We hear from Artificial Intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky, physicist Roger Penrose, philosopher Daniel Dennett, New Age guru Deepak Chopra, and many more.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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William Powers wrote "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building A Good Life in the Digital Age" because he feared people were getting lost in their electronic worlds.
Shakespeare biographer Stephen Greenblatt isn't persuaded by rumors that question William Shakespeare's work. He insists Shakespeare's genius is that he was not a nobleman
Roy Kaplan tells Steve Paulson what really happens to those people who hit the lottery.
Simon Reynolds talks to Steve Paulson about his book, "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past."
Susan Abulhawa and Margot Singer talk with Steve Paulson about their experiences and writing about life in the refugee camps of the West Bank.
Sapphire performs several of her poems and tells Judith Strasser why she enjoys working in some very old poetic forms such as the villanelle.
This week in Watch This! we talk about Oscar nominee "Karama Has No Walls," and Oscar winner, "The Lady in Number Six."
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