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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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A conversation with the Iraq war veteran and IAVA founder.
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Writing courses and MFA programs make it easy to talk about a story if it proceeds in a way that is demonstrably similar to stories past. This means the really […]
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“The unhappier parts of my career enabled me to say the more trenchant things,” says the novelist. But “if I’m not happy enough to finish the book … it doesn’t […]
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Fiction writers are more desperate than ever, says the novelist. Scared that they’re not going to get published, they’re trying to shoehorn themselves into rigid—”sellable”—formats.
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The novelist relies on improvisation as his fiction develops. “The fictional characters have their own volition … and are capable of proposing new ideas about how they want to live […]
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Digital culture is about getting to the meat of a subject as quickly as possible and then moving onto the next thing. Literature, on the other hand, is about doing […]
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New models for media and better media literacy are important but not enough; we need to reexamine our public institutions, from local to federal levels.
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Atheists honed their online chops earlier than most religious bloggers, but church-goers have the advantage of large non-virtual communities that can be leveraged on the Internet.
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Before the oil spill, the public favored energy exploration and economic development over environmental protection. Six weeks later, that public preference had flipped.
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People tend to self-select themselves into ideological echo chambers, says Nisbet.
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One survey found that 90% of all the information on blogs and independent media sites was repackaged from traditional news sources.
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The answer lies somewhere in between, says Nisbet.
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Nisbet talks about his new blog, which will discuss the intersections of communication, culture, and public affairs.
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A conversation with the professor and blogger.
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Knife thrower David Adamovich walks us through some of his most popular stunts.
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Though Throwdini’s first target was a man, all the rest since have been women. Part of the act’s appeal is wondering what happens off-stage, he says.
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The most dangerous stunt “The Great Throwdini” has ever attempted involved catching bullets, knives, and arrows—and it did not go according to plan.
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The Great Throwdini shows us his favorite projectiles and explains the mechanics of making them always hit the right spot.
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David Adamovich didn’t start throwing knives until he was 50 years old. He admits that in his career as a thrower he’s “scraped” a girl. But “I’ve never impaled the […]