CNN's John Sutter talks with puzzle writer James A. Randazza about his new book, "Jig Saw Puzzles" He says he didn't know there was a world jikaw puzzle championship and entered it out of genuine curiosity. The family came in second to last but saw people at the height of their skill, writes Randazza.
How much of life can be solved by algorithms, and how much just can't be solved? Listen as A.J. Jacobs, author of The Puzzler, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the lessons he learned from solving every kind of puzzle imaginable, including the biggest stumper of all: what it really means to be a human being.