Undercover economist Tim Harford
A conversation about speed-dating, the advantages of city life and the fun economists are having with "Undercover Economist" Tim Harford, author of The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irra...
15 Mar 200832min
Comic artist Peter Bagge
A conversation about Generation X, penciling techniques and libertarianism with Peter Bagge, creator of Hate and Apocalypse Nerd.
7 Mar 200856min
On globalization with Pietra Rivoli
A conversation about Texan cotton-growing, Chinese manufacturing and African entrepreneurship with Pietra Rivoli, Georgetown business professor and author of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Eco...
29 Feb 200849min
Essayist, film writer, novelist and poet Phillip Lopate
A conversation about education, urbanism and Abbas Kiarostami with essayist, novelist, poet and film writer Phillip Lopate.
22 Feb 200843min
On book reviewing with Gail Pool
A conversation with Gail Pool, author of Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America.
16 Feb 200846min
Skeptic Michael Shermer
A conversation about economics, evolutionary biology and Ayn Rand with Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans and O...
8 Feb 200849min
On early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher
A conversation about the interplay between early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate School and author of Time, ...
2 Feb 200858min
Deep historian Daniel Lord Smail
A conversation about bridging the gap between history and prehistory with Daniel Lord Smail, professor of history at Harvard University and author of On Deep History and the Brain.
25 Jan 200852min
