Steve Fast

Rubik's Cube frustrated millions in 80's. And the obsession with solving the puzzle has led to a new generation of "speed cubers."Journalist and Cube-enthusiast Ian Scheffler joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the origins, and resurgence, of Rubik's famous puzzle.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced his company SpaceX has the goal of taking passengers to Mars. Journalist Joel Achenbach has covered this ambitious plan. Achenbach joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the feasibility of setting up settlements on the Red Planet.

Author Craig Nelson discusses some of the overlooked aspects of the attack on Pearl Harbor, including a mystery warning the origin of which remains unsolved 75 years later.

Former Secretary of State and diplomat Henry Kissinger has been hailed as "indispensable" by some and a war criminal by others. Historian Niall Ferguson discusses Kissinger's unlikely rise to prominence and the roots of the ideology that informed the advice given to multiple U.S. presidents.

Good Morning America advice expert Liz Pryor had a secret she kept from her friends and family for over 30 years. Pryor joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss her teenage pregnancy and her memoir "Look at You Now"

Former presidential candidate and political reform activist Ralph Nader discusses the election of Donald Trump, the impact of third party candidates on the race, and tells Steve Fast the issue he hopes Trump will address right away.

Outspoken former Minnesota governor (and former pro wrestler), Jesse Ventura joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss the need for alternative political parties, his relationship with Vladimir Putin, and his crusade to legalize marijuana.

Will the House flip? Former Salon.com editor David Daley joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss how an effort to redraw Congressional districts in 2010 has protected a number of Republican incumbents in swing states.

He is stung for science. Repeatedly. Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss his mission to catalog the sting of insects, and rate the level of pain.

D. Randall Blythe has no memory of colliding with a stage diver during a 2010 Prague performance by his band Lamb of God. When the band returned to perform in the Czech Republic two years later, however, police arrested him at the airport and charged him in connection with the fan's death. Blythe joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss his trial for the equivalent of manslaughter and his time waiting for trial in a notorious Czech prison.

"Clean desk" policies are common in the working world. Author Tim Harford suggests those policies are a waste of time. Journalist and economist Harford joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss how research shows that messiness can lead to productivity and creativity.

Aviation journalist and crash investigator Christine Negroni joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the biggest misconceptions about plane crashes and provide her theory of what happened with the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Edward Conard, founding partner of Bain Capital, says that the problems of wage stagnation and the fading fortunes of the middle class can't be laid at the feet of the one percent who hold most of the country's wealth. Conard, author of "The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class," joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss income inequality and the challenges of slow growth and lower wages.

American University professor Alan J. Lichtman has developed a model for predicting who will win presidential elections. Using his "13 Keys," Lichtman has correctly predicted every presidential race since 1984. Lichtman tells Steve Fast who the model says will be in the Oval Office in 2017, and why he says the current race "totally unprecedented."

Actress and songwriter Linda Thompson chats with Steve Fast about her marriage to Bruce Jenner, her romance with Elvis Presley, and life in and out of the public eye. In her memoir "A Little Thing Called Life," Thompson writes about how then-husband Jenner revealed his transgender identity to his wife years before coming out publicly.

How can Hillary Clinton be unpopular but still lead in the polls? Shawn Parry-Giles, author of "Hillary Clinton in the News" joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss how the media covers Clinton as "inauthentic."

Andrew Matheson, lead singer of "the greatest rock band you've never heard," The Hollywood Brats, chats about the flameout of the group that influenced The Sex Pistols and the UK punk scene.

Music journalist Steve Miller discusses the controversial culture that surrounds the Insane Clown Posse. In his book "Juggalo," Miller details how the FBI investigated the band's fans and labeled them as a dangerous gang.

Why are some fossils famous? Author Lydia Pyne joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss "celebrity skeletons" such as Lucy and the infamous Piltdown Man.

Novelist Megan Abbott chats with Steve Fast about her book "You Will Know Me." The thriller was inspired by a shot of the family members watching their daughter compete in a 2012 Olympic gymnastics competition.