Richard Perle tells Steve Paulson that Iran is harboring Al Quaeda people; that the U.S. should always be on the side on people fighting for freedom and that his reputation as “the Prince of Darkness” results from a case of mistaken identity.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jean Edward Smith is the author of "FDR," and tells Jim Fleming about Franklin Roosevelt's Supreme Court-packing scandal of 1937.
John McWhorter teaches linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley and is the author of “Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care.”
Paul Campos is the author of “The Obesity Myth: Why America’s Obsession with Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health.”
Author of "Farm City" faces a drawback to her urban farm dream in Oakland, then called "the murder capital of the world."
Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor nearly died from a massive stroke at the age of 37. The experience taught her life lessons on how the mind perceives the world.
Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom offers a cautionary take on artificial intelligence in his new book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. In it, he imagines what could happen if computers were to ever become smarter than humans. He tells Steve Paulson that it could have catastrophic effects, unless we start thinking about it now.
Singer and pianist Marcia Ball talks about the various kinds of Blues and how they differ from what she usually plays.
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