Derek Bickerton has spent more than 30 years researching Creole languages on four continents for his book, "Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Bart Cheever is one of the founders of D.FILM - a touring Digital Film Festival. He says that digital photography makes it possible for anyone to make professional quality films
Apocalyptic stories are more than just entertaining. Millions of Americans believe the world will soon end. Cultural critic Barry Vacker unpacks this end-of-world meme.
Social critic Bill McKibben says we’re rushing through a momentous doorway into a new age of human evolution
Charles Harper Webb is the author of a poetry collection called “Hot Popsicles.” He talks about the use of pop culture imagery in his work.
“I learned virtually nothing about mortality when I was in medical school,” Dr. Atul Gawande says. “I was terrible at knowing how to have a successful conversation with people facing terminal illness.” Gawande, author of the bestselling “Being Mortal,” is now trying to get people talking about better ways to live out the final chapter.
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