Podcast Update

• Daniel Steinberg, O'Reilly Media, talked about Advanced Audio Editing Techniques. As noted on the The Conversations Network write-up (contained at the page just linked), this is a very hands-on presentation. I found that without the ability to see what Daniel was doing during the presentation a lot was lost in this presentation. Still, he offers some good advice during the presentation that one can leverage especially in terms of protecting the context and flow of a recording even after editing.
• Christopher Thomas Scott, Stanford Program in Stem Cells and Society, talks with Dr. Moira Gunn about stem cell research and most particularly the alarming news about Dr. Wang's apparently faked research. The description at The Conversations Network didn't match what I heard during the presentation. He talked about how Hwang Woo-suk's research suffered from ethical problems and how some of the findings were fabrications. Very interesting!