[Mood Riffs] Pop Trends, Price Culture: Lenny Bruce
Episode 1: A one-man counterculture defined by mood: Lenny Bruce is no. 3 on Comedy Central’s list of 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, but the government disapproved of his words.
Episode 1: A one-man counterculture defined by mood: Lenny Bruce is no. 3 on Comedy Central’s list of 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, but the government disapproved of his words.
In the late stages of the 2012 presidential campaign, one of the loudest sideshows was the debate over whether polls accurately predict election outcomes.
Is the popularity of news itself mood-dependent? As our preliminary study shows, the answer appears to be “Yes.”
Peabody Award-winning journalist Don Shelby interviews Robert Prechter about the herding impulse, social mood, the financial bailout and the media. Click the play button to listen to this interview originally broadcast on WCCO radio. Running Time: 10 min 21 sec