John Brockman talks smarts, "third culture" intellectuals, and our web-y world in this NEW and UNCUT interview.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sue Halpern spent five years subjecting herself to every memory test and brain imaging technique she could find.
Scott Turow has made a career writing hugely successful legal thrillers, but then he turned to a World War II novel.
In her new novella, "Sleep Donation," Karen Russell mentions a documentary called "Is Sleep Going Extinct?" That got us wondering what this fictional documentary would sound like. Chances are it would NOT sound anything like this.
What does the growing popularity of podcasts mean for public radio? Are they competition? Inspiration? For insight, we turned to one content director who's also launched a few podcasts.
Roy Blount Jr. is a humorist, word maven and the author of "Alphabet Juice"...
Celebrated jazz pianist Vijay Iyer has a Ph.D. in music cognition and the rare ability to describe the interplay between music and the brain. We talk with Vijay and listen to his music.
Stephen Long is the founder of Northern Woodlands Magazine. He takes us for a walk in his Vermont woods and teaches us how to "read" a forest.
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