Writer, journalist, and N.Y.U. professor Suketu Mehta speaks about his challenging high school years as an Indian immigrant growing up in Queens, his belief in how the future of democracy “rests on storytelling,” and the importance of considering  historical time frames when thinking about today’s contentious immigration debates.

Suketu Mehta on the Positively Profound Impact of Immigration on the Planet

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The 97-year-old Pittsburgh-based artist and sculptor Thaddeus Mosley talks about sculpting art out of wood for seven decades straight; the language that poetry, music, and sculpture all share; his early years as a sportswriter for a local newspaper; and his enduring affinity for the work of Constantin Brâncuși and Isamu Noguchi.

Thaddeus Mosley on Making Art to Be Appreciated for Centuries

The Brooklyn-based artist Adam Pendleton discusses the elusive, multifarious nature of his “Black Dada” philosophical framework; painting as a kind of technology; and why, for him, jazz is indefinable.

Adam Pendleton on His Ongoing Exploration of “Black Dada”

The British fashion legend Paul Smith talks about his deep, 40-plus-year engagement with the country of Japan, where he operates more than 150 stores; his long-view approach to building a business that transcends time; his ever-growing collection of rabbit ephemera; and the metamorphic impact of music and humor on his life and work.

Paul Smith on Imbuing Clothing With Joy and Humor

The Belgium-born writer and critic Lucy Sante, author of the new book “I Heard Her Call My Name,” a memoir about her recent gender transition at age 66, discusses various out-of-body experiences and dislocations she had in her younger years, why she thinks of the 1960s as “a kind of magic time,” her life-transforming literary journey, and her decision to open the floodgates of her womanhood.

Lucy Sante on on Transitioning Into Herself at Long Last

The British interior designer Ilse Crawford discusses her approach to crafting beautiful, highly original spaces that push against today’s speedy, copy-paste, Instagram-moment world; her early career in media, including as the celebrated founding editor of the U.K. edition of Elle Decoration; and her personal definition of the word “slow.”

Suketu Mehta on the Positively Profound Impact of Immigration on the Planet

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