Piri Thomas is best known for his classic memoir “Down These Mean Streets.” Now in his mid-70's, Thomas is still active as an educator and activist with juvenile offenders.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mark Katz tells Jim Fleming what a presidential joke writer does, how his team managed to get through the Lewinsky affair and what taught Bill Clinton the value of self-deprecating humor.
Milwaukee computer programmer Mohan Embar describes competing for -- and winning -- the 2012 Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence. His chat bot, Chip Vivant, was the most "human computer" of the year. But it still couldn't pass the Turing Test.
Comedian Lewis Black is an angry man. He talks with Jim Fleming about the fine line between playing angry and being angry.
Kate Sekules tells Anne Strainchamps how she got into boxing, why she enjoyed getting really strong, and how she coped with her anger during bouts.
Nick Cook tells Steve Paulson that there seems to be something called zero point energy. Once we build the technology to master it, we’ll solve all our energy problems.
Oliver Sacks talks with Jim Fleming about the awesome power of music to enrich lives of patients with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders.
Jim Fleming speaks with Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner."
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