If your mind is nothing more than brain chemistry, do you have free will? In this EXTENDED interview, cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga says new brain science should change our thinking about this old philosophical question.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Musharraf Ali Farooqi is the translator of "The Adventures of Amir Hamza" and "Hoshruba."
Novelist Jennifer Egan talks with Jim Fleming about the middle eastern terrorist at the heart of her novel “Look at Me,” and how she reacted to the events of September 11th.
Wisconsin Public Radio's Jim Fleming provides an essay about memory and his aging father.
John Hasse gives Jim Fleming several examples of patriotic music and talks about the various ways they’ve been used. They explore some suggested alternatives to the national anthem.
John Wroblewski, Sr. tells Anne Strainchamps about the day he got the news that his son, Marine 2nd Lt. John "JT" Wroblewski, Jr. was killed in Iraq.
Patrick Hennessey tells Jim Fleming about his war service in Iraq and Afghanistan and the role that books played in his life as a soldier.
Kamran Pasha has written a novel called "Mother of the Believers." It's the story of Muhammad's third wife, Aisha, whom he married when she was very young.
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