David Benjamin tells Steve Paulson that in those days, adults left kids pretty much alone, but relied on a network of neighbors to keep tabs on things.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Christian Lander sees himself as an expert on "Stuff White People Like".
Cory Doctorow is a writer and digital activist who works to defend electronic freedom.
Physicist Clifford Pickover talks with Steve Paulson about Magic Squares and why people get hooked on them.
From the tiniest microscopic particles to some of the biggest structures on earth, the new science of astrobiology is leading the way to the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe. Dimitar Sasselov explains why the creation of the world's first artificial cells will revolutionize lifeon our planet.
Novelist Richard Powers bookmarks "Objects and Empathy" by Arthur Saltzman.
Criminologist Nils Christie's Dangerous Idea? Treat prisoners as people.
David Mamet talks with Steve Paulson and says the secret to writing a successful screenplay is to focus on what happens next. That's all the audience cares about.
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