Siva Vaidhyanathan is the author of “Copyrights and Copywrongs.” He talks with Jim Fleming about the history of copyright and says it was intended to preserve future creativity.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ted Steinberg tells Jim Fleming that Americans love perfect mono-cultures and are willing to over-water and freely use chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides to achieve them.
Film-maker Walter Williams created the “Mr. Bill” character for “Saturday Night Live.” He was born and raised in New Orleans and has thought a lot about the natural history of his hometown.
Patricia Lockwood is a rising star on the poetry scene. She's been dubbed the "poet laureate of Twitter,” and her latest collection, “Motherland, Fatherland, Homelandsexuals" is making waves. This also includes a bonus reading of Lockwood's poem, "Revealing Nature Photographs."
Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier explores the rise of the tech industry in his book "Who Owns the Future?" In it, he explains why the next information economy is hurting the middle class.
Suppose you could remember every day of your life. Would that be a blessing or a curse? For Jill Price it's been a burden. She has a very rare form of memory that gives her nearly total recall.
William Tsutsui tells Anne Strainchamps about the original Godzilla and why he became a cultural icon in Japan.
Simon Rich talks about his new collection of humorous short stories, "Spoiled Brats."
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