David Kushner tells Jim Fleming what kind of game Doom is and what makes it special.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Long before the discovery of water on Mars or Matt Damon's star turn in The Martian, Robert Zubrin has been advocating for a human mission to mars. His book, The Case for Mars, made a splash when it was first published in 1996, and has continued to be influential in both scientific and science fiction circles. Zubrin calls Mars "the Rosetta Stone" for understanding life in the universe. But he's not just interested in science. He also thinks the sheer challenge would bring positive and uplifting change to all of humankind.
Poet Fleda Brown reads her poem "For My Daughter's 40th Birthday."
Michael Hebb is the founder of “Let’s Have Dinner and Talk About Death," a movement that encourages people to get together with friends to discuss end of life issues.
Josh Ruxin's Dangerous Idea? Instead of foreign aid, use entrepreneurial investment to reduce poverty around the world.
Philosopher Samuel Scheffler bookmarks "The Children of Men" by P.D. James.
Elisabet Sahtouris has no truck with Biblical creationists but thinks the standard story of evolution has major problems.
Bryant Urstadt is a freelance writer from Connecticut. He wrote "Imagine There's No Oil: Scenes from the Liberal Apocalypse" for Harper's Magazine.
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