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Other segments from the episode on September 18, 1987
The Future of Technology and Publishing with Stewart Brand.
Stewart Brand, founder of The Whole Earth Catalog and The Whole Earth Software Review. He's written a book on the Media Lab, MIT's state-of-the-art computer lab.
Tribute to Peter Tosh.
Guest commentator Randall Grass pays tribute to reggae superstar Peter Tosh, who was killed in a robbery last weekend in Jamaica.
A New Collection of Short Stories by Jincey Willet.
Critic-at-Large Laurie Stone will review a new collection of short stories by Jincey Willet titled Jenny and the Jaws of Life.
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