We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. W
"Experimental philosopher" and science writer Jonathon Keats, who famously created pornography for p
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Sarah Jones is a Tony and Obie award-winning playwright and performer. She's unlike any other artist
The stakes are extraordinarily high in this election. We’re at a crossroads. I think the current pol
“It’s funny or it’s not funny. In the end, people are not coming to my show because I’m not cursing”
"That is one of the most mysterious things about human existence: that we are made by what would bre
“Whenever we start seeing people as other, we just get lost. There were so many decent cowboys tryin
Novelist and essayist Geoff Dyer is one of the English language's most mordant and poetic observers
Death, Bob Marley, parenthood, gratitude, and what to do in the face of incalculable suffering. Thes
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I’m starting to feel that what people in the future will actually want is something that feels small
“Fear is just a monster motivator. It sells many a car and harnesses many a vote.” – James McBride,
"The problem with our time is that we look at people for their utility value.", says Douglas Rushkof
Michael Puett teaches one of three most popular undergraduate courses at Harvard, on ancient Chinese
In this week's episode Joshua Cohen, author of the "great American internet novel" Book of Numbers,
"Authenticity is something that cannot be fabricated." – Sarah Kay On this week's episode, poet Sara
Put 8 year old Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders together in a progressive 2nd grade
"I’m always pulled toward anything that helps me figure out how to live a meaningful and substantive
"As human beings we all have this flaw, which is to think that there’s a right way of doing things.
“We all have so much power that we don’t use. And I think it’s because of cynicism, which is a toxi
