NPR’s Fresh Air has been doing a very good job of demystifying the financial crisis. Here, we have an interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning financial journalist, Gretchen Morgenson.

Rather slick trailer. (And got to wonder how filming the pretzel scene didn’t hurt.) “W,” Oliver Stone’s new biopic, hits the theaters this fall.

Not to be too pessimistic …
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Last week, the launch of Stanford Engineering Everywhere, featuring 10 free computer science and engineering courses, got no shortage of buzz on the net. This led me to think, why not highlight other major collections of free university courses/resources.

The 2008 MacArthurs were just announced. And one goes to Alex Ross, the New Yorker music critic who recently published The Rest is Noise, a widely praised work that makes sense of 20th century classical music. Below we have Ross talking about his musical background, the New York music scene and the general gist of his book.

Just a quick reminder. Starting today (September 23), you can download Michael Moore’s new feature film – Slacker Uprising – via the web for free. This is unfortunately only available to US and Canadian residents, and it will remain free for three weeks. You can get more info and download the film here.

In case this got lost over the weekend I am bumping it back up: The New York Times has a piece running this weekend that surveys the landscape of online university lectures. (Get a jumbo list of free courses here.) Along the way, they focus on five lectures that “no one should miss.” They are as follows:
1.) Walter H. G.

Because it’s election season and Rock cracks me up …

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“AOL Sessions has live videos from more than 150 different artists specially recorded for the series. Here are just a few of the artists on offer: Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Modest Mouse, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Sarah McLachlan, Bonnie Raitt, Iggy Pop, and more.

To the tune of the Inspector Gadget Theme. So far viewed 14.5 million times. Pretty amazing. Take it away (and check out the musician’s CD here) …

Added to our YouTube playlist.