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October 10, 2012
The Colbert Report
Author Jack Hitt explores America’s self-made history, job creators and the cyclical nature of amateurism.
The Colbert Report
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April 27, 2012
Who will watch the watch-drone?
Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has reluctantly released information that some 50 institutions have applied for approval to deploy drones over American communities for surveillance, you have to wonder how will we monitor Big Brother’s all-seeing eyes? It’s not just the Department of Homeland Security but also the Little Rock, Ark.’s police department and the Nicholls State University in Louisiana that have decided they could use drones to observe their jurisdictions. Professional Pentagon drones can run as high as $10 million a piece. How long before the weekenders figure out how to follow these puppie around?
Film
Jack, Emilio, and Martin
Hacker Consultant
Books
In the Press:
BoingBoing: Amateurs’ role in grand challenges, by Jack Hitt
New Haven Register: Spending an amateur hour with Jack Hitt is a hoot
Huffington Post: Slide Show by Jack
New York Post: Bunch of Amateurs!
New York Times Arts Beat: Q and A with Jack Hitt
Book Note: Are You Related To King Charlemagne?
Book Review: Publishers Weekly
Radio Interviews:
NPR: Weekend Edition
WNPR: “Colin McEnroe Show” CT Public Radio
WNYC: “Brian Lehrer Show”
…a totally absorbing gallery of oddballs and obsessives on the brink of possibly great discoveries
Also by Jack Hitt
Off the Road:
A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route into Spain
Available at: Amazon
In A Word
Available at: Amazon
The Perfect Murder:
Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime
Available at: Good Reads
Book Review: Kirkus Reviews
Man With A Pan
Book Review: New York Times
Radio Interview: Manythings.org
The Day After Tomorrow
Available at: Powell’s Books
My Life In Politics
Available at: Amazon
Dinosaurs Reference Shelf
Available at: Amazon
The Best American Science Writing
Available at: Amazon
Best American Science Writing 2006
Available at: Amazon
Best American Travel Writing Series
Available at: Amazon
Radio
The Middle of Nowhere
Stories from faraway, hard-to-get-to places, where all rules are off, nefarious things happen because no one’s looking, and there’s no one to appeal to.
Fiasco!
Stories of when things go wrong. Really wrong. When you leave the normal realm of human error, fumble, mishap, and mistake and enter the territory of really huge breakdowns. Fiascos. Things go so awry that normal social order collapses. This week’s show is a philosophical inquiry in the nature of fiascos — perhaps the first ever.
The Super
In 1980′s New York City, rent is rising: it seems out of control, and residents struggle to keep up. So Jack Hitt helps organize tenants, and threatens a rent strike. This does not go over so well with his building super, who, as it turns out, is a very dangerous man.
Act V
We devote this entire episode to one story: Over the course of six months, reporter and TAL contributor Jack Hitt followed a group of inmates at a high-security prison as they rehearsed and staged a production of the last act—Act V—of Hamlet.
This American Life: Lies Sissies & Fiascoes
The Moth
The Best of The Moth – Vol. 11 & 12
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