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Janet Davis on Animals in the Circus

Janet Davis tells Steve Paulson that controversy has surrounded the use of animals in the American circus since the 1890s.

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On Our Minds: Lawrence Krauss on the Big Questions

Lawrence Krauss isn't only a famous physicist; he's also the subject, along with Richard Dawkins, of the documentary film "The Unbelievers."  He tells Steve Paulson that science has replaced philosophy and religion as the place to deal with the Big Questions.

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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky on "War and Peace"

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are the celebrated husband and wife team who've translated many of the great Russian writers. They've just come out with a new version of Tolstoy's "War and Peace."

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Jem Rolls on Spoken Word

Jem Rolls runs poetry cabarets and poetry slams in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Pete Daly on Melanoma

Pete Daly is a melanoma patient who talks about living with cancer.

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Laugh More - Katie West

So maybe you're not going to be the next Richard Pryor. 

Even if you don't get many more laughs, you can laugh more. Katie West tells us how.

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Pierre Laszlo on the Chemistry of Salt

French chemist Pierre Laszlo tells Steve Paulson that our bodies need salt to prevent dehydration and that removing the salt from seawater isn’t that hard, but it’s very expensive.

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Let's Change the Way We Think About Thinking

Anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann's Dangerous Idea? To be better adjusted, change the way you think about thinking.

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