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Computer Scientist Bill Joy.

Bill Joy. He's a founder and Vice President of Research and Development for Sun Microsystems, one of the most innovative and successful computer companies. He imagines the computer of 14 years from now, a machine he calls the "2001 computer." It will be a phenomenally fast machine (128,000 times the speed of current computers), with a memory capacity the equivalent of 300,000 books, all fitting into the size of a sugar cube. (Interview with Sedge Thomson)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 18, 1989: Interview with Bill Joy; Commentary on Robert Johnson; Interview with Kathleen Meyer; Commentary on expatriates sharing language and music.
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John Hammond Pays Tribute to Robert Johnson.

Grammy Award-winning blues singer John Hammond performs two songs by blues musician Robert Johnson in Fresh Air's weekly performance segment. Hammond has performed for nearly twenty years, and in that time his style has evolved from straight-forward, rural blues to a harder-edged, urban style.

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Kathleen Meyer Teaches Fresh Air "How to Shit in the Woods."

Outdoorswoman and veteran river guide Kathleen Meyer. Her new book How to Shit in the Woods, examines in a non-Victorian way the hows and wheres of personal hygiene in the great outdoors. Behind the book's humorous tone and anecdotes is a serious issue - human waste, if not properly disposed, pollutes rivers and streams. (Interview by Sedge Thomson)

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How the Blues Unites Anglophones Across the World.

Language Commentator Geoffrey Nunberg recalls his days as an expatriate kicking around Rome, trying to learn Italian but being distracted by a great jukebox in a seedy club for Americans. (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast on Wednesday, April 27, 1988.)

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A Man And His Machine, Finding Out What Love Is

The film Her, written and directed by Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich), follows a lonely man who falls in love with a computer operating system. Critic David Edelstein says it's the best film of the year by far. (Recommended)

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Bill Gates on the Future of the "Information Highway."

Bill Gates is chief executive and co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest software company. Microsoft has made Gates rich and famous, and has earned him a reputation as a computer visionary. Gates recently wrote the book The Road Ahead (Viking). Gates explores the new, growing technology and how it will effect people's lives, including the realms of education, politics, and business. Gates says that he does not "necessarily have all the answers, but the book is my way of getting us all to start thinking about the opportunities and challenges ahead."

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