Margaret Atwood says it's a mistake to think about debt as simply a matter of money. Debt is embedded in our psyche and rife in our literary and religious history.
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Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham says the big question is WHEN did we become human? He tells Steve Paulson it's clearly when we started cooking.
Jeffrey Goldberg talks with Jim Fleming about the role of the "public Intellectual" in Israel, the coming demographic problem the country faces, and expresses some doubt about Israel's long-term viability as a Jewish democracy.
Kim Isaac Eisler talks with Jim Fleming about Indian casinos, admitting to the same ambivalence society feels. Casinos are fun, but they’re making too much money off their patrons.
Matthew Carter designed Verdana, the internet font; Helvetica, the most ubiquitous font family in the world; and Bell Centennial, the phone book font.
Depression can mean two things: a downturn in the economy and an illness of the psyche.
Randy Olson is a Harvard-trained evolutionary biologist and creator of the documentary film "Flock of Dodos."
Liza Dalby is the first Western woman to become a geisha. Dalby tells Steve Paulson what being a geisha means and explains why modern women have trouble wearing kimonos.
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