148. Jonathan Lethem (writer) – Batman's Greatest Enemy
There’s a famous line from a Bob Dylan song that goes “she’s got everything she needs...she’s an artist...she don’t look back.” As a person who loves art—music and literature especially—I’ve always b...
19 Mai 201857min
147. Ronan Farrow (investigative journalist) — A Failure to Communicate
In Hollywood movies diplomats always get a bad rap. I’m picturing Claude Rains as “Mr. Dryden” in Lawrence of Arabia looking, as Clyde Rains always does, somewhat reptilian as he hunches over a map of...
12 Mai 201841min
146. Think Again LIVE with Kristen Radtke (graphic novelist) – The Fascination of What's Difficult
This episode is really something different. It’s a live show we did on April 21st in Green Bay Wisconsin, as part of Untitled Town Book and Author Festival, now in its second year. I’d never been to G...
5 Mai 201857min
145. Michael Gazzaniga (neuroscientist) – The Impossible Problem
Je pense donc je suis. (I think, therefore I am.) Huh? Who is this I? How do I know that it is thinking? What does it even mean to say that I am—that I exist, if it's this mysterious, untrustworthy ...
28 Apr 201845min
144. Antonio Damasio (neuroscientist & philosopher) – Where is My Mind?
Why can’t we all just get along? And conversely, why do we sometimes get along so well, building cathedrals, inventing Democracy, symphonies, and stuff that that? According to my guest today, the an...
21 Apr 20181h 3min
143. The Way Brothers (documentary filmmakers) – City On a Hill
In New York City, where we all live in little boxes on top of one another, “Ignore thy neighbor” is a reasonable coping strategy. Live and let live, right? To each her own. But what’s the tipping poi...
14 Apr 20181h 6min
142. Meg Wolitzer (writer) – Messages From Another Planet
Ambition and loyalty. What we want versus what we already have and should be grateful for. When there’s conflict here, in some ways it's a tension between loyalty to others and loyalty to ourselves…or...
7 Apr 201859min
141. Tara Westover (writer, historian) – Nothing Final Can Be Known
What does your education mean to you? What would you be willing to sacrifice for it? For me and my sister, growing up, it was a given that you’d get “well-educated.” You’d get good grades, go to a go...
31 Mar 20181h 2min
