The Art of Talking
Psychologist Friedemann Schulz von Thun and scholar Bernhard Poerksen discuss death and the end of communication.
Bernhard Poerksen
Bernhard Poerksen is a professor of media studies at the University of Tübingen. His most recent book publication is Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
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The Doctor and His Guru
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant talks with German media scholar Bernhard Poerksen about the dangers of nationalism in times of a pandemic and the eradication of smallpox as a lesson in global cooperation.
The Many Flavors of Grief
Buddhist hospice founder Frank Ostaseski talks with media scholar Bernhard Poerksen about the invisibility of death and the virtualization of dying in the pandemic.
The Doctor and His Guru
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant talks with German media scholar Bernhard Poerksen about the dangers of nationalism in times of a pandemic, and the eradication of smallpox as a lesson in global cooperation.
Unmasking the Guru
Our new digital world has made it impossible to believe in infallible teachers. What comes next is up to us.
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