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Through ConversationsWhy Aesthetics Matter More Than Ever – Virginia PostrelIn this conversation, Virginia Postrel discusses the significance of aesthetics in communication, the evolving nature of glamour, and the impact of urban design on societal connections. She emphasizes the importance of dynamism in society and how creativity can flourish in the age of AI, ultimately advocating for a deeper understanding of beauty and culture in our rapidly changing world.Virginia Postrel is an American political and cultural writer. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize.Chapters00:00 Exploring Aesthetics in the Digital Age10:02 The Power of Glamour and Its Impact19:56 Urban Design and the American Dream29:59 Future Visions: Technology...
2025-07-141h 03
The Vital CenterThe libertarian prophet of the abundance movement, with Virginia PostrelThe intellectual-political discussion of the so-called abundance movement typically is described as a debate taking place almost entirely on the left. But in fact many of its major themes were being discussed in right-leaning circles decades ago. Virginia Postrel, a libertarian thinker and journalist who was the former editor-in-chief of Reason magazine, anticipated much of the current discourse around abundance in her classic 1998 book The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress. Even earlier, in 1990, Postrel was among the first to see that the most important ideological division that was emerging in American politics was...
2025-07-011h 05
California Future SocietyDynamism, AI Job Loss, and California’s Resilience w/Virginia PostrelAuthor and thinker Virginia Postrel joins me to talk about California’s past, present, and future, from anti-growth politics to the rise of AI. We get into what dynamism really means, why creative destruction is inevitable, and how housing and regulation shape everything.00:00 Intro 03:58 California's Changing Landscape: A Historical Perspective 07:43 Political Shifts: The Republican Party's Decline in California 10:27 Change in the California Ideology 16:24 CA vs. TX 22:45 The Impact of AI 27:22 AI Displacing White Collar Jobs 30:50 We've Seen This Before 37:30 Lessons for California's Futur...
2025-07-0145 min
Cato PodcastBest of Cato Daily Podcast: The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the WorldCaleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.Textiles are everywhere, and before the Industrial Revolution, even tiny advances in textile development had massive ripple effects. Virginia Postrel traces this amazing history in The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-06-1217 min
Pod Your WayThe world of tomorrow - by Virginia Postrelhttps://www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-world-of-tomorrow; OpenAI; nova; 23761369
2025-06-0242 min
The Reason RoundtableWhat Did We Learn From DOGE?This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch critique the apparent wind down of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, highlighting its lack of transparency and failure to achieve meaningful spending cuts. They also analyze the GOP's new tax plan, which contradicts promises of fiscal responsibility by significantly increasing the deficit. Finally, the hosts defend classical liberalism against critics like C. Bradley Thompson, arguing that libertarians do fight cultural and policy battles—just not by wielding state power.
0:00—Introduction
2:11—Musk exits DOGE
11:47—Why we need to start paying for...
2025-05-121h 01
AI Frontiers“We’re Arguing About AI Safety Wrong” by Helen Toner This post was cross-published on the author's Substack, Rising Tide. ____ Historically, the way we’ve dealt well with rapidly evolving uncertain processes is classical liberalism. -Dwarkesh Patel, X I wasn’t expecting a book from 1998 to explain the 2023-2024 AI safety wars, but Virginia Postrel's The Future and Its Enemies — which I picked up at the recommendation of libertarian AI policy wonk Adam Thierer — does a surprisingly good job. Postrel's book helped reframe something that had been bothering me. I think there's plenty to critique about AI safety ideas and...
2025-05-1214 min
Project LiberalThe OG of Progress: Virginia PostrelIn this episode of the Project Liberal podcast, Max Marty and Tyler Harris engage in a thought-provoking conversation with Virginia Postrel. Virginia introduces her framework of dynamism versus stasis—a perspective that transcends traditional left-right political divides—and explores how this lens remains relevant for understanding today's political landscape. As the "OG of the Progress and Abundance movement," Virginia offers unique insights into how innovation, decentralized knowledge, and bottom-up experimentation drive human flourishing. Topics Discussed: * The core thesis of "The Future and Its Enemies" and how it anticipated today's political realignments* How the YIMBY housing move...
2025-04-291h 37
Reading Revisitedep. 52: Bookish Bio of Joel J. MillerWelcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.Joel’s Top “5”The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (The Children of Men by P.D. James)The Samurai by Shusako Endo(Silence by Shusako Endo)The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin(Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin)The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle (The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke)Til...
2025-04-2835 min
Hidden Half Book Review: from the Remedial Herstory ProjectE13 Women's Work, March 2025Grab this one for your fiber arts circle! For Women’s History Month 2025 we’re reading the feminist classic Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Join Victoria and Katherine as they piece together the history of fabric, weigh the merits of various disciples (ethnography, linguistics, archaeology and more!) and consider what Barber still has to contribute to the ongoing project of women’s history.Donate to the RHP Women in World History textbook open access campaign: https://donorbox.org/publish-the-rhp-textbooksAnd learn more about the Remedial Herstory Project at www.remedialherstory.com
2025-03-2743 min
Pens and Needles PodcastRecap of Nonfiction JanuaryIn this episode, we talk about the three nonfiction books I read January, 2025: ADHD is Awesome by Penn and Kim Holderness, The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel, and The Little Ice Age by Brian Fagan
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2025-02-0812 min
Many MindsString theoriesWhere would our species be without string? It's one of our most basic technologies—so basic that it's easy to overlook. But humans have used string—and its cousins rope, yarn, cordage, thread, etc.—for all kinds of purposes, stretching back tens of thousands of years. We've used it for knots and textiles and fishing nets and carrier bags and bow-strings and record-keeping devices. It's one of the most ubiquitous, flexible, and useful technologies we have. But we haven't only put string to practical purposes. We've also long used it to tickle our minds. My guest today is Dr...
