Urban Exchange Podcast

In this week's episode, Vinny, Leloy and Fabian jump into the debate about TED Talks and review Spike Jonze's new movie, Her. Are the highly viral TED talks, as Benjamin Bratton argues, a "recipe for civilizational disaster"? Or do they really help promoted ideas worth spreading? In the second half, we then swoon over the movie Her and examine the role that technology plays in the future that Jonze envisions. Show links: Benjamin Bratton's critique on TED Talks, "We Need to Talk About Ted" -- http://bit.ly/1cCHHI0 Chris Anderson's reply to Bratton, "TED Isn't a Recipe for Civilizational Disaster" -- http://bit.ly/1eH0HE6 Trailer for HER -- http://bit.ly/18CZW0I This Week's Recommendations: Vinny: HAIM and Lorde's cover of Sheryl Crow's Strong Enough -- http://bit.ly/1d9rCd7 Selena Salang's "The Story of Ang Nawawala" -- http://homegrown.ph/the-story-of-ang-nawawala/ Fabian: The Secret Lives of Buildings by Edward Hollis Leloy: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Modern Pop Music by Bob Stanley Follow us on i