UC Berkeley on iTunes / MA - 3 comments

UC Berkeley (University of California) lectures and talks are now available from the iTunes Music Store as free downloads, starting here (via Pete Ashton).

Pete says he's going to start with Professor Hubert Dreyfus' Existentialism in Literature and Film. I seem to recall writing someone (in dire straits) an essay on this subject a few years back, but best not to dwell on that. I've downloaded Econ 100B: Macroeconomic Analysis, which I assume is a 1st-year course (well, an American 1st-year), but given that it's now an entire decade since I did the equivalent, a reminder might be handy. Plus the 65-78 minute lectures are perfectly timed for my morning commute.

There are (what looks like) 14 talks on Politics and Public Policy to download too, with contributions from Robert Reich and others. From poetry to astronomy to computer data structures, it's worth having a look around. Hopefully other Universities will follow suit - what have they got to lose?

Finally, on the subject of universities, I just thought I'd say "congratulations" to my sister, now the proud owner of an MA (with distinction) in Creative and Critical Writing. She has been responsible for one or two blog posts, but has so far refused several invitations to enter that world publicly, even though she can (unlike me) bang out the words with wit and panache.