2025-02-061h 21
Faster, Please! — The Podcast⚡ My chat (+transcript) with Virginia Postrel on promoting a culture of dynamismBig changes are happening: space; energy; and, of course, artificial intelligence. The difference between sustainable, pro-growth change, versus a retreat back into stagnation, may lie in how we implement that change. Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I talk with Virginia Postrel about the pitfalls of taking a top-down approach to innovation, versus allowing a bottom-up style of dynamism to flourish.Postrel is an author, columnist, and speaker whose scholarly interests range from emerging technology to history and culture. She has authored four books, including The Future and Its Enemies (1998) and her most recent, The Fabric of Ci...
2025-01-1729 min
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergThe Silicon Valley SchismJonah Goldberg is joined by Virginia Postrel, the former editor of Reason magazine, best-selling author, and contributing editor for Works In Progress to discuss technocrat schadenfreude, selective dynamism, and Jonah’s Burkean sympathies. Plus: a discussion on the right-wing version of utopia and the myths of American nostalgia.Show Notes:—Virginia’s latest book, Fabric of Civilization—Virginia’s Substack—A Video Introduction to DynamismThe Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch...
2025-01-011h 27
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2024-10-0500 min
The Best of Reason MagazineArtificial Intelligence Is Revamping Historical ResearchThis week's featured article is "The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past" by Virginia Postrel. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: "Deep in Thought" by CTRL and "Sunsettling" by Man with RosesThe post The Best of Reason: The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past appeared first on Reason.com.
2024-05-0712 min
When We're Not Hustling: Sex Workers Talking About Everything ButS1 E16: Build a City, Burn it Down with Ava AdoreAva Adore is a lifetime Chicagian who describes her city as a queer and affordable haven, but also talks about why she calls the Nevada desert her home for 6 weeks out of every year during Burning Man. We discuss what it's like to be a traveling escort, the principles of Burning Man, what has pulled her back every year since 2011, understanding herself in light of her late autism diagnosis, and so much more! Guest Recommendations: Books: Contemporary Prostitution: Study of a Social Question, by Leo Taxil, translated by Jack V Parker...
2024-05-061h 09
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: Fabric, Dyes, Glamour, and International Affairs, with Virginia PostrelAuthor and speaker Virginia Postrel has spent many years researching and writing about, among other things, various aspects of the economics and societal context of fashion, glamour, and consumer choice. A few years ago her book The Fabric of Civilization tackled the history and global effects of fabric-making, dyeing, the clothing trade, and other textile-related activities. So when host David Priess had his curiosity piqued by some displays at the International Spy Museum related to silk, dyes, and espionage, he knew who to call.David talked to Virginia about the origins of string and of fabric, to...
2024-04-181h 30
The Lawfare PodcastChatter: Fabric, Dyes, Glamour, and International Affairs, with Virginia PostrelAuthor and speaker Virginia Postrel has spent many years researching and writing about, among other things, various aspects of the economics and societal context of fashion, glamour, and consumer choice. A few years ago her book The Fabric of Civilization tackled the history and global effects of fabric-making, dyeing, the clothing trade, and other textile-related activities. So when host David Priess had his curiosity piqued by some displays at the International Spy Museum related to silk, dyes, and espionage, he knew who to call.David talked to Virginia about the origins of string and of fabric, to...
2024-04-181h 30
ChatterFabric, Dyes, Glamour, and International Affairs, with Virginia PostrelAuthor and speaker Virginia Postrel has spent many years researching and writing about, among other things, various aspects of the economics and societal context of fashion, glamour, and consumer choice. A few years ago her book The Fabric of Civilization tackled the history and global effects of fabric-making, dyeing, the clothing trade, and other textile-related activities. So when host David Priess had his curiosity piqued by some displays at the International Spy Museum related to silk, dyes, and espionage, he knew who to call.David talked to Virginia about the origins of string and of fabric, to...
2024-04-181h 30
The Permanent ProblemRethinking our vision for the future, with Virginia PostrelWhat determines our visions of the future, and how those visions change over time? How is politics shaped by conflicting visions of the future? What did the old mid-century vision of a Jetsons-style future get wrong -- and what did it get right that we are now struggling to rediscover? What are the roots of technological pessimism, and how can we encourage the growth of a culture that valorizes scientific and technological advance? On this episode of The Permanent Problem podcast, author Virginia Postrel (The Future and Its Enemies, The Fabric of Civilization, and more) joins the Niskanen Center's...
2024-03-061h 02
The Kevin Rooke ShowThe Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made The World | Virginia Postrel | BM2→ The Fabric of Civilization: https://www.bookmarked.club/books/the-fabric-of-civilization
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In this episode, Kevin interviews Virginia Postrel, author of 'The Fabric of Civilization,' about the role of fabric in history and its connection to technology, science, and trade. Virginia shares her journey of becoming interested in fabric and the inspiration behind her book. They discuss the concept of natural fibers and how they have been modified over time. They also explore the connection between weaving and math, as well as the impact of dye on the...
2024-01-071h 53The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergDon’t Fear the FutureThe future has a lot of enemies these days, and most of them seem to agree that progress is behind us while nothing but disaster lies ahead. Today, AEI’s Jim Pethokoukis is back on the Remnant to challenge that idea. His new book, The Conservative Futurist, makes the case for a risk-taking, future-oriented American society driven by technological change. But what would such a society look like in practice? How could it come into being? And what makes futurism and conservatism compatible?Show Notes:- Jim’s page at A...
2023-10-051h 13
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2023-10-013h 05
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2023-09-1600 min
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in History, WorldPockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah CarlsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675923to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
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Narrator: Stephanie Cannon
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Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2023
Genres: World
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A thought-provoking microhistory of the humble pocket that uncovers what pockets reveal about us—and why it matters. It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so few? In her captivating book, Hannah Carlson, a lecturer in dress history at the Rhode Island School of Design, shows us...
2023-09-126h 38Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social SciencePockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah CarlsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675923to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
Author: Hannah Carlson
Narrator: Stephanie Cannon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2023
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
A thought-provoking microhistory of the humble pocket that uncovers what pockets reveal about us—and why it matters. It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so few? In her captivating book, Hannah Carlson, a lecturer in dress history at the Rhode Island School of Design...
