Guest: Peter Lunenfeld What is our Los Angeles of today? There is so much more than meets the eye in LA. Susan speaks to Peter Lunenfeld, author of the urban portrait of LA called City at the Edge of Forever. Lunenfeld weaves together the alchemical city's art, architecture and design; juxtaposes its entertainment and literary histories; and moves from restaurant kitchens to recording studios to ultrasecret research and dev labs. Peter Lunenfeld is the vice chair of UCLA's Department of Design Media Arts and a faculty member in the Urban and Digital Humanities programs. He writes about the ways in which art, design and technology intertwine.

Guest: Farrah Storr 10 Questions for Farrah Storr. Farrah is author of The Discomfort Zone and the Editor-in-Chief of Elle Magazine UK.

Guest: Zack Greenburg Celebrities investing in the world of startups - that is the topic we'll be discussing with writer Zack Greenburg who has been covering Hollywood and the entertainment industry as an editor at Forbes. If you're interested in venture capital and angel investing, entrepreneurism, Hollywood, Silicon Valley and how these all converge at times .. tune in as we speak about Zack's latest book. “Exciting, well-researched chronicle of how a group of actors, athletes and artists have emerged as mega-successful venture capitalists. Their stories underscore the inspiring truth that great entrepreneurs can emerge from the most unlikely backgrounds … an un-putdown-able masterpiece.” —Steve Forbes .. Zack is also author of 3 Kings, Michael Jackson, Inc. and Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind.

Guests: Monica Gagliano and Leah Barclay Susan MacTavish Best, POSTHOC, is speaking w/ Evolutionary Biologist Monica Gagliano and Sound Artist Leah Barclay. Monica is at the forefront of the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics and has extended the concept of cognition to plants, re-igniting the discourse on plant subjectivity, sentience and ethical standing. Leah's work has been commissioned, performed and exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum, UNESCO, Ear to the Earth, Al Gore’s Climate Reality and the IUCN as well as Times Square and the Eiffel Tower. Tune in and ask questions!

Guest: Christina Binkley Susan speaks to fashion and culture writer Christina Binkley. Christina writes about the business of culture and is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and WSJ. Magazine. Formerly a staff writer and columnist for this newspaper, and a frequent on-air commentator, she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Winner Takes All. She has critiqued fashion runways from New York to Milan and Paris, and often takes readers behind fashion's velvet curtains, with frequent forays into the arts and entertainment and the many quirky characters who set the pace for popular culture.

Guest: Sally Coulthard 2020 has brought home to many of us our love of nature and our need as humans to connect with the natural living world. We'll speak to author Sally Coulthard about how we can turn our homes and work spaces that bring the natural world into our lives up close. Sally has written over 20 books many of which explore the links between nature, home, crafts and living well, and she is also a columnist for Country Living Magazine. Other books she's written include The Little Book of Building Fires and The Bee Bible.

Guest: Florence Williams, journalist and contributing editor to OUTSIDE Magazine

How can you get the life you want using a scientific approach? We speak to the world's expert on happiness to find out. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside