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About John Balz
NBN Episodes hosted by John:
June 6, 2016
Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS)
The application of behavioral science inside government has gained steam over the past few years with the creation of so-called "Nudge units" popping …
May 28, 2016
The World According to Star Wars
Cass Sunstein's son, Declan, got dad hooked on Star Wars. And dad, a Harvard Law professor, ended up writing a book about it. "If you'd told me a year…
May 7, 2016
This Program is Brought to You By . . .
"One of the things that was most shocking to me getting into the media business, an MSNBC.com producer tells Josh Braun, was the realization that regu…
April 18, 2016
Complex TV
We are said to be in a golden age of TV. The best stories today are told on television screens in serialized forms. The Wire, Lost, Breaking Bad, The …
April 4, 2016
The 160-Character Solution
Teenagers live in their phones. As an educator you can try to pull them away or meet them where they are. The 160-Character Solution: How Text Messagi…
March 14, 2016
After Access
Thanks to mobile phones, getting online is easier and cheaper than ever. In After Access: Inclusion, Development, and a More Mobile Internet (MIT Pres…