Peter Saalfield is a freelance writer based in New York, New York. In addition to The Rumpus he has written for Politico, Harvard Magazine, Big Think, and Patch. He likes to write about big ideas in culture, social science, and biology. He formerly worked as a producer for “Charlie Rose” on PBS, where he booked, prepared, and edited several hundred interviews with the likes of Bill Gates and Quentin Tarantino. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2006.