Out This Week: Interviews with Michael Pollan and Elizabeth Kolbert

I spoke with the two acclaimed journalists for Rolling Stone and Publishers Weekly, discussing literary influence, consciousness, environmental journalism, and the dangers of AI.

One of the best things about my work is that I enjoy frequent opportunities to converse with smart people, and this week I have interviews out with two great examples.

For Rolling Stone, I spoke with journalist Michael Pollan about his latest book on the search for consciousness, his ongoing propensity for psychedelics, and the rising threat of AI.

Then for my Writers Talking Writers series at Publishers Weekly, Michael stuck around to chat about his affection for Henry David Thoreau, and I spoke with journalist Elizabeth Kolbert about the grandmother of environmental reportage Rachel Carson. The two chats couldn’t have been better paired.

Keep an eye out for my interview with Ai Weiwei coming out at In These Times sometime over the coming weeks!