Steve Grand tells Jim Fleming about Norns – virtual pets that live and breed in desktop computers. He says the Norns give us a way to explore questions about what it means to be alive and what rights and responsibilities "living" creatures have.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A fantasy novel written by a Somali-American Mennonite raised in the US who wrote it while teaching English during a civil war in what is now South Sudan and then revised it in Egypt.
Terry Tempest Williams reads from her book, "Red," and talks about the desert with Steve Paulson.
Stewart Lee Allen designs for Anne Strainchamps a menu based on the 7 deadly sins.
Tom Wolfe reads the opening to "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and explains why it's his favorite.
Are there – should there be – limits to the kind of sins that can be redeemed? What about mass murder?
Democracy, politics and Pakistani rock and roll.
Stefan Gates is the author of and a self-described "Gastronaut" – someone who'll stop at nothing to experience a transcendent moment through food, no matter how bizarre.
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