Poker teaches you that all you have is your reputation, says the Poker Professor.

The Poker Professor says poker and business are thick with psychology.

The Poker Professor on behavior techniques that work.

The Poker Professor advises a careful approach to overstating your hand.

The Poker Professor says knowing your place in the market is important to success.

The Poker Professor draws similarities between winning at poker and hedging investments.

The Poker Professor talks about betting with no money.

The artist refutes jingoism and says optimism is the only path.

Sean Scully Describes the Essence of Luxury.

The artist describes the importance of the human element.

Sean Scully on the remaking of the art world.

The artist channeled arrogance and humility to achieve his goals.

The artist says that while art isn’t crucial, you can’t kick it out of the cultural carpet.

The artist tells the story of the painting that made him become an artist.

The artist says you have to be sensitive and insensitive at the same time.

The artist talks about how he creates.

The artist describes how he “gets ready” to paint.

The artist describes his route from representation to abstraction.

The artist wants his work to reveal everything all at once.

Sean Scully on his philosophical mission statement.

Author Alaa Al Aswany says problems in Egypt arose with Israel, not with the Jews.

Alaa Al Aswany on the culture of myopia.

Alaa Al Aswany sees the potential for democracy across the entire Arab world.

A negative interpretation of Islam adds to the forces against tolerance Alaa Al Aswany believes.

If we just understood that we are all human beings first and foremost, we would not be witnessing many of the struggles we are seeing today.

How a writer captures the human element will determine how long a piece of literature will last.

All writers have to find their own rhythm, but Alaa Al Aswany finds his between 6 and 10:30 am.

Alaa Al Aswany explains how a University of Illinois Histology department becomes a microcosm for the world.

Alaa Al Aswany reveals the key to translating literature into other languages.

Young Alaa As Aswany’s “garden full of flowers” had Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Marquez and Hemingway growing in it.