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Hearsay Culture NetworkHealth Care Up The Ying-YangWhile many investors remain uncomfortable with innovations in women’s health care, Denise and her guest Marina Gerner are not. Join them to unpack Marina’s new book The Vagina Business, which […]2024-09-261h 19
Hearsay Culture NetworkIgnite Talks: Tracking the Future Before It’s Here2024-09-2159 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkTech Changes Everything, Except UsLeo Laporte is a serial pioneer. Already a well-loved fixture on radio and cable TV, where he made technology both accessible and exciting, Leo was one of the first to […]2024-07-191h 17
Hearsay Culture NetworkFacebook's Broken Code, RevealedAlmost from its inception, Facebook has been subject to intense scrutiny as a groundbreaking, but sphinx-like, corporate entity. Although CEO Mark Zuckerberg naturally received the most attention, many lesser-known and […]2024-07-1957 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkQuestioning the Myths of Utopian Tech2024-07-1058 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkThe Weaponized Media: Storytelling in Today’s Polarized World2024-06-2659 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkWhat are Data's Secrets?2024-06-1056 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkHealth Care Advocacy: The Developing World is Being Left Behind2024-05-2859 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkRevealing Hidden Dynamics in TechnologyAlthough we interact with technology seemingly endlessly, we don't often consider what kinds of biases technology both reflects back to humans, but also exacerbates by its very nature as dumb […]2024-05-2349 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkStudent Protests and Universities: An Assessment2024-05-1559 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkUnderstanding AI Without a Computer Science Degree2024-04-2358 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkShaping AI: Language, Secrets, and Regulation2024-04-0459 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkRunaway Tech: The Conditions for AI Guardrails2024-03-2958 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkDeciphering Generative AI: Creation, Curation, and Law2024-03-2357 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkAI! What Is It Good For? (Absolutely Something)2024-02-1357 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkIs Generative AI a Benefit or Danger to Education?2024-01-3155 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkDecoding Legal Minds: AI and the Legal Engineer2024-01-2756 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkWhat is Elon Musk Doing with Starlink?2023-12-2055 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkOpenAI’s Sam Altman: More Advanced Technology, More Questions2023-12-1356 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkRe-defining Normal with AI2023-12-1154 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkInside Wrestling with AEW's "Hangman" Adam Page2023-12-0652 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkAll In, All Out (And Please Hold the Fallout)2023-12-041h 23
Hearsay Culture NetworkFighting Online Hate Speech With Data2023-11-2056 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkJust Trademark It!2023-10-1958 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkNews Reporting, Social Media, and the Political Strategist2023-10-0259 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkDate With Destiny: Navigating Tomorrow’s Table2023-08-021h 04
Hearsay Culture NetworkSecrets: Social Media’s Collateral Damage2023-07-0610 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkDoctors, Insurance, and AI: Making Healthcare AffordableU.S Health Care Expenditures have risen to $4.5 trillion or $13,493 per capita, double the cost in other developed nations (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2023). These figures are […]2023-07-061h 01
Hearsay Culture NetworkNFTs: About The New Digital Art Form2023-06-0245 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkEllen Goodman: Accountability for the Pioneers of AI2023-05-3156 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkCovering the Supreme Court in an AI Age2023-04-2755 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkStorytelling and Jazz with Jeremy PeltJeremy Pelt’s new book Griot is filled with stories from Black jazz musicians in an effort to broaden representation and share on social issues within the industry. Jeremy Pelt began […]2023-01-1759 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkMove Fast and Break Things?2023-01-081h 11
Hearsay Culture NetworkIs Technology Helping or Hurting Us?How humans build our technological society. How do we design technology, and how how does it then shape us. In this volume titled Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future […]2023-01-0843 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkChokepoint Capitalism: The Bottlenecks in Our Technological Ecosystem2022-09-2851 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkElectoral Reform: Why “Ranked Choice” Is Hot2022-08-311h 01
