Bumpspark* is a new multimedia series that reimagines the talk show. Instead of an interviewer and celebrity in a contrived studio set, two leading intellectuals from different specializations are brought together to speak with one another in stimulating, on-location settings.

Recorded with the latest highly unobtrusive, High Definition digital video and audio technology, the audience eavesdrops on unpredictable, living, breathing conversations happening in real time.

Ideas, not celebrity. The emphasis is strictly on the discussion, rather than on personality or promotion. There are no pundits, flavors of the month, confessionals, book or movie plugs. Bumpspark* requires great, curious intellects. We don't put two fundamentalists in a ring and remove the muzzles. We have enough of that.

Depth, not soundbites. We treat people with respect; never reduce them to quotes. Bumpspark* is a call to the complex and subtle voices, the aging, vanishing voices, and the voices wary of modern media, to share their knowledge and points of view. It is an opportunity to speak extemporaneously and reach unhurried conclusions.

Imagination, not sterotypes. An astronaut clicks with a comic. An artist puts a rock in the shoe of an engineer.A composer finds a symphony within a CEO. An Islamist and an Israeli come to an understanding. Specialists of all sorts reach new conclusions about their passions right before our very eyes. We open people’s minds.

Reality, not agendas. Counterparts engage one another out in the world, in labs, studios and retreats. Guitars, easels or Bunsen burners are at hand. Topics are spontaneous. Insatiable curiosities forget they are on camera. The audience experiences discovery firsthand.

Posterity, not trends. Future generations will not have to invent what architect Frank Gehry might have said if he met biologist Edward O. Wilson or if director Julie Taymor had spent a day with anthropologist Jane Goodall. We're making it happen.

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