First hour: Marketplace Tech's Codebreaker Solstice
Second hour: Innovation Hub: A Better Wiser You
We have special programming from APM and PRI. In our first hour, it's Marketplace Tech's Codebreaker Solstice from American Public Media. As the year turns over, host Ben Brock Johnson and a list of high profile guests look at how technology plays an ever deeper role in our lives. “Codebreaker Solstice” tackles our mixed feelings about tech with a sense of humor, a sense of awe, and a sense of holiday cheer. We'll hear of virtual reality's promise and the quirky outcomes of using consumer technology to tackle humanity's greatest challenges. In true Codebreaker fashion, you might even get the chance to crack our special holiday tech-powered puzzle.
Then in our second hour, it's Innovation Hub: A Better Wiser You from Public Radio International. Barbara Oakley teaches a hugely popular free, online course on how to learn. We talk with her about the techniques she uses to quickly grasp new ideas. Then, one of Mark Bittman's cookbooks is probably sitting in your kitchen. He tells us how our food system is failing us. Plus, Camilla Benbow and David Lubinski are co-directors of a decades-old study on gifted children. They share what they've learned about the nature of genius.
