Steven Johnson on his hidden influencer
On The Thread podcast, books are just the beginning. Host Kerri Miller talks with comedians, scientists and other big thinkers about how books and reading have shaped their lives.
Author and television host Steven Johnson is an incredible original thinker who is capable of connecting dots in ways most of us could never imagine.
But when he sat down with Kerri Miller, he had a bit of a confession. Johnson has only recently discovered that he owes Michael Pollan's bestselling book, "The Botany of Desire," a great debt for shaping him into the writer he is today.
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