Piers Steel describes himself as a semi-reformed procrastinator. He is an authority on the science of motivation and teaches at the University of Calgary.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Christian Rudder, the founder of OKCupid, thinks cupid’s arrow may just be an algorithm.
Orville Schell tells Jim Fleming that Westerners have always romanticized Tibet. He’s observed it for years and concedes that even under Chinese domination, Tibet remains a unique and entrancing place.
Richard Ranft says the oceans are teeming with noises and plays Jim Fleming a few examples from snapping shrimp to amorous haddock and walruses.
Paul Feig is the creator of the short-lived TV show “Freaks and Geeks”. He tells Anne Strainchamps he and the other writers based the show on incidents from their own lives.
Jared Diamond has written “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” He discusses a few case histories - like Easter Island - with Steve Paulson.
Love him or hate him, presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader has stuck to his principles.
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