What’s it like to grow up with a great naturalist? Well, it made quite an impression on the children of famed conservationist Aldo Leopold.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Edward Castronova talks to Jim Fleming about M.M.O.R.P.G.'s, "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games.
Missy Cummings studies unmanned systems like drones, as director of Duke University’s Humans and Autonomy Lab. Charles Monroe-Kane spoke with her about a few of the ways drones are being used outside of the military.
Avital Ronell has been called “the foremost thinker of the repressed conditions of knowledge.” She gives Jim Fleming an inspired take on stupidity.
Novelist Michel Faber recommends one of his favorite books: "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater," by Kurt Vonnegut.
David Isay is the founder and president of StoryCorps which records first person narratives by Americans from all backgrounds. StoryCorps can be heard on NPR every Friday morning.
Christian Wiman is a poet and editor of Poetry Magazine. His latest book of poems, Every Riven Thing, is a celebration of life and an exploration of mortality.
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