Jay Parini talks with Jim Fleming about the power of poetry and how it especially empowers young people in troubled times.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Judy Pascoe tells Steve Paulson about her novel “Our Father Who Art in a Tree.” A young girl’s father dies unexpectedly, but she finds his spirit lives in the backyard tree.
Marvin Minsky tells Steve Paulson he believes machine intelligence is very like human intelligence and that one day people may choose to back themselves up into computers.
Jessica Queller tells Anne Strainchamps why she decided to have a double mastectomy after she tested positive for the breast cancer gene and her mother died of ovarian cancer.
Marc Maron resurrected his life and career with the hit comedy podcast WTF.
Michael Piechowski talks about the intensity with which gifted children experience their lives.
Merritt Ierley talks with Anne Strainchamps about the domestic technology (central heating, indoor plumbing, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers) that makes American homes the most comfortable in the world.
Ecologist Mark Hunter talks with Jim Fleming about the destructive capacity of alien insects.
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