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Fashion historian Caroline Weber will never forget the time she was riding the Metro in Paris while wearing a pink vintage cape. “Within five minutes I was incredibly uncomfortable because […]
According to PaceWildenstein Art Gallery owner Arne Glimcher, while Madoff’s Ponzi scam might have closed some doors, it opened others. The whole reason the art industry is irrational is the […]
Dr. Beverly Whipple is widely recognized as the scientist who popularized the G-Spot. She came by Big Think today to speak for a special series we’ll be launching in November. […]
Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik has been in a very small minority among her fellow philosophy scholars; for one, she’s woman, but more importantly, she is convinced that philosophers were doing […]
Fashion historian Caroline Weber came to Big Think yesterday in a beautiful Marc Jacobs dress. The significance of her outfit? Shoulder pads, or as she calls them, an 80s-era fad […]
When Josh Lieb set out to write a book about a 12-year-old billionaire from Nebraska, the comedy writer and producer of The Daily Show, didn’t incorporate too many details from […]
For the first time in over a year, the Dow today is flirting with the 10,000 point mark. Yet, insists Big Think’s recent guest Nomi Prins, unless you’re one of […]
Kurt Andersen, the host of “Studio 360” and master of many media (magazines, novels, nonfiction books, film), came by Big Think today to speak about the introduction he wrote to […]
Calvin Trillin is one of America’s most versatile authors—from poetry, to humor, to important investigative journalism, his work stirs envy in every type of writer. Trillin sat down with Big […]
For anybody struggling through a period of creative stagnation and caught against some sort of Proustian desire to develop a grand ‘idea’ for their art, the Irish painter, Guggi, has […]
Josh Lieb, the executive producer of “The Daily Show,” visited Big Think to talk about his first novel, “I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be […]
John Bruton, the EU Ambassador to the United States, has an uncommon combination of outsider’s and insider’s insight into how the U.S. government works. He talked to Big Think about […]
Peter Sisson calls himself a serial entrepreneur, having founded three companies and just launched his fourth. His newest venture, Line2, is a company that hopes to change the way we […]
At a certain point in time—perhaps sooner than most people think—the ever-increasing average human lifespan will begin accelerating faster than people age. This moment, according to anti-aging expert Aubrey de […]
Professional poker champion Annie Duke is no stranger to crude name-calling at the table; it’s all part of being a successful female gambler. Duke has sat down next to so […]
Irish avant-garde artist, Guggi, came by Big Think today. He spoke to us about growing up in Catholic Ireland in a Christian Fundamentalist household, his childhood influences, his art and […]
Imagine life losing all semblance of stability and becoming subject to a series of occasionally terrifying hallucinations where you streak across the solar system. For Big Think’s recent guest, Kay Redfield […]
What happens when an influential hip-hop star proclaims that a certain brand of boots is suddenly out of style? Is it bad for business? That very thing occurred when Jay-Z […]
When it comes to 50th birthday parties, you can’t do much better than Gavin Friday. His childhood friend, U2’s Bono, helped arrange a star-studded benefit concert at New York Carnegie […]
Anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey came through Big Think Friday afternoon looking not a bit older than when he first appeared on our site, in December 2007. He was in […]
What if the entire history of mainstream psychology has been focused on the wrong element of the human psyche? To psychologist Tal Ban Shahar, that may be the case: all […]