Hearsay Culture NetworkCan AI Criminal Sentencing Be Trusted?2022-08-1850 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkBulletproof Reporting: The Markup and the Media Ecosystem2022-05-0256 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkWelcome to Hearsay Culture NetworkSince 2006, Hearsay Culture has hosted experts whose insights shape our culture and the technology we use. Now, with Hearsay Culture Network, I’m excited about adding new hosts, shows, and […]2022-01-0101 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkTech Today and Tomorrow: The Communities of the Future2021-12-2455 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkAnthony Bourdain’s assistant and confidant on his life and experiences with Laurie Woolever2021-10-1457 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkShannon Vallor – Hearsay Culture Show #259As you may have noticed (even in the barrage of election coverage), I've been silent since the end of July. The reason is rather simple: since July, I've taught five […]2016-09-1658 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkDavid Golumbia: The Future of Bitcoin2016-09-1656 minHearsay Culture NetworkPaul Ringel – Hearsay Culture Show #258I'm pleased to post show # 258, June 24, my interview with Prof. Paul Ringel of High Point University, author of Commercializing Childhood. Paul's study may seem superficially beyond Hearsay […]2016-06-2459 minHearsay Culture NetworkNeil Netanel – Hearsay Culture Show #257I'm pleased to post show # 257, June 17, my interview with Prof. Neil Netanel of UCLA Law, author of From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright Since […]2016-06-1757 minHearsay Culture NetworkFrancesca Musiani, Derrick Cogburn and Laura DeNardis – Hearsay Culture Show #256It's been a busy summer, having (a) taught an exciting (and sadly timely) new course on Employment Discrimination Law. As a result, Hearsay Culture has taken a bit of a […]2016-05-2059 minHearsay Culture NetworkMichael Schudson – Hearsay Culture Show #255I'm pleased to post Show # 255, May 13, my interview with Prof. Michael Schudson of the Columbia School of Journalism, author of The Rise of the Right to Know: […]2016-05-1357 minHearsay Culture NetworkPam Samuelson – Hearsay Culture Show #253I'm pleased to post Show # 253, April 29, 2016 my interview with Prof. Pam Samuelson of UC Berkeley School of Law and School of Information, on the Authors Alliance. […]2016-04-2956 minHearsay Culture NetworkBen Peters – Hearsay Culture Show #252Get ready for one of my common (but not yet patented – too abstract?) barrages of new shows over the next few days. That's what weekends are for – catching […]2016-04-2259 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkSam Brylawski – Preserving Audio HistoryChanging Digital Formats and New Legislation Create Shaky Ground U.S. history is captured in the thousands of tapes, vinyl, and cassettes made over the years. But many of these historic […]2016-04-0856 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkTenth Anniversary Show: A Conversation with Larry LessigIdealism, Democracy, and the Future of Cyberlaw The field of cyberlaw would not exist if it weren’t for Lawrence Lessig’s work in the late 1990s that helped make the Internet […]2016-04-0655 minHearsay Culture NetworkDave King – Hearsay Culture Show #251I'm posting this show on a Sunday night, with The Jazztet's Another Git Together (Mercury SR-60737, 1962), playing on my turntable. This is an appropriate background — although, as my […]2016-03-1158 minHearsay Culture NetworkLorelei Kelly – Hearsay Culture Show #249I'm excited to post Show # 249, February 26, my interview with Lorelei Kelly of the New America Foundation on technology and legislative decision-making. Lorelei has done unique, critical and […]2016-02-2655 minHearsay Culture NetworkEllen Goodman and Julia Powles – Hearsay Culture Show #248I'm pleased to post Show # 248, January 29, my interview with The Guardian's Julia Powles and Prof. Ellen Goodman of Rutgers Law School, on the "Right to Be Forgotten." […]2016-01-2957 minHearsay Culture NetworkNato Thompson – Hearsay Culture Show #247As promised (at least via Twitter), I'm finally posting new shows for the winter quarter of 2016. First up: Show # 247, January 15, 2016, my interview with Nato Thompson, […]2016-01-1558 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkMarietje Schaake: The EU & US: One Internet, No Borders – What We Have in CommonFormer Member of the E.U. Parliament Marietje Schaake, International Director of Policy, Stanford Cyber Policy Center The Internet knows no borders and the flow of data and applications across the […]2015-11-0651 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkDavid Brin – Hearsay Culture Show #245I'm pleased to post Show # 245, October 9, my interview with author David Brin, on transparency, reciprocal accountability, cyber-utopianism and the preservation of excitement in an age of cynicism. […]2015-10-0957 minHearsay Culture NetworkAndrea Matwyshyn – Hearsay Culture Show #244This has been a crazy semester. Thus, I am delinquent in posting shows from this quarter. I am about to update the record. Let's start with Show # 244, October […]2015-10-0256 minHearsay Culture NetworkJacqueline Lipton- Hearsay Culture Show #243For the final of the July shows, I'm thrilled to post Show # 243, July 31, my interview with Prof. Jacqueline Lipton of The University of Akron Law School, author […]2015-07-3158 minHearsay Culture NetworkNatasha Schull – Hearsay Culture Show #242The third show for today's salvo of new shows is Show # 242, July 24, my interview with Prof. Natasha Schll of MIT, author of Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling […]2015-07-2458 minHearsay Culture NetworkJason Arnold – Hearsay Culture Show #241I'm pleased to post Show # 241, July 17, my interview with Prof. Jason Arnold of Virginia Commonwealth University, author of Secrecy in the Sunshine Era: The Promise and Failures […]2015-07-1756 minHearsay Culture NetworkWendell Wallach – Hearsay Culture Show #240 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)The barrage begins. Today I'll be posting four shows from July 2015. Then, because of a pincer attack of classes, my own writing projects and an attempt to remain a husband and father known to his family, I will be on a Hearsay Culture hiatus until October (other than recording a few new shows in September for airing in October, as well as setting the Fall schedule). Let's begin with Show # 240, July 10, my interview with ethicist Wendell Wallach, author of A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control. Wendell's primary concern is the haphazard introduction of technology...2015-07-1056 minHearsay Culture NetworkJacob Silverman – Hearsay Culture Show #239I'm pleased to post Show # 239, June 3, my interview with Jacob Silverman, author of Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection. Jacob has written […]2015-06-0356 minHearsay Culture NetworkArvind Narayanan – Hearsay Culture Show #238I am pleased to post Show # 238, May 27, my interview with Prof. Arvind Narayanan of Princeton University on Bitcoin, cryptography, privacy and web transparency. Arvind does a range […]2015-05-2757 minHearsay Culture NetworkGabriella Coleman – Hearsay Culture Show #237 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)At long last, I'm pleased to post Show # 237, May 20, my interview with return guest Prof. Gabriella Coleman of McGill University, author of Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The […]2015-05-2058 minHearsay Culture NetworkPeter Asaro – Hearsay Culture Show #236 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I'm pleased to post Show # 236, May 13, my interview with Peter Asaro of the School of Media Studies at The New School, on killer robots. Peter is one […]2015-05-1357 minHearsay Culture NetworkIrina Manta and David Olson – Hearsay Culture Show #235I'm pleased to post Show # 235, April 29, my interview with Profs. Irina Manta of Hofstra Law and David Olson of Boston College Law, authors of Hello Barbie: First […]2015-04-2957 min
Hearsay Culture NetworkDanielle Citron – Hearsay Culture Show #234 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I'm pleased to post Show # 234, April 22, my interview with Prof. Danielle Citron of the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. Danielle has written the definitive study of the range of activities that constitute "hate crimes" on the Internet. Focusing on activities ranging from "revenge porn" to cyber-stalking, Danielle takes a critical look at the law and norms around this behavior today. Given that policymakers, speech platforms and even law enforcement are struggling to ascertain the scope of these problems and how they should be addressed, Danielle's work is a timely and sorely needed...2015-04-2256 minHearsay Culture NetworkPedro Roffe and Xavier Seuba – Hearsay Culture Show #233 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I'm excited to post the last show of the winter 2015 quarter, Show # 233, March 18, my interview with Pedro Roffe of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and Prof. Xavier Seuba of the University of Strasbourg, co-editors of ACTA and the Plurilateral Enforcement Agenda. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was the first modern effort to address copyright piracy on the Internet in the international lawmaking arena. It was a failure in no small part due to the excessive secrecy of the negotiations; nonetheless, there is more to learn from the experience than merely procedural failure. In our discussion, we spanned...2015-03-1856 minHearsay Culture NetworkJack Rabid – Hearsay Culture Show #232 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I am pleased to post Show # 232, March 11, my interview with Jack Rabid, editor-in-chief and founder of the legendary music magazine The Big Takeover. Jack is one of the pioneers of modern music writing and criticism, having launched The Big Takeover in New York in 1980 as a critic and fan of punk music. Since then, he has developed a loyal subscriber base, including your host! I've been an admirer of Jack's and his writing for some time; indeed, his magazine clued me in quite a bit of great music that I'd have never heard about otherwise (kind of like my goal...2015-03-1157 minHearsay Culture NetworkJonathan Mayer – Hearsay Culture Show #231I am very pleased to post Show #231, March 4, my interview with Jonathan Mayer, Stanford Ph.D. candidate in computer science, author of Terms of Abuse: An Empirical Assessment of […]2015-03-0455 minHearsay Culture NetworkLisa Lynch – Hearsay Culture Show #228I'm pleased to post Show #228, January 28, my interview with Prof. Lisa Lynch of Concordia University, on WikiLeaks and information leakers. Lisa has written extensively about the nature and […]2015-01-2857 minHearsay Culture NetworkSolon Barocas – Hearsay Culture Show #227Happy new year! I'm pleased to post the first show of the winter quarter, Show # 227, January 14, 2015, my interview with Solon Barocas, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton's […]2015-01-1457 minHearsay Culture NetworkStephen Turner – Hearsay Culture Show #226For the last show for 2014, I'm pleased to post Show # 226, November 20, my interview with Prof. Stephen Turner of the University of South Florida on technological and […]2014-11-2756 minHearsay Culture NetworkEd Felten – Hearsay Culture Show #225I am delighted to post Show # 225, November 20, my interview with Prof. Ed Felten of Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy ("CITP"). I've been visiting at CITP […]2014-11-2055 minHearsay Culture NetworkMegan Squire – Hearsay Culture Show #224I am pleased to post Show # 224, November 13, my interview with my colleague Prof. Megan Squire of Elon University on open source data-mining. Megan is doing unique and […]2014-11-1358 minHearsay Culture NetworkFrank Pasquale – Hearsay Culture Show #223I am thrilled to post Show # 223, November 6, my interview with Prof. Frank Pasquale of the University of Maryland School of Law, author of The Black Box Society: […]2014-11-0658 minHearsay Culture NetworkDavid Golumbia – Hearsay Culture Show #222 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)Show #222, October 23 – interview with David Golumbia of Virginia Commonwealth University, author of The Cultural Logic of Computation. Over several years on Hearsay Culture, we've discussed the nature […]2014-10-2358 minHearsay Culture NetworkFrederick Schauer – Hearsay Culture Show #221I'm very excited to post Show # 221, August 13, my interview with Prof. Frederick Schauer, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and […]2014-08-1357 minHearsay Culture NetworkJames Grimmelmann and David Post – Hearsay Culture Show #220I'm pleased to post Show # 220, August 6, my interview with James Grimmelmann of the University of Maryland School of Law and David Post of Temple University School of […]2014-08-0658 minHearsay Culture NetworkDavid Zweig – Hearsay Culture Show #219I'm pleased to post Show # 219, July 30 my interview with David Zweig, author of Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion. David has […]2014-07-3056 minHearsay Culture NetworkJulia Lane and Victoria Stodden – Hearsay Culture Show #218 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I'm pleased to post Show #218, July 23, my interview with Julia Lane of the American Institutes for Research and Prof. Victoria Stodden of the iSchool at Illinois, co-editors of Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good: Frameworks for Engagement. Julia and Victoria, along with their co-editors Stefan Bender and Helen Nissenbaum (who were not on this show), have collected an impressive array of scholars to study the creation and use of "big data" - massive data sets - by government. Covering not only policy but the economics and statistics considerations of application of big data to decision-making, Julia and Victoria put...2014-07-2358 minHearsay Culture NetworkDavid Schanzer – Hearsay Culture Show #216 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I'm pleased to post Show # 216, July 9, my interview with Prof. David Schanzer of Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, on Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency (NSA). It was a bit over a year ago that Edward Snowden appeared on the scene as the source of a seemingly-endless array of information about the NSA's legal and illegal spying. Snowden has since become a household name for his willingness to expose this behavior despite significant personal risk, which has caused scholars, policymakers and others to weigh in on how Snowden should be viewed. In my interview with David, we...2014-07-0957 minHearsay Culture NetworkAlex Wright – Hearsay Culture Show #217I'm pleased to post Show #217, July 16, my interview with Alex Wright, author of Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age. Alex, who was […]2014-07-0357 minHearsay Culture NetworkCarl Oechsner – Hearsay Culture Show #215 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)For the first show of the summer quarter, I have the privilege of posting Show # 215, July 2, my interview with Carl Oechsner of Croton Friends of History, and my middle school social studies teacher, mentor and inspiration, on children, teaching and technology. I am thrilled to interview Carl for the show, which was in-part inspired by my continued attempt at emulating Carl's passion for teaching outside of the classroom. As I noted in the schedule, Carl's influence and teaching brilliance inspired me to pursue law, government and history. Carl discusses that passion for teaching in the interview, as well as his...2014-07-0257 minHearsay Culture NetworkEvan Selinger- Hearsay Culture Show #214I'm pleased to post Show # 214, May 28, my interview with Prof. Evan Selinger of Rochester Institute of Technology on technology and the human experience. Evan's work spans the […]2014-05-2857 minHearsay Culture NetworkRyan Calo and Woodrow Hartzog – Hearsay Culture Show #213Last in the current barrage of shows is Show # 213, May 21, my interview with Ryan Calo of University of Washington School of Law and Woodrow Hartzog of Cumberland […]2014-05-2156 minHearsay Culture NetworkLarry Downes – Hearsay Culture Show #212I'm pleased to post Show # 212, May 14, my interview