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The broken record of diplomacy skips on. Over talks with Iranians in Geneva, negotiators agreed to hold more talks. Hopefully at those talks they can reach some sort of agreement […]
Gavin Friday wonders why our heroes always let us down.
Gavin Friday’s dream meal would have Oscar Wilde as the guest of honor.
Gavin Friday shows off his funky shoes.
Mistakes are fine, says Gavin Friday, as long as you learn from them.
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Musician Gavin Friday dissects the legendary relationship between the Irish, alcohol, and creativity.
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Gavin Friday tells aspiring musicians not to think about how to get into the music business; instead, they need to join music because it is a part of them.
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Sure, the Celtic Tiger has been great for Ireland’s economy–but what has it done for Irish culture? Musician Gavin Friday is not optimistic.
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Irish musician Gavin Friday has come a long way since inventing an imaginary world, Lipton Village, as a child with a few artistic friends. He tells Big Think how he […]
It’s safer to travel by airplane than by car, but people feel more secure on the road. The likely reason is that we feel less threatened when we have some […]
Yesterday, Big Think went West to Mountain View, CA to sit down with Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of personal genetics company 23andMe, a Google-backed start-up that makes home genetics tests available […]
A lot of people are crying the blues over the slow demise of the home delivered newspaper. I'm not one of them although I've been a journalist my entire adult life.
Irish singer, composer and painter, Gavin Friday stopped by the studio today. Among many topics, he spoke about growing up in Ireland, his work, his friendship with U2’s lead singer, […]
Yesterday, Wired Editor-in-Chief and author of “Free: The Future of a Radical Price”, Chris Anderson, joined Big Think’s co-founder, Peter Hopkins, for an interview in Mountain View, CA. Anderson offered […]
John Kerry and Barbara Boxer’s new Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act is  being trumpeted into the Senate this week. The act, stronger than the bill passed by the […]
Winmark Authorized Agent Group Audi A3 2.0 T – Comfort Whether commuting in heavy traffic or cruising down the highway, the A3’s cabin remains pleasantly refined. Tight-fitting doors, windows and […]
A month of fashion goes out with a bang this week in the city that does it best—Paris. As recent Big Think guest and New York Magazine fashion director Harriet […]