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HAPPINESS/MONSTERS (feat. Salman Rushdie) – Think Again Podcast, ep. 15

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. 
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“For most of the time, writing any book, it’s not going well.“

– Salman Rushdie on Think Again 

This week on Big Think’s popular podcast, we’re joined by the brilliant and occasionally notorious Salman Rushdie, author of the new book Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty Eight Nights. 

Surprise video clips from Big Think’s archives launch a fascinating conversation about reason, bad grammar on Twitter, imagination, theoretical physics, literary hoaxes and the late Oliver Sacks. 

Listen to THINK AGAIN, EPISODE 15 – HAPPINESS/MONSTERS (feat. Salman Rushdie) 

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