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FWD is a podcast about the things that move us: the big ideas, fresh perspectives, and new discoveries.

All of season 1 is now available! Give it a listen for in-depth discussions on topics ranging from dealing with gentrification and stress to how we can help kids with behavior issues and learn to play again as adults.

FWD: Podcast FWD is a podcast about the things that move us: the big ideas, fresh perspectives, and new discoveries.

26 years after Generation X gave a voice to the collective dissatisfaction of America's lost generation, are we any more content today or have we simply become more lost?

The Story of a Lost Generation – After This Commercial Break It’s been nearly 26 years since Generation X was published. Although a millennial myself, I picked it off my girlfriend’s bookshelf recently and found it as surprisingly relevant today as when it hit shelves in ’91. Has anything changed whatsoever for the better in the last two decades?

Turns out, most authors aren't selling anything – unless you're a bestselling one bankrolling the book industry.

No One is Selling Squat (Until You Are) After attending Book Expo America (BEA) and listening to publishers, authors, and experts at the book industry’s largest event, I’ve come to the conclusion I’m not the only who didn’t sell a book in the last month. No one, or at least most authors – whether published by a big or small press or indep...

"You will not forget it once you put it down." Read The Gertrude Threshold's latest review by Rick Chapman, author of Rule-Set.

But by Fire: My Review of the The Gertrude Threshold by Christopher Brooks The Gertrude Threshold is a powerful tale very well told. You will not forget it once you put it down.

Is creating A.I. more about the next stage in evolution, or dudes getting laid?

A.I.s Reveal More About Men’s Weaknesses Than Technology’s Strengths Ex Machina asks hard questions about A.I. being the next stage in evolution and even what humanistic qualities might not be worth burdening an A.I. with (such as sexuality). However, I was most intrigued by one question it never asked: Why is Nathan’s A.I., Ava, a woman?