Jean left Haiti at the age of nine only to end up the country’s roving ambassador.

Duke University Professor Cathy N. Davidson says scholars in the humanities need to unlearn old ways of teaching and publishing.

Bill Scheft discusses the differences between comedy fiction and monologue writing, and his latest novel, “Everything Hurts.”

Bill Scheft doubts the political influence of Late Night comedy.

Don’t believe Larry David when he tells you he doesn’t resemble his screen persona, says his friend Bill Scheft.

Bill Scheft on the lifestyle of a Letterman writer.

Bad grades in Latin class led Bill Scheft to a career in comedy.

A conversation with the novelist and David Letterman Show writer.

A conversation with the technology forecaster and essayist.

Companies need to get better at explaining to employees the intrinsic risks of their jobs, according to forecaster and essayist Paul Saffo.

Paul Saffo analyses the shift in power from producers in the industrial economy, to marketers in the consumer economy. He predicts that new “economic actors” who create and consume simultaneously […]

Forecaster and essayist Paul Saffo encourages customer service departments to only make promises they can keep.

To avoid missing opportunities in a down market, Paul Saffo advises business leaders to focus less on what their company is doing wrong, more on what it can do differently.

Paul Saffo says technology shouldn’t be exploited to just cut costs or do old things more efficiently, it should be a catalyst for doing new things in entirely different ways.

Paul Saffo’s recommendation to companies conserving cash: don’t confuse the short-term financial crisis with long-term trends.

Paul Saffo analyzes the historic patterns of technology innovation and adoption, and predicts their impact on entrepreneurship.

Harvard Professor David Scadden envisions a future where medicines activate stem cells already in our bodies. The pharmaceutical industry is taking notice.

Harvard Professor David Scadden discusses the wonder of self-replenishing stems cells, and reveals scientific findings that might enable any stem cell to be reprogrammed as an embryonic stem cell.

The Yale University Director worries that consumers need a PhD to understand what they’re eating. He proposes simplifying food labels so everyone can be a nutritional expert.

A conversation with Director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center.

David L. Katz insists access to healthcare is a basic human right and proposes reforms to incentivize preventative care.

When the Atkins Diet took off into the stratosphere, every supermarket stocked low-carb foods. Nutrition expert David L. Katz wants to achieve the same thing with healthy foods generally.

The weight management expert developed a school program, and released it into the public domain, called Activity Burst in the Classroom (ABC) that helps restless children release their energies.

David L. Katz counsels overweight and obese people to be healthy by discussing “medical absolution”–you are partly responsible for your excess weight, but not to blame.

Starting with African American churches and community leaders in Connecticut, medical expert David L. Katz wants to put the findings of the Diabetes Prevention Program to work in every town […]

When it comes to preventing chronic disease, the gap between knowledge and action belies the notion that knowledge is power, according to health expert David L. Katz.

Quoting the Spiderman movie–“with great power comes great responsibility”–David L. Katz implores health professions to empower people before requesting they take responsibility for their well being.

Weight management expert David L. Katz criticizes technological advances that have created lifestyles at odds with physical activity and healthy diets.

Health expert David L. Katz discusses the complexity of nutrition and how he became interested in preventative medicine.

In partnership with Pfizer, Big Think presents an online forum on breakthroughs in medicine featuring presentations by top figures in the fields of personal genomics and pandemics.