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Season 3 #11: Carl Honore : In Praise of Slowness; Mark Kingwell: Boredom, Philiosophy, and the Meaning of Life Episode | Canadian Voices Season 2

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Season 3 #11: Carl Honore : In Praise of Slowness; Mark Kingwell: Boredom, Philiosophy, and the Meaning of Life


Season 3 #11: Carl Honore : In Praise of Slowness; Mark Kingwell: Boredom, Philiosophy, and the Meaning of Life

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DATE : Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:06:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2008-04-01 23:06:00
length : 28669701
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This edition of Canadian Voices features 2 talks from Canadians who incorporate the concept of our growing cult speed into their work and thoughts. The first half of the programme features author Carl Honore, who speaks in Praise of Slowness: Changing the Cult of Speed, which is the title of his most recent book. He spoke as part of ,Cambridge Forum, a weekly public radio show recorded live in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in May, 2005. The talk was made available through the WGBH Forum Network in Boston, which features live and archived webcasts of free public lectures in partnership with Boston's leading cultural and educational organizations. They are online at www.wbgh.org/forum.

The second half of the programme features author and philospher Mark Kingwell. speaking on Boredom, Philosophy, and the Meaning of Life, at an event produced by the Necessary Voices Society in Vancouver, in November, 2003, more information on this society at www.necessaryvoices.org.



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