20141204.mp3

  • Only July 16th of this year only a few people knew who Eric Garner was. Now on December 4th his name is known worldwide. Jim Braude and Margery Eagan talked about the choke-hold death of Eric Garner in New York City, and a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who administered the hold.
  • Kara Miller talked about the "aerotropolis" — the way cities are now organizing themselves around airports. In the past, cities were built around shipping, then highways and interstates. The airport, it's thought, could be the focal point of 21-century cities. Miller is the host of Innovation Hub on WGBH. [37:30]
  • Andrew Zimbalist is a professor of economics at Smith College. Zimbalist has written critically about the idea of cities like Boston hosting the Olympics. Zimbalist is the author of Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. [53:00]
  • Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam talked about Eric Watson — son of Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson — who's selling his father's Nobel Prize. [1:14:00]
  • WGBH and WCAI science editor Heather Goldstone talked about the parallels between space and ocean exploration. Goldstone also looked at a UN climate conference being held right now in Lima, Peru, and whether progress can be made to cut greenhouse gas emissions. [1:36:38]
  • WGBH Curiosity Desk's Edgar B. Herwick III stopped by Studio Three to answer listener questions submitted to the Curiosity Desk. Herwick also broke some news about Mass. gas pumps. [2:27:34]