Peter T. Kilborn talks about the "new rootless professional class" that consists of mid-level managers and executives who move every few years (sometimes enormous distances, or to foreign countries) to advance their careers.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jon Ronson was assigned by The Guardian newspaper to find out how easy it would be to build a dirty bomb. So he did.
Keli Goff tells Steve Paulson that today's young Black voters don't look at politics through the lens of the Civil Rights Movement.
Art critic and historian Michael Fried talks about his early days in New York and his friendship with the gifted and difficult dean of American critics, Clement Greenberg.
Linda Gray Sexton describes in vivid detail her own, lifelong battle against depression and suicide.
Pat Willard tells Steve Paulson that saffron is more than just a spice. It's rare and difficult to harvest but has an ancient history as a food additive, hair and skin dye, and as an aphrodisiac.
The press has been pumping out opinion pieces about selfies. One of the biggest debates is, what do they say about self-esteem? We turned to the psychologists…
Would you like to sharpen your memory? Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.
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