Kathleen Dean Moore is a philosopher at Oregon State University, but her passion is an inhospitable island off the coast of Alaska. On Pine Island you can expect rain, fog, desolation, and a world of beauty that comes from the reality of natural surroundings.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Matt Hern thinks public education should be available to everyone, but not compulsory.
Paul Levinson is the author of "Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium." He talks to Jim Fleming about his friendship with McLuhan and the man's work.
Jonnie Hughes talks about about his book, "On the Origin of Tepees: The Evolution of Ideas (and Ourselves)."
Rick Lyman's book “Watching Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk about the Films that Matter Most” tells of time spent with Woody Allen, Sissy Spacek, Ang Lee and others, watching other peoples’ films.
Michael Dowse talks with Steve Paulson about his film “It’s All Gone Pete Tong,” which chronicles the rise and fall of deaf DJ Frankie Wilde. The only trouble is, Wilde never existed.
Perhaps one of the most obvious and important cultural divides in the United States is between the political right and left.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt talks with Steve Paulson about his research into the fundamental differences between Democrats and Republican, and how we might begin to speak across the gap.
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.
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