This week, we’ll be discussing what effects technology and the push for a “paperless world” could have on the blind. Here’s a great NPR piece to get you thinking! Check back Wednesday for the new episode.
The Sophisticates #20
This week:
- Ryan’s Cross-Country Train Trip (1:06)
- The Flawed System of March Madness(12:51)
- Barbershop Intimidation Factor (24:25)
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TweetA Classic 1950s Propaganda Film Makes the Case for Superhighways
“This is the American dream of freedom on wheels. An automotive age, traveling on time-saving super highways,” begins the narrator of Give Yourself the Green Light, a 1954 film funded by General Motors. “But we’re running out of roads! We didn’t dream big enough,” he explains. This first half of the film outlines the problem posed by the growing number of cars and commuters, and includes fascinating footage of 1950s life on wheels — classic cars, a school bus, the main street of a small town, etc. Watch the film in its entirety at the Prelinger Archive.
(via theatlantic)
A necessity for visits to the barbershop.
Guide by A.J. Cole, 1890.
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Is that supposed to be a good thing?
There’s a discussion topic here somewhere…
Image of a Young Girl
Madame Tussauds Unveils Anne Frank Wax Figure
By Kate Katharina Ferguson in Berlin
Our co-host Ryan Pfister and former guest host Andrew McGill took a week-long, cross-country train trip across America. More on their journey in Wednesday’s episode (plus lots of pictures at Andrew’s train blog below)!
Texas desert, nearing El Paso. Finally have data signal.
