Lynda Barry reminisces about her favorite monsters.
Marcel Danesi tells Steve Paulson why it’s dangerous for a culture when its members forsake maturity and wisdom in favor of a search for eternal youth.
Robert Laughlin says that the internet is full of information, but it may not be anything you want.
Comedian Lewis Black is an angry man. He talks with Jim Fleming about the fine line between playing angry and being angry.
Mark Katz tells Jim Fleming what a presidential joke writer does, how his team managed to get through the Lewinsky affair and what taught Bill Clinton the value of self-deprecating humor.
Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of several novels and two collections of widely anthologized short stories...
Michael Shermer tells Jim Fleming that skepticism means being open to new ideas but not assuming anything is true.
Randall Kennedy tells Steve Paulson about some notorious cases where racially mixed children were left in impossible situations by state miscegenation laws.