Novelist Richard Powers bookmarks "Objects and Empathy" by Arthur Saltzman.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Biologist Elisabet Sahtouris left her teaching job to go live on a Greek island and re-think her life as a scientist.
Craig Venter, who's come as close as anyone has to creating life in a test tube, tells Steve Paulson what drives him.
David Denby of The New Yorker tells Steve Paulson that Pauline Kael was the most remarkable person he’s ever known.
Bryandt Urstadt tells Steve Paulson about the grim future the peak oilers are already getting ready for and thinks we should all buy gold.
Ersi Arvizu tells Jim Fleming about growing up longing to get involved in the sport of boxing. Her dad ran a boxing gym for boys in their backyard.
Literary theorist Terry Eagleton's Dangerous Idea? The humanities are dying.
Christopher Buckley talks with Steve Paulson about his novel "Boomsday," which posits a piece of runaway legislation providing tax incentives for Boomers who choose to commit suicide...sort of an updated "Modest Proposal."
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