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Jonah Lehrer writes extensively on the relationship between science and the humanities. With double majors in neuroscience and English from Columbia University, and a stint as a Rhodes Scholar, his resume also includes work in the lab of neuroscientist and Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, studying at Oxford with British literary critic Hermione Lee, and working as a cook at the famed French restaurant Le Bernardin in New York. Lehrer is editor-at-large at Seed magazine and a contributing editor at Wired. He also edits the “Mind Matters” blog for Scientific American and writes his own highly regarded blog called The Frontal Cortex. His first book, Proust Was a Neuroscientist, argued that art and science offer different but complimentary views of the world. Lehrer’s latest, How We Decide, explores factors that influence decision-making and combines medical diagnostic data with real-life examples.
Veteran interviewer Roy Eisenhardt practiced law for twelve years in San Francisco and taught at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. Eisenhardt currently serves as acting president of the San Francisco Art Insitute. He was President of the Oakland Athletics and served as the Executive Director for the California Academy of Sciences. Some of his numerous interviews for City Arts & Lectures include Stephen King, Gene Wilder, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Desmond Tutu, and David Remnick.
