Senator John McCain says being respected is more important than being liked in Washington. He talks about his role models with Steve Paulson.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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As a growing number of people "come back from the dead" thanks to new resusitation techniques, there's are more stories of what it's like to die. In this discussion, doctors and scientists talk about trying to understand "near death experience."
2010 was a great year for documentaries, even if they weren't actually documentaries.
As a young man, Russell Razzaque was recruited by a militant Islamic student group. He left and today he's a psychologist and authority on suicide bombers.
Benjamin Percy's new novel"The Dead Lands" is a wilderness thriller set in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The descendants of Lewis and Clark reprise their ancestors' epic cross-country journey in search of a new beginning.
Sarah Vowell is obsessed with presidential assassinations. She talks with Steve Paulson about the lingering mystery and drama surrounding the murder of Abraham Lincoln.
William Powers wrote "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building A Good Life in the Digital Age" because he feared people were getting lost in their electronic worlds.
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