Episode 146: Art of the Ultimatum, Fukushima Ice Wall, New Work from Salinger and more
"The red line was really your classic surrender or die kind of message."
-Dan Carlin, on Genghis Khan and the history of red lines. Listen
Find more quotes from this week's guests and listen to the items below.
Opening Salinger's Vault
"It's one of the more exciting developments on the American literature scene in the last half century."
-John Wenke, Salinger scholar and a professor at the University of Salisbury, Maryland Listen
Pranking the NSA
"There's no telling what these agencies might decide constitutes suspicious behaviour. "
- David Sobel, Senior Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation Listen
Blocked on Weibo
"The one that most fascinates me party because it's so obscure is the one for actually hairy bacon."
-Jason Q. Ng, Google Policy Fellow at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, author of Blocked on Weibo Listen
Fukushima Ice Wall
"To get excited about this thing as the core of the solution is misplaced confidence."
-Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental ResearchListen
Ron James on Ottawa's Long Summer
"I'm suggesting you take this time away from the cumbersome duties of governance to keep your mojo working brother. Stay in shape. Practise. Talk to the mirror. "
-Ron James, comedian and star of The Ron James ShowListen
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