Jonah Raskin is the author of “American Scream.” He talks about why Allen Ginsburg’s “Howl” became an anthem for a generation
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Lada Adamic is one of a host of data scientists working at facebook. Anne Strainchamps wanted to know what all those sociologists are up to.
Check out Facebook's social science website.
John Landis talks about his new book, "Monsters in the Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares."
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis talks about "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind."
We present two takes on the question of whether or not the world's supply of oil is drying up. Princeton's Ken Deffeyes says production has peaked. Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg says that's just crying wolf.
Philippe Petit is the author of “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers.”
Philosopher Judith Butler took a rigorous look at gender in her 1990 book, “Gender Trouble.” In this EXTENDED conversation, Steve asks her - with transexual and gender queer people more visible than ever - what can we say about the state of gender in North America?
Leonard Zwilling tells Jim Fleming about boxing’s impact on the English language. It’s yielded such words and phrases as fan, throw in the towel, and up to scratch.
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