Design in the Moment

Guest: Mark Bittman has been writing and speaking about food for 30 years and is one of the leading voices in trying to change the way amercica eats. His books, “Food Matters”, “How to Cook Everything” and “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian” have broken new ground and won several awards. Mark also hosts the series’ “Bittman Takes on America’s Chefs” and “The Best Recipes in the World”, as well as co-starring with Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali on “Spain: On the Road Again”. You can also catch him twice a month on NBC’s “Today show”. We chat with him about the future of food, how it all effects our health, his upcoming book and also:

Italy’s Sustainable Food Store, Food as Vacation, Designed Restaurants, London’s Street Food, Safer Indoor Stove, Is Eating the New Smoking?

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Guest: Andrew Mason, the Founder of Groupon.com. Andrew’s company, Groupon is a shopping site that has all the best local stuff to see, do and eat. With more than two million subscribers nationwide, Groupon has saved its customers more than $70 million. Andrew has been recognized as an authority in the emerging field of social commerce and has earned industry accolades including a spot on Crain’s Chicago Business’ “40 Under 40” list. Today we talk to Andrew about various new business relationship models as well as how he came up with Groupon:

Bizarre Bedfellows, Musicians’ New Business Model, Connecting Nonprofits with Designers, Threadless T-Shirt Company, Living Off of Groupons,

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Today we decided to discuss something that crosses everyone’s mind from time to time… money. Listen as we talk about how some people are trying to get it, how you can possibly lose it, and a couple things you could spend it on.

Person to Person Lending, Twitter Tweeting Ads, Generation of Entrepreneurs, Update on Tipjoy, Companies Bending the Truth, Contagious Magazine, The iPad, Mini Countryman,

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Guest: Howard Tullman, the Founder of Flashpoint Academy. Howard is an education and information technology entrepreneur. While he was President of Kendall College, Howard moved the college from Evanston to downtown, raised $60 million, and moved the entire school into a state-of-the-art facility which can accommodate thousands of students. He has also been CEO of an internet design company (worlwide xceed group), an internet music company (tunes.com) and a computer games company (imagination pilots). Howard is currently leading Flashpoint Academy, a new 2 year digital media college in the Loop. Flashpoint teaches filmmaking/broadcast, computer game development, recording arts, and visual effects/animation. Listen as we talk to him about his experiences as well as:

The AP Moller School, School Funding Cut, Art High School in Philly, Art School Moved Out of DC,

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