Children’s book author Avi talks with Anne Strainchamps about his Breakfast Serials project which publishes stories for children in newspapers.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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David Rothenberg is a philosopher and a jazz musician. He tells Steve Paulson why he likes to play his clarinet with birds.
Emily Gould became an Internet celebrity for her writing on Gawker, a popular New York City blog.
Dennis Donovan is the national organizer for the Center for Democracy and Citizenship. He talks about his work with school children, teaching them how to get involved in the democratic process.
Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International magazine and the author of “The Future of Freedom: Liberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.” He talks about how free elections are not the answer for the third world.
Carolyn McVickar Edwards reads “The Golden Earrings.” It’s one of the stories in her book “The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from around the World for the Winter Solstice.”
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.
Cheeni Rao came from a successful Indian family and attended an elite American college. But he ended up a junkie on Chicago's South side.
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