Thomas Chatterton Williams is a young writer who grew up listening to hip hop, but lost touch with the culture upon entering college.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Salman Rushdie talks with Steve Paulson about "The Satanic Verses" – the novel that caused a furor in the Muslim world and sent its author into hiding for a decade.
There's a special mystique to the number pi -- songs have been written about it and there's a day named after it. Jordan Ellenberg explains why.
Tom Paine is the author of a novel called “The Pearl of Kuwait.” It follows the experiences of a Vietnamese-American Marine during the first Gulf War.
Virginia Morell wrote a cover story for National Geographic Magazine on the latest research going on in the field of animal intelligence.
Astrobiologist Sara Seager, who just won a MacArthur "genius" award, says there's certainly life on other planets. Seager describes her search for bio-signatures - evidence of life in other solar systems.
Muadh Bhavnagarwala is a young student at Al Hedaya Islamic Center in Danbury, CT -- a city not far from Newtown, the site of last year's tragic shootings. Last year, he chose to add his voice to the national memorial service, as it was televised around the world.
The current economic crisis has Americans talking across the generations to share memories and get some advice, including Steve Paulson who had this conversation with his mother Lisa after she sent him a two page list of "Frugal Ways."
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