Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Recent Episodes

What To Do After Paris?

Posted November 18, 2015 • 00:50:02

Once again, France is reeling — after the second major terror attack upon defenseless Paris this year. Eight fighters — all of them young EU citizens...

Black Lives On Campus

Posted November 12, 2015 • 00:49:58

What does the second civil rights movement look like? Is a new struggle for equality, in feelings as well as rights, afoot on American campuses? It...

John Summers on Real Estate and Innovation

Posted November 9, 2015 • 00:22:58

The contrarian John Summers, editor-in-chief of The Baffler magazine, calls the funky old railroad back of MIT "The People's Republic of Zuckerstan,"...

Moneyball For City Hall

Posted November 4, 2015 • 00:50:02

Dan Koh, the new chief of staff to Boston’s mayor, wants city government to work like Brad Pitt’s team in Moneyball. The Oakland A’s broke...

Our First Dance with the Devil

Posted October 28, 2015 • 00:50:03

As John Winthrop, Massachusetts’ first governor, first came to our shores, he gave the famous address, “A Modell of Christian Charity.” When Winthrop declared,...