Surprise topics. Deep fun. This week, psychologist Howard Gardner

Smart people. Surprise topics. Deep fun. This week, Nobel Laureate and Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk.

Before he “jumped ship to the useless, unemployable arts", young Salman wanted to be a physicist. This and more on Big Think's weekly podcast, Think Again. 

Are Pirate Bay (illegal, free) and Spotify (legit, really cheap) undermining artists' incentive to create? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner. 

Is weaponized DNA something we should be worrying about? Can we escape our own irrationality? Does the future look like Mad Max? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by the astounding Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt, from Reply All, and the astonishing Matt Farley writes us a theme song in under an hour. 

Is attention an endangered species? How do you collaborate with people who hate you? This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by actor, activist, and internet superhero George Takei. 

How do colors affect us psychologically? In this week's episode of Big Think's Think Again podcast, host Jason Gots is joined by design entrepreneur Tina Roth Eisenberg (AKA @swissmiss).

We surprise the world's brightest minds with ideas they're totally unprepared to discuss. This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by the legendary musician and spoken-word artist Henry Rollins.

Do schools kill creativity? Should white boys ever rap or breakdance? This week on Think Again we're joined by Maria Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

We have the ability to reach many more people than ever before in history with our stupidity.

We surprise the world's brightest minds with ideas they're totally unprepared to discuss. This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by poet and educator Clint Smith. 

We surprise the world's brightest minds with ideas they're totally unprepared to discuss. This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by Wendy Suzuki, neuroscientist and author of the book Healthy Brain, Happy Life

We surprise the world's brightest minds with ideas they're totally unprepared to discuss. This week on Big Think's podcast, we're joined by the legendary musician and spoken word artist Henry Rollins.

We surprise the world's brightest minds with ideas they're totally unprepared to discuss. This week, on the first ever full episode of Big Think's podcast, we're joined by psychedelic pop philosopher and futurist Jason Silva.

We surprise the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. Check out our promo and subscribe now. Episode 1 launches 6/20/15.