Rick Kleffel:agony Column

Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi discuss science, science fiction and writing.

Barbara Feinman Todd discusses her book Pretend I'm Not Here: How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp.

Barbara Feinman Todd discusses her book Pretend I'm Not Here: How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp.

Willl Schwalbe discusses his life as a reader, books, the power of reading and his new book, Books for Living.

Florence Williams discusses her book The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative.

Joe R. Lansdale discusses Rusty Puppy, Hap and Leonard and much more.

Joe R. Lansdale discusses Rusty Puppy, Hap and Leonard and much more.

Oliver Luckett discusses The Social Organism, his book cowritten with Michael J. Casey, which looks at social media as a living organism.

Shannon Leone Fowler discusses her memoir Traveling With Ghosts.

Shannon Leone Fowler discusses her memoir Traveling With Ghosts.

Iaan Rankin and John Rebus are back for the 30th anniversary of John Rebus.

Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her novel Eileen, her collection Homesick for Another World, and a variety of disturbing behaviors.

Sabaa Taahir discusses her Laia and Elias novels An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night.

Sabaa Taahir discusses her Laia and Elias novels An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night.

Douglas Preston discusses his new book The Lost City of the Monkey God.

David Grinspoon discusses the Fermi Paradox, Global climate change and his new book Earth in Human Hands.

Veronica Roth discusses Carve the Mark.

Edward R. Tufte discusses the presentation of data.

Senator George Mitchell and Alon Sachar discuss the history of and prospects for peace in the Middle East.

Matt Simon discusses The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems.