disbelief and make-believe. Kurt Andersen talks with creative genius and serious atheist Jonathan Miller, who’s hosting a documentary on the subject. We’ll meet an artist who got mistaken for a terrorist, and take a guided journey to the digital universe Second Life, to check out some masterpieces of virtual art.
Jonathan Miller
(Courtesy of Jonathan Miller)
Jonathan Miller
In the 1960s, Jonathan Miller helped redefine funny as a member of the English comedy revue Beyond the Fringe. Now the comedian and opera director (oh and, by the way, neurologist and sculptor, too) is hosting a BBC series called A Brief History of Disbelief -- it ...
Someone to Watch Over Me
Meet Hasan Elahi. He's an American artist with a focus on new media. After someone reported him as a terrorist, he began using the power of the internet to clear his name: he posts every last detail of his private life, from cell phone records to lunches ...
My So-Called Second Life
It's not a computer game. Second Life is an online virtual world designed and controlled by its inhabitants. In some ways it’s just like “real” life: full of buying, selling, entertainment and sex. But the high-power graphic tools that make Second Life possible also make it a great place to ...
Young American Bodies
It's got nudity, sex and love triangles, but Young American Bodies isn’t porn. It’s a soap opera posted on Nerve.com, complete with strong characters and twisty plot-lines. And it paints a pretty bright future for the video entertainment on the web, according to its newest fan, Sean ...
Buffy Returns
Four years after Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended, creator Joss Whedon has resurrected his cult hit TV series in a very surprising fashion: as a comic book. Produced by Eric Molinsky.
Threshold Choir
Kate Munger leads an unusual choir. She trains groups of women, mostly amateur singers, to perform in private homes and hospices at the bedsides of people who are dying. She calls the group a Threshold Choir. Produced by Lonny Shavelson.





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