MIT Press just posted their first podcast in their authors series — me — on iTunes. You can either try this direct link (thanks Daithí), which should open iTunes for you, or search under “MIT Press Podcast” in the iTunes Store, and it should come up. Chris Gondek did the interview, it’s about 13 minutes long, and ranges over fair use, Jack Valenti, film industry tactics, and the pressures of commerce.

UPDATE: Apparently, when it is officially released as a full episode, I’ll be paired with an interview with Sherry Turkle, about her edited collection, Evocative Objects:

In Evocative Objects, Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, and designers that trace the power of everyday things…

Whether it’s a student’s beloved 1964 Ford Falcon (left behind for a station wagon and motherhood), or a cello that inspires a meditation on fatherhood, the intimate objects in this collection are used to reflect on larger themes–the role of objects in design and play, discipline and desire, history and exchange, mourning and memory, transition and passage, meditation and new vision.

In the interest of enriching these connections, Turkle pairs each autobiographical essay with a text from philosophy, history, literature, or theory, creating juxtapositions at once playful and profound.

Among the essays are pieces by Henry Jenkins (death-defying superheroes) and my friend and colleague Trevor Pinch (synthesizer). Very cool.