How important ideas get reawakened, with David Byrne
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How important ideas get reawakened, with David Byrne

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 202615 min
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On Science Friday, we love to talk about ideas, especially ideas that have the power to shape the future. But there are plenty of groundbreaking ideas that almost don’t make it out of the lab or the art studio: ideas that are birthed but then fall into a deep slumber until, years later, they’re reawakened. Why this happens is the subject of the new book, “Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up,” by David Bryne, artist, musician, and lead singer for Talking Heads. He joins Flora to explain. Read an...

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Hey, it's Flora, and you're listening to Science Friday. On this show, as you know, we love to talk about ideas, especially ideas that have the power to shape the future. But there are plenty of groundbreaking ideas that almost don't make it out of the lab

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or the art studio, ideas that are birthed but then fall into a deep slumber until years later they're resurrected. Why and how ideas go dormant and then wake up is the subject of a new book, Sleeping Beauties, Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up, written by David Byrne, artist,

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musician and lead singer, of course, for the Talking Heads. David, welcome to Science Friday, and thank you so much for coming into studio. Thank you. Good to be here.

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