A superb TED Talk by author Chimamanda Aidichie about allowing a single story to misrepresent complexity and diversity: The Danger of a Single Story
Fran Wilde & Daughter on Reading Together & Alone & Before You See the Movie
SF author Fran Wilde and her daughter discuss the value of reading…all kinds of reading: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2014/07/02/mom-and-daughter-on-reading-together/
Tom Purdom Becomes Geek of the Week
The inestimable Tom Purdom is interviewed by Geekadelphia about, among other things, his short fiction collection, Lovers and Fighters, Starships and Dragons:
http://www.geekadelphia.com/2014/06/25/geek-of-the-week-science-fiction-author-tom-purdom/