Photojournalist Brendan Bannon lives and works in Africa, where he has documented refugee crises, epidemics, poverty and drought. He's the creator of "Daily Dispatches," an effort to get away from the narrow view of Africa as a place of deep tragedy.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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New York Times reporter Chris Hedges was a war correspondent for 15 years. He talks about why war is addictive and describes the sort of scenes that left him with post traumatic stress disorder.
Emily Anthes talks about her book, "Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts."
Editor Chris Kubica talks about his project, “Letters to J.D. Salinger.” Kubica asked dozens of authors to sound off to Salinger by writing him letters - even if Salinger will never read them.
Dan Price, author of "Radical Simplicity: Creating an Authentic Life," tells Jim Fleming how his efforts to keep down-sizing his life led him to live and work in a hole in the ground.
Artist Neil Harbisson was born greyscale colorblind. He says he liked seeing only in shades of black and white, but he still wanted to experience color. So he developed an implant that would help him hear colors well beyond the normal human spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrareds.
In this extended conversation, Neil talks about the art he makes with his new sense, and about the challenges of living cyborg.
Geraint Watkins is a rock and roll pianist and accordionist who's worked with big stars like Paul McCartney and Dave Edmunds. He's also a gifted singer/songwriter who's recorded 3 solo albums.
Cultural critic Cintra Wilson thinks American’s fascination with fame is a grotesque, crippling disease. She tears into it in her book “A Massive Swelling.”
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