Joyce Carol Oates talks with Jim Fleming about some of the stories in her book “Faithless: Tales of Transgression.”
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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.
Quentin Schultze is the author of “Habits of the High Tech Heart.” He says that we should resist “informationism” and try to develop wisdom.
Journalist Ken Wiwa tells Steve Paulson about his father's protest against the influence of oil money in Nigeria, and what it was like to grow up in his dominating presence.
Koren Zailckas started drinking at fourteen; she tells Steve Paulson how frighteningly easy it is for very young girls to get alcohol.
Rob Walker writes the weekly column "Consumed," for the New York Times Magazine...
Groundbreaking theoretical physicist Lee Smolin weighs in on creative problem solving in physics. Some advice that has served him? Start fresh every ten years.
MigraZoom is a participatory photography project with migrants in transit through Mexico en route to the U.S. MigraZoom tells us their own migration experience trough the lens of a camera.
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