Writer Nicholas Carr lit up the blogosphere with his recent Atlantic Monthly cover story, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," warning that Internet use might be hurting our ability to concentrate and contemplate. We explore what all that surfing and clicking might be doing to our brains.
Host: Dave Iverson
Guests:
• Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine
• Larry Sanger, editor in chief of Citizendium and co-founder of Wikipedia.org
• Nicholas Carr, author of the Atlantic Monthly cover story, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
More info:
• View a list of other books by Nicholas Carr
• "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" : read the article

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As the state legislature remains mired in budget negotiations, some frustrated citizens are calling for a radical reform. They want a state convention to revise California's constitution, arguing that rewriting the constitution could save the state from future gridlocks and usher in needed reforms.
Host: Dave Iverson
Guests:
• Jim Wunderman, president and CEO of Bay Area Council
• Joel Fox, president of Small Business Action Committee
• Mark Paul, senior scholar at New America Foundation
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Honeybees continue to die off around the world and researchers are scrambling to address the crisis. Meanwhile, environmentalists sued the EPA this week, saying the agency failed to disclose data on certain pesticides, which the suit says could be harmful to bees.
Host: Dave Iverson
Guests:
• Aaron Colangelo, senior attorney for Natural Resources Defense Council
• May Berenbaum, head of the department of entomology at University of Illinois
• Rowan Jacobsen, author of "Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of The Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis"

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