People

I am happy to add to the mix Robert Darden, founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project. Its mission is to locate, preserve, record, and catalog the most at-risk gospel recording from black gospel music's golden age (roughly 1940-1980). It's a formidable undertaking.

Completed interviews include:

Paolo Soleri, architect and guiding force behind Arcosanti, an “urban laboratory” in the middle of the Arizona desert. He has been involved in the construction of Arcosanti since the early 1970s.

Dr. Jill Cornell Tarter, Director, Center for SETI Research.

David and Jared Milarch, father and son tree farmers in Michigan who have managed to clone the Methuselah Tree, at 4,700 years old, the oldest known living thing on earth.

Larissa Bonfante, NYU classics professor, who has dedicated her career to shedding light on the history and culture of the mysterious and underappreciated Etruscans.

Do you know someone who is engaged in a project or research that requires long-term dedication? If so, I'm interested in hearing from you.

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