Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard has been called "the happiest man in the world." He shares a few thoughts on finding resilience in a crazy world.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner- a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew- tell Jim Fleming how they came together after 9-11 with the goal of writing a children's book and shared their experiences and religious perspectives.
Michael Dirda tells Anne Strainchamps that modern readers of Beowulf owe a great deal to J.R.R. Tolkien.
Paco Underhill tells Jim Fleming what malls do to get you to buy things.
Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is a leading expert on the science of mindfulness. He's teamed up with the Dalai Lama to put Buddhist monks in brain scanners, and he's developing a new scientific model for studying emotion. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks about how his scientific work ended up changing his own life.
Peter Turchi tells Steve Paulson that both map-making and writing place great importance on the empty spaces.
Paul Krugman won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics and teaches at Princeton. His latest book is "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008."
John Taliaferro is the author of “Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore.”
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