The film "The Dhamma Brothers" tells the story of a program which brought several Buddhist teachers to maximum security Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama to train a group of inmates in Vapassana meditation.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Linguist Mike Hammond talks about made-up language games with Jim Fleming. Going way beyond pig latin, we hear samples from “The Name Game,” as well as “ob” and “Geta.”
Rachel Naomi Remen is a doctor and the co-founder of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. She talks with Steve Paulson about the transformative effects of cancer.
You probably heard our new theme tune in the shows this weekend. Want the back story on how the new music came about? Here's a conversation with Steve Mullen, who composed it.
Ken Reardon now teaches city and regional planning at Cornell, and was one of the founders of the East St. Louis Action Research Project.
What exactly happens in the brain when you “decide” to do something?
Nature writer Robert Finch gives Steve Paulson an insider's view of the ecosystem of the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet. They walk along the outskirts of Wellfleet, and visit shellfish growers Pat and Barbara Woodbury, who are raking for clams.
You can see photos from Cape Cod here.
In this extended interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dan Fagin discusses "Toms River" — his remarkable investigative story of industrial pollution in a New Jersey town — and why it's so difficult to prove the link between environmental toxins and cancer clusters.
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