2023-09-126h 38
The Ebbs and The Flows.The Ebbs and The Flows with Claire Marshall: On Compassion, neurobiology, equality, justice and the validity of our experiences.Welcome back to The Ebbs and The Flows: soft chats about hard stuff. The Ebbs and The Flows with Claire Marshall; human rights lawyer, social justice reformer and podcast host. A conversation on neurobiology, compassion, equality and the validity of our emotions and experiences. Edited by The Ebbs and The FlowsThank you to Chantelle Clark for designs used to promote this episodeThis week's guest is Claire Marshall, lawyer, speaker, podcast host and justice reform activist and passionately curious about relationships, life and love. Claire is one half of 'The Good S...
2023-08-101h 04
The Curious TaskJason Kuznicki - Why Is It So Hard To Think About Freedom?Alex speaks with Jason Kuznicki about the societal tendency towards stagnation - and away from liberalism - and its roots in some of the earliest human civilizations.
References
1. “Technology and the End of Authority: What Is Government For?” by Jason Kuznicki
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Technology-End-Authority-What-Government/dp/3319486918
2. Jason’s previous episode “What Is Government For?” on The Curious Task
Link: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-12-jason-kuznicki-%e2%80%94-what-is-government-for/
3. “The Domus Mindset: The Origins of Civilization, the Ruling Class, and Why It’s so Hard to Think About Freedo...
2023-05-0359 min
The Entrepreneur's EthicVirginia Postrel and the Fabric of Civilization | Ep. 2Virginia Postrel (vpostrel.com), author of The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Shaped the World, joins Kevin in discussion of the importance of textiles in the history of humanity. This episode is part of his ongoing examination of historic entrepreneur Francis Cabot Lowell.
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2023-04-281h 04
The Living Jewishly PodcastREPLAY: Free to Be: The Ethics of Libertarianism“I’m not going to say that ‘greed is good.’ Greed can be made to DO good, but we’ve got to get the institutional designs right.”— Jason KuznickiWhen people think of freedom, they usually associate it with the idea of being able to do whatever they want… as long as their actions don’t harm others. The political ideology of Libertarianism is particularly concerned with institutional restrictions on freedom, and pushes for the idea of less governmental control.But what if freedom alone isn’t enough? What if some...
2023-04-1838 min
STUMP - Death and TaxesDon't Use ChatGPT for Numbers (Right Now)I originally meant to talk about Japan’s demographic problem, but I decided to talk about chatGPT instead because of a footnote on an article on Japan. Ain’t that the way. So I think through how technology has changed the corporate workplace over the last 50 years….and how awful chatGPT is (currently) at doing quantitative work. Because that’s not what it’s for.STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Episode...
2023-03-0820 min
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningVirginia Postrel: from synthetic meat to synthetic fabricOn this episode of the Unsupervised Learning podcast, Razib talks to Virginia Postrel, the author of The Fabric of Civilization, The Power of Glamour, The Substance of Style and The Future and its Enemies. Formerly a columnist at The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg View, and the former editor of Reason, she is now a fellow at Chapman University's Smith Institute. First, Razib and Postrel discuss her recently reported piece for The Wall Street Journal, Synthetic Meat Will Change the Ethics of Eating. In the wake of the stagnation in the plant-based meat market the eyes of many futurist...
2023-02-231h 07
A Walk Through the MindBase Material ConstructionAfter finishing a book about the history of textiles, I question the overall break down of cost to create such things; how much goes into the process to get it from the factory to you? How much other effort goes into the things to create not just the energy we use to turn on the lights, but the things that help the lights turn on, like copper? Executive Producer: quirkess Book mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/75319.Virginia_Postrel Podcast about the processing of materials like oil and copper: https://r...
2022-12-1316 min
Wizard of Ads Monday Morning MemoFrame. Reframe. Counterpunching Part 2The pain of loss is psychologically twice as powerful as the pleasure of gain. When Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky published Prospect Theory in 1979, a generation of advertisers mistakenly began to speak to Pain, and to the fear of Loss.If you frame a choice as “Loss versus Gain,” most people will choose loss avoidance because “losses loom larger than gains.”But what if you want your audience to embrace the risk of loss? To what motivation, then, do you speak?Equally unwise is to frame a choice as “Pain versus Pleasure.”
2022-12-0509 min
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 500 - ALL The GuestsFIVE-HUNDRED EPISODES of The Virtual Memories Show?! Let's celebrate this milestone episode with tributes, remembrances, jokes, congrats, non-sequiturs, and a couple of songs (!) from nearly 100 of my past guests, including Maria Alexander, Jonathan Ames, Glen Baxter, Jonathan Baylis, Zoe Beloff, Walter Bernard, Sven Birkerts, Charles Blackstone, RO Blechman, Phlip Boehm, MK Brown, Dan Cafaro, David Carr, Kyle Cassidy, Howard Chaykin, Joe Ciardiello, Gary Clark, John Crowley, Ellen Datlow, Paul Di Filippo, Joan Marans Dim, Liza Donnelly, Bob Eckstein, Scott Edelman, Barbara Epler, Glynnis Fawkes, Aaron Finkelstein, Mary Fleener, Shary Flenniken, Josh Alan Friedman, Kipp Friedman, Michael Gerber, Mort Gerberg...
2022-08-192h 46
Zooming In at The UnPopulistCan Liberalism Make Peace Between the Future and Its Enemies? (w/ Virginia Postrel)We’re used to thinking about politics as a battle between left and right, progressive and conservative. But those sides can be somewhat protean, with their positions, preferences and policies shifting in ways that make it difficult to analyze the political landscape clearly.
My guest today has a different way of framing politics—one she first set out 24 years ago, and one which looks more and more prescient with every passing day. Virginia Postrel is the author of many books, including The Future and Its Enemies. Her latest is the Fabric of Civilization. The core of Postrel’s framew...
2022-08-1057 min
Zooming In at The UnPopulistCan Liberalism Make Peace Between the Future and Its Enemies?: An Interview With Virginia PostrelSubscribe to Reactionary Minds: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTubeReactionary Minds is a project of The UnPopulist. Hosted by Aaron Ross Powell. Produced by Landry Ayres.The following is a transcript of Reactionary Minds’ interview with Virginia Postrel, author of many books, including The Future and Its Enemies. The transcript has been lightly edited for flow and clarity.Aaron Ross Powell: I’m Aaron Ross Powell, and this is Reactionary Minds, a project of The UnPopulist. We’re used to thinking about politics as a battle between left and right, progre...
2022-08-1057 min
Minha Estante ColoridaA substância do estilo[Curiosidades] Resenha do livro “The substance of style: how the rise of aesthetic value is remaking commerce, culture & consciousness” (Tradução livre: "A substância do estilo: como a ascensão do valor estético está refazendo o comércio, a cultura e a consciência"), de Virginia Postrel. A resenha escrita está nesse link.
Minha mãe dizia que no tempo dela, se a moda era vestido acinturado, a moça que não andasse assim era ridicularizada na rua. O que era belo era lei, todo mundo tinha que usar, sob pena de ser deixado à margem de seu gru...
2022-04-2406 min
Political Economy with Jim PethokoukisVirginia Postrel: Dynamism or Stasis?In the early 19th century, English textile workers calling themselves "Luddites" destroyed machinery in an effort to save their jobs from automation. And two centuries later, those who resist technological change are still called Luddites. In the 2020 book The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel tells the history of textiles, including the Luddite movement. And in her 1998 book, The Future and Its Enemies, she describes the "stasist" view behind Luddism, as well as its natural antipode, dynamism. To discuss how this framework can help us understand the current moment, I've brought Virginia on the podcast.Virginia is a Bloo...
2022-04-2034 min
The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander HeffnerMasking and Unmasking CivilizationAuthor Virginia Postrel discusses the history of fabric and contemporary mask-wearing practices to protect public health.
2022-04-1828 min
The New BazaarThe power of glamourGlamour is a misunderstood concept. A lot of people associate it with glossy pictures of movie stars and celebrities in ritzy settings, or with other concepts like charisma or dazzle. Glamour is something a little different. It’s mysterious and concealing. It’s an illusion and it can be deceptive, sometimes so in problematic ways. But whether we’re talking about a glamorous object or a glamorous person, glamour also provides a canvas on which people can project their own desires and longings. So when you find something glamorous, that something is also revealing what you yearn for...
2022-04-141h 08
The a16z ShowTechnologies & Threads Through the Fabric of Our Livesoriginal episode notes and transcript here: https://future.a16z.com/podcasts/textiles-technology-science-math-cultures-civilization/Longtime podcast showrunner (2014-2022), primary host, and editor Sonal Chokshi shares three best-of episodes as she shifts gears and the show goes on hiatus until relaunched with a new host. The third of these three special rerun episodes is a conversation that originally took place in October 2020, in the midst of the pandemic – and perfectly captures the signature identity of this show until now, and Chokshi's work, which is at the intersection of technology and humanity. In it, she and Virg...
2022-02-211h 12The Living Jewishly PodcastFree to Be: The Ethics of Libertarianism“I’m not going to say that ‘greed is good.’ Greed can be made to DO good, but we’ve got to get the institutional designs right.”— Jason KuznickiWhen people think of freedom, they usually associate it with the idea of being able to do whatever they want… as long as their actions don’t harm others. The political ideology of Libertarianism is particularly concerned with institutional restrictions on freedom, and pushes for the idea of less governmental control.But what if freedom alone isn’t enough? What if some...
2022-02-0138 min
Western CivBonus: The Fabric of CivilizationI sit down with Virginia Postrel and talk about her new book: "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made The World". We discuss how the development of textiles has often been overlooked in historical study and why that is such a crucial mistake.Check out the Website: www.westerncivpodcast.comGet Ad-Free Versions of the Show: www.patreon.com/westerncivpodcastTry Western Civ 2.0 for Free: www.glow.fm/westernciv
2022-01-0756 min
The Modern Cotton Story“The story of textiles is the story of technology,” says author Virginia PostrelListen to a special episode of our podcast series entitled “Authors and Editors Talk About Textiles and Sustainability,” with Virginia Postrel, author of the recently published book “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World,” an important new history of textiles.
From its earliest development in ancient times, through to the industrial revolution, on to today, Virginia takes us on a journey of adventure where we learn about how the ubiquity of textiles holds great significance in how society developed.
As she explains, technology played an important role in the use of textiles in various forms around the world as it he...
2021-10-2936 min
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancTracing Textile History and Threads That Connect Cultures feat. Virginia PostrelTextiles have played a significant role in our history and culture, starting with the Stone Age and continuing to the present. As award-winning journalist Virginia Postrel tells us, thread and fabric played are catalysts in revolutionizing human labor and innovations that economic historians often overlook. The Fabric Of Civilization is Virginia's book on textile history that stitches our aesthetics, history, and cultural identity. It focuses on textiles as among the oldest, most essential, and most pervasive of human inventions.In this episode, Virginia reminds us that people around the world are all woven together through o...
2021-10-251h 00
BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®BLUE CAST Ep11 - THE FABRIC OF CIVILIZATIONBLUE CAST Ep11 - THE FABRIC OF CIVILIZATION This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia Carey talks with Author Virginia Postrel.Virginia Postrel is a Los Angeles-based author, columnist, and independent researcher whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology. She learned to weave while researching The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World and is now the program co-chair for the Southern California Handweavers’ Guild. Virginia is also a regular columnist for BloombergTricia Carey is a w...
2021-09-0937 min
Warm Mass of Full Audiobooks in Self Development, Health & WellnessFabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World - Virginia I. PostrelListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the WorldAuthor: Virginia I. PostrelNarrator: Caroline ColeFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9:42:13Language: EnglishRelease date: 08-17-2021Publisher: Findaway VoicesGenres: History, World, Science & Technology, Technology & EngineeringSummary:From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide.
The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization...
2021-08-179h 42
Get Hooked On A Meditative Audiobooks Workshop During A Run.The Fabric of Civilization - Audiobook by Virginia I. PostrelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/116440 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Fabric of Civilization
Author: Virginia I. Postrel
Narrator: Caroline Cole
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
Release date: 08-17-21
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 210 ratings
Genres: History
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The story of humanity is the story of textiles - as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal...
