Rivka Galchen finished her MD and MFA degrees. Now she's published her first novel, "Atmospheric Disturbances."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Witzel is the author of “The American Diner.” He talks about the way Hollywood makes use of the diner.
Richard Dawkins is an eminent biologist at Oxford University and one of the world's most famous atheists.
Psychiatrist Ned Kalin and psychologist Richard Davidson have found that cheerful people tend to have more left-brain activity while people with active right brains tend to be sad and pessimistic.
Episcopal priest Matthew Fox tells Steve Paulson why the belief in Original Sin is destructive and leads to a culture of pessimism.
Alfred Russel Wallace is the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution through natural selection, even if Charles Darwin gets all the ink.
Robert W. Fuller says “rankism” is a form of discrimination based on the abuse of rank and that it runs rampant throughout our society.
Moustafa Bayoumi talks with Jim Fleming about how 9/11 caused him to feel like an outsider in his own country.
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