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DJordan and I will be interviewing Craig Newmark, founder and creator of Craigslist on our radio show Tons of Fun this Wednesday, October 8 @ 730PM. Tune in to 91.7FM or listen online.

Besides helping us buy stuff, the 55 year-old entrepreneur is actively involved in keeping the internet free and blogging about politics, culture and keeping the Internet free. Though his political stances lean left (according to his blog…and the post about an Obama cookie), keeping the Internet tax-free, regulation-free and just simply free is something to which pretty much everyone can agree (except maybe neo-conservatives).

• founded craigslist in 1995
• ebay owns roughly 25% stake in craiglist
• started craigslist foundation in 2001 to help non-profits become established
• as of september 2007, craigslist operates in 450 cities in 50 countries
• ebay filed lawsuit against craigslist in april 2008
• craigslist countersued ebay in may 2008

DJordan and I facilitated a discussion and analytical commentary of the economy between financial economist Jyord Bjyornsen from our KVRX New Delhi bureau and field ecologist Damath Clearwater from our KVRX Sydney bureau. Have some ear-food.

 

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Tonight, DJordan and I interviewed Vijay Mahajan, a marketing professor at UT-Austin who released his newest book, Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think. The first chapter is available for reading free online.

Unfortunately, technical Internet difficulties prevented us from recording the show. It shan’t happen again.

Prof. Mahajan will be speaking about his book at Follett’s Intellectual Property on Thursday, October 9th, at 6PM (free).

Just a bit of fun information I received from SG records and Daily Texan archives…apparently our new Student Union Building was proposed once before nearly 10 years ago. Unlike most referendums for expenditures, this one was voted down - seemingly largely in part due to a surprising alliance between the Young Conservatives of Texas, Students for Access and Opportunity (no longer exists) and the College Republicans.

Here’s the actual referendum.

Here are the votes (26 percent ‘Yes,’ and 73 percent ‘No’).

Here’s the story (part 1, part 2 and part 3).

I just cannot imagine anything like this happening today at the University.

My interview with Brett Fletcher - a sophomore at the University and the top student of field ecology researcher and Professor Eric Pianka. We discussed the issues of sustaining resource and production while our growing population continues to produce certain side effects. Enjoy.

 

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DJordan and my interview with voluptuous Brooks McClure - a modern-day, contemporary Man Siren.

Photo courtesy of flickr user Brittany’s Expressions.

Brooks McClure……….Race Pendleton
Kids……….Jordan Bjostad & Abhinav Kumar
Father……….Abhinav Kumar
Stacy……….Jordan Bjostad
Tad……….Abhinav Kumar
Australian Caller……….Jordan Bjostad

Written and produced by Abhinav Kumar, Jordan Bjostad & Race Pendleton
Edited by Abhinav Kumar & Race Pendleton

 

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Disclaimer: This cartoon is not meant to revere political apathy. Rather, the title is a play on the phrase “smoking kills.”

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