2021-08-179h 42
Talking History with Patrick GeogheganBest of August Books - Part TwoJoin Patrick Geoghegan for the best in Irish and International history books for August 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth' with Gordon Campbell, 'The Rise and Fall of the Orange Order During The Famine Years' with Daragh Curran, 'Magnificent Women And Their Machines' with Henrietta Heald, 'The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made The World' with Virginia Postrel and 'Digging Up Britain' with Mike Pitts.
2021-08-1552 min
The Curious TaskSteve Horwitz — What Drives Progress?In honour of Steve Horwitz (1964-2021), we are re-releasing his conversation with Alex Aragona on what drives progress — a topic near and dear to Steve's heart.
References from The Curious Task Special Episode 1 with Steve Horwitz
Steve Horwitz is the author of Austrian Economics: An Introduction; Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective; Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order; and Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions which are available for purchase on Amazon Canada (titles hyperlinked).
This article entitled Persistent Fallacies by Vuk Vukovic recounts the misconceptions surrounding growth and is a respons...
2021-07-0757 min
The New Liberal PodcastFabric and Civilization ft. Virginia PostrelVirginia Postrel, author of The Fabric of Civilization, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. We discuss the history of cloths, textiles, and fabrics as detailed in her recent book, and why the history of fabrics is often the same thing as the history of technology. We also discuss dynamic vs static attitudes toward the economy and society, the relationship between textiles and economic development, theories of how and why industrialization occurs, and the ins and outs of kidney donation. It's hard to recap every subject we touch on, but this episode is definitely worth your time. S...
2021-06-151h 10
DeviateGolden Age of jet travel“Stewardesses were instructed to not serve caffeinated beverages or alcohol during a hijacking, and were encouraged to use their femininity to manipulate the hijackers.” – Julia Cooke
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Julia talk about how Julia came to write a book about international airline stewardesses in the golden age of jet travel, and how commercial air travel as we know it came of age more than half a century ago (1:30); what Pan Am was, what made it special, and the role of stewardesses on the airline (11:00); the former Pan Am stewardesses that Julia interviewed, how she fou...
2021-06-1549 minDeviate with Rolf PottsGolden Age of jet travel“Stewardesses were instructed to not serve caffeinated beverages or alcohol during a hijacking, and were encouraged to use their femininity to manipulate the hijackers.” – Julia Cooke
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Julia talk about how Julia came to write a book about international airline stewardesses in the golden age of jet travel, and how commercial air travel as we know it came of age more than half a century ago (1:30); what Pan Am was, what made it special, and the role of stewardesses on the airline (11:00); the former Pan Am stewardesses that Julia interviewed, how she fou...
2021-06-1549 min
Haptic & HueA Feeling of WealthCloth and wealth have gone hand in glove for much of history: where there are textiles there has almost always been money, and often lots of it. The Medicis of Florence started life as wool traders in Tuscany before they became bankers, popes, princes, and queens. It was wool that started them on a journey that saw them become the principal financiers of the Florentine Renaissance, they were the backers of almost everyone who mattered including Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael, Machiavelli, and Galileo and they weren't the only ones. This episode looks at w...
2021-06-0338 min
Free ThoughtsHow Textiles Made the Modern World (with Virginia Postrel)The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. Virginia Postrel joins the show to discuss how textiles are the most influential commodity in world history.What can the history of textiles teach us about innovation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-04-1654 min
Ideas of IndiaVirginia Postrel on the History of Textiles and their Economic Relevance Throughout the WorldIn this episode, Shruti and Virginia Postrel discuss her latest book, "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World." They talk about different methods of dyeing, spinning as a feminine occupation, the textile trade in the 17th and 18th centuries, how technological changes disrupted the industry and much more. Postrel is an author, columnist and speaker whose work spans a broad range of topics from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture, commerce and technology. Her previous books include "The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion" (2013), "The Substance of Style" (2003) and "...
2021-04-151h 30Nebraska Governance and Technology CenterNGTC Lecture Series: The Fabric of CivilizationThe Nebraska Governance and Technology Center host author Virginia Postrel to talk about her book, The Fabric of Civilization, as part of its Spring Lecture Series.
2021-04-1200 min
Metamuse27 // Playful software with Rasmus AnderssonDesign and engineering polymath Rasmus Andersson joins Mark and Adam to talk about his new project, Playbit. Play as a means of discovery and learning; virtualization as an underexploited technology for making safe playspaces for programming; and whether macOS will still exist in ten years.
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Show notes
Rasmus Andersson @rsms
Playbit
What counts as a weed?
maskros flowers
“write access to your entire worldview”
Jason Yuan on fidgitability
Virginia Postrel on work vs play
Rust
Roadster in space
foam roll
“Adamisms” e.g. mak...
2021-04-011h 22
TechdirtLessons In Innovation From The History Of FabricTextiles have been around for such a long time that we barely think about them. The making of fabric is one of the oldest crafts, and has played a major role in human civilization for thousands of years — and that might lead one to assume that there's nothing left to be learned from fabric's history. But they'd be wrong. This week we're joined by Virginia Postrel, whose book The Fabric Of Civilization: How Textiles Made The World is a fascinating look at how textiles have pushed and shaped the history of innovation, and how the story of fabric can teach us...
2021-03-1644 min
The Atlas Society Presents - Objectively SpeakingThe Atlas Society Asks Virginia PostrelAn award-winning journalist, Virginia Postrel is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author of the recently released "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World," which explores how the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. She is currently on the board of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and previously served as editor of Reason magazine.
2021-02-2457 min
The Curious TaskRoss Emmett and Steve Slivinski — What Policies Hurt Business?Alex Aragona chats with Ross Emmett and Steve Slivinski as they explore the policies that can hurt businesses, and their work on the Doing Business North America index.
References from Episode 80 with Ross Emmett and Steve Slivinski
Ross Emmett and Stephen Slivinski are directors of the Doing Business North America project. Their 2020 report forms the basis of this episode and can be found at their website at this link.
