Writer and activist Yasmin Nair's Dangerous Idea? Writers should always
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Louise Barnett, author of tells Jim Fleming about the case of Captain Andrew Geddes, who was tried and convicted of slandering a fellow officer, even though the man was clearly guilty of sexually abusing his daughter.
Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
Robert Marshall says that the late Carlos Castaneda was a literary trickster who invented most of the teachings of Don Juan which made him famous in the sixties.
Environmentalist Jennifer Jacquet qrecommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
NY Times film critic Manohla Dargis selects her favorite film of the year: Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," filmed over the course of 12 years.
Paul Auster is both a film-maker and a novelist. His new book is “The Book of Illusions: A Novel.” It’s about a professor who discovers the work of a silent film comedian.
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