Cosmologist Janna Levin tells Steve Paulson that the universe may be shaped like a soccer ball, but it must be finite. On the other hand, there could be many universes.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Justin O. Schmidt has been stung by nearly every insect with a stinger, from the benign honeybee to the viscious tarantula hawk wasp. He is a research biologist and professor at the University of Arizona school of Entomology and he told Steve Paulson about his creation, the Schmidt Sting Pain Index.
Rob Tannenbaum and Sean Altman wrote and perform the music and comedy show called “What I Like About Jew.”
Steven Pollock, a legendary figure in the psychedelic underground, was murdered in 1981. Journalist Hamilton Morris investigates this unsolved murder and uncovers the largely forgotten story of Pollock, a brilliant - if renegade - scientist.
Here's Morris' article from Harpers, "Blood Spore"
Noah Levine tells Anne Strainchamps how he’s combined the spiritual traditions of Buddhism with punk rock in his own life.
Jennifer Egan tells Steve Paulson all about her polyphonic narrative "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
Keith Miller is a novelist for whom libraries function as a muse.
Mucha Lucha is a Warner Brothers cartoon based on the Mexican tradition of masked wrestlers. The cartoon is the brainchild of an Australian and a Chinese.
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