Here is a link to the Doing Business Report by the World Bank that was briefly mentioned in the podcast.
You can read the Philadelphia Inquirer’s artic...
2021-02-101h 03
Performing LaborMikaela Davis: An Unconventional PathAn interview with harpist, singer, songwriter, and Rochester, NY native, Mikaela Davis. We discuss her unconventional path from the Crane School of Music to writing, recording, and touring her own music. Mikaela has had rich experiences in many facets of music-making and the music business. She's an inspiring artist to listen to and learn from. Highlights Lives of working musicians in the 21st century - 6:38 Developing her ear - 7:41 The signing in her teenage years - 10:20 Wanting to have a degree - 12.34 A huge agency that wanted to sign her - 13:17 An extremely stressful e...
2021-01-2958 min
The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Transformation Economy by THRESHOLDEpisode 325 - Interview with Virgina PostrelRon and Ed are honored to welcome Virginia Postrel, author of The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. Virginia is also a columnist and speaker whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology. Writing in Vanity Fair, Sam Tanenhaus described her as a master D.J. who sequences the latest riffs from the hard sciences, the social sciences, business, and technology, to name only a few sources.
2021-01-2957 min
KZMU Public AffairsRadio Book Club - Fresh Year, Fresh ReadsIt’s the first Radio Book Club of the new year! Hosts Andy Nettell and Shari Zollinger from Back of Beyond Books and Jessie Magleby from Grand County Public Library convene around their first reads of 2021; books that embrace people who are different from you, memoirs that are soulful and egoless, and treatises on…fabric. If you love textiles, the smell of cold, or sharp wit, then this episode is for you! Plus, a special remembrance of nature writer Barry Lopez.
Show Notes:
Andy’s Reviews + Mentions
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel
Modern Fabric...
2021-01-2659 min
Design Matters with Debbie Millman Archive: 2005-2009Virginia PostrelDebbie Millman interviews Virginia Postrel, author of The Substance of Style, and a contributing writer for The New York Times business section.
2021-01-1957 minThe Curious TaskSteve Horwitz — What Drives Progress?Alex Aragona speaks with Steve Horwitz as he explores what drives human progress, and why the market is so crucial to that.
References from Episode 76 with Steve Horwitz
Steve Horwitz is the author of Austrian Economics: An Introduction; Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective; Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order; and Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions which are available for purchase on Amazon Canada (titles hyperlinked).
This article entitled Persistent Fallacies by Vuk Vukovic recounts the misconceptions surrounding growth and is a response to the book, Why Nations Fail, feat...
2021-01-1357 min
Cato AudioJanuary 20211) Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2) David Boaz, Clark Neily, and Thomas A. Firey on the good, bad, and ugly of 2020 3) Paul Matzko on fair representation in media 4) Jill Carlson on cryptocurrencies and civil liberties 5) Virginia Postrel on The Fabric of Civilization Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-01-011h 14
Model CitizenThe Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the WorldIn my most philosophical moods (and I'm usually in a pretty philosophical mood) I tend to see pretty much anything as a window onto the cosmos. But I'd never considered my cotton slacks as a window onto the forward march of human progress. That is, until I read Virginia Postrel's new book, "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World." Did you know that the microbial theory of disease starts with silkworm farming? That the origins of computing have something to do with the algorithmic nature of weaving? That double-entry bookkeeping and modern finance are creatures o...
2020-12-171h 49
New Books in Ancient HistoryVirginia Postrel, "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World" (Basic Books, 2020)In The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Basic Books, 2020), Virginia Postrel describes how humans coevolved with textiles.The story begins with our distant ancestors who used string to fashion the earliest tools. Then, ten thousand years ago, humans began farming not only for food but also for fiber to make cloth. In the intervening millennia, for people everywhere, an inordinate amount of human time and energy went into the growing, harvesting, spinning, weaving, and dying of cloth for garments, bedding, blankets, rugs, hangings, tents, tarps, sails, sacks, and all manner of containers and fittings. Ba...
2020-12-091h 03
New Books in TechnologyVirginia Postrel, "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World" (Basic Books, 2020)In The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Basic Books, 2020), Virginia Postrel describes how humans coevolved with textiles.The story begins with our distant ancestors who used string to fashion the earliest tools. Then, ten thousand years ago, humans began farming not only for food but also for fiber to make cloth. In the intervening millennia, for people everywhere, an inordinate amount of human time and energy went into the growing, harvesting, spinning, weaving, and dying of cloth for garments, bedding, blankets, rugs, hangings, tents, tarps, sails, sacks, and all manner of containers and fittings. Ba...
2020-12-091h 03
Ipse DixitVirginia Postrel on the History of TextilesIn this episode, Virginia Postrel, an award-winning journalist and independent scholar, discusses her new book "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World," which is published by Basic Books. Postrel begins by explaining why fabric, a product we now take for granted, used to be very costly. She discusses the different technologies that enabled the mass-production of fiber, thread, fabric, and dyes. And she describes the social technologies that facilitated the distribution of fabric. She also reflects on the social meaning of fabric, and potential future developments in the area. Postrel is on Twitter at @vpostrel....
2020-12-0837 min
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergMaking It Up in VolumeJonah flies solo once more in a podcast filled with the hottest of takes: Biden’s foot-breaking story is not only totally true – it’s also just kind of lame, weed saved George H.W. Bush’s life, and, most controversially of all, The Walking Dead still has some redeeming qualities. He also discusses why you should take John Bolton’s advice in The Dispatch seriously, and “Eurosclerosis,” the fanciest word of the day.
Show Notes:
-This week’s G-File
-The origins of Biden-Foot-Trutherism
-The week’s first Dispatch Podcast
-Th...
2020-12-051h 23
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergHipster LudditesToday, Jonah is joined by Virginia Postrel – former editor-in-chief of Reason magazine and author of many of the latter-day holy tomes of libertarianism, such as The Future and Its Enemies – to talk about her new book, The Fabric of Civilization. Virginia and Jonah do a deep dive into several moments in which the changes in textile manufacturing created giant, revolutionary, consciousness-shifting ripple effects regarding how civilizations viewed their relationship to markets and the economy. In particular, Virginia addresses how the un-guilded spinners of Europe were like the Luddites before it was cool, why textile-making would be one of the most...
