Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Neuro-scientist Robert Provine, author of “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation,” tells Steve Paulson about a two year laughing jag in Tanzania.
Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
What happens to your digital self when you die? Currently, Facebook lets users "memorialize" their pages, giving family members a virtual space to post rememberances. Religious studies professor Candi Cann believes new digital tools like these are changing the way we mourn, by letting anyone share their stories about someone who's died, and preserving social connections to departed loved ones.
John Taliaferro is the author of “Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore.”
Matthew Clark produced a compilation CD of Chinese rock and roll. He plays excerpts for Anne Strainchamps and tells her about the various bands and the Chinese rock scene.
Peter Turchi tells Steve Paulson that both map-making and writing place great importance on the empty spaces.
Creationist Paul Nelson, a fellow at the Discovery Institute, makes the case for his point of view.
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