We needed a working definition of the word “scoundrel”. For that, we headed to lexicographer Erin McKean. She’s the founder and CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik. She was also the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary. Steve Paulson sat down with her.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chelsea Vargas of Youth Radio provides a commentary about keeping in touch with teachers.
Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia and held for 460 days. She believes the key to her survival and healing is learning to forgive her kidnappers.
Nicholas Felton transforms data into something beautiful. As a self-described "information designer" and extremely dedicated life logger, he tracks aspects of his life over the course of the year and then publishes them as "annual reports."
The late Christopher Hitchens was one of the most controversial journalists and public intellectuals of recent years. In this conversation, he talks about his memoir "Hitch 22" and the role of intellectuals.
E.O. Wilson may know more about ants than anyone else on the planet...
David Perkins, founding member of Harvard think tank Project Zero, talks with Anne Strainchamps about Eureka Moments.
A self-described "guilty liberal," Colin Beavan began blogging about his and his wife's experiment in "no impact living."
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