2020-12-021h 34
EconTalkVirginia Postrel on Textiles and the Fabric of CivilizationAuthor and journalist Virginia Postrel talks about her book The Fabric of Civilization and How Textiles Made the World with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Postrel tells the fascinating story behind the clothes we wear and everything that goes into producing them throughout history. The history of textiles, Postrel argues, is a good way of understanding the history of the world.
2020-11-161h 06
INITTextiles and TechVirginia Postrel is an author, columnist, and speaker who focuses on the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology. In this episode, we talk about her new book, The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. Topics discussed include Neanderthal string, ancient spinning machines, the link between the abundance of thread and the Great Enrichment, the digital nature of weaving, the dye industry and the rise of modern chemistry, and the advent of 3D knitting and smart fabrics.Special Guest: Virginia Postrel.Links:Virginia Postrel – Website
2020-11-1047 min
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 407 - Virginia PostrelJournalist and scholar Virginia Postrel rejoins the show to talk about her brand-new book, The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made The World (Basic Books). We get into how textiles intersect with technology, culture, commerce, politics, and more, the long gestation of this book & the dress that started it all, humanity's textile-amnesia, and Virginia's reversal of Arthur C. Clarke's third law of technology. We discuss the textile skills she learned (or tried to learn) in prep for the book and how she's now the owner of several looms, the extensive travel she undertook for research, how the book wouldn't...
2020-11-101h 09
The Curious TaskVirginia Postrel — How Do Textiles Shape Society?Alex Aragona speaks with Virginia Postrel as she explores how her newest book traces how textiles shaped our modern societies.
References from Episode 66 with Virginia Postrel
Virgina Postrel is the author of The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion; The Substance of Style: How The Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness; The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress, and The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World, featuring the majority of this episode’s quotes and chapter references. All titles are availab...
2020-11-041h 09
The a16z ShowTextiles as Tech, Science, Math, Culture... or Civilization"The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they're indistinguishable from it." That quote from computer scientist Mark Weiser is from a 1991 paper where he outlined the vision of ubiquitous computing; in it, he also referenced "seamlessness"... We just can't get away from textile metaphors: we catch airline "shuttles", we "weave" through traffic, we follow comment "threads” -- the metaphors are as ubiquitous and abundant and threaded throughout our lives as the textiles (and computing) all around us.In fact, argues author and columnist Virginia Postrel, the st...
2020-10-241h 11
STEM Fatale PodcastEpisode 054 - Alice Hamilton | Industrial Toxicologist & DoctorAlternate Title: Duke of Occupational Hazards
Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Alice Hamilton, a scientist, doctor, public health expert, and pioneer in the fields of industrial toxicology and occupational health.
Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com
Sources
Main Story - Alice Hamilton
“Pandemics Come and Go But Medical Masks are Eternal” by Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg Opinion. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-10/medical-face-masks-an-illustrated-history
“Celebrating the life of Alice Hamilton, founding mother of occupational medicine” by Dr. Howard Mar...
2020-04-1348 min
Should WeNo. 53 — Seek Glamour?What is glamour, anyway? And why does it seduce us so? In this episode, we look behind the scenes of our most glamorous moments so far and even venture back to memories of perusing catalogues as kids.
- The Power of Glamour by Virginia Postrel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A25EZ72
- “Who Would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram?” https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/who-would-tavi-gevinson-be-without-instagram.html
- “The Grooming Gap“ https://inthesetimes.com/article/22197/grooming-gap-women-economics-wage-gender-sexism-make-up-styling-dress-code
- Cocoon (Coaching with Lisa): the-cocoon.co
2020-03-0544 min
The Kindle ChroniclesTKC 538 Future-Fitness Buff James McQuivey Vice Principal and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 2:28 and ends at 38:32 "Nobody can see the future, but what we can see from the past is that it unfolds according to certain properties. What [Virginia Postrel, author of The Future and Its Enemies] wrote that was so compelling was that the best properties to help that unfold in the best way are properties of experimentation, of testing, of openness, of collaboration, of letting people try what people do in an environment where they get feedback from the marketplace and then they...
2018-11-2344 min
Business Done Right | Faith Forward Business LeadershipEp. 6: The DNA of Entrepreneurs"Almost always anxious" was Seth's self-diagnosis that I'm sure many of us can relate to. Being an ambitious person and having audacious goals certainly comes with its struggles. In Chapter 2 of his book Ambition: Leading with Gratitude, Seth's going to be sharing his story on the pivotal moments that led up to this realization and what mindset shifts he made to overcome it. What you'll learn about: 02:16 - The impact of intentional positivity 03:33 - The impact our words have on those following us 05:45 - Moment of Truth: The path from burdened to joyful. 09:30 - C...
2018-08-0723 min
Just Wanna QuiltFamous author Virginia Postrel joins us to discuss her new project on technology and textilesVirginia Postrel is a famous author, who has taken up the question of technology and textiles. Her previous work, style and glamour.
2018-04-2553 min
Challenging Opinions >>CO018 Virginia Postrel on Donating a KidneyVirginia Postrel is an author and columnist. She writes for Bloomberg View and we talked about this column of hers. Virginia mentioned this book by Michele Goodwin, and I referenced this study of penalties for collecting children late from childcare.
2017-04-1924 min
The Power of Strange, Part 2: Is the World Getting Weirder?Post-election 2016: Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon explore how strange our current world seems even to us.
Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton -- an election story you could not have sold as fiction two years ago.
Brexit
Wikileaks
Fake news and the fall of the mass media.
Cubs win the World Series
"Three billionaires are each running their own individual space programs." Virginia Postrel
Elon Musk Mars
Zuckerberg plan to end disease
What does all this weirdness mean? Where will it lead us?
Tune in and explore!
