Scott Gelfand tells Jim Fleming about the latest in reproductive technology: the artificial womb. He worries that the device will be upon us before we’ve settled all the social and ethical issues it raises.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson explores new research on how to amplify creativity.
Todd Robbins, “The Coney Island Wonder Worker,” talks with Anne Strainchamps about how he learned how to safely swallow swords and walk on hot coals.
Noted nature writer Terry Tempest Williams knows that the woods can be frightening, if you go walking in them with the wrong person. She tells the story of how she narrowly escaped a brutal attack while hiking.
Ziauddin Sardar responds to the question "is there really a clash of civilizations?"
Sherman Alexie is a one-man culture industry. He's also pretty much a rock star guest. Steve Paulson and Veronica Rueckert look back on his first interview with TTBOOK.
Why are millions of British TV viewers obsessed with the Danish TV show The Killing? And will Americans ever get to see the original? We catch up with the show's creator, Danish writer/director Soren Sveistrup.
Anne Strainchamps asks Columbia College philosopher Stephen Asma what his colleagues make of the soul these days.
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