Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker, recommends E.O. Wilson's "The Meaning of Human Existence."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Cynthia True is the author of “American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story.” She tells Jim Fleming that Hicks was an important social satirist, remarkable for his bravery and honesty. He battled TV executives over his belief that audiences could handle provocative ideas.
Astrophysicist Max Tegmark's Dangerous Idea? We are more significant than we think.
Artist and activist Molly Crabapple believes borders are soon becoming a thing of the past.
Dave Foreman started as a lobbyist for the Wilderness Society in the 1970s. Then he became a radical and co-founded Earth First! becoming America's most admired and notorious environmentalist.
Dorie Greenspan talks about Paris desserts with Jim Fleming. Her latest book is “Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s Best Pastry Shops.”
Brian Christian is the author of "The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive." He tells Steve Paulson why he decided to compete in the annual Turing competition, not for the most human computer, but for the "most human human."
David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
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