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2016-11-1030 min
Voices from my Bunker 2020Tales From A Ladies Dressing Room-PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 037Though designed as a mere convenience, clothing sizes establish an unintended norm, an ideal from which deviations seem like flaws. There's nothing like a trip to the dressing room to convince a woman-fat, thin, or in-between-that's she's a freak.- Virginia Postrel Hello and this is Pat Coakley! Welcome to PODSNACKS the weekly edition of my […] The post Tales From A Ladies Dressing Room-PODSNACKS/ArtoftheDiet 037 appeared first on Art of the Diet.
2016-04-2026 min
Tech Policy LeadersBerin Szoka: How the FCC overrulled state municipal broadband rules.Berin Szoka (@BerinSzoka) is the President of TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Before joining PFF, he was an Associate in the Communications Practice Group at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he advised clients on regulations affecting the Internet and telecommunications industries. Before joining Latham's Communications Practice Group, Szoka practiced at Lawler Metzger Milkman & Keeney, LLC, a boutique telecommunications law firm in Washington, and clerked for the Hon. H. Dale Cook, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Szoka received his B...
2016-02-0949 min
Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfDecoding GlamourContributor(s): Virginia Postrel | Drawing on her path-breaking new book, The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion, Virginia Postrel cracks the code of this mysterious and surprisingly pervasive phenomenon. She identifies the three essential elements in all forms of glamour and explains how they work to create a distinctive sensation of projection and yearning. Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel) is a Los Angeles-based author and columnist whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture and commerce. Her previous books are The Substance of Style (2003) and The Future...
2015-07-021h 28Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoDecoding GlamourContributor(s): Virginia Postrel | Drawing on her path-breaking new book, The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion, Virginia Postrel cracks the code of this mysterious and surprisingly pervasive phenomenon. She identifies the three essential elements in all forms of glamour and explains how they work to create a distinctive sensation of projection and yearning. Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel) is a Los Angeles-based author and columnist whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture and commerce. Her previous books are The Substance of Style (2003) and The Future...
2015-07-021h 28
Design Matters with Debbie MillmanVirginia PostrelDebbie Millman talks to Virginia Postrel about the power of glamorous objects and glamorous people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2015-05-1135 min
Design MattersDesign Matters With Debbie Millman: Virginia PostrelDebbie Millman talks to author, columnist, and speaker Virginia Postrel about the power of glamorous objects and glamorous people.
2015-05-1135 min
Libertarian Radio - Best of The Bob Zadek ShowVirginia Postrel on Stasis vs. DynamismSixteen years ago, Virginia Postrel published The Future and Its Enemies, a manifesto for her personal philosophy of "dynamism." Dynamists like Postrel favor the spontaneous, evolving forces of free markets over the "stasist" philosophy common to reactionary conservatives and government technocrats. Even more than left versus right, Postrel argues, politics is a battle of the "stasists" versus the "dynamists." Nowhere is this seen more clearly than in the debate over compensation for kidney donors. Postrel, the editor of Reason during most of the 1990s, is a...
2014-12-2159 min
The Bob Zadek ShowVirginia Postrel on Stasis vs. DynamismSixteen years ago, Virginia Postrel published The Future and Its Enemies, a manifesto for her personal philosophy of "dynamism." Dynamists like Postrel favor the spontaneous, evolving forces of free markets over the "stasist" philosophy common to reactionary conservatives and government technocrats. Even more than left versus right, Postrel argues, politics is a battle of the "stasists" versus the "dynamists." Nowhere is this seen more clearly than in the debate over compensation for kidney donors. Postrel, the editor of Reason during most of the 1990s, is a spokesperson for a new charity, the American Living Organ Donor Fund (ALODF). She also...
2014-12-2052 min
The Point of Attachment#03: The True Meaning of Luxury, Part IJust in time for the 2014 LA Auto Show, The Point of Attachment's special two-part episode explores the notion of what makes a luxury car truly luxurious. Host Larry Vincent asks
New York Times automobile design columnist Phil Patton
Virginia Postrel, author of The Power of Glamour
and Business Insider's Transportation Editor Matt DeBord
if maybe the most successful brands aren't really selling "luxury" at all.
2014-11-0532 min
Wizard of Ads Monday Morning MemoPower of SilenceWhen Jacqueline Bouvier married JFK she became “Mrs. Kennedy.”She was the Princess Di of her generation.Following her husband’s assassination, Jacqueline’s voice was almost never again heard in public. She quickly became the most mysterious and glamorous woman on earth. When she married Aristotle Onassis, the world’s richest man, she became forever thereafter, “Jackie ‘O’.”“Like so much in her life, the aim of her signature style was concealment. A chemical straightener disguised the naturally kinky hair she hated. The teased bouffant masked a low hairline. Kid gloves covered large, strong, mannish...
2014-06-0903 min
The Virtual Memories ShowSeason 3, Episode 26 - Glamour ProfessionVirginia Postrel joins us to talk about her new book, The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion. We talk about the uses and abuses of glamour, the nerd fixation on space travel, the first known symbol of glamour, how Barack Obama's first election campaign was heaven-sent for Ms. Postrel's book, and more!
2013-11-1254 min
Princeton University PodcastsThe Future of Conservatism - October 12, 2009This panel discussion among four conservative thinkers will address the role of conservatism in the current political arena—where it fits in the major parties, what role it may play in the next election, and what will happen to the right and far right. Ross Douthat is an author and blogger. Formerly a senior editor at The Atlantic, he is the author of Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class (Hyperion, 2005) and, with Reihan Salam, Grand New Party (Doubleday, 2008). In 2009 he replaced William Kristol as the conservative columnist at the New York Times. David Frum was an economic sp...
2009-10-121h 41Princeton University PodcastsThe Future of Conservatism - October 12, 2009This panel discussion among four conservative thinkers will address the role of conservatism in the current political arena—where it fits in the major parties, what role it may play in the next election, and what will happen to the right and far right. Ross Douthat is an author and blogger. Formerly a senior editor at The Atlantic, he is the author of Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class (Hyperion, 2005) and, with Reihan Salam, Grand New Party (Doubleday, 2008). In 2009 he replaced William Kristol as the conservative columnist at the New York Times. David Frum was an economic sp...
2009-10-121h 41