Lee Smolin tells Steve Paulson about the debate in the blogosphere about string theory's failure to advance the field of physics beyond the accepted model.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Novelist Marilynne Robinson talks with Anne Strainchamps about the role of the soul in the age of modern science.
Here's our final poem to share for this National Poetry Month, Jim reading Max Garland's "A Lesson in Love."
Patrick McGilligan talks about how Alfred Hitchcock chose his leading men, and what makes “Vertigo” the cinematic classic it is.
Louis Colaianni thinks anyone can be taught to speak Shakespeare. He gives Anne Strainchamps a lesson using the introduction to “Romeo and Juliet.”
In 1975, Dr. Raymond Moody coined the term "near death experience" and published the first definitive account of patients who described dying and coming back to life. He tells Steve Paulson what he's come to believe after listening to thousands of reports.
John J. Miller grew up on rock and roll and decided to compile a list of the 50 best conservative rock songs.
Persi Diaconis is a former stage magician who uses card shuffling and coin tossing to illustrate complex mathematical formulae.
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