I was honored to interview
many people whose work I truly admire during the course of my multimedia journeys including Ian Angell, author of the prophetic
tome 'The New Barbarian Manifesto'. Ian's book not only warned of the dangers of Information Technology and predicted the
world we currently find ourselves inhabiting, it also demonstrated how an emerging class of New Barbarians would
triumph over the Old Order and enjoy unprecedented freedom.
From Ian's Website:
Angell's work has generated substantial
media interest. Newspapers from around the world telephone him for quotes on burning technological issues. The Times calls
him "the Angell of Doom," and the Guardian, "the Guru of Gloom." He is frequently interviewed for radio particularly Radio
4, BBC Wales, BBC World Service and Radio Scotland, as well as by, shall we say, "more progressive - less conservative interviewers"
like Johnny Rotten, and Thor the Barbarian (pictured) (www.thorthebarbarian.com).
TV
Appearances include all five British terrestrial channels, Sky, NBC, CNN, and national television in Australia, Canada, Hungary,
Italy, and Poland, as well as many business satellite channels. His ideas concerning 'the future of work' and 'the future
of money' have been reported widely in newspapers from as far a-field as Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Eire,
Finland, France, Germany, Holland, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa,
South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and of course the USA.
Articles in the Independent, the Times and the Guardian, his interviews
in the Guardian and Independent on Sunday concerning 'off-planet banking' and the 'bit tax', 'A Step into the Unknown' in
the Times, Melvin Bragg's 'In our Time' on Radio 4, BBC television programmes 'Stories my country told me' and 'the Hollow
State,' as well as BBC News 24's 'Hard Talk,' and many discussion programmes on Channel 4 including 'the Big If' and 'the
Future of Money', extended TV interviews in Canada on 'Pamela Wallin Live' and 'Future World,' and in Australia on 'Beyond
2000,' all have created enormous interest worldwide.
Major
titles reporting his work include the Wall Street Journal, the Toronto Star, Independent, Times, Evening Standard, Guardian
and Financial Times, the Sunday Mirror, the Scotsman, Marketing Weekly, Computing, Computer Weekly - the on-line version of
Wired Magazine, Director Magazine and even the KLM in-flight magazine! The Independent on Sunday called him a 'Prophet of
the 21st Century' and used his ideas for a three-page article, and the Times Interface magazine printed a two-page cover article
on his ideas. He has spoken at conferences for Fortune (New York, Colorado Springs) and the FT (Berlin).
Our Barbaric E-Radio Shows:
- The Barbarian Chronicles
- Thor & Muninn's OtherWorld Adventures
- The Power of Legend
- Fantasy Quest
- Nemeton
- Bridging the Digital Divide
