Thomas Dumm tells Anne Strainchamps why he thinks a lonely society can be a dangerous one and he's worried about America. His book is "Loneliness As a Way of Life."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha.
Ronald Aronson is the author of “Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It.” Aronson recounts the relationship and the very public dispute between two of the twentieth century’s leading intellectuals.
Steve Paulson profiles savage literary critic Dale Peck. A collection of Peck’s reviews is called “Hatchet Jobs.”
Novelist Tom Perrotta talks with Anne Strainchamps about life in the suburbs, where everything is nice, and nobody wants a pedophile to move into the neighborhood.
Salman Rushdie tells Steve Paulson about his very first memories of "The Wizard of Oz."
Computer paswords are on on our minds this week. "The New York Times" reporter Ian Urbina talks about his feature story, "The Secret Life of Passwords."
Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist who's written books on consciousness, memes and Zen Buddhism. She says her daily practice of meditation has revealed truths that have eluded the scientific study of consciousness.
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