Alvin Toffler Futurist
Toffler saw a bigger picture, and started formulating a theory of social upheaval.
From This is True for 3 July 2016
writing
Book, article, TV & film writers, and journalists.
Earl Hamner Jr Writer
Hamner served as the show’s executive producer and did the voice-overs.
From This is True for 27 March 2016
Ben Bagdikian Press freedom champion
Bagdikian pushed forward the publication of The Pentagon Papers.
From This is True for 13 March 2016
George Clayton Johnson Science fiction writer
Johnson wrote the first aired episode of Star Trek.
From This is True for 27 December 2015
Peg Lynch Sitcom pioneer
The first women to create a national radio show (a sitcom), and she was smart enough to keep ownership.
From This is True for 26 July 2015
Michael Blake Writer
Blake wanted to be a screenwriter, but his actor friend said to write it as a book instead.
From This is True for 3 May 2015
Avijit Roy Writer and social critic
Avijit was hacked to death by Muslim extremists for openly promoting reason and thought.
From This is True for 1 March 2015
Colleen McCullough Author
She jumped careers from doctor to researcher to writer.
From This is True for 1 February 2015
Daniel Keyes Thought-provoking novelist
Keyes was a particularly thought-provoking writer. Some didn’t like that, at all.
From This is True for 15 June 2014
Steven Scheuer TV critic
Scheuer was an early, smart, and innovative TV and film critic.
From This is True for 8 June 2014