Classicist Mary Lefkowitz talks with Steve Paulson about Mars, the Roman God of War. The Greeks called him Ares, and he had a tough time for a god.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith tell Anne Strainchamps how they got started soliciting six-word memoirs, recite some of their favorites, and say that crafting them can become an addiction.
Charles R. Cross talks about his book, "Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain."
Robert Ellis Orrall is a musician who lives in Nashville, on the same street where Al Gore bought a house. So he wrote a song about it!
Michael Chabon wrote “Wonder Boys,” the source for the popular Michael Douglas film, and won the Pulitzer Prize for “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay.” Now he’s written a children’s book, “Summerland.”
Marcus Chown is agog at the wonder of the universe and tells Anne Strainchamps that we haven't begun to understand the strangeness of it all.
Len Fisher talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."
Myhrvold talks about inventing and his six-volume, 2400-page, 52 pound cookbook called Modernist Cuisine.
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