Hold on. What is wonder?
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt found that there's not much research on awe. And when he took on the task, he discovered that they're not easy emotions to study.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Scott Topper reads from the meditation journal he kept after learning a simple meditation from Buddhist monk George Churinoff.
Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha.
Tim Flannery tells Steve Paulson about the asteroid crashes and vanished fauna in our continent’s past.
Science journalist Harriet Brown says the medical establishment has demonized fat and misrepresented the science behind dieting and weight loss. She unpacks the four most toxic medical myths about weight and health.
British comedian Ross Noble hosts a show for the BBC. The premise is to go to remote places in the world and try to do stand-up.
British actor Simon Callow is writing Orson Welles' biography. Volume 2 is called "Hello Americans."
The saddest music of all to many people is Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings.”
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