Ethan Gilsdorf is the author of "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks," a memoir about role players, online gamers and citizens of other imaginary realms
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Tom Lutz talks about his book, "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America."
With food insecurity growing around the globe, the unpredictabilities of climate change and population growth booming... what will we eat in the future? Jonathan Foley heads the Global Landscape Initiative at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.
Psychiatrist Darold Treffert regards savants as "islands of genius." He talks about a lifetime of studying savant syndrome.
You can also listen to the EXTENDED interview, and read the extended transcript.
David Gilmour has written a biography of the great British writer Rudyard Kipling. Gilmour tells Anne Strainchamps that Kipling’s range is unrivaled.
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."
Chuck Taggart is the producer and compiler of a CD box set called “Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans.”
Charles Hartman collaborated with his computer to write poetry. He describes his experience in the book “Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry.”
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