Kickstarter & A Kids' Book About Meth

Studio 360

Acclaimed young-adult novelist Jacqueline Woodson tells Kurt Andersen that teens are ready to read about drug addiction. Arts funding in the age of Kickstarter: a co-founder of the online crowd-funding platform believes it will soon eclipse the NEA --- we'll weigh the pros and cons of Kickstarter compared to government funding. And a scientist's new theory unites biology, physics, and design, explaining why everything that moves forms certain familiar patterns. It's the constructal law, and it'll change the way you see the world.

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