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Live Author Chat & Interview Transcripts

Over the years we've had the opportunity to host numerous live chat sessions and email interviews with some amazingly talented authors. Below you'll find the transcripts of these chats and email interviews for your enjoyment.

Our live chats are casual and interactive where all participants are encouraged to ask questions and make comments, much the same as you'd have over coffee or lunch. Often these chats go off on tangents as one question or comment leads to another. You should enjoy reading them!

Live Author Chat & Interview Transcripts
#	Date	Format	Author or Guest	Book Title or Subject	Forum	Book
19	Nov. 24, 2011	Email Interview	Joyce Carol Oates	The Falls: A Novel	Forum	Book
18	Nov. 10, 2010	Email Interview	Robert Wright	The Evolution of God	Forum	Book
17	Sept. 24, 2009	Live Chat	Todd C. Riniolo	When Good Thinking Goes Bad	Forum	Book
16	July 30, 2009	Live Chat	Frans de Waal	Primates and Philosophers	Forum	Book
15	Nov., 2007	Email Interview	Noam Chomsky	Interventions	Forum	Book
14	Dec. 14, 2006	Live Chat	Eugenie Scott	Evolution vs. Creationism	Forum	Book
13	Aug. 25, 2005	Live Chat	Victor Davis Hanson	Collapse - by Jared Diamond	Forum	Book
12	July 23, 2005	Live Chat	A.C. Grayling	What is Good?	Forum	Book
11	Oct. 14, 2004	Live Chat	Howard Bloom	Reinventing Capitalism	N/A	N/A
10	Sept. 16, 2004	Live Chat	Lee Harris	Civilization and Its Enemies	Forum	Book
9	Sept. 02, 2004	Live Chat	Ann Druyan	Pale Blue Dot	Forum	Book
8	May 27, 2004	Live Chat	Michael Shermer	How We Believe	Forum	Book
7	Mar. 18, 2004	N/A	Antonio Damasio	Looking for Spinoza - Canceled	Forum	Book
6	Nov. 28, 2003	Live Chat	Matt Ridley	The Red Queen	Forum	Book
5	Sept. 02, 2003	Live Chat	Steven Pinker	The Blank Slate	Forum	Book
4	July 17, 2003	Live Chat	Massimo Pigliucci	Rationally Speaking	Forum	N/A
3	July 12, 2003	Live Chat	Richard Dawkins	Unweaving the Rainbow	Forum	Book
2	Mar. 06, 2003	Live Chat	Howard Bloom	Global Brain	Forum	Book
1	Jan. 02, 2003	Live Chat	Howard Bloom	The Lucifer Principle	Forum	Book

Authors with which we've had live chats or interviews...
Richard Dawkins "Unweaving the Rainbow"	Ann Druyan "Pale Blue Dot"
Robert Wright "The Evolution of God"	Joyce Carol Oates "The Falls: A Novel"
Frans de Waal "Primates and Philosophers"	Todd C. Riniolo "When Good Thinking Goes Bad"
Massimo Pigliucci "Rationally Speaking"	Victor Davis Hanson on "Collapse" by Jared Diamond
Matt Ridley "The Red Queen"	Steven Pinker "The Blank Slate"
Michael Shermer "How We Believe"	A.C. Grayling "What is Good?"
Eugenie Scott "Evolution vs. Creationism"	Howard Bloom "Global Brain" and "The Lucifer Principle"
Noam Chomsky "Interventions"	Lee Harris "Civilization and Its Enemies"

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