60. Teju Cole (Writer) – The World is Not a Settled Gift
Nigerian-born writer, photographer, and art historian Teju Cole is the author of the novel Open City and the novella Every Day is for the Theif. He’s also the photography critic of the New York Times ...
20 Aug 201645min
59. Jacqueline Woodson (Writer) – Bored Kid Dreaming/Apologies Long Overdue
Jacqueline Woodson, the Newberry, Caldecott, and National-Book Award winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming, If You Come Softly and many other works of poetry and literature for children and young adul...
13 Aug 201638min
58. Mixtape #2 – Staring at the Sea
Big Think launched in 2008 as a "YouTube for intellectuals." Since then, it has produced over 10,000 short-form video interviews with many of the most influential and creative thinkers of our time. I...
6 Aug 201649min
57. Mixtape #1 - Lies/Monsters/Friendship/Religion/Space Aliens
Big Think launched in 2008 as a "YouTube for intellectuals." Since then, it has produced over 10,000 short-form video interviews with many of the most influential and creative thinkers of our time. I...
30 Jul 201650min
56. Jonathon Keats (Experimental Philosopher) – The Trickster/Castles in the Sky
"Experimental philosopher" and science writer Jonathon Keats, who famously created pornography for plants and sold real estate in the alternate dimensions proposed by string theory, believes that we "...
23 Jul 201651min
55. Mary Roach (Science Writer) – To Nietszche His Own
Sex toy book parties! Penis transplants! Decomposition labs! These are just a few of the places the intrepid, New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach takes us in hilarious, curiosity-driven books...
16 Jul 201636min
54. LIVE! Sarah Jones (actor/playwright) –
Sarah Jones is a Tony and Obie award-winning playwright and performer. She's unlike any other artist in her uncanny ability to create, become, and instantly switch between characters, convincingly in...
9 Jul 201641min
53. Sean Wilentz (Historian) – The Culture Strikes Back
The stakes are extraordinarily high in this election. We’re at a crossroads. I think the current politics are a continuation of the fight we’ve been having since the ‘60s.The expansion of an African-A...
2 Jul 201638min
