Alain de Botton's latest project Is art as therapy. Feeling lonely? Stand in front of the Mona Lisa. Anxious about work? Caspar David Friedrich’s “Rocky Reef on the Seashore” will put everything in perspective. Anne talks with de Botton about his new book, free app, and… upcoming museum shows.
Cory Doctorow is a writer and digital activist who works to defend electronic freedom.
Physicist Clifford Pickover talks with Steve Paulson about Magic Squares and why people get hooked on them.
Gabor Maté is a physician at OnSite, a Vancouver detox facility and the only supervised injection site in North America.
Benjamin Cavell reads a bit from a story called “The Ropes” - about an injured boxer - and talks with Steve Paulson about violence and masculinity.
Douglas Wolk tells Steve Paulson why comics became such a vital medium for individual artistic expression.
Ayun Halliday tells Anne Strainchamps about being a young, hip Mom, and how motherhood is different from her expectations.
