Paul Hegarty is a lecturer in Philosophy and Visual Culture at University College Cork in Ireland. He's also really into Noise/Music and is the author of "Noise/Music: A History."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nobody writes a dystopia quite the way Margaret Atwood does. In this EXTENDED conversation about MaddAddam - and a whole lot more - Atwood talks about utopia and dystopia, and the inherent optimism of all authors.
Olivia Gentile is the author of "Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds." Gentile tells Anne Strainchamps that her book is a biography of Phoebe Snetsinger who saw some 8400 species of birds while fending off a cancer diagnosis.
Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy (who is African American) is the author of the notoriously titled “Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.” He talks with Steve Paulson about how the N-word has been used historically in America.
In her latest book, "This Changes Everything," journalist Naomi Klein takes a critical view of our current approaches to climate change. She sees the solution resting in the hands of an emerging global movement.
Robert Fischell developed several implantable medical devices credited with saving tens of thousands of lives on Earth.
Peter Robb tells Steve Paulson that Caravaggio was a violent man with an extensive criminal record, but not a psychopath.
The Honorable Richard A. Posner is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh District. He's also a prolific author.
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