Erik Larson talks about the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and what it meant for Chicago at the turn of the century, and talks about America’s first serial killer who was operating in Chicago at the same time.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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"True Detective" creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto recommends "Absalom, Absalom" by William Faulkner.
Daniel Libeskind is the architect whose design was chosen to the master-plan for the new World Trade Center site.
Where's the line between craft, art and design? The head of research at London's Victoria and Albert Museum says, at heart, craft is about "showing your commitment to an idea."
Cartoonist, author and illustrator Bruce McCall tells Jim Fleming that the same economic pressures attract Canadians and he compares Canadian and American culture.
Philosopher David Chalmers is famous for outlining the "hard problem of consciousness." He says the materialist framework of science will never be able to explain subjective experience.
You can listen to the EXTENDED interview - and find the transcript - here.
Legal scholar Cass Sunstein believes humans are innately irrational.
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