%e2%80%99s-apology/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/the-meanings-of-spitzer%e2%80%99s-apology/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 11:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/the-meanings-of-spitzer%e2%80%99s-apology/ Nick Smith, J.D. and Ph.D., author of I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies (Cambridge University Press,
2008)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of New Hampshire
nick.smith@unh.edu
 Elliot Spitzer’s recent statements
accompanying his resignation as governor of New York provide an occasion to reflect on the
meanings of apologies. I find apologies dizzyingly complex social rituals and
in I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies—published
by Cambridge University Press in 2008—I identified more than a dozen kinds of
meaning that we seek from gestures of contrition. Instead of worrying whether an example “is or is not” an apology, I
wonder how well it serves certain purposes and to what extent it conveys
certain kinds of subtle social meanings. I referred to these as a “loose
constellation of interrelated meanings,” and in some cases a victim may desire
each of the forms of meaning I mention. In others, she may only seek one sort
of meaning such as a sincere expression of sympathy or […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/the-meanings-of-spitzer%e2%80%99s-apology/feed/ Open Thread on Apologies http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/open-thread-on-apologies/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/open-thread-on-apologies/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 11:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/open-thread-on-apologies/ Dear Listener:
You probably have notice the lightness of blogging recently. But things are about to change. Today’s guest, Nick Smith, has agreed to blog about today’s topic of Apologizing. And to get things started, I thought I’d start an open thread and invite listeners to contribute their thoughts.
I thought the episode was quite interesting myself. The one thing that still puzzle me is apologizing for things done accidentally.
It seems to me if I accidentally step on your toe, I do owe you some sort of apology, even though I didn’t exactly “wrong” you. It would be odd if I were simply indifferent to your pain, certainly. At the bare minimum, I need to acknowledge your pain, acknowledge my role, however unintended, in causing you pain, and express regret at it having […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/open-thread-on-apologies/feed/ Why I am not a Wittgensteinian http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-i-am-not-a-wittgensteinian/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-i-am-not-a-wittgensteinian/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:00:00 +0000 admin http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-i-am-not-a-wittgensteinian/ posted by Ken Taylor
Today’s episode is about Wittgenstein. Our guest will be Juliet Floyd.
Many regard Wittgenstein as perhaps the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. I don’t share that view. But there’s no denying that, for a man who published only one book during his lifetime — a book that he later basically repudiated — he really did have a tremendous impact on 20th century analytic philosophy. Indeed, Wittgenstein has to be regarded as one of the great founding fathers of 20th century analytic philosophy, especially of the so-called linguistic turn in philosophy.
Now I don’t profess at all to be an expert on Wittgenstein. I did read a fair amount of Wittgenstein as a graduate student at the University of Chicago, where a number of my teachers had an enduring fascination with his work. I don’t doubt […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-i-am-not-a-wittgensteinian/feed/ Poetry, Philosophy, Truth http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/poetry-philosophy-truth/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/poetry-philosophy-truth/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 06:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/poetry-philosophy-truth/ Howdy folks; Troy Jollimore here. Ken and John were kind enough to invite me to be their guest for the “Love, Poetry, Philosophy” show they taped at Powell’s City of Books in June. And now that the show is being broadcast, they were kind enough to invite me to blog for the show as well. I’m happy to take them up on it—keeping in mind that blogging is a very informal medium, and that what I have to offer may turn out to be no more than a few fairly random thoughts.
 

One of the relations between poetry and philosophy that we didn’t really get to discuss on the show, as I recall it at least, has to do with their respective conceptions of truth. I’m really generalizing here, but I’m going to make the claim that analytic philosophy, at least as traditionally practiced, is dominated by a conception […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/poetry-philosophy-truth/feed/ Why we Charge for Downloads http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-we-charge-for-downloads/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-we-charge-for-downloads/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 06:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-we-charge-for-downloads/ posted by Ken Taylor
A lot of our listeners are unhappy that our new download service is not a free service, but is instead a subscription based service. Some have written that’s it’s anti-democratic of us to charge, that’s it’s contrary to the the mission of Stanford University, that we’re just being capitalist pigs. One apparently former listener even wrote that he was so offended by us charging for our download service that he would no longer listen even to our free stream, despite the fact that Philosophy Talk is one of his favorite radio programs and despite the fact that we are not broadcast in his listening area. Talk about cutting of your nose to spite your face!
Because the reaction from some of you has been so intense, I thought I’d take this opportunity to explain just why we really need to be charging […]

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]]> http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/why-we-charge-for-downloads/feed/ Suscribe to the Phiosophy Talk Download Service!! http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/suscribe-to-the-phiosophy-talk-download-service/ http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/suscribe-to-the-phiosophy-talk-download-service/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 06:00:00 +0000 http://talkutopia.com/1970/01/01/suscribe-to-the-phiosophy-talk-download-service/ We are very pleased to announce that Philosophy Talk has launched a subsciption-based download service. For more details and to sign up now go to our webpage
There you can subscribe to Philosophy Talk downloads for automatic, weekly delivery. By subscribing to our download service, every future epsiode of Philosophy Talk will be delivered to you shortly after it has completed its broadcast run.
In addition, you can download your favorite programs from our archive of nearly 150 past episodes. About one-third of the archive is online and available for immediate downloading, with more episodes being encoded and uploaded on a daily basis. We expect the process to be complete within a week or two. And then you will have access to the entire archive.
By downloading Philosophy Talk programs, you will have a personal […]

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