Sam Keen is the author of "Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds." He reads several passages from his book, and talks with Steve Paulson.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Tom Paine is the author of a novel called “The Pearl of Kuwait.” It follows the experiences of a Vietnamese-American Marine during the first Gulf War.
We hear from Artificial Intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky, physicist Roger Penrose, philosopher Daniel Dennett, New Age guru Deepak Chopra, and many more.
Virginia Morell wrote a cover story for National Geographic Magazine on the latest research going on in the field of animal intelligence.
Najla Said is a Palestinian-Lebanese Christian Arab-American who grew up on New York’s Jewish Upper West Side. And she’s the daughter of the late Edward Said –the famous Palestinian intellectual and activist.
Susan Abulhawa and Margot Singer talk with Steve Paulson about their experiences and writing about life in the refugee camps of the West Bank.
Poet Stephen Mitchell talks with Jim Fleming about classic creation stories from several major religious traditions.
You've heard of Charles A. Lindbergh, the first pilot to cross the Atlantic. But what about Charles A. Levine? The two men shared more than the same initials. In 1927, they were locked in a battle to make aviation history. Lindbergh beat Levine across the Atlantic by two weeks. Henry Sapoznik brings us the story of two planes, two songs, and two men named Charles.
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