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310 - Lisa Menna (Magician/Activist)
Lisa Menna uses the wonder provoked by her magic tricks to trigger real magic: the kinds of thoughts that can make the world a better place. Having p…
8 years, 5 months ago
309 - Josh Fox in NOLA (Film-maker & Playwright)
I caught up with Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox in New Orleans (Gasland, How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can't Change),…
8 years, 5 months ago
308 - Diana Adams (Lawyer/LGBTQ Rights Activist)
Diana is the founder of a boutique LGBTQ family law and mediation firm based in New York City and Frankfurt, Germany, serving primarily same-sex coup…
8 years, 5 months ago
307 - Jeff Leach (Microbiome Expert / Anthropologist)
Like millions of people, I first became aware of Jeff Leach when I read about his attempt to transfer a hunter/gatherer's fecal matter to his own co…
8 years, 5 months ago
306 - John Duarte (Photojournalist & Long-Distance Cyclist)
Cassie and I met John Duarte at a highway rest stop in Dateland, AZ. He was riding his bike from El Paso to San Diego, which is a short "training run…
8 years, 5 months ago
305 - Mike Lang (My Best Buddy)
Mike has been my best-buddy since I was 15 years old. The Mr. Spock to my Captain Kirk, he's kept me marginally out of trouble for 40 years now. Mike…
8 years, 5 months ago
304 - Zhana Vrangalova (Sex Researcher and Educator)
Zhana is a NYC-based sex researcher, writer, and educator. She has a PhD in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University, where she studied how d…
8 years, 6 months ago
303 - Bruce Damer (Origins of Life/Future in Space)
Bruce Damer is a Canadian-American multi-disciplinary scientist, designer, and author. He collaborates with colleagues developing and testing a new m…
8 years, 6 months ago
302 - Johann Hari (Author/Journalist)
Johann is the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections -- both of which are largely about the traumas created by trying to live in a pathoge…
8 years, 6 months ago
301 - Steve Silberman (Author/Science Journalist)
Steve Silberman is an award-winning science writer whose articles have appeared in Wired, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Financial Times, th…
8 years, 6 months ago