The Wailin’ Jennys talk about the joys and mystery of harmony, and sing a few examples.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung takes us inside the "connectome": the audacious project to create a detailed map of the human brain.
You can also listen to the EXTENDED interview, and read the extended transcript.
There are many ways to react to the tragedies of the past. Politically. Historically. And even… musically.
Senator Russ Feingold is a Democrat from Wisconsin who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco wrote a history of beauty. A few years later, he followed it up with a study of ugliness. Here’s what he found
Robert Zubrin explains how he thinks we should go about colonizing Mars, and how settling a new world will save this one. And he describes how NASA’s using his ideas.
Steven Johnson talks about his new book, "Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age."
Tom Brokaw, former anchor and managing editor of NBC News, talks with Anne Strainchamps about the polarizing effects of the sixties.
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