Pop!Tech is an extraordinary three-day summit bringing together 550 visionary thinkers in the sciences, technology, business, design, the arts, education, social development, government, and culture to explore the cutting-edge ideas, emerging technologies and new forces of change that are shaping our collective future. Now you can take the energy and inspiration that is Pop!Tech with you anywhere, with these video and audio podcasts. Pop!Casts let you join the conversation and engage in the extraordinary work that had its start in Camden , Maine . Are you ready to accept the challenges issued by the thinkers and innovators who move Pop!Tech audiences, year after year?
Lester Brown, preeminent environmentalist and head of the Earth Policy Institute, warns that society is too dependent on fossil fuels, and consumption habits must change to maintain a healthy social, economic and environmental balance in the world.
What happens when material things become free? Long Tail author and Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson examines new models of wealth distribution and claims we're moving from economies of scarcity to an age of abundance.
What does the future of entertainment look like? Ask a ninja! Entertainer, tech geek and co-creator of AskaNinja.com, Kent Nichols, delivers his rules for phenomenal success in the Participation Economy.
Strategist and expert on national security affairs Tom Barnett takes command and focuses in on the role of the United States in a geopolitical world of "core" and "gap" states. As you were, soldier.
A foremost interpreter of religion and culture says we're missing a rest-of-world perspective about faith. Martin Marty invites a broader definition of religion as well as a closer look at its meaning for the majority of the world.
Hop on board. Writer, composer, musician and comedian extraordinaire Reggie Watts leads a musical trip that'll get (and keep) you movin'.
As artistic director of the New York-based performance and media ensemble The Builders Association, Marianne Weems shows us how she puts technology at center stage to extend the boundaries of contemporary theater.
Dr. Serena Koenig, director of Haiti programs for Partners in Health, isn't afraid to ask the searing questions, especially about global inequalities in health care. With a simple philosophy-equal lives deserve equal treatment-she addresses the dilemma head-on.
The stars and stripes forever? Futurist and author Juan Enriquez isn't sure of that. He cites a long history of borders, countries and flags that have changed, and warns the United States isn't immune.
Blending the line between art and engineering, this Dutch visual artist creates "life" in the form of "animals" that walk the beach in the Netherlands, and, to the delight of Pop!Techers, the stage and streets of Camden, Maine
The Mexican acoustic guitar duo sensation Rodrigo y Gabriela put fast fingers to strings for a performance that will put you on your feet and keep you moving. There's no better way to say it: they rock!
Code Monkey get up. Code Monkey go to job. Code Monkey have boring meeting. With boring manager Rob. Want more from singer/songwriter and Pop!Tech balladeer Jonathan Coulton? Download podcast, Monkey.
Twenty minutes may not really be enough time to fully understand the implications of the so-called Fab Lab, invented by the director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. But it's a mind-blowing place to start!
Prepare to be moved ... "Sinikithemba" is Zulu for "give us hope" or "we give hope." This group of HIV-positive Zulu men and women who provide support to persons with HIV/AIDS at McCord Hospital in Durban shake down the house.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute director Marcia McNutt takes us on an amazing, otherworldly tour of the deep seas, the incomprehensible life still undiscovered there, and the full power and potential of our oceans.
Self-proclaimed word geek Erin McKean, editor-in-chief of U.S. Dictionaries for Oxford University Press, is on a mission to debunk common misconceptions and elevate the use-and cool factor-of dictionaries. And what's this about dictionaries being "the vodka of literature"?
Profound respect for collective wisdom and traditional skills permeate Bunker Roy's tale of how his Barefoot College empowers local people to improve their communities by demystifying technology and recognizing the dignity of labor.
As leader of the Imaging Science Team on the Cassini mission to Saturn, Carolyn Porco brings to the Pop!Tech stage breathtaking images and stories of exploration and discovery that, by her own admission, make grown men cry.
Musician, producer and artist Brian Eno shows how simple things can give rise to complex things-in art and life. See how he uses Darwin's ecological model of the world as a roadmap for human culture now and in the future.
The creative force behind The Sims series believes a complex way of understanding the world can be gained through very simple rules. Will Wright unveils his next game, Spore, where players are creators who build-and react to-ever-more complexity within their environments.
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