with three-time Hearsay Culture guest Larry Downes, co-author of Big Bang Disruption, on disruptive technology and business strategies. Larry […]2014-05-1457 minHearsay Culture NetworkBen O'Louglin and Laura Roselle – Hearsay Culture Show #211I'm pleased to post Show #211, May 7, my interview with Profs. Laura Roselle of Elon University and Ben O'Loughlin of Royal Holloway, University of London, co-authors of Strategic Narratives: […]2014-05-0755 minHearsay Culture NetworkMary Wong – Hearsay Culture Show #210I'm pleased to post Show #210, April 22, my interview with Mary Wong, Senior Policy Director at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on the move towards […]2014-04-2256 minHearsay Culture NetworkLousewies van der Laan – Hearsay Culture Show #209I am thrilled to post Show #209, April 15, Dutch politician and former European Parliament member Lousewies van der Laan on promoting democracy and technology. I met Lousewies at a […]2014-04-1556 minHearsay Culture NetworkMark Lemley – Hearsay Culture Show #208 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)So let's start with Show #208, April 8, my interview with four-time guest (thanks Mark!) Prof. Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School on this term's United States Supreme Court intellectual property cases - and there are a banner number. This term's cases have addressed some of the most vexing issues in patent law generally, ranging from claim construction to abstract ideas. We discussed the primary cases, as well as current legislative efforts to address patent trolls/non-practicing entities/patent assertion entities. As always, I greatly enjoyed my discussion with Mark. {Hearsay Culture is a talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by...2014-04-0857 minHearsay Culture NetworkHarmen Groenhart – Hearsay Culture Show #207I'm pleased to post Show #207, March 19, my interview with Harmen Groenhart of Fontys University of Applied Sciences, School of Journalism, Tilburg, The Netherlands, on public media accountability. I […]2014-03-1956 minHearsay Culture NetworkOrly Lobel – Hearsay Culture Show #206I'm pleased to post Show #206, March 5, my interview with Prof. Orly Lobel of University of San Diego School of Law, author of Talent Wants to Be Free: Why […]2014-03-0559 minHearsay Culture NetworkSusan Sell – Hearsay Culture Show #205 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I'm pleased to post Show #205, February 26, my interview with Prof. Susan Sell of the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University on international relations and transparency. Susan is one of the leading experts on the processes and conditions that allow for international relations and negotiations to operate effectively and openly. As a scholar with years of experience observing and writing about the nuances of negotiation and diplomacy, her insights with regard to the recent and ongoing battles over the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are key to our collective understanding of the state of international relations today...2014-02-2658 minHearsay Culture NetworkPeter Swire – Hearsay Culture Show #204 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)On a day when there is yet another revelation about the extent of the NSA's efforts to collect all of the world's communications, I'm pleased to post Show #204, February 19, my interview with Prof. Peter Swire of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a member of President Obama's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. As one of the members of the President's panel, Peter had the opportunity and the privilege to both assess the NSA's programs and make recommendations about how to scale them back under the law. Because the range of the programs...2014-02-1956 minHearsay Culture NetworkEthan Zuckerman – Hearsay Culture Show #203 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)Get ready for a flurry of Hearsay Culture activity, beginning with Show #203, February 5, my interview with Ethan Zuckerman, Director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT and author of Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection. Rewire is a wonderful and insighful study of how people connect using the Internet and modern communication devices, and how information flows throughout this network. Ethan takes a clear-eyed view of the power and limitations of the technology and how we use it, offering a perspective influenced by his years as a communications scholar. I was thrilled to have Ethan on the...2014-02-0557 minHearsay Culture NetworkEdward Lee – Hearsay Culture Show #202 – KZSU-FM (Stanford)I'm pleased to post Show #202, my interview with Prof. Edward Lee of Chicago-Kent Law School, author of The Fight for the Future: How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the […]2014-01-2958 minHearsay Culture NetworkJonathan Band – Hearsay Culture Show #201I'm pleased to post Show #201, my interview with Jonathan Band of policybandwith.com. Jonathan has been at the center of many major technology policy issues, from the Digital Millennium Copyright […]2014-01-2957 minHearsay Culture NetworkDavid Levine – Hearsay Culture Show #200At last, the big moment: here's Show #200, Denise Howell‘s wonderful interview with me! I had a great time being on the other side of the proverbial "glass," and developed […]2013-12-1258 min