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		<title>Philip K. Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Philip K. Howard gave an interesting talk at TED2010 about the legal minefield the US legal system has become and how to fix it.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/10/philip-k-howard-four-ways-to-fix-a-broken-legal-system/</link>
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		<title>Robert Provine: Cracking the Laughing Code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neuroscientist Robert Provine discusses his finding in the research of laughter at the Chicago Homuanities Festival.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/09/robert-provine-cracking-the-laughing-code/</link>
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		<title>Dan Nocera: Personalized Energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIT professor Dan Nocera came to PopTech this year to tell that he can solve the energy crisis with a swimming pool.

Dan Nocera: Personalized Energy from PopTech on Vimeo.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/08/dan-nocera-personalized-energy/</link>
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		<title>James Fowler: Power of Networks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James Fowler studies social networks outside of Facebook and Twitter and the consequences they have on our lives.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/08/james-fowler-power-of-networks/</link>
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		<title>Dylan Moran: Religion and Politicians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Dylan Moran&#8217;s programme &#8220;What it is.&#8221;





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/05/dylan-moran-religion-and-politicians/</link>
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		<title>Martin Sheen: Shining the Light on Social Causes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Martin Sheen speaks about his life after &#34;The West Wing&#34;, social activism, public speaking and a &#8217;senior moment&#8217;.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/04/martin-sheen-shining-the-light-on-social-causes/</link>
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		<title>Dan Dennett: Good Reasons for &#8220;Believing&#8221; in God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, Dan Dennett spoke at the AAI conference about the difference of believing in God and declaring the belief.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/03/dan-dennett-good-reasons-for-believing-in-god/</link>
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		<title>Ben Carson: We do not have to be victims of circumstance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brain surgeon Ben Carson had some inspiring words during an interview.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/02/ben-carson-we-do-not-have-to-be-victims-of-circumstance/</link>
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		<title>Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This TED talk by Temple Grandin is a great follow-up for the lecture from two weeks ago.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/03/01/temple-grandin-the-world-needs-all-kinds-of-minds/</link>
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		<title>Kevin Smith: Working on a script for Superman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Smith tells the story of him working on a script for a Superman movie.





	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<link>http://spoken-gems.com/2010/02/26/kevin-smith-working-on-a-script-for-superman/</link>
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