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John Carlin on "Playing the Enemy"

Journalist John Carlin talks with Steve Paulson about the 1995 rugby tournament that changed South Africa's history.

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Margaret Weis on "Mistress of Dragons"

Margaret Weis tells Steve Paulson all about dragons, and about the dragon world she created for her books.

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Jem Rolls on Spoken Word

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

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Participatory Budgeting

In Chicago’s 49th Ward they engage in Participatory Budgeting - in other words the residents of the 49th Ward decide how to spend their ward’s money.  

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Richard Ranft on Ocean Sounds

Richard Ranft has collected underwater sounds of mating haddock, snapping shrimp, walruses and other sea creatures.

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Potraits of the Mentally Ill - Michael Nye

Photographer Michael Nye made portraits of the mentally ill and homeless people in San Antonio, where he lives. He also recorded their stories.

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Lone Frank on the Neuroscience of Advertising

Coke consistently outsells Pepsi, though Pepsi routinely wins blind taste tests. Why is one of the mysteries of advertising.

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Mark Salzman on "Lying Awake"

In Mark Salzman’s novel “Lying Awake,” a Carmelite nun learns that her religious raptures may be symptoms of epilepsy.

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