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College Read 2017-18: Spare Parts

Interviews with Joshua Davis (author)

High School Robotics Team Demonstrates Tough Road for Undocumented Immigrants
From Scientific American, 2014
True Story of the Kids Who Beat MIT's Best Robots, Coming Soon to Theaters
From Wired, 2014
These Four Undocumented Students Beat MIT's Robots. But Then What Happened?
From Splinter News (formerly Fusion), 2015.

Other Writing by Joshua Davis

La Vida Robot (original article by Joshua Davis)
From Wired, 2005
Why Trump Should Welcome Dreamers
From Wired, 2017

Interviews with the Writer, Students & Teachers

The Real People Who Inspired the Film "Spare Parts"
9:25 audio interview from WBUR Boston's "Here and Now"
Joshua Davis: “Spare Parts..." (Author)
51:17 audio interview from WAMU's "Diane Rehm Show"
The True Story Behind ‘Spare Parts’
17:14 audio interview on "Science Friday"

Spare Parts (2015)

Underwater Dreams (2014)